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Don't Drink the Water

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Don't Drink the Water (1994)

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Reviews Counted:9

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Rotten:5

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The Hollanders, a family of Americans on vacation in Eastern Europe during the 1960s, get into trouble after Walter (director Allen) takes a photo of a sunset near a sensitive military area. The... The Hollanders, a family of Americans on vacation in Eastern Europe during the 1960s, get into trouble after Walter (director Allen) takes a photo of a sunset near a sensitive military area. The family is forced to hide out in the American embassy, unfortunately in the hands of the ambassador's incompetent son. A remake of Allen's 1960s play, made for television. [More]

Starring: Woody Allen, Julie Kavner, Michael J. Fox, Mayim Bialik

Starring: Woody Allen, Julie Kavner, Michael J. Fox, Mayim Bialik, Dom DeLuise, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Josef Sommer, Austin Pendleton, Robert Stanton

Director: Woody Allen, Carlo Di Palma

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Director: Carlo Di Palma

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Jul 1, 2003

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  • Don't Drink The Water
  • Ever-popular Michael J. Fox (MARS ATTACKS!, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT) and Woody Allen (SMALL TIME CROOKS, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY) star in this hilarious comedy where an outrageous mix-up labels an unsuspecting family of American tourists as a notorious ring of spies! The Hollanders are enjoying their trip behind the Iron Curtain until Walter (Allen) innocently snaps a picture of the sunset ... over a politically sensitive area! Before he knows it, his family is the focus of a major international espionage incident! Forced to seek refuge at the American Embassy -- it's up to the Ambassador's diplomatically inept son (Fox) to keep the Hollanders from landing behind bars! With Mayim Bialik (BEACHES, TV's BLOSSOM), Dom DeLuise (ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS) and Julie Kavner (DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, TV's THE SIMPSONS) in a great cast of familiar faces -- you'll laugh along with the hapless Hollanders as they find out just how hard it is to get around the Iron Curtain!
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    Solid TV version of Allen's play.

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    OK Woody Allen play-based story.

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