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voor de nordic liefhebbers :)

ECLIPSE SERIES 29: AKI KAURISMAKI'S LENINGRAD COWBOYS
complete 3-disc set

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005D0RDGG/
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/835
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_reviews55/aki_kaurismakis_leningrad_cowboys.htm

Description
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In the late eighties, Aki Kaurismaki, a master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by the worst rock-and-roll band in the world. Leningrad Cowboys Go America's posse of fur-coated, outrageously pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with international audiences that the fictional band became a genuine attraction, touring the world. Later, Kaurismaki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, and filmed a gigantic outdoor concert that the band put on in Helsinki, for the rollicking documentary Total Balalaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present all three crackpot musical and comic odysseys, along with five Leningrad Cowboys music videos also directed by Kaurismaki.

Contents
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LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA (1989, 79 min.)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097728/
    http://www.criterion.com/films/27793-leningrad-cowboys-go-america
A struggling Siberian rock band leaves the lonely tundra to tour the United States because, as they're told, 'they'll buy anything there.'

LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES (1994, 94 min.)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107384/
    http://www.criterion.com/films/27794-leningrad-cowboys-meet-moses
Living in Mexico with a top-ten hit under their belts, the Leningrad Cowboys have fallen on hard times. When they head north to rejoin their manager for a gig in Coney Island, he has turned into a self-proclaimed prophet who wishes to lead them back to the promised land of Siberia.

TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW (1994, 57 min.)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111460/
    http://www.criterion.com/films/27795-total-balalaika-show
Aki Kaurismaki'S film of the Leningrad Cowboys' massive concert in Helsinki's Senate Square with the 150-member Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble is a loving tribute to the rock band he made famous. Seventy thousand people turned out for this megaspectacle; featuring musical selections from Sibelius to Bob Dylan.

Director: Aki Kaurismaki
DVD Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: October 18, 2011

Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 4.22 + 4.20 + 4.22 Gb -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main features): 79 + 94 + 57 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound (main feature): Finnish+English+Russian DD2.0
Subtitles: optional English

Set Features
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# 5 Music Videos on 'Total Balalaika Show' disc (8:39, 5:47, 4:39, 4:47, 5:15).

This is a spotnet spot. Thanks to JB :)