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Spinning Boris is a 2003 American comedy film starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. In the film, a Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with Boris Yeltsin's reelection campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
The film is based on the true story of three American political consultants who ran the successful reelection campaign of Boris Yeltsin in 1996, although some question the degree of involvement of the Americans in Yeltsin's reelection. The 1996 elections were marred by rampant vote fraud and in 2012, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev explicitly said that "There is hardly any doubt who won [that race]. It was not Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin."
Original Release
10/23/2003
US Release
10/23/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Goldblum | George Gorton |
Anthony LaPaglia | Dick Dresner |
Liev Schreiber | Joe Shumate |
Boris Lee Krutonog | Felix Braynin |
Svetlana Efremova | Tatiana Dyachenko |
Shauna MacDonald | Lisa |
Gregory Hlady | Andrei Lugov |
Vladimir Radian | Vasso |
Ilia Volok | Elvis Impersonator |
Konstantin Kazakov | Oleg Soskovets |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Goldblum | George Gorton |
Anthony LaPaglia | Dick Dresner |
Liev Schreiber | Joe Shumate |
Boris Lee Krutonog | Felix Braynin |
Svetlana Efremova | Tatiana Dyachenko |
Shauna MacDonald | Lisa |
Gregory Hlady | Andrei Lugov |
Vladimir Radian | Vasso |
Ilia Volok | Elvis Impersonator |
Konstantin Kazakov | Oleg Soskovets |
Judah Katz | Michael Kramer |
Maria Syrgiannis | Female Journalist |
Ola Sturik | Post Office Clerk |
Gillian Vanderburgh | Dick Dresner's Wife |
Serge Timokhin | Hotel Desk Clerk |
Victoria Shaevich | Hotel Desk Clerk |
Lucy Necrasova | Hotel Desk Clerk |
Tatiana Galagen | Hotel Desk Clerk |
Dmitry Chepovetsky | Courtyard Guard |
Sergei Priselkov | Focus Group Member |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andrew Licht | Executive Producer |
John Gilbert Morris | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey A. Mueller | Executive Producer |
Cydney Bernard | Producer |