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Spinning Boris

Field	Value
name	Spinning Boris
image	SpinningBoris.jpg
caption	DVD cover
director	Roger Spottiswoode
producer	Cydney Bernard
writer	{{plainlist
starring	{{plainlist
music	Jeff Danna
cinematography	John S. Bartley
editing	Michael Pacek
released
runtime	112 minutes
country	United States
language	English

Yuri Zeltser
Grace Cary Bickley
Jeff Goldblum
Anthony LaPaglia
Liev Schreiber

Spinning Boris is a 2003 American comedy film, directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. In the film, Boris Yeltsin secretly hires three American consultants during his 1996 reelection campaign, when his approval rating was at 6%. With the help of the consultants, Yeltsin won the election six months later. The film claimed to be based on the true story of three American political consultants who worked for the successful reelection campaign of Boris Yeltsin in 1996.

Plot

In early 1996, three Republican Party campaign operatives take a secret job to assist Boris Yeltsin's reelection. Once in Moscow, they learn Yeltsin is polling at 6% against the Communist Party of the Russian Federation candidate Gennady Zyuganov with the election only a few months away. They decide to vote on whether to stay. Dick Dresner wants to go home, George Gorton and Joe Shumate vote to stay in Moscow. They get the attention of Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana Yumasheva. They then start to do polling, focus groups, messaging, and spin. Yeltsin's poll numbers begin to go up. The three men are unsure who hired them. They do not know whether Yeltsin's allies want him to win. Eventually, Yeltsin wins the election.

Cast

Jeff Goldblum as George Gorton
Anthony LaPaglia as Dick Dresner
Liev Schreiber as Joe Shumate
Boris Krutonog as Felix Braynin
Svetlana Efremova as Tatyana Dyachenko
Shauna MacDonald as Lisa
Gregory Hlady as Andrei Lugov
Vladimir Radian as Vasso
Ilia Volok as Elvis Impersonator
Konstantin Kazakov as Oleg Soskovets
Judah Katz as Michael Kramer

References

Rooney, David. (2003-10-27). "Spinning Boris".
(7 September 2003). "Arnie's spin doctors spun for Yeltsin too". The Guardian.
[https://archive.org/details/TimeUSMeddlingOnRussia TIME Exclusive Yanks To The Rescue], [[Time Magazine]]. July 1996.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324619/plotsummary Plot summary], [[IMDb]].

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