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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Comedy · War · 1966
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
“IT'S A PLOT! ...to make the world die laughing!!”
1966 Comedy · War 2h 6m
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6.5 / 10
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When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!?
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The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
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The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Written by
William Rose
Carl Reiner
Walt Whittaker
Eva Marie Saint
Elspeth Whittaker
Alan Arkin
Lt. Rozanov
Brian Keith
Police Chief Link Mattocks
Paul Ford
Fendall Hawkins
Theodore Bikel
The Russian captain
Jonathan Winters
Norman Jones
Court is in session
Put The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.