Moscow On The Hudson

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00:01:16 Excuse me, please, sir.
00:01:21 - Lincoln Center?
00:01:24 You're on the wrong bus.
00:01:28 All you have to do is go to 57th Street,
00:01:33 Don't worry.
00:01:36 Then you go and get a free transfer
00:01:40 - Thank you.
00:01:42 It's tough getting around here at first.
00:02:46 I WANT TO GO TO ISRAEL
00:03:02 Toilet paper?
00:03:04 Shoes, I think.
00:03:06 They must be Czech or Polish
00:03:09 I don't know.
00:03:25 Size?
00:03:28 Forty-five.
00:03:29 No forty-fives left.
00:03:31 Forty-four or forty-six will do.
00:03:34 We only have thirty-eights.
00:03:35 I'll take three pairs.
00:03:36 Only two to a customer.
00:03:38 Two thirty-eights, then.
00:04:12 If you want to go on the New York tour
00:04:20 You are late. We're getting ready.
00:04:27 I couldn't help it.
00:04:34 Czech?
00:04:35 The queue was endless.
00:04:37 I wear a forty-two.
00:04:39 These are thirty-eight.
00:04:41 How much?
00:04:43 Forty roubles.
00:04:44 Forty?
00:04:46 I know you only paid twenty.
00:04:50 All right. I give them to you as a gift.
00:04:56 Why forty, you only paid twenty?
00:05:02 Did you lick his ass good? Was it tasty?
00:05:43 When you arrive in New York,
00:05:46 ... that you are representatives
00:05:49 Many people will take perverse pleasure in
00:05:54 KGB pig!
00:05:55 They see you as targets for seduction.
00:05:59 Prostitutes will try to tempt you
00:06:07 And stay away from places
00:06:14 Times Square.
00:06:17 Greenwich Village.
00:06:20 Rockefeller Center.
00:06:34 I'm an artist, and an artist without freedom
00:06:38 Watch where you drive, artist.
00:06:40 I know the same nausea is grabbing at you.
00:06:43 I am content.
00:06:44 Bullshit! You are a gear in a bad machine.
00:06:51 My soul is standing in line
00:06:56 Gasoline!
00:07:26 Fill them up.
00:07:34 See how corrupt we are.
00:07:36 America is not corrupt? France?
00:07:38 My soul is dying.
00:07:40 My stomach is growling.
00:07:43 Let's practice our English.
00:07:46 Let us practice. You start.
00:07:51 Hello, mister.
00:07:55 - Hello, mister. May I buy lamb chop?
00:08:02 - Do you read Ernest Hemingway?
00:08:08 Kiss me, beautiful. Beautiful? Beautiful.
00:08:12 I love you.
00:08:17 Yes, my dear clown?
00:08:19 When we come to New York,
00:08:24 - Why do you do this to me?
00:08:29 You know I am obliged
00:08:31 I want a Mercedes-Benz.
00:08:36 I want to see Rio de Janeiro!
00:08:41 I want to see London! I want to see Paris!
00:08:45 Stop it.
00:08:47 Taxi, take me out of here!
00:09:02 I could be KGB.
00:09:05 Then my ass is already frozen.
00:09:09 Please. Be careful, my friend.
00:09:15 I hate my life.
00:10:02 Tonight at 9:00, as usual?
00:10:04 Yes, see you.
00:10:10 Toilet paper?
00:10:12 Toilet paper or chickens, I'm not sure.
00:10:17 Toilet paper?
00:10:18 Top quality.
00:10:20 Thank you.
00:10:47 Leonid? You're back.
00:10:51 How is your music?
00:10:53 I still play for tigers and bears. And you?
00:10:57 No. I have a new job. I pave streets.
00:11:00 I protested Afghanistan...
00:11:02 I know. I heard.
00:11:04 They said I was crazy,
00:11:08 Were you crazy?
00:11:12 If I was really crazy, how would I know it?
00:11:19 We shall talk, Leonid.
00:11:21 Don't ever go crazy if you can help it.
00:11:26 You! Don't try to break in the line!
00:12:07 You found it! Congratulations, Vladimir.
00:12:16 Why does everyone in this family
00:12:23 Eating and going to the bathroom
00:12:33 I've made some borsch, Vladimir.
00:12:36 I can't. I'm meeting Svetlana.
00:12:39 If you married her,
00:12:43 I'm not ready for another marriage.
00:12:45 I like Svetlana.
00:12:47 Is she the one with the big tits?
00:12:49 You should have been a poet, Grandfather.
00:12:51 Oh, I almost forgot! Pickled mushrooms.
00:13:00 It would make me happy
00:13:04 Look at those black people. What a mess.
00:13:14 Beautiful people and great musicians.
00:13:31 Do you know Duke Ellington?
00:13:38 There's a great tune: Take the 'A' Train.
00:14:17 Now we'll be arrested for sure.
00:14:23 Before we marry, you should join the Party.
00:14:33 You know I'm not a joiner.
00:14:36 It's a bit humiliating,
00:14:40 That's what friends are for.
00:15:07 Get away, you snoop.
00:15:09 I am going to report you to the police.
00:15:17 - May I kiss your lamb chops, beautiful?
00:15:36 I have something for you.
00:15:43 You certainly know
00:15:46 It's for your soft, rosy bottom,
00:16:04 Will you miss me in America?
00:16:07 Yes.
00:16:12 You know, I am jealous of you.
00:16:15 Why?
00:16:17 I wish I could see America.
00:16:21 Yes, I am lucky.
00:16:23 I'd like to see it with my own eyes...
00:16:27 ... the decadence...
00:16:29 ... the crime, the poverty...
00:16:38 The inflation.
00:16:48 You know what I would like from America?
00:16:53 Blue jeans, my darling.
00:16:56 Jordache.
00:16:58 Sergio Valente...
00:17:07 And anything from Calvin Klein.
00:17:28 Too much vodka.
00:17:39 Hush, my Don Juan, hush.
00:17:47 There are whores in Gorky Park
00:18:02 Horseshit! You smiling bastards.
00:18:05 Good morning, Grandfather.
00:18:07 Good morning, Vladimir.
00:18:11 Next they'll tell us
00:18:17 The agricultural news
00:18:23 Lies, tell us more lies.
00:18:27 You shouldn't talk that way, Father.
00:18:29 You have no respect for position.
00:18:32 Let them come and arrest me.
00:18:37 Let them take me away like Leonid,
00:18:45 Leonid is stupid.
00:18:49 Trotsky was right.
00:18:51 They have dumped shit on the revolution
00:18:56 You'll land us all in prison.
00:18:58 They're not looking for you.
00:19:02 You're not Sakharov or Shcharansky.
00:19:06 Our leaders are only good for parades.
00:19:19 And they don't have any balls.
00:19:22 I've never seen the balls of our leaders.
00:19:25 Oh, you'll see them. In the next revolution.
00:19:28 They'll hang the balls of our leaders
00:19:44 Good morning, Vladimir Ivanoff.
00:19:46 I have done nothing.
00:19:47 Perhaps.
00:19:58 Nicholai Ivanoff is your grandfather?
00:20:00 Of course.
00:20:01 Your neighbors say he yells
00:20:05 He's an old man.
00:20:06 Makes rude gestures at people
00:20:10 He is a comedian. He likes mischief.
00:20:12 Perhaps he is senile
00:20:19 He is a war hero.
00:20:21 Please, I will talk to him.
00:20:25 It might be wiser for you
00:20:27 ... of your friend, Anatoly Cherkasov,
00:20:30 I have done nothing wrong.
00:20:32 Good. It might go well
00:20:34 ... if you kept your eyes on Cherkasov.
00:20:36 He is only a clown.
00:20:37 Yes, but perhaps he wants
00:20:51 Goodbye, Vladimir Ivanoff.
00:20:53 Also, those fucking shoes are killing me.
00:24:39 Vladimir, one day I'll perform on Broadway.
00:24:42 It will be a big sign:
00:24:44 "Anatoly Cherkasov
00:24:47 America is magnificent.
00:24:51 They say it is customary to take towels.
00:24:55 Look, a giant prophylactic. It fits me.
00:25:00 Please speak English.
00:25:03 - Okay, mister.
00:25:11 This television is a piece of crap,
00:25:17 My father will love this.
00:25:22 It must be smooth like velvet.
00:25:25 Stop thinking of your ass
00:25:28 Don't play game with me, okay, pal?
00:25:34 Do you want to know why I am lucky
00:25:40 Because they want me to spy on you.
00:25:46 I shit on them!
00:25:59 Maybe this decadence attempt to lure us.
00:26:04 Then they have succeeded.
00:26:08 - What a country.
00:26:43 I really do want to go to Leningrad.
00:26:46 Tell me, do you like Barbara Streisand?
00:26:49 Yeah, she's wonderful.
00:27:05 Waiter, I'll have a Black Russian.
00:27:14 - Is something the matter?
00:27:19 - Your English is excellent.
00:27:24 Veronica Cohen.
00:27:28 Vladimir Ivanoff.
00:27:31 Yes, I know.
00:27:36 You don't look like a Marxist.
00:27:38 I'm not. I'm a humanist.
00:27:43 Usually has beard, moustache.
00:27:46 - The women, too?
00:27:51 Excuse me. I am happy to talk to you,
00:28:04 What about your president?
00:28:08 He was an actor before, just like us.
00:28:11 What about credibility with him?
00:28:14 I know what I will do.
00:28:16 Tomorrow, during the opening parade,
00:28:21 - I will defect.
00:28:28 Tomorrow is the day.
00:28:31 Think of your family.
00:28:42 Would you like to watch me
00:28:58 Soon we'll be back in Moscow.
00:30:36 Ladies and gentlemen, good day.
00:31:13 I hope it ain't as bad
00:31:16 Them Italians came one time
00:31:20 They weren't Italians,
00:31:22 I thought they said they was from Rome.
00:31:27 See the game last night?
00:31:28 Yeah, Magic Johnson was the best guard
00:31:33 What a pair of hands.
00:31:37 Buon giorno, Lucia, darling.
00:31:43 You have only 30 minutes
00:31:49 Then we go to the airport.
00:32:50 My God!
00:32:52 What decadence!
00:33:17 Excuse me.
00:33:20 You must be Russian.
00:33:22 Yes, I am with the circus.
00:33:26 We heard you guys were coming today.
00:33:28 Let me tell you something.
00:33:30 I wish for peace among all nations.
00:33:34 I am looking for blue jeans.
00:33:37 We had a nuclear freeze demonstration
00:33:41 "Make love, not war," we say.
00:33:44 Make love, for sure.
00:33:48 I look for blue jeans.
00:33:51 Blue jeans, right. Designer jeans?
00:33:56 Jordache, Calvin Klein?
00:34:01 You go straight back to menswear,
00:34:06 I am Russian, not Pole.
00:34:09 Yeah, I know.
00:34:12 Well, anyway, you go straight, okay?
00:34:16 Then you take a left.
00:34:18 You can't miss the Denim Den.
00:34:21 - Thank you.
00:34:23 I hope you have a nice stay in New York.
00:34:26 I go back to Moscow today.
00:34:30 Well, goodbye.
00:35:05 I will do it here.
00:35:09 Everyone watches here.
00:35:10 I don't give a shit.
00:35:12 I swear, I'll do it.
00:35:15 Do it! Go. Do!
00:35:18 Leave me alone. Go, do it.
00:35:24 Three items to a dressing room.
00:35:25 Gentlemen, please button your flies.
00:35:28 What are you doing?
00:35:31 Women don't belong in the dressing room!
00:35:35 They don't stay in the dressing rooms!
00:35:38 They can't be here. What do you mean...
00:35:41 I don't understand.
00:35:43 You're in America, speak English.
00:35:47 Are you feeling well, Anatoly?
00:35:49 You are pale and sweating.
00:35:52 It's nothing. Just a slight cold.
00:35:55 You know, different climate.
00:36:03 Soon you will be back in Moscow,
00:36:38 - I can't do it.
00:36:41 I am a bird without wings.
00:37:01 I'm sorry, my friend.
00:37:13 What are you guys doing?
00:37:14 Only one customer to a cubicle.
00:37:19 Excuse me, sir.
00:37:23 Fags everywhere.
00:37:27 - Your wife will love Forbidden Fruit.
00:37:32 Time to go.
00:37:40 I would like to see some Forbidden Fruit.
00:37:43 Great. All right, I'll see you tonight.
00:37:46 Talk to you later.
00:37:52 Fabulous choice, sir.
00:38:14 Are you all right, sir?
00:38:16 Excuse me, sir. Are you all right?
00:38:20 Yes.
00:38:22 I suddenly feel dizzy.
00:38:27 Let's get you some H2O.
00:38:36 - I got a dizzy Russian on my hands.
00:38:40 - Is there a large gay community in Russia?
00:38:53 The men's room is downstairs,
00:38:56 This ain't no health club.
00:39:03 - I defect.
00:39:07 Don't be grabbing on the uniform.
00:39:12 I defected.
00:39:13 You're not gonna do that here.
00:39:16 Maybe I better take him.
00:39:18 I am Russian.
00:39:20 - I defect.
00:39:23 Oh, my God! Don't you get it?
00:39:39 Code 2. We got a defection going on.
00:39:43 Call the damn police!
00:40:32 You son of a bitch!
00:40:43 Please, help me.
00:40:47 - Are you the one defecting?
00:40:52 I think it's safe.
00:40:54 I know the Russian is behind the counter.
00:40:57 My name is Orlando Ramirez.
00:41:02 You've got a lawyer.
00:41:04 Thank you.
00:41:08 Are you enjoying yourself?
00:41:13 Excuse me.
00:41:36 Get up. Stay here. Stay right here.
00:41:39 This is Officer 14.
00:41:41 The defector is between Estée Lauder
00:41:44 Officer, you must help me.
00:41:47 - I am a security officer, not a policeman.
00:41:52 - Who are these dudes?
00:41:55 - We are Soviet officials.
00:41:57 - Don't threaten me!
00:42:01 If that don't dissuade you,
00:42:05 Stay put until the authorities get here.
00:42:08 Call the embassy!
00:42:09 I want to keep my comrade
00:42:12 I told you to back off!
00:42:13 You're in my jurisdiction which runs from
00:42:18 So keep your hands off the man!
00:42:21 - What's going on here, Mr. Simpson?
00:42:24 - Don't blame me. I was on the floor.
00:42:26 Some Russian is running around
00:42:29 We don't like that at Bloomingdale's,
00:42:35 Everybody on the bus.
00:42:42 In the name of the Soviet Union, I protest.
00:42:47 - I am not drugged.
00:42:50 Nobody is smoking no shit around here.
00:42:54 Back off!
00:42:55 I'm Kaity Tong at Bloomingdale's
00:42:59 Things are chaotic here,
00:43:03 Apparently, a member of the Russian
00:43:07 ...has decided to defect in,
00:43:11 Vladimir, I trusted you.
00:43:15 You know what my life will be now?
00:43:18 Vladimir, have mercy.
00:43:24 You are a Russian.
00:43:27 Please, I will give you everything I own.
00:43:31 My sweet Volodnishka, please.
00:43:41 You will never see your parents
00:43:45 ... never.
00:43:49 I defect.
00:43:55 This is New York City.
00:44:01 The FBI has just arrived on the scene.
00:44:04 How do you plan to handle this?
00:44:08 I'm Agent Ross
00:44:11 - Frank Williams, Justice.
00:44:13 Vladimir Ivanoff is a defector.
00:44:17 KGB, whatever that is.
00:44:32 - What exactly do you protest?
00:44:37 It seems he's already defected.
00:44:38 Mr. Ivanoff, can you tell us
00:44:43 - Freedom.
00:44:46 Freedom.
00:44:49 For now, consider yourself an applicant
00:44:53 That's a matter for Immigration.
00:44:58 - You can still come home.
00:45:04 Let us pass.
00:45:05 Excuse us.
00:45:07 This means Siberia, for sure.
00:45:09 Do you have any family or friends
00:45:16 Sir, it's $147.50 for the robe...
00:45:19 ...and $30 for the windbreaker.
00:45:25 Bitch.
00:45:27 Do you know anyone here, sir?
00:45:29 Only you. And this good black man
00:45:34 - Where is he going to stay?
00:45:39 I can stay your home?
00:45:41 I'm Security Officer Witherspoon.
00:45:43 I understand how the brother feels.
00:45:59 - Hold it!
00:46:06 Tolya, I did it.
00:46:09 I'm free like a bird.
00:46:39 What are you saying?
00:46:45 I say goodbye to my saxophone.
00:46:48 Say what?
00:46:49 Mr. Ivanoff, did I hear you say goodbye
00:46:56 He left his saxophone on the bus, I think.
00:47:00 Also, you waved goodbye to your friends.
00:47:04 No, I am happy.
00:47:06 It is so nice to be here.
00:47:08 Yeah, he's going to stay here.
00:47:10 Thank you. This is Kaity Tong.
00:47:27 I think he knows you are a foreigner.
00:47:30 You got to learn to look mean.
00:47:34 Mean.
00:47:36 Is that your mean look?
00:47:38 Look crazy. Like this.
00:47:44 Crazy.
00:47:52 Crazy motherfucker.
00:48:04 Many different people here,
00:48:09 This is what is known as a ghetto,
00:48:16 I like it. It is nice.
00:48:22 - Must be pretty bad in Russia.
00:48:24 - But there are many beautiful people.
00:48:28 I read about slavery.
00:48:31 - With slavery, the work was steady.
00:48:37 I make joke.
00:48:39 I feel to make joke
00:48:47 ... a member of the Russian circus troupe,
00:48:51 ... to defect in, of all places, Bloomie's.
00:48:55 - Get in here. You're on TV.
00:49:04 You look good, Vladimir.
00:49:06 We can see it again on the 11:00 news.
00:49:08 Mama, this is Vladimir.
00:49:11 This is my stepfather, Fletcher.
00:49:15 My grandfather.
00:49:17 - I never met a Russian. They all white?
00:49:22 Yes. You are kind
00:49:27 Hope you didn't come for a job.
00:49:30 Welcome to the U.S.A.
00:49:33 Honey, you don't look so well.
00:49:39 You can just lay down right here.
00:49:46 Lionel, man in store give me card.
00:49:52 "Orlando Ramirez." Sounds like
00:49:56 Get his fucking feet off my couch.
00:49:58 Hush, Grandpa!
00:50:05 Good night, my American family.
00:50:18 I'm going to help you with everything.
00:50:21 It is very important to know
00:50:25 - Thank you.
00:50:28 You have to pay me.
00:50:31 One hand helps the other.
00:50:33 I have $120 and one pair of blue jeans.
00:50:37 My fee for helping you
00:50:41 - May I call you Vladimir?
00:50:44 Orlando. That is a musical name.
00:50:48 My father was called Orlando.
00:50:51 He rolled the finest cigars in Havana.
00:50:53 Orlando "el Rey," they called him.
00:50:56 Orlando "the King."
00:50:59 Then Castro came along
00:51:01 Castro is a great man.
00:51:04 He's a bullshit artist who has been taken in
00:51:09 I'm not political.
00:51:11 - We had to get our asses out of Cuba.
00:51:15 No.
00:51:16 We took a life raft to Miami Beach, Florida.
00:51:19 The only way to fly, let me tell you.
00:51:23 It was almost 20 years ago.
00:51:36 - I told you about eggs and onions.
00:51:40 - I want to get something for the kids.
00:51:44 Jack's kids.
00:51:48 Some vacation. They said this place
00:51:52 You get better sun on our roof.
00:51:57 There's the boy.
00:51:58 Ask him for a couple of rum and Cokes
00:52:03 Give me two Cuba Libres
00:52:07 Here, come on, make it snappy.
00:52:11 Talking to them is like talking to a wall.
00:52:15 Well, here I am.
00:52:17 It hasn't been easy,
00:52:23 Where are you going?
00:52:24 You passed Chambers Street twice already.
00:52:28 Sorry, sir. I think Chambers Street here,
00:52:33 Drive a cab in Korea if you don't know
00:52:40 Mr. Ivanoff, this is only stage one.
00:52:43 You will be interviewed again
00:52:47 Until then, you'll need a work permit.
00:52:49 Make sure the man understands
00:52:52 I understand. When for next interview?
00:52:55 In one month, we'll give an advisory
00:52:58 Don't worry, you'll get it.
00:53:00 - In a year, you can petition for citizenship.
00:53:04 Do you know how many people
00:53:06 Vietnamese, Korean, Salvadorians.
00:53:10 Those Iranians, Mexicans, Bolivians,
00:53:14 Have mercy. So many people.
00:53:16 I have mercy,
00:53:19 I'm like a TV set.
00:53:23 I have been waiting two hours.
00:53:26 His name is Ronald Reagan!
00:53:34 Orlando, out!
00:53:35 Mr. Baktar,
00:53:39 I've been here two days
00:54:38 You guys going to dance?
00:54:39 No, I rest now.
00:54:45 He is good boy, Lionel.
00:54:47 So-so.
00:54:49 No, he's nice, but don't call him "boy."
00:54:52 Why not?
00:54:53 Black men don't like to be called "boy."
00:55:02 - That was a brave thing you did yesterday.
00:55:05 For the first time, I act from here,
00:55:11 - You are a good girl?
00:55:15 I would like to know you.
00:55:21 I'm Italian. From Italy. From the Abruzzi.
00:55:24 It's a little village called Casoli.
00:55:27 Everybody I meet is from somewhere else.
00:55:31 It's America.
00:55:35 - Would you like to dance?
00:55:38 Come on.
00:55:48 Why you came America?
00:55:51 When my father died six years ago,
00:55:57 We were so poor.
00:56:01 Or for a boy, for that matter.
00:56:03 So, I guess I was the lucky one.
00:56:07 I have an Uncle Sal who lives here.
00:56:10 He has a funeral parlor.
00:56:14 - He sponsored me.
00:56:17 In a few months, I will become a citizen.
00:56:21 Then watch me take off.
00:56:23 Take off?
00:56:25 I mean, I want to work in media.
00:56:28 In TV. Television.
00:56:31 I love sportscasting. Or newscasting.
00:56:35 Remember yesterday, this girl Kaity Tong?
00:56:39 At Bloomingdale's. You know, the girl?
00:56:43 I think she's great. She's fantastic.
00:56:58 - I am be followed.
00:57:09 That man.
00:57:10 That's the FBI.
00:57:12 They watch you for a few weeks,
00:57:16 Also to keep the KGB from kidnapping you,
00:57:25 - Is that a new dance from Russia?
00:57:34 - Thank you for protection.
00:57:38 Have a good time.
00:57:49 All this week we've been working
00:57:53 Time to work on the stomach again.
00:57:57 Remember how to do this one?
00:58:01 First we do lower back-drops.
00:58:03 - Good morning, Vlad. How you doing?
00:58:07 I wish to be useful.
00:58:09 How may I help you?
00:58:11 You can do the shopping.
00:58:13 I have an appointment
00:58:16 - The unemployment office.
00:58:19 She's got an ass on her.
00:58:21 I like, last night, musicians much.
00:58:24 Excellent saxophones.
00:58:27 You ever hear of the "Bird"?
00:58:29 - The great Charlie Parker?
00:58:32 That boy could blow.
00:58:34 Excuse me, Grandpa,
00:58:39 What should I call him? "Rhinoceros"?
00:58:42 - How's the coffee coming?
00:58:45 - We'd have coffee if you'd get off your butt.
00:58:50 - I'll work when I can find something.
00:58:54 Bullshit! Deliver books!
00:58:58 We know you got a college education.
00:59:04 You're just like your mother.
00:59:07 Leave my mother out of this.
00:59:11 I go shopping. I must to pay. Please.
00:59:31 Coffee?
00:59:33 Aisle 2.
00:59:34 - Coffee line, please?
00:59:46 "Taster's Choice...
00:59:48 "...decaffeinated...
00:59:50 "...Maxwell House, El Pico...
00:59:54 "...Chock Full O'Nuts, espresso...
00:59:58 "...cappuccino, Café Français...
01:00:00 "...Sanka, Folger's...
01:00:04 "...Café Caribe."
01:00:06 Coffee. Coffee! Coffee!
01:00:15 Mr. Ivanoff, don't worry.
01:00:18 You're merely suffering
01:00:22 Don't be alarmed. You are among friends.
01:00:26 You should have seen yours truly
01:00:29 I was very nervous.
01:00:31 Look at these girls. They know, too.
01:00:35 I am feeling better.
01:00:38 - You're something of a celebrity.
01:00:44 Everybody was worried about you.
01:00:46 My wife thought you'd been kidnapped
01:00:49 I'm sorry.
01:00:51 I have wonderful news for you.
01:00:54 - I've made some calls to find you a job.
01:00:58 - Nothing fancy, my friend.
01:01:18 When you speak English,
01:01:23 My mouth is fine. My brain hurts.
01:01:26 When I speak English,
01:01:29 - I wish they would stop playing this music.
01:01:33 - You'll get your chance.
01:01:36 Do you know how difficult it is
01:01:39 ...and astrophysics?
01:01:41 Boy, you speak English well.
01:01:43 In a couple of minutes,
01:01:47 Maybe we pick up cheeseburger,
01:01:55 "Dearest parents, dear Sasha,
01:02:00 "I don't know if you'll ever receive
01:02:02 "...but I will write to you every week.
01:02:05 "I am sorry to cause you pain,
01:02:11 "America is strange and wonderful.
01:02:15 "I live with a nice black family.
01:02:21 "My Cuban lawyer helps me also
01:02:25 Okay, mister. Aquí, amigo. Bueno buy.
01:02:28 Two for $1.00. Okay, mister!
01:02:33 "I am learning to read and write English
01:02:38 "Also, I have nice Italian girl
01:02:42 Johnson at bat for the Blue Jays.
01:02:45 Here's the pitch. A ground ball to third!
01:02:48 Nettles scoops it up, throws to Randolph.
01:02:51 Double play! What a play!
01:02:55 I don't believe this! It's incredible.
01:02:59 What does he need that Madison Avenue
01:03:02 - This will make your feet sing.
01:03:06 Madison Avenue
01:03:09 - People make judgment from the shoes.
01:03:15 While your ancestors were beating drums
01:03:19 ...my people were giving
01:03:24 - We invented style.
01:03:26 All I see is plastic fruit
01:03:30 - I like those, please.
01:03:35 No, I take those.
01:03:37 "Yesterday, I bought my first pair
01:03:41 "They were made in Italy."
01:03:43 Mustard? You got it.
01:03:46 "Today I opened my own restaurant
01:03:53 "I miss you very much. Love, Volya."
01:04:16 The best. Excuse me.
01:04:44 FBI?
01:04:46 FBI? No.
01:04:50 KGB?
01:04:53 No.
01:04:57 G-A-Y.
01:05:02 Gay?
01:05:04 Oh, no. No.
01:05:09 Sorry. You have a nice face.
01:05:13 I hope it didn't upset you.
01:05:15 No. It's okay, mister.
01:05:24 "Dear Tolya: I have a new saxophone...
01:05:28 "...but I still don't have work as a musician.
01:05:32 "I have many other jobs, though."
01:05:34 Two Big Macs,
01:05:37 ...six pieces Chicken McNuggets,
01:05:42 ...one order McFries,
01:05:44 Is that to go?
01:05:46 No, I eat it here.
01:05:48 Come back Mc-soon.
01:05:50 "I am now driving a taxi part-time."
01:05:54 Sunday I got a date with Lucia.
01:05:56 I knew it! I knew there was something
01:06:00 No, nothing going on.
01:06:04 There ain't no crime in sex.
01:06:08 - She digs you, man. I know she does.
01:06:10 You're probably the only man
01:06:13 "I have met some members
01:06:18 "Some of them are painters,
01:06:21 "They all have made adjustments
01:06:25 "To tell you the truth, dear Tolya,
01:06:35 "And, dear friend,
01:06:40 "Kiss the bears and the ponies.
01:06:43 "Perhaps, some day, I will see you again.
01:07:19 I like it.
01:07:22 It's very nice.
01:07:24 Not much furniture.
01:07:27 You bought the blender we had on sale.
01:07:31 Nothing. I don't blend anything.
01:07:36 You miss Russia, don't you?
01:07:38 Sure. Sometime. You want some vodka?
01:07:40 I'd love some.
01:07:45 You like music?
01:07:48 I love also music.
01:07:52 That's a nice tape deck.
01:07:54 I buy it from friend of Lionel's
01:07:58 It's a good thing
01:08:02 This tape I bring from Russia.
01:08:04 It is great Wild Bill Hawthorn,
01:08:08 I tape from Radio Free Europe.
01:08:12 It's nice music.
01:08:34 Would you like to dance?
01:08:41 Why not?
01:08:53 You miss Italy?
01:08:55 No, I don't miss Italy at all.
01:08:58 I miss my family. My brothers, my sisters.
01:09:02 When I make it big, I'll bring them all here.
01:09:06 Now, my mother's a very nice lady...
01:09:09 ...but she's into that black dress for life,
01:09:15 When I go back to Brooklyn...
01:09:17 ...and the Russian stores...
01:09:22 ...the smells remind me of home.
01:09:24 And I know I can't go back,
01:09:28 No, I don't want to go back.
01:09:37 You smell very good.
01:09:41 It's Charlie.
01:09:43 - No, it's not perfume.
01:09:46 It's you.
01:09:50 I really like you.
01:09:53 Likewise.
01:09:55 But I am...
01:09:59 - You have boyfriend?
01:10:02 I am a free woman.
01:10:06 Me, too.
01:10:08 What I mean is
01:10:13 ...I don't want you to think
01:10:19 To exaggerate what it is. You understand?
01:10:23 Yes.
01:10:24 I assure you as former citizen
01:10:28 ...I make no moral thought about sex.
01:10:31 I respect your new life.
01:10:36 Thanks.
01:10:44 But I do desire you in a big way.
01:10:48 Likewise.
01:11:43 I take FDR. Drive, sir, to beat the traffic.
01:11:46 Whatever you say.
01:11:50 You relax, sir.
01:11:53 TV is working.
01:11:57 - What time is it, by the way?
01:12:01 I had my damn watch stolen
01:12:04 Really? That's a bitch.
01:12:06 Went into the washroom,
01:12:10 ...stepped back
01:12:12 ...turned around,
01:12:15 - I'd like you to check this out.
01:12:18 It's a digital. It's Japanese.
01:12:20 Touch gives you heartbeat
01:12:23 - What part of Texas are you from?
01:12:28 You sound further away than that.
01:12:30 I have a fountain pen with an alarm clock
01:12:34 You've got your hand on the bucket
01:12:37 I also sell vitamins. Look at this.
01:12:39 "True Nature." It's a six-pack of health.
01:12:43 Gives you the dick of death.
01:12:45 I'd like to trade me some flat
01:12:48 Pluck one of them long-stemmed
01:12:51 A little shaky pudding.
01:12:55 Just relax, sir. I give you great limo.
01:13:09 - I liked E.T. better.
01:13:12 I think it was fun and sexy.
01:13:15 It was childish.
01:13:19 On the Lucia Lombardo scale of one to ten,
01:13:22 - You're reviewing film for the masses?
01:13:26 You want fantasy, let's go to my place.
01:13:27 I can't. I have to study.
01:13:31 - All she does is go to classes.
01:13:36 I think I'm going to go back in
01:13:39 I understand your liberation,
01:13:43 I can do anything. This is America.
01:13:46 Let me know if you find something for me.
01:13:48 You make a mountain out of mothballs.
01:13:51 - Yeah, because you want sex.
01:13:55 I'll see you sex fiends later.
01:13:57 - See you.
01:14:04 No, just let go.
01:14:08 - God.
01:14:11 - You're not my boss.
01:14:15 - This can only work if we are equal.
01:14:36 If all Russians could eat Mu Shu Pork,
01:14:42 Tell me,
01:14:49 You have beautiful lamb chops.
01:14:53 Yes.
01:14:55 You're happy all the time?
01:15:00 Sometimes, in the middle of the night,
01:15:05 In Russia, you do that all day long.
01:15:12 You want to help me study?
01:15:20 What is the date
01:15:23 July 4, 1776.
01:15:28 What did
01:15:31 That all men are created equal...
01:15:34 ...and that they are given
01:15:37 Inalienable.
01:15:41 Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
01:15:49 Stop it now. Help me study.
01:15:53 Be cool.
01:15:55 What is the Bill of Rights?
01:15:58 The Bill of Rights...
01:16:00 ...is the first ten amendments
01:16:06 Freedom of religion, of speech.
01:16:10 Freedom of peaceful assembly.
01:16:14 Freedom of the press.
01:16:19 Freedom of holding meetings.
01:16:25 Freedom of...
01:16:29 ...sex.
01:16:31 The right to arm bears.
01:16:35 Unreasonable search.
01:16:54 Vlad, this is Lucia's Uncle Sal.
01:16:57 Lucia told me about you.
01:16:59 Likewise.
01:17:01 This is my mama and my wife.
01:17:03 How do you do, Mother?
01:17:05 That is my wife. This is my mama.
01:17:10 All rise for the Honorable Judge
01:17:14 You may sit.
01:17:17 Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
01:17:20 Today you will become citizens
01:17:24 No longer are you an Englishman,
01:17:29 Neither will you be
01:17:33 From this day, you are no longer a subject
01:17:38 ...but an integral part of the government.
01:17:42 May you find in this nation...
01:17:44 ...the fulfillment of your dreams
01:17:49 ...and may America, in turn,
01:17:53 ...in your new proud role
01:17:58 Will the petitioners please rise?
01:18:02 Now, let us take the oath of allegiance.
01:18:05 "I hereby declare, on oath...
01:18:09 "...that I absolutely and entirely renounce...
01:18:16 "...all allegiance and fidelity...
01:18:21 "...to any foreign prince or potentate...
01:18:27 "...that I will support and defend
01:18:36 "...of the United States of America...
01:18:41 "...against all enemies.
01:18:45 "I take this obligation freely...
01:18:51 "...without any mental reservation...
01:18:56 "...or purpose of evasion...
01:19:00 "...so help me God."
01:19:04 Congratulations, citizens.
01:20:18 A wonderful day, I think.
01:20:25 - You have period today?
01:20:29 - You're so serious.
01:20:33 I'm just tired.
01:20:36 Goddamn it!
01:20:38 What? I'm sorry. I can't help myself.
01:20:46 - Nightcap?
01:20:51 What's the matter?
01:20:53 You don't like a man being crazy
01:20:56 - Not with my Uncle Sal around.
01:21:00 Why doesn't he like Russians?
01:21:03 He thinks you're a Communist.
01:21:05 You know what I think?
01:21:11 I think you should live with me.
01:21:15 You don't have to take the "A" train
01:21:20 - What do you think?
01:21:25 You don't have to talk.
01:21:27 Haven't you ever felt like not talking
01:21:30 In Russia that's permanent way of life.
01:21:34 Just give me some vodka.
01:21:37 You don't care for me?
01:21:42 - That's the problem.
01:21:45 I think I care too much.
01:21:48 Come here.
01:21:50 Don't! It makes it worse.
01:21:52 - Just leave off of me.
01:21:55 I have worked, okay?
01:21:57 I have worked and struggled
01:22:01 An American!
01:22:03 I want to be in love with someone
01:22:08 Okay. Now I understand.
01:22:12 I'm not Robert Redford. Okay.
01:22:16 - I didn't mean it that way.
01:22:20 Don't you understand? It's too fast.
01:22:25 I'm not ready for full-time love yet.
01:22:27 That's fine. I don't love you.
01:22:31 What do you mean, you don't love me?
01:22:34 You are big American.
01:22:41 Communist Pope killer!
01:22:45 There goes the neighborhood.
01:22:59 Let me tell you, she's not the only piece
01:23:03 ...so you have to make a move
01:23:05 Be difficult?
01:23:08 Hello, sweet thing.
01:23:11 Don't turn up your nose, honey,
01:23:22 Come on, Vlad, we're already here.
01:23:27 It's time to make a move.
01:23:33 Hello, sweet thing.
01:23:36 Don't turn up your light to me,
01:23:45 Vodka? Double.
01:23:47 I can't do this. That's Wild Bill Hawthorn.
01:23:50 I got a surprise for you tonight.
01:23:53 I found out from a friend of mine
01:23:57 His name is Vladimir Ivanoff.
01:24:02 A nice round for Ivanoff.
01:24:12 - Welcome aboard.
01:24:19 I played over in the Soviet Union in 1964.
01:24:24 Yeah, I know.
01:24:27 Do you know the song or blues to Yolanda?
01:24:30 Why don't you sit in with us on it?
01:25:44 I got smoked, man.
01:25:46 You didn't get smoked.
01:25:52 What are you doing?
01:25:55 Better to know who you are.
01:25:58 You know who the hell you are.
01:26:00 All he said was practice and work on it.
01:26:03 - No, man, I am shit.
01:26:08 - By the way, you are white.
01:26:10 You just don't pick up soul
01:26:14 ...even if you are Russian.
01:26:16 And I'll tell you something else,
01:26:20 The saddest thing in the world is life.
01:26:23 You telling me?
01:26:25 It gets so bad,
01:26:30 Did I ever tell you I had a kid?
01:26:33 I met this girl, she got pregnant
01:26:37 Thomas Alva Witherspoon, 5 years old.
01:26:39 - That's wonderful.
01:26:44 Why don't you cry?
01:26:46 - It's good for you.
01:26:52 When I was in Russia,
01:26:56 ...but I loved my misery.
01:26:59 You know why?
01:27:01 Because it was my misery.
01:27:04 I could hold it.
01:27:07 I could caress it.
01:27:10 I loved my misery.
01:27:15 You know, I have a whole family
01:27:27 You see? Now you see.
01:27:32 Now you know that the saddest thing
01:27:37 Yeah, man. Now you see.
01:28:01 Thank you.
01:28:05 Boy, I feel great.
01:28:08 Take care. I love you.
01:28:17 If that was wonderful, what happens
01:28:31 Do you want to smell? You like it?
01:28:42 If she doesn't like it, you can bring it back.
01:28:46 - Okay, thank you very much.
01:28:58 What are you doing here?
01:28:59 - You must to help me.
01:29:02 I'm looking for blue jeans.
01:29:09 I love you.
01:29:11 I don't want to argue with you, Vladimir.
01:29:14 I know you love me, too.
01:29:16 Defections are in the blue jeans
01:29:19 - What's happening?
01:29:22 How are you?
01:29:23 I got some news.
01:29:26 - I'm turning in my badge.
01:29:28 - I was due a raise and it didn't come.
01:29:32 I'm going to Alabama to see the kid.
01:29:35 That's good for you, but sad for us.
01:29:38 - I'll miss you.
01:29:42 We give you a call.
01:29:47 I want toilet water.
01:29:49 Tonight, we go and make party.
01:29:52 - No, I don't want to go with you.
01:29:55 I don't want to argue.
01:29:57 I want toilet water.
01:30:02 If I go now, I don't ever come back, okay?
01:30:08 I hear you now.
01:30:11 Goodbye.
01:30:18 - I want toilet water.
01:31:13 Man.
01:31:22 Thank you, Lionel.
01:31:26 You've been greatest friend to me.
01:31:28 I'm just a citizen.
01:31:34 You keep your pecker in your pocket.
01:32:22 Glad you came up here, Vladimir.
01:32:25 Just wanted to check in. How you feeling?
01:32:28 Good and bad.
01:32:29 The feet have been swelling up,
01:32:32 - Or so they say.
01:32:35 Shit, don't get old if you can help it.
01:32:38 In Russia, we honor the old people.
01:32:41 I think I move out there.
01:32:43 Hello, sweet thing.
01:32:45 Don't turn up your nose, it blocks the light.
01:32:49 You hear from Lionel?
01:32:51 The boy sent a card. Says he's okay.
01:32:54 Did he find work?
01:32:56 I don't know,
01:33:00 Next week, we get tickets,
01:33:05 - I'd love to if my feet are better.
01:33:09 - Take care, Pops.
01:33:32 Who is it?
01:33:38 Who are you?
01:33:42 Who the hell are you, KGB?
01:33:44 I have a letter for you. From your family.
01:33:51 A letter?
01:33:53 Give it to me.
01:34:01 Come in.
01:34:10 Where did you get this?
01:34:14 I knew your sister, Sasha, at school.
01:34:19 How did you get it here? To America?
01:34:21 We were permitted to leave
01:34:42 You have a beautiful home.
01:34:47 Bad news?
01:34:52 My grandfather died.
01:34:59 He was a comedian.
01:35:14 I will leave you, Vladimir Ivanoff.
01:35:17 Thank you.
01:35:47 It's New York.
01:35:55 Goodbye.
01:36:16 Shut up down there!
01:36:19 It's not a nightclub, asshole!
01:36:43 If you're looking for trouble, you'll get it!
01:36:49 You don't like jazz, pal? He was comedian.
01:36:53 He don't care about nobody.
01:36:55 Hey, you fuck yourself!
01:39:47 Hold still, motherfucker!
01:39:49 - Who are you?
01:39:51 - Why you do this?
01:39:54 - I am Russian.
01:39:56 I am Russian!
01:40:07 I am Russian!
01:40:23 What was in the wallet besides money?
01:40:25 Some ID, driver's license, Social Security.
01:40:29 Easily replaceable, my friend.
01:40:33 No.
01:40:35 This is a goddamn insane country.
01:40:38 They were so young,
01:40:43 In Russia, I knew who the enemy was.
01:40:47 You're overreacting.
01:40:49 I always heard
01:40:53 Is this liberty? If it is, it's false liberty.
01:40:58 What do you want, a perfect place to live?
01:41:01 Police said, even if they catch them,
01:41:04 They're juveniles.
01:41:14 - Can I help you, gentlemen?
01:41:16 - An apple turnover.
01:41:19 When you can't walk down the street,
01:41:22 Do you really think
01:41:26 It's freedom for a woman
01:41:32 Hey, pal, you free?
01:41:35 Excuse us.
01:41:37 There's no freedom here.
01:41:38 If there is, she's an orphan.
01:41:42 To tell you the truth,
01:41:45 It's brutal. It's crazy.
01:41:51 What are you staring at?
01:41:53 Take it easy...
01:41:54 Don't tell me to take it easy!
01:41:58 What are you staring at?
01:42:03 What did he say?
01:42:04 He says that he's looking at
01:42:10 What's he saying now?
01:42:11 He said he's from Leningrad, giant asshole.
01:42:16 He's been here seven years and he loves it.
01:42:21 He's telling me
01:42:24 In Moscow,
01:42:32 Here, you shit on it!
01:42:47 He says that if I want law and order...
01:42:49 ...I should go back
01:42:51 Stale bread.
01:42:54 What the hell is that?
01:42:56 Firecrackers. Independence Day.
01:43:10 I'm sorry.
01:43:26 Independence Day.
01:43:28 You know, it's, "When in the course
01:43:33 What is it? I forgot the rest.
01:43:35 "We hold these truths to be self-evident...
01:43:39 "...that all men are created equal...
01:43:42 "...that they are endowed
01:43:44 "...with certain unalienable rights.
01:43:47 "Life.
01:43:49 "Liberty.
01:43:50 "Happiness."
01:43:55 Happiness.
01:43:56 Happiness.
01:44:51 What happened?
01:44:53 I got mugged. What are you doing here?
01:44:59 You want me to go?
01:45:00 No. It's a nice surprise.
01:45:04 I came over because I was going
01:45:08 Waiting for you, I fell asleep.
01:45:11 You don't look very nice.
01:45:15 I'm strong like Russian bear.
01:45:18 - How you been?
01:45:26 I've missed you very much.
01:45:31 Me, too.
01:45:36 I'm not ready for marriage yet...
01:45:39 ...but I would love to live
01:45:53 "Beloved family:
01:45:58 "Of course, I'm very sad...
01:46:00 "...but he lived on his own terms,
01:46:06 "I'm playing my dear saxophone again.
01:46:09 "Yes, I've finally gotten work
01:46:14 "My friend, Lionel, returned from Alabama
01:46:24 "In the day, I'm free to do what I please
01:46:36 A hot dog, please.
01:46:43 Don't worry, my friend. I'm retired.
01:46:46 Yeah? What are you doing here?
01:46:49 Did you think I could go back to Moscow
01:46:54 - Have you been well?
01:46:58 - It's a strange country?
01:47:00 Strange and wonderful.
01:47:03 - Can I say thank you?
01:47:10 Put your money away.
01:47:16 It's a good hot dog.
01:47:18 The best in New York.
01:47:22 See you.
01:47:24 Okay, mister.
01:47:42 "This is a free country,
01:47:45 "And I hope that someday
01:47:48 "Of course,
01:47:51 "Yes, in America anything is possible.
01:47:54 "Goodbye for now, beloved family.