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Moscow on the Hudson

Summary: A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.
Runtime: 1 h 55 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 13,000,000
Domestic: $ 25,068,724
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