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Leningrad Cowboys Go America [1989]

Leningrad Cowboys Go America [1989]
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Actors: Matti Pellonpaeae, Kari Vaananen, Sakke Jarvenpaa, Heikki Keskinen, Pimme Korhonen
Studio: Artificial Eye
Category: Video

Buy New: £17.99



New (2) Used (5) Collectible (1) from £10.00

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 10954

Format: Hifi Sound, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Finnish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 75
Discs: 1

EAN: 5021866100722
ASIN: B00004CLJJ

Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1990
Release Date: September 13, 1991
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: New and still sealed, purchased as unwanted gift. Now very much a cult 'road' movie by director Kaurismaki. Private collector will post immediately

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Kaurismaeki in a playful mood...   April 17, 2006
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This film is something of a change of pace for Kaurismaeki as it is more unambiguously comic than most of the rest of his oeuvre. Most Kaurismaeki films strike a fine balance between a dry, sardonic, black Finnish humour and a sense of drama and gravity, but in Leningrad Cowboys Go America we see a more playful - even Pythonesque at times - Kaurismaeki, and very enjoyable it is too! We follow the fortunes of the Leningrad Cowboys, a deeply untalanted band from Siberia who are advised to go to America because "they'll put up with anything there." Led by their despotic manager Vladimir, the band take their music, and their distinctive hairstyles, across America - looking less for fame and fortune than to scrape enough money together to eat. (Watch out for the cameo appearance by Jim Jarmusch as the used car salesman...)


5 out of 5 stars Weird, wacky but thoroughly watchable!   November 9, 2000
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

First saw this film not long after it's release as an 'art house' oddity.

Loved it from the start.

Watch out for the body in the coffin with his clown-like winkle pickers sticking out - and what a quiff that baby has! (Even the dog gets in on the act).

Misss this one at your own risk!


5 out of 5 stars One of a kind acid-ted-folk road movie   May 10, 2000
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This film has the same unsettling humour that made the League of Gentlemen such a hit. Often it's 'ha ha' funny, often just plain wierd and even poignient in places. You will either love it or hate it! I loved it and I strongly urge all viewers with a wide palette for humour to check this out. Maybe it's an eastern european 'Withnail & I' in that I can see a following building up over the proceeding years...


5 out of 5 stars A masterpiece which defies description   March 16, 2000
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

A group of strange folk musicians with preposterous quiffs from the northern Tundra travel to America to learn rock & roll and make it big. Hampered by poor organisation, despotic leadership, naivety, and a guitarist who needs to be carried around in a box while he thaws out (he stayed out practising too long one night), they receive mixed reviews as they travel southwards, evoking a fondly melancholy portrait of the country. Despite occasionally missing their tractors, they find success of sorts, and a few surprises along the way. Wonderful.

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