Don't Drink the Water (1994) (TV)

Director:

Woody Allen

Writers (WGA):

Woody Allen (teleplay)
Woody Allen (play)

Release Date:

18 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They Couldn't Wait To Get In. Now It's Hilarious Trying To Get Out! (DVD)

Plot:

Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Cold War | Remake | Directed By Co Star | Farce

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ed Herlihy	...	Narrator
Josef Sommer	...	Ambassador Magee
Robert Stanton	...	Mr. Burns
Edward Herrmann	...	Mr. Kilroy
Rosemary Murphy	...	Miss Pritchard
Michael J. Fox	...	Axel Magee
Woody Allen	...	Walter Hollander
Julie Kavner	...	Marion Hollander
Mayim Bialik	...	Susan Hollander
Ed Van Nuys	...	Embassy Staff
Skip Rose	...	Embassy Staff
Leonid Citer	...	Policeman (as Leonid Uscher)
Stas Kmiec	...	Policeman (as Stas' Kmiec')
Vit Horejs	...	Krojack
Sándor Técsy	...	Krojack's Colleague (as Sandor Tecsy)

Also Known As:

Los USA en zona rusa (Spain) [es]
Nuits de Chine (France) (cable TV title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG

Company:

Jean Doumanian Productions

Trivia:

Woody Allen decided to do his own TV-movie version of his play after a belated viewing of the 1969 movie version, which he had nothing to do with and which he thought inferior.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Soundtrack:

Avenging Hordes

a really funny film

I have been recommending this movie to friends for ages, not knowing that they had no possible way of actually seeing it since for some reason it never came out on video. The earlier version (with Jackie Gleason leading the cast) is a poor substitute. It has some of the same jokes, but none of the wit. It also does not have the SOUNDTRACK which in the 1994 made-for-TV-version was a sublime showcase for some very hot Bulgarian tunes. (I am a folk dancer, so I know my Bulgarian music!) The Gleason version gets air time ten-twelve times a year on cable and regular TV, but the 1994 version does not. It may have been made for TV, but seemingly it never comes back to the TV. I know because I have been reading the TV guide every week for a year now looking for this movie(!)