VHS Video: White Knights (1985)
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines
With: Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rosselini, Jerzy Skolmowski
Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Directed by Taylor Hackford
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This is a used VHS (U.S. format) video in Very Good condition.
Cover blurb: The passionate worlds of dance adn global politics collide in this explosive thriller from director Taylor Hackford.
"Baryshnikov plays (in parallel to his own life) a Russian defector to the U.S. who ends up a prisoner in the motherland after his plane is forced to land in Leningrad during an emergency. Hines is an American expatriate who gets involved with the situation. Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) punctuates an escape scenario and relationship dilemmas with as many dance sequences as possible, and the result is a wobbly, unconvincing tale with some furious footwork. Fortunately, performances carry the day, as the two male leads are both very strong as actors, and the supporting cast--Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren, and filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting)--is terrific. --Tom Keogh"
