White Nights (1985) Reviews

This is a powerful movie to revisit now based on current immigration issues. What will people do to gain freedom? Yes, the dancing entertains the viewer, but I feel the screenplay portrayed realistic characters dealing with provocative issues that really make you think. What would you do in their situation?
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Hadn't seen this since it was in theaters! Like always Misha is amazing. Gregory Hines was very talented in his own right. It was a lot better then I remembered. The younger generation doesn't know what the Soviet Union was like. This is a good way for them to see it.
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Is this movie not on DVD....as that why you don't have it? I love this movie. Its cheesy...its stereotypical '80s cold war....but i love it!! Mikhail's dancing is amazing and Gregory Hines will blow you away. And what can you say about Isabella Rossellini except...she's beautiful and talented!!! Please get this on DVD!!!!!
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This film was too boring to be suspenseful and it wasn't very mysterious. The story is about two dancers, one is a Russian ballet artist who defected to the USA. On a dance tour to Japan his plane experiences an electrical fire and has to make an emergency landing on a Russian military base. He is injured during the landing and is detained in solitary confinement in the hospital by the government. He is released into the care and custody of a tap-dancing American defector living in Siberia with his Russian wife forced by the government to baby-sit him and keep him prisoner. Eventually they become friends and team up to help each other attempt to escape back to America. The storyline is pretty good, but the movie drug on for what seemed liked days. If the movie shaved off about an hour I would rate it a star higher. At least now I know what white nights are; they happen in places close to the north pole during a seasonal period when the sun never sets.
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