Eclipse 29: Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys
By October 18, 2011
Are the Leningrad Cowboys for real? With pointy pompadours reaching to impossible heights . . . Read more »
A struggling Siberian rock band leaves the lonely tundra to tour the United States because, as they’re told, “they’ll buy anything there.” Aki Kaurismäki’s winningly aloof farce follows the musicians as they bravely make their way across the New World, carrying a bandmate (and some beer) in a coffin and sporting hairdos that resemble unicorn horns. Leningrad Cowboys Go America was such a sensation that it brought the fictional band a major real-life following.
| The Leningrad Cowboys | Sakke Järvenpää |
| Heikki Keskinen | |
| Pimme Korhonen | |
| Sakari Kuosmanen | |
| Puka Oinonen | |
| Silu Seppälä | |
| Mauri Sumén | |
| Mato Valtonen | |
| Pekka Virtanen | |
| Vladimir | Matti Pellonpää |
| Igor | Karl Väänänen |
| Lost cousin | Nicky Tesco |
| Car dealer | Jim Jarmusch |
| Director | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Assistant director | Pauli Pentti |
| Screenplay | Aki Kaurismäki, Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen |
| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Art direction | Kari Lane and Heikki Ukkonen |
| Editing | Raija Talvio |
| Music | Mauri Sumén |
By October 18, 2011
Are the Leningrad Cowboys for real? With pointy pompadours reaching to impossible heights . . . Read more »
By October 18, 2011
Are the Leningrad Cowboys for real? With pointy pompadours reaching to impossible heights . . . Read more »
November 02, 2011
Dennis Lim begins his recentLos Angeles Times piece on Aki Kaurismäki by announcing that the . . . Read more »
By October 18, 2011
Are the Leningrad Cowboys for real? With pointy pompadours reaching to impossible heights . . . Read more »
July 28, 2011
We’re pleased to announce that Janus Films has picked up the North American rights to Aki . . . Read more »