Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381246520
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 85292
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1977
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In this outrageous cult comedy, Valiko Mizandari – nicknamed 'Mimino' (the falcon) – services small villages in the mountains of Georgia with his helicopter. The pilot is loved by everyone and dreams of piloting a large international airlines aircraft, so he leaves for Moscow, only to find his dream more complicated than he could have imagined. Filled with charming local color, warm and humorous characters, and brilliant acting, this offbeat gem is bound to tickle your funny bone!
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Rating: - One of the Best Soviet Movies Ever!
No this isn't necessarly a movie about Soviet propaganda, far from it! It's about this Georgian pilot named Valiko Mizandari, AKA Mimino. He dreams of being a pilot for Russia. So he goes to Moscow and there he meets an Armanian and they become friends. And then he gets himself into a lot of situations. And in this movie they really stereotized Georgians and Armanians.
But it's a good film! For lovers of Russian/Soviet films!
Rating: - Mimino" Means "Falcon"
Friends call Valiko Mizandari "Mimino", which means "falcon" in Georgian. Working as a helicopter pilot in his own village Telavi, Mimino (Vachtang Kikabidze, famous Georgian singer and actor) delivers mail, fruit, sheep, and sometimes, cows. His greatest dream is to fly real, big aircraft. He leaves for Moscow to pursue his dream and to fly with the big international air company "Aeroflot". In Moscow, Mimino finds himself in many different situations, funny, sad, and even dramatic. Upon his arrival to Moscow, he stays first in the posh hotel that overlooks the Red Square where he checked in as a participant in the international Medical conference - thanks to the phone call of an influential relative of his relative. (Don't ask - this is one of the realities of life in the Soviet Union). In the hotel he meets an Armenian, Rubik Khachikyan, a truck driver, who becomes his friend (uniquely talented Frunzik Mktrchyan, one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union who also put the real emotional deepness in every part he played). Rubik was given the room by mistake. When thrown out of hotel, and run out of money, two men would spend the night in Rubik's truck. Then Mimino accidentally bumps into a man who had offended his sister several years back...Georgia is the country where the words "honor", "pride", and "decency" mean a lot for a real man and as the result of the unexpected meeting, Mimino would spend several days in jail and go on trial for teaching a scoundrel a few lessons.... Finally, ... Read More
Rating: - A classic of Soviet filmmaking
If you ever thought that Soviet movies were all about communist propaganda, this is a movie you MUST watch.
Mimino is the great story of a Georgian helicopter pilot who dreams about moving to Moscow to become an airliner pilot, and about his adventures in the big city. Unforgettable the scene in which Mimino tries to call his friends in Georgia and by mistake is connected to a Georgian immigrant to Israel, who, like Mimino, is just homesick for his homeland.
All the actors deliver superb performances, which results in a great movie filled with humour and nostalgia.
If you like old Russian movies, you'll love this one. If you don't, you will after watching this.
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