The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)

A Classic that's as Funny in 2008 as in 1966

I bought a DVD of this classic for my mother. She'd never heard about it, and I couldn't imagine missing it! In fact, I became a forever fan of Alan Arkin because of it.

It's just as clever and funny as it was when it first came out. The cars are different, the clothes are different, even some of the boats are different -- but people are the same. They're suspicious and friendly, helpful and downright obstructive. All the same as it was then.

There's a ton of fun in this movie. If you haven't seen it, do so! If you have, laugh again. It's great comedy and appropriate for all ages.
July 29, 2008

The Russians ard Coming. the Russians are Coming

I saw first saw this movie when I was in the sixth grade. In the middle of the Cold War, just the title was a scary thing for a kid. I sat through it twice before leaving the theater. It not only was hilarious, but eased my mind about that time of world crisis. Seeing it again was so much fun and I wonder if such a movie could be made in this time of war and crisis in the world. July 14, 2008

One of the all time Greats!!

This movie is a true classic. A cold war movie before there were cold war movies, it is both funny and poignant from beginning to end (mostly funny). The cast is top notch hollywood and television stars (Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, etc. etc. the list goes on and on. AND Alan Arkin is the greatest! June 30, 2008

"Emergency! Emergency! Everybody to get from street!"

So you don't understand the 1960s international context that motivates this video?.... Not to worry! Are you skeptical that humor on film could have such an extended shelf life?...No concern! Perhaps you're not familiar with the somewhat twisted path taken by the fertile mind of Carl Reiner?...Now there's something you need to change!

"The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" tugs on the viewer with a combination of mini-projectiles of finely-nuanced verbal and visual humor, an improbable (although entirely possible) interplay of chance events, the tension of sleepy small-town lethargy being challenged by large outside forces, and the skillful (and often amusing) development of the characters by an array of presenters in a variety of roles.

Slightly-skewed intellectual humor makes this video work; just when you begin to think you're ahead of it, the ambush comes. "Muriel, Muriel!"... "Yes, we are Norviegans!"..."Whittaker Walt...". Connect your sensory apparatus up to this one and life will never be the same.

June 25, 2008

The Russians are Coming,The Russians are coming

Funny, a real delight of what could happen when two groups of people who do not get along find humor and that their differences are non existant. June 23, 2008

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