The Experts

“Two abducted Americans are going to tell the Russians everything they know. Poor Russia.”

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?

Director

Dave Thomas

Screenplay

Eric Alter

Screenplay

Nick Thiel

Music

Marvin Hamlisch

Status

Released

Release date

13/01/1989

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 13 M

Box office

US$ 0 M