Red Heat
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Template:Infobox Film Red Heat is a 1988 movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Soviet policeman Ivan Danko. His American partner is played by James Belushi. They work together to catch a powerful Soviet drug dealer, Viktor Rostavili.
It was directed by Walter Hill, and written by Hill and Troy Kennedy Martin. Also Starring: Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross and Gina Gershon.
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Trivia
The film has gained cult status among Russian speakers, mainly due to its extremely poor Russian, numerous factual errors and portrayal of ethnic stereotypes.
- This was the first Western film by a major studio to film in Moscow's Red Square.
- Ivan Danko's police uniform is a combination of at least six different uniforms. His hat is a Moscow Commander's Special and he also wears a Parade Band Musician axelbant.
- When Danko and his partner discuss the drug problem, the translation says they are referring to Miami while they were actually referring to Harlem.
- The teleprinter at the Moscow militia headquarters is seen printing a message in Russian but in the Latin alphabet. Equipment used by the Soviet government would undoubtedly allow the Cyrillic alphabet to be used.
- Ivan Danko uses a gun called 'Podbyrin 9.2 mm". Its actually a modified western Desert Eagle Magnum. The Podbyrin does not exist and was made up as a prop for the movie.
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