This movie was not well received when it was released, and its still just as bad. And for god's sake, there is nothing funny at all about this film. Its pitiful.
shareIt was well received when it came out, its a great movie and you are a troll. Next?
shareYes it was well received. And as the other commenter said, you are a troll
shareWell received by whom exactly, not at the box office. It was a total flop and it still sucks!
share I'd define total flop as a. lost money, b. poorly reviewed, c. incompetently directed, d. poorly acted e. bad images/sound.
It was what it was. A nice looking slice of island life (don't know where it was filmed) with a farcical look at the 60's post-WW2 standoff.
Bad images and sound? LOL What an idiot.
share$21 million gross was big box office in 1966. Prices have inflated up to 10 times since then. We paid a dollar for a movie ticket for example.
Wikipedia says it was a commercial and critical success, citing an 81% positive score from Wikipedia.
I was ten at the time, but I recall that it was a big deal that year. I did not see it until later when it was on TV, but it was great!
I was born in the house my father built
The movie was made for $3.9 million and had a revenue of $21.6 million. I wouldn't exactly call that not being well received and a flop. Just curious if you saw this movie when it first came out, as I did?
shareBTW, you could inflate most things by 10 since then.
For example, a movie ticket was about $1 then and $10 or more today.
So, think of the cost as $39 million and box office as $216 million. Not bad at all.
I wonder how much money a film like this has made from syndication, cable and CD/DVRs.
I was born in the house my father built
As for not being well received, it was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Alan Arkin).
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The OP is certainly trolling as it was a critical and commercial success when released and apparently well-liked in both Washington and Moscow.🐭
shareLoved the movie and have never forgotten it.
shareIt's very "of its time" as one of those crazy American ensemble comedies of the Sixties (see also It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World). It looks a little corny in parts now, but the world was less cynical half a century ago.
It was actually much better than I expected (though I'm in my late fifties I just saw it for the first time). I was expecting total screwball antics from start to finish, but there are some beautiful, quiet scenes, particularly early on when the Russians are exploring the island for the first time - the location is just stunning. There is also some great satire going on - this is not the Three Stooges.
It bombed on release. The movie just sucks, its got a few moments, but for its time the writing was unimaginative and boring.
shareIt bombed on release. The movie just sucks, its got a few moments, but for its time the writing was unimaginative and boring.
Sorry, its a piece of crap.
share@Ghengy,
You're a total hoot -a caricature of a troll that would be unbelievable were your serial inanities not evident for all here to see.
Your contention that the film was a financial flop has been disproved; your belief that it was a critical failure with audiences likewise (interesting that you couldn't equate the two); your desire to repeat an opinion incessantly -as though the repeating would make it true- is just sad.
All of your qualities, on display thus, would lead me to recommend that you might consider running for American president as a conservative. But, reading between the lines, I'm guessing you already have a lucrative gig sucking lazily at the public teat somewhere in the CIS. Don't quit your day job, anyway; maybe work on your English, though, in the free time you otherwise devote to posting here!
Awwww, somebody got his wittle feewings hurt. Have a hanky you simp, your movie still sucks, and most people that saw this ridiculous piece of crap on its release agree with me.
shareName one poster here who agrees with you, tweety bird.
(Sorry I thought you were living in Baku, but Bradford is just as bad!)
EDIT: And you've still got to work on your English, man -it's really poor. Maybe if you got laid (what's it been? years, I'm guessing) your analytical skills might improve, at least a pinch.
I'm sorry you socially engineered twits have developed a fondness for this movie, its still *beep* And you would be quite embarrassed if we started to begin comparing degrees.
share... you would be quite embarrassed if we started to begin comparing degrees.
84% "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes. Not bad for a fifty year old comedy.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/russians_are_coming_the_russians_are_coming/?search=russians%20are%20coming
--If they move, kill em!
Guess someone can't understand the time period of 50-60 years ago and understand why it played very well to that time period. Guess they find the more modern Will Ferrell movies to be "funny!"
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