The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

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"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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War film
comedy film
film
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Hal Ashby
filmingLocation Fort Bragg
surface form: Fort Bragg, California

Mendocino
surface form: 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 Company
surface form: 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
United States–Soviet Union relations
surface form: U.S.–Soviet relations

nuclear anxiety
tone anti-war
humorous

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Norman Jewison notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Norman Jewison directed The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Hal Ashby edited The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Alan Arkin notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Walter Mirisch notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Off-Islanders hasAdaptation The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Off-Islanders adaptationTitle The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Nathaniel Benchley notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
this entity surface form: The Off-Islanders (film adaptation title: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming)
Paul Ford notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
this entity surface form: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966 film)
John Phillip Law notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Brian Keith notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
William Rose notableWork The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
William Rose knownFor The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Michael J. Pollard actedIn The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming