The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) - The Norwegians Scene (1/10) | Movieclips

[@karlhungus5554]

Rest in peace, Mr. Arkin. You were one of the greatest -- a superb actor and a fine human being. Thanks for all the wonderful films.

[@VasilyMusic]

I'm Russian, and I swear this whole movie could have been made in the USSR, just by switching the sides and language. It just looks so much like a typical 1960/70's soviet comedy movie, overall in setting and the way it's filmed. Kind of reminds us how similar the both sides actually were.

[@Sh3ikha]

And that's what I loved about this film, especially the ending. It's a great comedy but how they all come together in the end was actually a beautiful scene.

[@MrSebastianViola]

The very dark and hilarious Russian humor would be perfect for this film ....lol ..... A Russian re-make of this script would be brilliant.

[@flanker93rus74]

U absolutely right, братан!👍🏻🇺🇸🌍🇷🇺

[@ElYeyuno]

Ive been watching Soviet and Russian films for some time and you are totally right. Some Soviet comedies would have been smash hits in South America, where I grew up. And everywhere else.

[@tracybranch2955]

Yes!!!!! The moral of the story is true....... We are all human beings and we have much more in common than not..... We all love, dream, hope, and want happiness for our children. Sad how things can get so fouled up by "leaders"..... I love this old movie. I used to watch it with my parents when they were young and 30 something. I remember the way they would laugh about the old couple in the movie. .the old lady tied to a chair and hung up on the back of the door and her poor old DEAF HUSBAND, can't find her. They would say "that will be us when we are old"....... Now, both in their 80's, they are that old couple. ❤️ And the guy and his horse. 😂😂😂😂😂😂I can relate to that with my horse.

[@wantsomecoffee]

Rest in Peace Alan Arkin. You were brilliant.

[@chronicillz1879]

im russian and alan arkin's portrayal of a russian is the best ive ever seen from a westerner, brilliant acting

[@stephenb8353]

Arkin has Russian and Ukrainian ancestry; I read somewhere that he actually can speak Russian, but with a Georgian accent?

[@Rickinsf]

This was Arkin's first feature film. John Philip Law is actually quite good in his supporting role.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

What? Alan Arkin is the play a russian?

[@jenniferweston7621]

@@Rickinsf : Every actor does a fine job in this flick, but Arkin is the Standout, with all the funniest lines. It's striking that, just a year later, he was fully convincing as one of the scariest villains in movie history (in 'Wait Until Dark', w/ Audrey Hepburn.)

[@InYourFaceNewYorker]

How’s his accent? Does it sound authentic or can you tell he’s American?

[@beaudare4717]

What an absolutely superb performance by Allan Arkin. One of the best ever put on film!! Very deft, inventive acting done with great flare!!

[@beaudare4717]

Hollywood could take a lesson from him..

[@stevebeckerman4214]

I have always loved this movie, especially this scene. I quote it all the time. “We are of course, Norweegans

[@dalila1820]

I love the way he says that phrase!!!

[@itsaguinness]

"Norweegans!" Norwegians?

[@aaronTNGDS9]

Another quotable and popular phrase to use in casual small-talk conversation---"EMERGENCY! PLEASE TO GET FROM STREET!"

[@stevebeckerman4214]

@@aaronTNGDS9 Oh yeah!

[@DATo_DATonian]

"Muriel! What are you doing up on the wall?"

[@sarahj7507]

Alan Arkin was so good in this movie. People talk about John Law and he's nice looking, sure, but Arkin just commands the screen throughout the film. Not surprised he got so many nominations for the role. I keep coming back to this film just to enjoy his performance. And I think it was his first screen appearance? Just so good.

[@ElYeyuno]

Me too. Arkin showed here an amazing talent.

[@thethirdman225]

He stole the show.

[@chaseroberts3111]

one of the few times I remember my Norwegian grandfather laugh out loud was over this line, it was perfect.

[@SwedeProof]

🇳🇴 "Nor-weegans" had us Swedes rolling on the floor, our Mom laughing so hard she got hiccups.

[@astraluna6is9]

Arkin’s chin jutting out and then him stretching his neck because all of a sudden his collar seemed a little tight, is classic comedy. I can see why your grandfather laughed. A Russian saying he’s Norwegian. Great film

[@chaseroberts3111]

@@astraluna6is9 thanks for the reply, I think why my Grandfather found it so funny ,is that the English accents are so familiar and he was constantly mistaken as a Russian.

[@astraluna6is9]

@@chaseroberts3111 Hmm… So when speaking English, are the accents similar?

[@chaseroberts3111]

@@astraluna6is9 yes, my grandfather's accent was very similar to a Russian accent

[@buyerofsorts]

My favorite comedy of all times. So many laughs. From very subtle to almost slapstick. A good, clean, non vulgar comedy from back in the good old days of America. To this day, one of the best endings in movie history ( The boy at the church. ) which never fails to make me tear up.

[@ibidesign]

What a bold movie for its time and the tensions during the Cold War.

[@tedmerr]

It later made it to cinemas in the Soviet Union and was a big hit.. The ending scene where the Russian sailor rescued the kid, was a crowd pleaser on both sides

[@thethirdman225]

Couldn't be made now.

[@stephenmcdonald664]

Check out some interviews with Norman Jewison, the Canadian director. He did a nice job on this movie.

[@thethirdman225]

@@stephenmcdonald664 I will. Are there any you can recommend? I've seen a couple of his movies apart from this one: "The Thomas Crown Affair”and “Rollerball” both spring to mind. I've liked what I've seen of his work.

[@motman52]

RIP, Mr. Reiner....before the famous "My Name's Whittaker.." scene and then Arkin calls Carl "Whittaker Walt" for the remainder of the film. Priceless!

[@TheDudimanu]

YES❤

[@dreamquesttv]

The man was a genius and more importantly, a celebrity.

[@goforthe1948]

Yes...Whitaker Walt...very amusing...

[@motman52]

Now it is RIP, Mr. Arkin. A very unique man....in the best sense of the word.

[@codywizman1887]

Love Alan Arkin! Classic movie. ❤️😇🎥

[@skymaster9484]

This movie was filmed in my hometown of Fort Bragg Ca and surrounding areas of Mendocino. They filmed one scene across the street from my house for a couple days all the actors even if they were not in the scene seemed to be there my mom baked cookies for all them. That group of actors Keith,Winters,Arkin,Law and the rest of them were so gracious and friendly to all of us. If I remember correctly the submarine was put together in Noyo Harbor and was made of Styrofoam blocks around a metal frame with a couple outboard motors for power.

[@lisaorlando1224]

I lived in Albion for a couple of years, which satisfied my decades long desire to live near Mendocino, but now I’m stuck in New Mexico, and sometimes I watch this movie just because I’m homesick.

[@stephenmcdonald664]

Thanks Sky for your post. Really cool. The Director, Norman Jewison, was from Toronto, Canada. During this time of the cold war between the USA and the USSR, Jewison wanted to bring in a comedy movie that would point out that we're all the same. He did a great job.

[@Vincent_Sullivan]

@@stephenmcdonald664 Indeed, he did a great job! I was under the impression that Mr. Jewison, aside from being the director of the movie, actually originated the story. Alex Barris, in his book "The Pierce Arrow Showroom is Leaking" (a great look at early television in Canada), recounts a story of being with a bunch of Canadian entertainment luminaries including Jewison isolated in a cottage somewhere and Jewison gave them a one man show (playing all the parts himself) of his idea for this movie. Needless to say they were all in stitches! Perhaps this response encouraged Jewison to carry on with the idea and eventually the movie was made.

[@daveteds]

@@Vincent_Sullivan The movie is actually based off of a book called the Off-islanders by Nathaniel Benchley, but I think the book is not as good. Though it has the same basic premise, it is much more in the realm of dark humor, there is some actual violence, and it doesn't end with quite the same conciliatory message. The book has a few funny moments and the individual Russian crewmen are more developed as characters, but overall, the movie is a lighter, funnier and in my opinion better take on the premise.

[@mariap.4977]

What a great movie! I hadn't seen it for decades and I saw it again just yesterday. I loved it once again, laughter came so naturally, no need for dirty jokes as most of the films now use. ...and the tall blonde Russian boy was as handsome as I remembered him when I first saw him many years ago!

[@scinamyn]

RIP Alan Arkin! This was one of his best movies!

[@Cerph]

"Egermancy! Everybody to get from strit" ;o)

[@lonniesides9302]

😂

[@badgerdog4809]

Nor weegans . One of my favorite scenes of this movie.

[@aaronTNGDS9]

Alan Arkin is a 'god' of comedic performances in this movie. I can't get past 1 minute of interchanges between him and Carl Reiner and family without breaking up laughing and hitting .

[@rogerkincaid931]

Arkin's performance at 0:53 always gets me.

[@johnborowski4985]

Roger Kincaid That movie makes me Laugh So funny the group of actors PRICELESS !😂 COMIC CLASSIC.

[@ibidesign]

Priceless timing! And Sheldon Collins---the street kid from Star Trek's 'A Piece of the Action'---is a perfect foil for him to react against.

[@thethirdman225]

Alan Arkin is the best part of this movie.

[@lilybond6485]

John Phillip Law was so good looking. - but Alan Arkin always had a special place in my heart. Beautiful man.

[@flanker93rus74]

👋🏻 😊Привет! Can anyone tell me why, on the threshold of a nuclear disaster, were the films so good? This film is very similar in style and meaning to the Soviet films of that time! Why don’t movies like that anymore ?! People have become much angrier and the films are very vulgar ... I want to say hello to all ordinary Americans who read this, from a simple Russian guy from the Black Sea coast in southern Russia. 🇷🇺🕊🇺🇸

[@stuartofblyth]

I was in SPb and Moscow from the UK last September. Loved every minute and it broke my heart to leave. Hoping to go again later this year.

[@Guitarman7133]

Privet! The gov't and the elite are slowly brainwashing us into being angrier and more fearful of changes to life through tv programs, news and movies. They want to keep us separated and hiding indoors, AND THATS WHY THIS CORONA VIRUS IS ALL FEAR, PANIC AND CONTROL. IT'S JUST THE FLU, AND THEY ARE MAKING IT INTO SCARY DRAMA, AND EVERYONE IS CASHING IN ON THIS. And that's why they don't make movies like this anymore. Poka

[@ronm3380]

Hello back from an average American! I agree with you.

[@thethirdman225]

@@stuartofblyth Really keen to get to both one day. I've read a lot of Russian and Soviet history.

[@thethirdman225]

@@Guitarman7133 How is now any different from then?

[@cudak888]

"Please, not to be afraid, I am Inspector Clouseau of the Sûreté."

[@georgeanderson7499]

So long, Carl Reiner. This movie was one of your many best.

[@karenscigliano9787]

This movie is one of my all-time favorites! What a cast and Arkinis just sublime in it. "Everybody to get from street!"😅

[@Michael-v3z1s]

My mother was watching this movie with my father. In the theater but I was born missed the end.1967.

[@123456RaulMorales]

R.I.P., Carl Reiner aka Walt Whittaker, Whittaker Walt(1922-2020).

[@stephenb8353]

Whittaker Walt!

[@daneb.mcfadhen9896]

Sad to hear Arkin has just died. What an amazing array of movies to his credit. Our family had a cottage on an island in Maine like this one. What a wonderful recreation of life. Brilliant.

[@katiedid1851]

This was the funniest movie. Feel-good Detente Note: this was made and shown in Russia...

[@chaseroberts3111]

those Norwegians always getting lost in America

[@thunderstruck5484]

Rip Alan Arkin one of the greatest!

[@Юныйтоварищ]

Не один раз смотрел, и ещё буду смотреть этот замечательный фильм.

[@dalila1820]

me too!!!!!!!!!

[@aaronTNGDS9]

My thoughts exactly! Maybe.

[@maryvalentine9090]

John Law was such a good looking fellow.

[@ShroomKeppie]

[kid] Ask them to say "Moose and squirrel." [Dad] Would you mind saying, "Moose and squirrel"? [Russian, looking puzzled] "Moose and squirrel." [Dad laughs till he cries] You guys are great! Here's the keys to the car. Just leave it in the driveway when you're done.

[@DennisLWatson]

Is that in the movie? Should be.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

RIP Alan Arkin, fantastic actor.

[@TheDavidtk240]

Whether in Wait until Dark or in this Alan Arkin is scary, cute and wonderful!

[@contractmed1]

This movie contends for being my favorite comedy of all time. It leaves me rolling on the floor its whole length and at the end of the day feeling good.

[@jackg.2780]

Just a classic!

[@LoveBirch]

😂😂😂 being Russian-American I understand both sides. This is ridiculously hilarious...!

[@BillPurkayastha]

Bring neither Russian nor American, but being a speaker of both Russian and English, I agree. The untranslated Russian is no less funny than the English dialogue.

[@LoveBirch]

@@BillPurkayastha yea... 😆 I meant like mentality tho... And how we were brainwashed against each other... And bomb drills in schools, in Russia so as in US.... This whole movie is crazy funny... I hope you've seen the whole movie 😂

[@Юныйтоварищ]

Доброе утро. Вы из России родом?))

oh yeah? you like Chinese food?

[@jericho1-4]

I couldn't agree more, meet my wife while she was watching this movie. Never laughed so hard in my life. I damn near.wet my self watching this movie and my ribs hurt for two days

[@nintentoad913]

Anyone else here after his Alan passed away I just watched the movie and he is so good I’ve only ever seen as an old man and I knew he be good but wow Rest in Peace

[@jetkwan6707]

They sound more like Arabs than Russians.

[@ПростоГМ]

No, they language skill is very good in my opinion. Greetings from Russia.

[@pomka24]

most likely he is Georgian, 2:46 shouting like a Caucasian

[@Юныйтоварищ]

@@pomka24 ))) Ага, будто посмотрел отрывок из к/ф "Мимино"))

[@Юныйтоварищ]

@@ПростоГМ Аркин похож на араба - вот и решил так человек. Кстати, только сейчас я заметил, что "моряки" здесь с русским акцентом говорят.

[@andreialexiev7858]

@@Юныйтоварищ он американский еврей. Наверное он вырос с русским языком

[@scottmiller6495]

Believe it or not this film should have won Best Picture of 1966 because many people think that's it better than A Man For All Seasons!!!!!

[@stevekelley2209]

This and Freebie & the Bean introduced me to the brilliant Alan Arkin. He’s the only one who could pull off this role. And today it might even be tougher.

[@RIUUI007]

Eva Marie Saint is 99, she'll be 100 in July 2024 💫🙂

[@WeazelJaguar]

One of the best movies EVER!!!! I still quote this movie!

[@CrunkCmdrCottonz]

This guy is clearly the inspiration for Borat

[@robertdean3553]

What a prophetic documentary

[@KERSTEN27]

R I P Alan Arkin. This is one of his best roles.

[@innervisions1828]

Love this movie.

[@tedmerr]

Rest in Peace, Carl

[@kowanut1]

That actor, Carl Reiner, sure reminds me of Nicolas Cage.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

Another good Alan Arkin film is `Going in Style` with Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine . All blokes in their 80s ,playing blokes in their 80s and doing it with comedic flair .

[@melotone3305]

Love Rob Reiner chiming in..."Ask if they are Russians?!" I wonder how he got that gig?

[@billyballs6677]

He blew the head of MGM

[@juliao8428]

Except it's not Rob Reiner.

[@melotone3305]

@@juliao8428 I sit corrected. Thank you 😊

[@robbyel3958]

02:46 When he finally had enough of the other guy correcting him. LoL!

[@edwardmcmanus7496]

Another GREAT Alan Arkin movie is "The In Laws" with Peter Falk. It's a ☆☆☆☆ riot.

[@miketobin2324]

Alan Arkin at his very best......

[@astraluna6is9]

Comedy movie with serious overtones. An outstanding film nonetheless.

[@Hostilehippie13]

God I love this movie

[@ЕвгенийАн-т6ь]

Ждали русских А пришёл тот кто пострашней У коронавируса нет, доброго сердца русских людей!!!

[@gmf8171]

OH LAWDY THEY COMING

[@bobmalack481]

I'm all for Whitiker Walt...LOL!! Robert at 69.

[@motman52]

RIP Mr. Arkin...Unique....like no other...he did it "his way."

[@anonymous.2660]

love alan arkin works:) and to think about it the kids (Pete Whittaker) in this movie are now 67 years old almost 70 yeas 😁

[@balancedactguy]

This movIe is HILARIOUS!

[@MrFiumefreddo]

l seen this movie when it was released, whn l was a kid.

[@MayPhoenix]

RIP Alan Arkin.

[@freddylubin]

It's always strange seeing Eva Marie Saint use her method acting in films where it doesn't matter.

[@Michael-v3z1s]

I was born after this movie in Hawthorne New Jersey. Mom said think it's going to happen.least we had the big popcorn bucket. And we laughed

[@ingenerchik]

This is actually a true story and the fearless little boy is Bill Klington.

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

Borat's father came to America in the 60s...

[@geert574]

best movie

[@mollyergen3132]

Anyone know who the blonde Russian guy is cause he is FINE 😂

[@JW...-oj5iw]

John Phillip Law. Pygar the blind Angel.

[@ChrisJones-gx7fc]

“I’m sorry to comply with your statement, but misfortunately all of the answers to these questions are…yes.”

[@bubbaschwartz]

This movie could this be happening now in 2022

[@dalila1820]

They are all so funny!!!!!!!!!!

[@gillcawthorn7572]

A marvellous film but unfortunately not easily obtained ,so I go back to reading the original book that the movie was taken from .They did a god job but of course there is always more in the book

[@JesseTheMindless]

Carl Reiner always had a damn fine wig.

[@Mitnaged1]

R.I.P ARKIN

[@marshmallowbudgie]

1:24 "heheheh" "HEHEHEH"

[@johnauston9603]

Hillary Clinton and other Russiaphobes would consider this great comedy a documentary.

[@mombaassa]

They blended in as well as Borat.

[@2right4words]

This is a charming movie, but it has some delicious errors in continuity. When Mr. Bell drives up in his black coupe, Mrs. Whitaker calls him Mr. Crandall when she's urging him to get them into town quickly.

[@torinotom71]

was a good movie

[@barsouk]

Like Diamond Arm?

[@averynb1218]

Lolll Arkin was Borat before Sacha Baron Cohen!

[@leadsled213]

During college, from 91-92, we had some Soviet exchange students. They couldn't get over the "Russians"... Especially the Russian dialogue. This is supposed to be a comedy, but the comedy to them was the portrayal of the Russians... They were rolling on the floor...

[@Andrey_Gorbatok]

Well, in the "cranberry" it's funny for a Russian to look at a Russian. Stereotypes and bad Russian language. It all looks like looking in a crooked mirror. Even if it's not a comedy. It still looks funny to us. But to be fair, American actors who spoke Russian in the 60's spoke better than American actors who spoke Russian in the 80's.

[@michelebeam2052]

I don't know this scene looks like a photoshop of the local police faces not Russians.

[@witalikyou3900]

Old good film

[@whicker59]

The democrats r coming, the democrats r coming. Would make a great spoof of this great movie.

[@Tiberius291]

And it's true, Uncle Joe won. 😄

[@markspires1223]

Very apropos to our times today

[@blaudrache8434]

Norweegans

[@SovietRussianBear]

Sukablyat!!

[@worldsthewar2360]

KZbin translate in Russian: радостный (joyful).

[@betsybrains]

Alan Arkin has always totally been my TV boyfriend. Wonderful pic! I would divulge more, but there's Russians in my psyche!! 🌏 I don't do country borders. I love all us Earthlings, even those that are ear-miked operatives. It's a Catch22 in deciding whether to shoot or serpentine these days.

[@DNSMLT]

Misfortunately. Puahahaha!!!

[@kindrs2rud]

These are the worst Russian accents I've ever heard ..

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

After reading countless comment like this one I conclude there is no such thing as proper Russian accent.

[@ElYeyuno]

According to the Russians in these threads, Arkin's Russian is perfect, his acting is flawless and actually the Russian dialogues are fun, too.

[@kindrs2rud]

@@ElYeyuno I am Russian! I don't know what this accent is!

[@ElYeyuno]

@@kindrs2rud ....Some say it's Georgian. But I don't know, it's just what I read here. Arkin apparently learned his Russian from his grandma, so that might explain this.

[@adnan-pz8xu]

First

[@2right4words]

The writing of this movie is Not clever at all; just a progression of events. Had I written it, I would have had Walt needing an entire play, which would have ended with his being back in New York producing the Russians are Coming as a Musical Satire of his ordeal, that would have been a clever ending to this movie; the whole life imitates art theme.

[@oldmoviemusic]

That would have been SO ON THE NOSE. I too always like thinking about how I would re-write a movie, but I really think for this movie and its tone a gimmick like that would have lacked any subtlety.

[@normellison5347]

Everybody's a critic and a cheap seat kibitzer.

[@lynnski-ex3zk]

Your version put me to sleep. Lame & boring....