Leningrad Cowboys Go America Movie Review 1989

An outlandish Finnish band, the Leningrad Cowboys, pack up their electric accordians and their one dead member and go on tour in America. With matching front-swept pompadours and pointy shoes, the group's appearance is the picture's best joke--and one of its only jokes, as the road trip plods in deadpan fashion that may bore viewers. It's best appreciated by fans of comic minimalist Jim Jarmusch (who has a guest role). In Finnish with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 78 minutes.
Originally from Finnish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Road Trip, Rock Flicks, Culture Clash

Screenplay

Aki Kaurismaki

Cast

Matti Pellonpaa, Kari Vaananen, Sakke Jarvenpaa, Silu Seppala, Mauri Sumen, Mato Valtonen, Nicky Tesco, Jim Jarmusch

Cinematography

Timo Salminen

Director

Aki Kaurismaki

Music

Mauri Sumen