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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Box Set, Collectors Edition, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band. Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) The band is reduced in number by a snake-tequila in Mexico and some of the survivors go north and meet a new manager who claims to be Moses and leads them to the promised land Siberia. Total Balalaika Show (1994) A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like 'Sweet Home, Alabama') as well as more traditional Russian songs like the 'Volga Boatman'. ...Aki Kaurismäki: Leningrad Cowboys Collection - 3-DVD Box Set ( Leningrad Cowboys Go America / Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses / Total Balalaika Show )
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA: I think this film is funnier than Spinal Tap and easily ranks as one of my favourite films of all time. It has also got to be one of the strangest films ever! How do you explain a family of Siberian, pointy booted, quiff headed brothers who set out to cross the United States to find fortune and fame, trailed by their most loyal fan and carting the coffin of their frozen bass player brother on the roof of their car(complete with bass neck and pointy boots sticking out of the coffin) after he spent too long out in the cold... told you it was strange! But it is so, so funny and quite touching in places - and with a great soundtrack! It's about time this classic piece of rock history was re-released.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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These films represent something of a change of pace for Kaurismäki as they are more unambiguously comic than most of the rest of his oeuvre. Most Kaurismäki 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 - Kaurismäki, 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...)
This sequel to Leningrad Cowboys Go America continues in much the same vein as its predecessor and is equally satisfying. The absurdist, Pythonesque humour is a bit more in evidence here and again it's wonderful to see an accomplished filmmaker just having fun. This film is also significant in that it was Matti Pellonpää's last performance for Kaurismäki (as Vladimir/Moses) before his untimely death.
This sequel to Leningrad Cowboys Go America continues in much the same vein as its predecessor and is equally satisfying. The absurdist, Pythonesque humour is a bit more in evidence here and again it's wonderful to see an accomplished filmmaker just having fun. This film is also significant in that it was Matti Pellonpää's last performance for Kaurismäki (as Vladimir/Moses) before his untimely death.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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You either love Aki Kaurismaki's work or you don't. Me,I think he's great.
I think that "Leningrad cowboys go America" is hilarious, my partner thinks that it is garbage. Hey, what does she know? We both agree that the second DVD which is a film of a concert given in Helsinki in Finland and which features the band with the Red Army musical ensemble is brilliant. Worth the money for that alone.
I think that "Leningrad cowboys go America" is hilarious, my partner thinks that it is garbage. Hey, what does she know? We both agree that the second DVD which is a film of a concert given in Helsinki in Finland and which features the band with the Red Army musical ensemble is brilliant. Worth the money for that alone.
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Quite simple: are there English subtitles (or any other kind of subtitles) on this dvd? Please, someone who owns it, answer. Thanks a lot
Published on 18 May 2010 by A. A. Alexopoulos
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