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4.6Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?
Released: 1989-01-1394 minDir: Dave ThomasAction, ComedyBudget: $13.0MBox office: $169,203
Cast
- John Travolta as Travis
- Arye Gross as Wendell
- Kelly Preston as Bonnie
- Deborah Foreman as Jill
- James Keach as Yuri
- Jan Rubeš as Illyich
Themes
- soviet union
- nightclub
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 311054
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- publication date
- 1989-01-01
- title
- The Experts
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New York City
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Soviet Union
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IMDb
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John Travolta
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KGB
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Paramount Pictures
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perestroika
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Los Angeles Times
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comedy film
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Box Office Mojo
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Kelly Preston
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Marvin Hamlisch
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Brian Doyle-Murray
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Dave Thomas
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Staying Alive
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Charles Martin Smith
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box office bomb
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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
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Arye Gross
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Categories
1989 American films1989 comedy films1989 English-language films1989 films1989 in American cinemaAmerican comedy filmsCold War filmsEnglish-language comedy filmsFilms directed by Dave ThomasFilms scored by Marvin HamlischFilms set in RussiaFilms set in the Soviet UnionFilms shot in VancouverParamount Pictures filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release date