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* GoodNeedsEvil: A major recurring theme throughout the novel. Yakov's intelligence that the Russian's strategic nuclear capabilities are essentially a PaperTiger should be wonderful news for "Fortress America", but as Sheriton cynically points out, America has an enormous, well-funded, and politically influential military-industrial complex that only justifies its existence with the assumption that the Soviets are capable as hell.

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* GoodNeedsEvil: A major recurring theme throughout the novel. Yakov's intelligence that the Russian's Russians' strategic nuclear capabilities are essentially a PaperTiger should be wonderful news for "Fortress America", but as Sheriton cynically points out, America has an enormous, well-funded, and politically influential military-industrial complex that only justifies its existence with the assumption that the Soviets are capable as hell.
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* GoodNeedsEvil: A major recurring theme throughout the novel. Yakov's intelligence that the Russian's strategic nuclear capabilities are essentially a PaperTiger should be wonderful news for "Fortress America", but as Sheriton cynically points out, America has an enormous, well-funded, and politically influential military-industrial complex that only justifies its existence with the assumption that the Soviets are capable as hell.
-->'''Sheriton''': The trouble is, a lot of very important favorite sons are in danger of having their rice bowls broken because of these goddamn notebooks!
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The film is notable for being the second (and last) US production to film in the Soviet Union itself.

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The film is notable for being the second (and last) US production to film in the Soviet Union itself.
itself before its collapse.
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''The Russia House'' is a 1990 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the 1989 Creator/JohnLeCarre [[SpyFiction spy novel]] of the same name, directed by Creator/FredSchepisi.

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''The Russia House'' is a 1990 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the 1989 Creator/JohnLeCarre [[SpyFiction spy novel]] of the same name, written by Creator/TomStoppard and directed by Creator/FredSchepisi.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Katya will often use the word "convenient" when discussing whether or not she'll do something - for example, when Barley asks her to dinner the first time they meet, she responds, "It is not convenient." One of Barley's minders in Moscow suggest Katya really means to say "proper" instead, but when Barley brings it up the next time they meet, she disagrees.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Katya will often use the word "convenient" when discussing whether or not she'll do something - for example, when Barley asks her to dinner the first time they meet, she responds, "It is not convenient." One of Barley's minders in Moscow suggest Wicklow suggests Katya really means to say "proper" instead, but when Barley brings it up the next time they meet, she disagrees.

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* ShoutOut: In the novel, when Nikki Landau is arranging to carry the book Katya gave him so it'll pass through the Soviet Union undetected, he sings the "[[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Modern Major General]]" song.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Katya will often use the word "convenient" when discussing whether or not she'll do something - for example, when Barley asks her to dinner the first time they meet, she responds, "It is not convenient." One of Barley's minders in Moscow suggest Katya really means to say "proper" instead, but when Barley brings it up the next time they meet, she disagrees.

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