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Moscow on the Hudson
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Robin Williams, wearing a patterned sweater and hat, plays a saxophone in a stable with an elephant in the background in a scene from Moscow on the Hudson.
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Moscow on the Hudson

film by Mazursky [1984]
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  • Paul Mazursky
    Paul Mazursky
    / Films of the 1980s

    More popular was Moscow on the Hudson (1984), with Robin Williams well cast as a saxophone-playing homesick Soviet defector who tries to adjust to life in New York City. As with most of Mazursky’s work, this bittersweet comedy’s best moments seem to happen on the periphery of the…

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    More popular was Moscow on the Hudson (1984), with Robin Williams well cast as a saxophone-playing homesick Soviet defector who tries to adjust to life in New York City. As with most of Mazursky’s work, this bittersweet comedy’s best moments seem to happen on the periphery of the…

    Read More