Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

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Matti Pellonpää

Vladimir Kuzmin, the Manager

Kari Väänänen

Igor (Village Idiot)

Sakke Järvenpää

The Leningrad Cowboys

Heikki Keskinen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Pimme Korhonen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Sakari Kuosmanen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Puka Oinonen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Silu Seppälä

The Leningrad Cowboys

Mauri Sumén

The Leningrad Cowboys

Mato Valtonen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Pekka Virtanen

The Leningrad Cowboys

Nicky Tesco

Lost Cousin

Olli Tuominen

Siberian Svengali

Kari Laine

Siberian Chauffeur

Jatimatic Ohlstrom

Father of the Cowboys

Laika

Siberian Dog

Richard Boes

Rockpromotor

Jim Jarmusch

Car Dealer…

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Trivia
Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish band with a constantly rotating lineup who often mix American rock music with traditional Russian folk songs, sometimes playing one in the style of the other.

Goofs
In the opening scene, and throughout the movie, the frozen bass player's bass guitar is some cheap off-brand guitar. But when he thaws out and gets up to play at the end of the movie, it's a Fender.

Quotes
Siberian Svengali: [after audition] Bullshit.
Igor: How come?
Siberian Svengali: No commercial potential. Go to America. They'll put up with anything there...

Connections
Featured in Global Balalaika Show (2003)

Soundtracks
Cossack Song
Russian trad.
Performed by Leningrad Cowboys

Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.

After the film was released, the fictional band transformed into a real band, complete with ludicrous hairstyles. This seems to be something that happens... if I am not mistaken, Spinal Tap also ended up touring following the popularity of their film.

American director Jim Jarmusch has a cameo as a car dealer. The film also includes cameos by blues guitarist Duke Robillard and American Rockabilly Hall of Famer, Colonel Robert Morris, with his wife Irene. I recognized Jarmusch instantly, and he seems like the sort of person who would show up in these films. I cannot imagine anyone else who was so supportive and synonymous with independent film in the 1980s.