1989 movie "Leningrad Cowboys go America"
Aus Ugugu
1989 
Finland 
Sweden - Color (Eastmancolor)
| Production | Katinka Faragó, Aki Kaurismäki and Klas Olofsson for Villealfa Filmproductions / Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) in association with Finnkino Oy Helsinki, Megamania Ky, Esselta AB, supported by the Finnish Film Foundation. |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki after a story by Sakke Järvenpää, Aki Kaurismäki and Mato Valtonen |
| Director | Aki Kaurismäki. - Assistant director: Outi Hyytinen, Pauli Pentti |
| Cinematography | Timo Salminen. - First assistant cameraman: Heikki Ortamo. - Second assistant cameraman: Timo Markko |
| Cast | Matti Pellonpää (Vladimir - manager), Kari Väänänen (Igor - village idiot), Sakke Järvenpää (Leningrad Cowboy), Heikki Keskinen (Leningrad Cowboy), Pimme Korhonen (Leningrad Cowboy), Sakari Kuosmanen (Leningrad Cowboy), Puka Oinonen (Leningrad Cowboy), Silu Seppälä (Leningrad Cowboy), Mauri Sumén (Leningrad Cowboy), Mato Valtonen (Leningrad Cowboy), Pekka Virtanen (Leningrad Cowboy), Nicky Tesco (lost cousin), Olli Tuominen (Siberian svengali), Kari Laine (Siberian chauffeur), Jatimatic Ohlstrom (father of the Cowboys), Richard Boes (rock promotor), Jim Jarmusch (car dealer in New York), George M. Kunkle (banjo player), William W. Robertson (barber), Mr. Morris (bartender in Memphis), Ms. Morris (bartender in Memphis), Marty Olavarrieta (police officer), Earl Howard Jr. (bar owner), Albert Gonzales (prison warden), Duke Robillard (nightclub owner), Frank Johnson (II) (car dealer in Houston), Ernie Wright (bartender in Houston), Phil Linson (nightclub customer), Rock (engine thief), Terry (I) (engine thief), Speed (engine thief), Carlton (engine thief), Judge Felix Barrera (bride's father), Laura Barrera (bride), John Martinez (groom), Jose G. Salas (Mexican singer) |
| Language | Finnish |
| Music | Mauri Sumén |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Costume Design | Tanja Tolonen |
| Film Editing | Raija Talvio |
| Other crew | Lisa Block-Linson (production manager: USA), Klaus Heydemann (production executive), Kari Laine (art director), Phil Linson (production manager: USA), Jouko Lumme (sound), Jaakko Talaskivi (production manager: Finland), Tanja Tolonen (make-up artist), Heikki Ukkonen (art director) |
| Runtime | ??: 78 minutes ??: 76 minutes |
| Certification |  DE: 12 SE: 7
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| Note | This film was followed by Leningrad Cowboys meet Moses (1993) and Total Balalaika Show (1994). |
| Summary | Somewhere in the tundra lives the worst rock and roll band in the world.... This hilarious road movie follows the fortunes and misadventures of a struggling Siberian rock band, the Leningrad Cowboys. A local promoter, stunned by the band's lack of talent, advises them instead to try their luck in America. Accompanied by their autocratic manager, the Cowboys travel to New York, learning English on the plane. Sporting outsixe Quiffs, dark shades and outrageously long winkle-pickers, they are passed off as Americans. Jim Jarmusch, in a cameo role as a shifty car salesman, sells them an old Cadillac. The band strap their frozen bass player to the roof in a coffin full of beer, and head south... |
[bearbeiten] Reviews
- Kirsty McNeill, Empire
- A cult road movie of quite irresistible charm
- Kevin Jackson, The Independent
- Deadpan whimsy... amusing, charmingly surreal
- Hugo Davenport, The Daily Telegraph
- Eccentric... very funny
- Ben Thompson, NME
- Wildly amusing... hilarious
