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6.6/10
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Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 1 nomination
Boris Lee Krutonog
- Felix Braynin
- (as Boris Krutonog)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe film is based on actual events. While the film portrays all three consultants as being in Russia during the entire campaign, Gorton, Dresner and Shumate flew in and out of Russia during the five month period from February through July, 1996. Usually, two of the three were in Russia while the other was in the USA. This was a safety precaution, so if something went wrong in Russia, the member of the team in the US could get the other two out.
- GoofsHalf way the film, the three protagonists are discussing Tatiana inside Lenin's Mausoleum at the Red Square. It is however strictly forbidden to stand still and speak inside the mausoleum.
- Quotes
Joe Shumate: I know what you're thinking.
George Gorton: Do you? Then you're about to go f**k yourself.
- ConnectionsReferences A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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not based on the true events
When you read the comment on this film, that it's smart and funny political comedy based on true events - the only true word here is that it's a comedy. If you're told it's insider movie about Russian politics - it's not. There's probably only 2% in the movie from what really happened in Russia during that election-campaign. In reality of the 1996 it was thousand times more interesting to follow the situation and that was a real funky election-campaign. Well, there were PR-advisers from the US working in the Yeltsin's staff, but their role was just minimal. The whole campaign was totally different from what is shown in the movie, it would be much funnier showing all the president's people riding across the country with paper boxes full of cash, and the celebrities giving the shows to support Yeltsin all over the place - at least that would be true. I give it three only because of the respect to Jeff Goldblum, Antony LaPagglia, and Liev Schreiber. And about the machine guns on the streets of Moscow. I was living in the place that had the highest amount of hard crime in Russia in the middle of 90-s and never seen a man with the gun on the street.
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- vlados2002
- Mar 2, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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