Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
When Billy Crystal starts hearing voices in his backyard "if you go there take a jacket " it's a psychic invitation for him to revisit his Russian roots. So Billy goes back for a live stand-up performance at Moscow's Pushkin theater preceded by a hilarious tour of Russia and its people in an evening that he calls "jokenost". Crystal discovers a Moscow you would never see from the 'Leninland' theme park to the popular Russian night club 'Catch a Rising Tsar'. See Billy introduce Russian audiences to a popular American pastime "the wave" and much, much more in this hilarious evening of culture swap and sparkling comedy of the Crystal kind.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Released
- 1989
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
When Billy Crystal starts hearing voices in his backyard "if you go there take a jacket " it's a psychic invitation for him to revisit his Russian roots. So Billy goes back for a live stand-up performance at Moscow's Pushkin theater preceded by a hilarious tour of Russia and its people in an evening that he calls "jokenost". Crystal discovers a Moscow you would never see from the 'Leninland' theme park to the popular Russian night club 'Catch a Rising Tsar'. See Billy introduce Russian audiences to a popular American pastime "the wave" and much, much more in this hilarious evening of culture swap and sparkling comedy of the Crystal kind.
Top credits
- Billy Crystal — Self
- David Lloyd Austin — Gorbachev
- Janice Crystal — Self
- Lindsay Crystal — Self
Awards
2 wins & 5 nominations
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