Summaries

Two NYC guys get jobs starting a nightclub in Smalltown, USA. They don't know it's a spy training model town in USSR .

Travis and Wendell are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska. The KGB spy Cameron Smith takes them to the U.S.S.R. instead with the intention of teaching KGB agents to be hip like Americans.—Richard Jones <[email protected]>

Near the eastern edge of the USSR is a village populated by Russians who speak and act American, where KGB trainees go to practice. The town is mired in the 50's, and the new KGB hotshot fears his agents will fail to learn real US culture. He goes to New York and hires two young hipsters to come to "Nebraska" to open a nightclub. He drugs them en route to Russia, and they think they've awaken in the Midwest. There they turn a tiki lounge into a hip club, teach townies to dance, and introduce pop culture. Both flip for local chicks. Things get dangerous when the townsfolk taste freedom, a KGB faction tries to kill our heroes, but will the guys figure out they're not in Nebraska?—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • spy
  • 1980s
  • soviet union
  • renovation
  • american in russia
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Jan 12, 1989
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States Canada
Language English
Filming locations British Columbia, Canada
Production companies Paramount Pictures

Box office

Budget $13000000
Gross US & Canada $169203
Opening weekend US & Canada $169203
Gross worldwide $169203

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 34m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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