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The Needle (Igla)
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The Needle (Igla) is a 1988 Soviet cult film directed by Rashid Nugmanov. Film's cult following based on many things one of which is unusual style and surrealistic approach and another is that the movie is the only leading role by Russian rock star Victor Tsoy, who portrays Moro - a mysterious man on his brief return to Alma-Ata from Moscow, who finds his ex-girlfriend, nurse Dina (Marina Smirnova) hooked on drugs by her subordinate in the hospital - drug-dealing surgeon Artur Yusupovich (known singer and actor Piotr Mamonov in his first film role). Meanwhile he has his own problems with a local con man Spartak (Aleksandr Bashirov), who owes him money. In 2010 director continued storyline in semi-sequel, semi-remake The Needle Remix (Igla Remix) which mixes restored and altered footage from this film (especially with Victor Tsoy, who passed to car incident in 1990) and completely new material to create even more surreal experience.
The following weapons are seen in the movie The Needle (Igla):
Margolin MCM Target Pistol
Dina (Marina Smirnova) who is an amateur sports shooter trains on the shooting range at the beginning of the movie. She uses typical Soviet target pistol - Margolin MCM with barrel compensator. It should be noted that it was after Rashid Nugmanov find out that Marina Smirnova is really a shooter that he included the scene in the movie. In fact most of the movie was improvised right on the set.
M16/SP1
At one point in the movie Moro turns on a few television sets at the same time and various pictures haunt him (as well as the viewers of the movie) through the film. Among them are a few shots from Escape from New York, one of which shows troopers landing from a helicopter with a variety of M16/SP1 rifles. You can find more information in the appropriate section of the movie's page
