Product Details

• Actors: Billy Crystal, David Lloyd Austin, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Janice Crystal, Lindsay Crystal
• Directors: Paul Flaherty, Steven J. Santos
• Writers: Billy Crystal, Paul Flaherty
• Producers: Billy Crystal, Carmi Zlotnik, David Steinberg, Jay Roewe
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, Russian
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301930029
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,328 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When Billy Crystal starts hearing voices in his backyard..."If you go there...take a jacket" - it's a psychic invitation for him to revisit his Russian roots. So Billy goes back for a live stand-up performance at Moscow's Pushkin Theater - preceded by a hilarious tour of Russia and it people - in an evening that he calls "Jokenost".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Crystal, January 27, 2006

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Sarah R. Ward (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Train to Moscow [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Billy Crystal's Midnight Train to Moscow combines all that the world has come to know and love about Billy. This montage of comedic techniques brings together stand-up, character acting, skits, and live improv on the streets of Russia to tell the story of both America and Russia through the eyes of 3rd generation American.

It is an excellent historical piece as Crystal is able to accurately capture the feel of Russia just before the fall of the Soviet Union in all of her tensions, sorrows, joys, and hope.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what if Billy Crystal were to grow up in Odessa?, November 25, 2000

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"saul5245" (LA, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Train to Moscow [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think we would all miss out on an excellent comidian.If for some reason Billy's grandmather would not leave Odessa on that train to Moscow? This is indead the most halerous performance of Billy not in US but reather in former Soviet Union's prestigeous concert hall. The peformance it self is the most artistic and keenly created act of Bily Crystal. Depicting the key elements of Russian culture and custom.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some of it is very good, February 1, 2006

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Filmfan (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Train to Moscow [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first part is very good, and funny - Billy Crystal on stage, before an audience of Russians. Some of the other parts of the video are weak, or unfunny, but it also includes interesting shots of his new-found relatives in Russia. The last bit, on stage, with Billy acting as a Russian waiting in a long line, seemed strange - an American doing an imitation of a Russian, before a Russian audience - but the audience liked it, so what do I know? He's very talented, and I'm still a great fan, although I won't keep this video.