The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Film
Cold War movie classics that still thrill...to a concerted effort to make fun of our hostilities. For a taste of that satire and black humor, there's Norman Jewison's farcical "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming," or the adaptation of the Woody Allen play "Don't Drink the... In this article: Hollywood, Rash, Malaise, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Woody Allen, Vienna, and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
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Library of Congress: New Webcasts | November 03, 2009
Comedy Icon Carl Reiner
...wrote the screenplay for the movie "The Thrill of It All," starring Doris Day and James Garner. In 1966, Reiner starred in the film "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming." He also had featured or cameo roles in "It's a Mad, Mad,...
In this article: Carl Reiner, Call Me Mister, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mark Harmon, Sid Caesar, Ocean's Eleven, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Your Show of Shows, and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Virginia Pilot | October 29, 2009
There's something funny about the Virginia film festival
...and Child. " Norman Jewison The "Fiddler on the Roof" director will present screenings of his "… And Justice For All" and "The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming. " Alan Ball John Waters Answer: They will all be laughing...
In this article: Alan Ball, Wonderful World, Charlottesville, University of Virginia, Emmy, Virginia, Norman Jewison, Hairspray, and John Waters
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Wikipedia | October 16, 2009
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
...American comedy film. Based on the Nathaniel Benchley juvenile novel, The Off-Islanders, it was adapted for the screen by William Rose . The movie tells the Cold War story of the comedic chaos which ensues when the Soviet submarine, Спрут...
In this article: New England, United States Navy, Alan Arkin, and Theodore Bikel
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PopMatters | September 07, 2009
Jerry Lewis - GENIUS! (Short Ends and Leader)
...Davis Jr. vehicle One More Time), Lewis was desperate to revive his cinematic fortunes. With such war-oriented comedies as The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming and Start the Revolution Without Me creating significant...
In this article: Jerry Lewis, Frank Tashlin, Cinderfella, Martin and Lewis, Hollywood, World War II, and Nasal voice
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Wikipedia | September 02, 2009
William Rose (screenwriter)
...for ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Rose also won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy for 1966's, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. In 1973, Rose's lifetime achievements were recognized by...
In this article: William Rose, Academy Award, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Writers Guild of America Award, The Ladykillers, Genevieve, Black Watch, The Flim-Flam Man, and Golden Globe Award
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New York Times | June 12, 2009
Happy Days: Blind Spot
...days on a hemorrhoid donut cushion in his easy chair, watching TV and hoping for a re-run of "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," in which he had been an extra 20 years before. That morning, I had noticed how many times I'd...
In this article: God, Bread, Alberto Giacometti, and New York
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Wikipedia | June 04, 2009
Andrea Dromm
...insists that she had "no problems" with the legendary ladies' man. Dromm passed on the opportunity to stay with the series to take a part in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, where she played a teenaged babysitter who falls in...
In this article: Andrea Dromm, Gene Roddenberry, New York, Romeo and Juliet, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Crucible, University of Connecticut, National Airlines, and Clairol
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Wikipedia | March 14, 2009
Nathaniel Benchley
...Norman Jewison made Benchley's 1961 novel The Off-Islanders into a motion picture titled The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming for which he received the nomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. He was a...
In this article: Nathaniel Benchley, Robert Benchley, Norman Jewison, Academy Award, World War II, Humphrey Bogart, and Manhattan
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CBS News | May 16, 2008
Barbarella Angel John Phillip Law Dies, Actor Known For His Striking Good Looks Was 70 - CBS News
...Known For His Striking Good Looks Was 70 - CBS News This 1971 photo shows actor John Phillip Law, who starred in "Barbarella" and "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" in the 1960s. (AP Photo/File) Which actors are we...
In this article: Barbarella, John Phillip Law, Los Angeles Times, Hawaii, Roger Vadim, Alan Arkin, Otto Preminger, and Jane Fonda
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 15, 2008
Obituaries in the news
...Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who played an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," died Tuesday. He was 70. Law died Tuesday at his...
In this article: Warren Cowan, Tommy Burns, Celtic, Los Angeles, Barbarella, and Alan Arkin
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy film. Based on the Nathaniel Benchley juvenile novel, The Off-Islanders, it was adapted for the screen by William Rose. The movie tells the Cold War story of the comedic chaos which ensues when the Soviet submarine, Спрут (Sprut, Squid), accidentally runs aground near a small New England town.
- Name:
- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
- Release Date:
- May 25, 1966
- Directed By:
- Norman Jewison
- Produced by:
- Norman Jewison
- Editor:
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- J. Terry Williams
- Hal Ashby
- Cinematography:
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Music By:
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- Bonia Shur
- Johnny Mandel
- Distributed By:
- United Artists
- Length:
- 126 min.
- Language:
- English/Russian
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