The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

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Cold War film comedy film film

"The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" is a 1966 Cold War-era comedy film that satirizes U.S.–Soviet tensions through the story of a stranded Soviet submarine off a New England island.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War film → comedy film → film →
awardNomination	Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Picture →
basedOn	The Off-Islanders →
basedOnAuthor	Nathaniel Benchley →
cinematographyBy	Joseph F. Biroc →
countryOfFilming	United States →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Norman Jewison →
distributedBy	United Artists →
editedBy	Hal Ashby →
filmingLocation	Fort Bragg, California → Mendocino, California →
genre	comedy → satire → war comedy →
mpaaRating	Not Rated (original release) →
musicBy	Johnny Mandel →
narrativeFocus	miscommunication between Americans and Soviets →
notableFor	humanizing Soviet characters in an American film → satirizing Cold War paranoia →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A Soviet submarine runs aground off a New England island, causing panic and comic misunderstandings between locals and sailors. →
producer	Norman Jewison →
productionCompany	The Mirisch Corporation →
publicationYearOfSource	1961 →
releaseDate	1966-05-25 →
releaseYear	1966 →
runtimeMinutes	126 →
screenwriter	William Rose →
setting	fictional New England island →
starring	Alan Arkin → Brian Keith → Carl Reiner → Eva Marie Saint → John Phillip Law → Jonathan Winters → Paul Ford → Theodore Bikel →
subject	Cold War → U.S.–Soviet relations → nuclear anxiety →
tone	anti-war → humorous →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Norman Jewison →	directed
Hal Ashby →	edited
Norman Jewison →	notableWork