The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) | |
| Director(s) | Norman Jewison |
| Producer(s) | Norman Jewison, Walter Mirisch (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Cold War, Satire |
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The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) was a Comedy - War Film directed by Norman Jewison and produced by Norman Jewison and Walter Mirisch.
Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Alan Arkin | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Norman Jewison, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | William Rose | Nominated |
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The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
By Beatrice on Jan 10, 2019 From Flickers in TimeThe Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming Directed by Norman Jewison Written by William Rose from a novel by Nathaniel Benchley 1966/USA The Mirsch Corporation First viewing/Netflix Peacenik comedy was undoubtedly funnier at the time than it is now. A Soviet submarine commander comes up for a ... Read full article
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Police Chief Link Mattocks:
I thought all the nuts went home on Labor Day.
[after their submarine runs aground]
The Russian Captain: [in Russian; subtitled] Devil take it! What a mess! What a mess.
[after the Russians in the boat eluded capture]
Fendall Hawkins: I'm holding you responsible!
[draws sword]
Fendall Hawkins: As Commander of the Civilian Forces, in this emergency! I'm charging you with treason!
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Gimme that thing!
[grabs his sword and breaks it in half]
Fendall Hawkins: [half tearful-half enraged] That's a Dexter F. Mettles Memorial Sword.
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Yeah.
Fendall Hawkins: [enraged] You traitorous fink!
[goes for Mattocks, resulting in a brawl]
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[after their submarine runs aground]
The Russian Captain: [in Russian; subtitled] Devil take it! What a mess! What a mess.
[after the Russians in the boat eluded capture]
Fendall Hawkins: I'm holding you responsible!
[draws sword]
Fendall Hawkins: As Commander of the Civilian Forces, in this emergency! I'm charging you with treason!
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Gimme that thing!
[grabs his sword and breaks it in half]
Fendall Hawkins: [half tearful-half enraged] That's a Dexter F. Mettles Memorial Sword.
Police Chief Link Mattocks: Yeah.
Fendall Hawkins: [enraged] You traitorous fink!
[goes for Mattocks, resulting in a brawl]
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According to a Los Angeles Times story, the fake submarine had been previously used in the 1965 Marlon Brando movie Morituri.
The name of the Russian submarine, converted letter by letter from Cyrillic, translates literally to SPRUT, which is pronounced "sproot." It means "octopus" in Russian.
Although the action in the film is supposed to take place on fictional "Gloucester Island" off the coast of New England, most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Mendocino California. Mendocino in the 1960s was a somewhat remote artist colony on a rocky cape projecting into the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles north of San Francisco. The harbor scenes were filmed in NOYO Harbor, just south of Fort Bragg, where Carine's Fish Grotto and Cappy's Bar still exist to this day. (2006)
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The name of the Russian submarine, converted letter by letter from Cyrillic, translates literally to SPRUT, which is pronounced "sproot." It means "octopus" in Russian.
Although the action in the film is supposed to take place on fictional "Gloucester Island" off the coast of New England, most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Mendocino California. Mendocino in the 1960s was a somewhat remote artist colony on a rocky cape projecting into the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles north of San Francisco. The harbor scenes were filmed in NOYO Harbor, just south of Fort Bragg, where Carine's Fish Grotto and Cappy's Bar still exist to this day. (2006)
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