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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
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When a sightseeing Soviet commander runs his submarine aground off the New England coast, the crew's attempts to find a boat to dislodge them almost start WWIII! Alan Arkin leads an all-star castincluding Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith and Jonathan Wintersin this riotous, uproarious [and] side-splitting (Cue) comedy! Russian Lt. Rozanov (Arkin) and his crew hit the beaches of Massachusetts unaware of the panic they're about to start. Despite the Russians harmless intentions, the folks in town think a full-scale Soviet invasion has been launched! What's worse, theirpolice chief (Keith) has left his hysterical assistant (Winters) in charge and the one man who knows the truth (Reiner) is only stirring up more chaos!
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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming looks overly cute now, but really, it was pretty hip for 1966. The cold war was in full deep-freeze when this well-meaning comedy tried to thaw things out a little: a Soviet submarine beaches on the New England coast, sending the locals into a paranoid frenzy. The chief pleasure of the film is Alan Arkin as the sub captain; this was Arkin's first major film role, and he had already mastered his exasperated, slow-burning frown (to say nothing of mastering his Russian dialogue). Arkin snagged an Oscar® nomination, with the movie receiving nominations for best picture, adapted screenplay, and editing--nods that reflect the film's smashing success at the box office. Somewhat dated now, the movie still has its place in the roster of raucous, American small-town comedies; seen in childhood, it will linger nicely as a depiction of foolish grown-ups. --Robert Horton
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : s_medNotRated Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 Ounces
- Director : Norman Jewison
- Media Format : Full Screen, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 6 minutes
- Release date : October 15, 2002
- Actors : Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Producers : Norman Jewison, Walter Mirisch
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified, Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
- ASIN : B00006FDAX
- Writers : Nathaniel Benchley, William Rose
- Number of discs : 1
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- #2,047 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #12,275 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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I heard Norman Jewison, the director, tell a fascinating story a couple of years ago.
Just after finishing the film, Jewison said a man with a heavy Russian accent in an ill fitting suit showed up at his home, early on a Sunday morning.
He was there to extend and invitation from Nikita Khrushchev to join him at the Kremlin for the Russian premier of the movie.
Jewison informed the man Americans were not allowed to travel to Russia. The man told Jewison to give him his passport, and he would take care of it. Jewison said, "For some reason I did, and he returned 3 days later with all the appropriate visa stamps.
So, Jewison went to Russia and the audience loved the positive light placed on the Russian sailors, and all the evidence that Arkin's assertion that everyone on that island was "complete and total crazy"
I recently re-watched this after the passage of many years and forgot how hilarious the movie is from start to finish. I especially love Alan Arkin's performance---I didn't realize until recently that he was of Russian ancestry and spoke fluent Russian. (I wasn't paying close attention to the fluency of his Russian and the Russian pronunciation of the other cast members who portrayed the "Russian Invasion Force" on that island community).
And his broken English accent is just out-of-this-world. What a wonderful actor he was, along with Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Brian Keith, and the others. Those 4 in particular are sorely missed and were quite special as artists. There's something extra special about watching a movie of such great caliber after the passage of so many years, especially in light of where we've been in light of geopolitics, with added maturity and new insights, and with the sudden tensions all over again in Ukraine, Crimea, and post-cold war Russia.
The film tells the story of what might happen if a Russian submarine were to have ran aground in a sleepy New England (island?) coastal town during the height of the cold war of the 1950s. The lure of the film is it's depiction of ordinary people attempting to cope with extraordinary circumstances. In the end, they realize that love, common sense and common decency rule.
The film is typical of the period, in that the pace is slow(by today's standards) and much of the humor is subtle. The lines delivered by the actors are generally funny not because of their content, but more so because of the actors' incredible timing and facial expressions.
Disclaimer>The film is NOT politically correct; Reiner makes jokes about hitting his son; people drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes; they make fun of the Russians' accent and there are lots of guns . . . If this stuff doesn't bother you, you probably have a sense of humor and you'll enjoy this film.
Favorite Scene #1: The Russians tie Muriel in a chair and hang her on the wall(by the chair). Next, her husband comes down to breakfast, hard of hearing, and doesn't notice her hanging on the coat hook, right behind her.
Sipping his tea says, "that's the way she want's it, that's the way it's gonna beeee"
Classic interaction of a New England couple of 40X years of marriage.
Favorite Scene #2: Jonathan Winters preparing to go to work(for the emergency) and prepping his family . . . the kids that look like him with the blank stares . . . his comments to his wife . . . LOL.
Favorite Scene #3: The use of a black VW Beetle is great. Although not a Russian car per sea, but definitely a Socialist invention and symbolic of the latter.
Quotes:
"My name is Walt Wittaker"; "Ok Widlaka Walt . . ."
"Norman, they're opening up the baaaar!"
"We've just got to have more guns!"
"Emergency, everybody to leave stleets"
"We've got to get organized!"
and of course
"that's the way she want's it, that's the way it's gonna beeee"
Another fine example of people being funny without a single curse or sexual innuendo. ; )
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The Russians are unexpectedly likable, Eva Marie Saint is very lovely, the precocious young boy is suitably irritating even though he is always right (or maybe just because he is always right), and Carl Reiner's writer on a retreat on the island is hilariously idiotic. It's mostly situation comedy with a bit of witty dialogue. Nice that any Russian dialogue is spoken in proper Russian, presumably dubbed by native speakers (and subtitled in English). Great film to while away a long wet Sunday afternoon.
The picture and sound quality of the DVD is surprisingly good for a film from the time. English subtitles are availabe for those who may need them.
"Don't tell them anything! He hasn't even tortured you yet!"
"Muriel said the Russians have landed, whatever that means, Chief. And she said they were attacking her personally!"
"Remember last time, when she called about that Peeping Tom - you know who that was, don't you? It was that Luther Grilk's horse."
The DVD looks good--I originally saw it on VHS pan-and-scan, so to see the full picture is great, and the colour is sharp. The one small issue I took was with the subtitles translating the Russian into English (which you can't turn off). They weren't there when I originally watched it, and I'd be surprised if the original release had them, because they are rendered unnecessary by the acting. You can hardly fail to understand what is going on, with the gestures and facial expressions, and I found it funnier without. I think there was only one line I had originally missed that the subtitles filled in, and I found them distracting. Oh well, only a small issue with a good DVD.
