Little Nikita
He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.
Country
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$1 733 070
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Gene Callahan
Audition
Editing
Jacqueline Cambas
Whole Team (62)
Whole Team (62)
Short description
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming period: December 29, 1986 – April 11, 1987.
- When David Puttnam, the new head of Columbia Pictures, first saw this film, he told director Richard Benjamin that it was one of the worst films he had ever laid eyes on. He even asked editor Jim Clark (1931-2016) if anything could be done to save it.
- Although this was not known at the time of the film's release, it later emerged that there were indeed 'sleeper' agents of Soviet intelligence operating in the United States, employing the so-called method of 'hiding in plain sight.' Some even had children, went to work, and had friends and neighbors who suspected nothing. In 2010, a group of 'illegals' was arrested and subsequently exchanged for several Americans detained for espionage in Russia.
- When Roy hands his driver's license to Jeff, you can notice the date of birth – August 23, 1970. This is the date of birth of River Phoenix, who played the main role in the film.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
