Moscow on the Hudson
Record details
- ISBN: 0767868234
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Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording - Edition: Full screen version.
- Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, Inc., c2004.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Special features: director's commentary ; bonus trailers ; interactive menus ; scene selections. Videodisc release of the 1984 motion picture. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Writers, Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos ; producer-director, Paul Mazursky ; editor, Richard Halsey ; music, David McHugh. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Cast: Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks. |
Summary, etc.: | Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that temple of "Western decadence," Bloomingdale's. He wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of Black security guard Lionel Witherspoon. Although Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love what seems to him a strange and wondrous land. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
Language Note: | Portions in Russian with English and French soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai. |
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Available copies
- 13 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Southbury Public Library | DVD (Text) | 34019126809581 | Adult DVD | Available | - |
Author Notes
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON
Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. He studied acting at the Juilliard School. He was an actor and comedian, who appeared in both television shows and feature films. His television shows included Mork and Mindy and The Crazy Ones. He starred in numerous films including Popeye, Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, Awakenings, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams, Bicentennial Man, Insomnia, Night at the Museum, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Merry Friggin' Christmas, and Boulevard. He won an Oscar in 1998 for Good Will Hunting. He also appeared in stand-up comedy specials like Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met and in an annual series of HBO telethons for Comic Relief, a charity organization that helps homeless people and others in need. In 2011, he made his acting debut on Broadway in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He suffered from drug and alcohol addiction in the past and was currently battling severe depression. He died of a suspected suicide due to asphyxia on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography)