Watch Leningrad Cowboys Go America For Free

the audience applauded

That was an excellent one.

Good concept, poorly executed.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This movie is a classic of deadpan absurd humor and is one of the best movies of all times. The group plays nothing but Finnish folk music and are rejected at home but sent to the US where they will listen to anything. From there it is different regions of the US with their different styles of music-and it is to me a kind of love story for these genres. In each place they do something in the local style or a parody of it. The movie makes fun of the band and Finnish culture and every kind of music as they head for Mexico where they going to play at a wedding. They even make fun of ranchero music and all of it they do well or at least well enough to make you laugh. I will never forget their country music song about being on collective #5 where his sweetheart ran off with a commissar. If you don't like it you just don't like music or deadpan humor.

This is the story of a terrible band of musicians for Finland called (bizarrely) The Leningrad Cowboys. They want to come to America and make lots of money. Of course it is not as easy as that.I guarantee you will not have seen anything like this. You need to watch it with a couple of beers in you as it it is very silly indeed. There are some extremely funny episodes in this film such as the band's manager who is in charge of the money gets the shopping in. He buys a six pack of Buds for himself and a bag of onions for the band to eat. He sits in the front seat draining the bees and throwing the cans into the back hitting the guys in the head. Another good bit is where the band has turned on the manager they spend the remaining money on booze and one of them, fur coat and all, falls over whilst dancing drunk into the fire. Any road up, watch it for yourselves and you will enjoy it, I did.

A great flic. A little slow at times, yet the pace seems to fit the bumbling antics of the Band.I found the second watch more appreciable, the bizarreness loses it's edge and you can see all of the absurd little details.Ignore the guy trashing it :)

This is worth watching. Its quirky and a little slow for some tastes but it gives an insight into the Eastern European view of America. Funny, great music and just about the best opening sequence of any independent movie I've seen. Those Finns sure are wacky.