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6.5/10   2,197 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sakke Järvenpää (story)
Aki Kaurismäki (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 March 1989 (Finland) more
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Plot:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune... more | add synopsis
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Finland`s answer to Spinal Tap! more (25 total)

Cast

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Matti Pellonpää ... Vladimir (Manager)
Kari Väänänen ... Igor (Village Idiot)
Sakke Järvenpää ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Heikki Keskinen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Pimme Korhonen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Sakari Kuosmanen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Puka Oinonen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Silu Seppälä ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Mauri Sumén ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Mato Valtonen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Pekka Virtanen ... The Leningrad Cowboys
Nicky Tesco ... Lost Cousin
Olli Tuominen ... Siberian Svengali
Kari Laine ... Siberian Chauffeur
Jatimatic Ohlstrom ... Father of the Cowboys
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cowboys de Lenigrado Vão Para a América (Brazil) [pt]
Leningrad Cowboys jada do go Ameruki (Poland) [pl]
Leningrad cow-boys pane America (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
78 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Fun Stuff

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Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene, the frozen bass player's hand moves. more
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Featured in Global Balalaika Show (2003) (V) more

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14 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Finland`s answer to Spinal Tap!, 23 October 1999
Author: Simon (simon@dawsoncity.co.uk) from N.Ireland

This is the funniest rock `n roll polka road movie ever made! Although based around an actual band of Finnish descent (who still get airplay on MTV Europe), it sees our heroes come from the Tundra Wasteland to America, seeking fame and fortune. Not having much luck in their homeland with their unique style of folk pop, the band are advised to conquer the US ("go to America" says the guy, "they buy any old s**t there"), being exploited constantly by their greedy manager Vladimir. They "learn" rock `n roll, drink beer, go to jail, beg on the streets and play seedy pubs. Not exactly the American dream. And the most eyecatching piece, has to be those massive quiffs and even bigger winklepicker shoes!

The dialogue is funny, but its not this that makes you laugh. Just one look at the band will have you rolling. And if you can`t speak Finnish, don`t worry. The director cleverly overcomes this, by getting the band to learn English on the plane to America! And if you`re not tapping along to their rendition of "Born To Be Wild" at the end of the movie, you`ll be humming that "polka" music for a long time to come.

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