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19 December 1990 (USA) moreTagline:
A Spy Story . . . A Love Story . . . A Story to Cross all Boundaries. morePlot:
An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
The first and best western film to come from Soviet Russia moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Connery | ... | Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Katya Orlova |
 | Roy Scheider | ... | Russell |
 | James Fox | ... | Ned |
 | John Mahoney | ... | Brady |
| Michael Kitchen | ... | Clive |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Colonel Quinn |
 | Ken Russell | ... | Walter |
| David Threlfall | ... | Wicklow |
 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... | Dante |
| Mac McDonald | ... | Bob |
| Nicholas Woodeson | ... | Niki Landau |
| Martin Clunes | ... | Brock |
 | Ian McNeice | ... | Merrydew, Embassy Rep. |
 | Colin Stinton | ... | Henziger |
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122 minCountry:
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Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 | Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: During Blair's "start the avalanche" speech, Dante is seen at the end of the table. As the camera pans around the table during the speech, Dante disappears from the end of the table, and then reappears. moreQuotes:
Walter: [looking around the mess of Barley's apartment] How do you *live* with yourself?Barley: Actually I don't live with myself. I tend to give myself a pretty wide berth.
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The Russia House is an amazing movie. It captures the majesty of Russia in visits to Moscow and St. Petersburg (Leningrad) as well as the crumbling Soviet state. The first western movie filmed in the Soviet Union, The Russia House is better defined as a love story than as a spy thriller. Do not be concerned however, spy fans. There is plenty of intrigue to be had in this beautiful movie. The interplay between Sean Connery, Roy Scheider and J.T. Walsh in a scene from Vancouver, British Columbia alone is worth the price of admission. However, the true star of this understated romance is James Fox, who plays the British contact for Connery's Scott Blair and the foil for the CIA's Scheider character in such gentlemanly fashion as to make the audience believe the true Bond-style gentleman-spy really does exist in this world. From the beautiful scenery to perhaps the best and most haunting soundtrack of any movie--ever (reviews abound--just look them up, friends--easily the great Jerry Goldsmith's finest work), the Russia House is a truly mysterious and romantic movie.