Action ·Comedy · United States of America · 1989 · 1h 34m

The Experts

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Director
Dave Thomas
Cast
John Travolta as Travis Arye Gross as Wendell Kelly Preston as Bonnie Deborah Foreman as Jill James Keach as Yuri Jan Rubeš as Illyich
Crew
Ronnie Taylor — Director of Photography Bud Molin — Editor Marvin Hamlisch — Original Music Composer Nick Thiel — Screenplay Eric Alter — Screenplay Steven Greene — Screenplay
Tagline

Two abducted Americans are going to tell the Russians everything they know. Poor Russia.

Synopsis

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?

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Mood & Themes
soviet unionnightclub
Key Collaborators
Dave Thomas Director Ronnie Taylor Director of Photography Bud Molin Editor Marvin Hamlisch Original Music Composer Nick Thiel Screenplay Eric Alter Screenplay Steven Greene Screenplay Steven Greene Story Eric Alter Story James Keach Producer David Fischer Production Design Rosanna Norton Costume Design
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