Title: Baryshnikov dominates
Product review: A fairly pedestrian Iron Curtain drama, redeemed by the extraordinary athleticism of Mikhail Baryshnikov. In comparison, Gregory Hines is a bit player. Two highlights - the opening ballet of Le Jeune Homme et La Mort, and the scene in the middle of the film where Baryshnikov dances his rage against the Soviet system to Vysotsky's "The Horses". All the pain of Russia's tormented history can be heard in Vysotsky's voice. When he died in his early forties, one million people attended his funeral.
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