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Moscow on the Hudson is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Robin Williams as a Soviet circus musician who defects while on a visit to the United States.
Apr 6, 1984 · Moscow on the Hudson: Directed by Paul Mazursky. With Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey. A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.
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- Paul Mazursky
- 1984-04-06
Moscow on the Hudson is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Mazursky which stars Robin Williams as a Soviet circus musician who defects while on a visit to the United States.
Sep 10, 2012 · Moscow on the Hudson. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by GA. Time Out says. When Russian saxophone player Vladimir (Williams) visits NY, his experiences back home lead him to defect,...
The movie opens with his life in Moscow, a city of overcrowded apartments, bureaucratic red tape, long lines for consumer goods, secret pleasures like jazz records, and shortages so acute that toilet paper has turned into a currency of its own.
In Moscow, Vladimir can look forward to waiting in a long line during a snow storm for several rolls of toilet paper. He may be able to rendezvous at a friend's apartment for a bit of sex with his girl, but first he'll have to endure her petitions that he join the Party.
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Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and Soviet political repression of the early 1980s prior to perestroika, Moscow on the Hudson tells the story of Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophonist with the Moscow circus.