Product Details

• Actors: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Sakari Kuosmanen, Mato Valtonen
• Directors: Aki Kaurismaki
• Producers: Leningrad Cowboys Go America
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Subtitles: Swedish
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sandrew Metronome
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BP378Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,793 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Finland released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SYNOPSIS: The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
...Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deadpan, at its best!!!, December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Leningrad Cowboys Go America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Great movie! Reviews are going to be real polarized, either you love it or you hate it, there's no middle ground. The dead pan humor just builds with each scene and it just gets funnier. I've seen it 10 times now and each time it just gets better and better.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like your humor dry..., April 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Leningrad Cowboys Go America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first time I watched this movie, I swore these guys must be the Finnish equivalent of The Blues Brothers - a made-for-TV band that was popular enough to justify a movie. Turns out they're a real band, and pretty decent. I appreciate comedy that underplays and still manages to be funny, and I especially like the way the scenes end when the joke has been made - no endless milking. The use of non-actors in many scenes give a very nice, gritty, realistic look, especially in the bar scenes. If you're a blues fan (and I am,) keep an eye out for Duke Robillard in a cameo as a bar owner. The actor who plays the village idiot, considering he never speaks a word, is terrific. His scenes with a barber and in a shoe shop (as he tries to get the Leningrad Cowboy look) are downright poignant. For me, this film is a rare gem.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love those hairdos!, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Leningrad Cowboys Go America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A hilariously funny movie. Very dry, but with warmth. And funny hairdos. And pointy shoes. Their rendition of "Born to Be Wild" is worth the price of admission by itself.