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starring: Maria Conchita Alonso, Elya Baskin, Aleksandr Beniaminov, Eyde Byrde, Stephanie Cotsirilos
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302538106
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302538106
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 23, 1994
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 31798
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 06, 1984
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Amazon.com:
Robin Williams in his fuzzy, sensitive mode with bittersweet touches plays a musician in a Russian circus who gets talked into defecting by a pal and does so (though the pal bails on him at the last minute)--in the middle of Bloomingdale's. A great concept, to be sure, but writer-director Paul Mazursky doesn't seem to know where to go from there. Williams winds up living in the same kind of poverty that he did in Russia, casting about for a way to make a living while both wallowing and drowning in the sudden tidal wave of freedom. Mazursky wants to make a point about how little we appreciate what we have, but he fails to entertain in the process--or at least to engage in a consistent way. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Great movie. Robin Williams is at his best. Really a touching movie.Great!!
Moscow on the Hudson is really an A#1 mivie. A Classic. Robin Wiolliams is at his est. I believe that Robin Williams should have won an Academy Award for his role.
Rating: - It expresses the bewilderment that early Russian immigrants felt
As someone whose family left Russia for America in the early to mid 70's this movie strikes a cord with me. I was too young to understand when this movie came out what my family felt when they came here. The sense of fear that Robins character feels when he is so close to being able to stay in America but the KGB will not allow him. Their watchful eye at every turn, even in America made Russians in that age feel justifiably paranoid. Robins overreaction in the super market to the choices in ... Read More
Rating: - The great artistic lap in Robin Williams' career!
In those times of great political changes, where the use of the term Perestroika was very common, this film somehow fostered voluntary or involuntarily, the visible contradictions between West and East, when a musician remains shocked because of the wonders of Bloomingdale's department store. This caustic metaphor lets us to get inside a romantic comedy, plenty of ingenious dialogues. Obviously the direction of this smart director, the talent of Robin Williams and the alluring presence of Maria Conchita ... Read More
Rating: - Robin Williams at his finest!
I don't always agree with Robin Williams' standup humor but IMAO, he is a consumate actor bordering on dramatic and comedic genius. In this film he convincingly potrays a Russian circus musician that follows thru the dreams of his close friend by defecting to America.
What strikes in my mind about this film is when his girlfriend and many immigrants are granted U.S. citizenship. With the current state of today's political correctness, the judge's words still ring true when she states "no ... Read More
Rating: - A Forgotten Gem of Robin Williams
One of Robin Williams Early works and Sadly a Forgotten Gem of him. Sometimes Sad, Sometimes Funny as can be it showed his range and abilities even then. He Plays a Russian Circus Musician Tasked to keep an Eye on his friend who has made "Noises" about defecting when the Circus Travels to NYC. Don't want to ruin the Story or Surprises (If you are surprised) but this is a wonderful Story that will take you from Sad to Happy to Laughing and back again.
If you liked Dead Poets Society you will LOVE ... Read More
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