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Potato Dreams of America

An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order-bride mother, and their adventurous escape to America.

Director

Wes Hurley

Year

Genre

biography, comedy, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Creative Capital

Awards

6 wins & 5 nominations

Homepage

https://www.potatodreamfilm.com/

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I was thinking maybe I
should move in with you. - Potato Dreams of America

I was thinking maybe I should move in with you.

A divorced woman with a child
should be begging strangers - Potato Dreams of America

A divorced woman with a child should be begging strangers

I don't know, you
keep coming and going, - Potato Dreams of America

I don't know, you keep coming and going,

If you're worried
about crowding you, - Potato Dreams of America

If you're worried about crowding you,

Just some clothes
and a color TV. - Potato Dreams of America

Just some clothes and a color TV.

A color TV, did he
just say a color TV? - Potato Dreams of America

A color TV, did he just say a color TV?

Last month, my
brother bought a new one - Potato Dreams of America

Last month, my brother bought a new one

You really could use
a man around the house. - Potato Dreams of America

You really could use a man around the house.

A color TV. - Potato Dreams of America

It came on last night,
it's a renegade channel. - Potato Dreams of America

It came on last night, it's a renegade channel.

I don't believe it, we
have three channels now. - Potato Dreams of America

I don't believe it, we have three channels now.

They show American
movies late at night. - Potato Dreams of America

They show American movies late at night.

You need to write
that in your report. - Potato Dreams of America

You need to write that in your report.

Well,
that didn't take long. - Potato Dreams of America

Well, that didn't take long.

Beat's me, I don't care,
I just miss his color TV. - Potato Dreams of America

Beat's me, I don't care, I just miss his color TV.

You wanna hold
onto these lousy men, - Potato Dreams of America

You wanna hold onto these lousy men,

You want your grandson - Potato Dreams of America

You want your grandson

Your trouble is you've
never really loved a man. - Potato Dreams of America

Your trouble is you've never really loved a man.

Even right after you were
born, you were always cold. - Potato Dreams of America

Even right after you were born, you were always cold.

You had these thin, mean
lips that you pursed. - Potato Dreams of America

You had these thin, mean lips that you pursed.

I know, Mom, and
bulging eyes like an ant. - Potato Dreams of America

I know, Mom, and bulging eyes like an ant.

Oh, remember when
you were a little girl - Potato Dreams of America

Oh, remember when you were a little girl

"We saw your little
old Jew today," - Potato Dreams of America

"We saw your little old Jew today,"

You saw my little old
half-Armenian girl today. - Potato Dreams of America

You saw my little old half-Armenian girl today.

She's not a Jew." - Potato Dreams of America

She's not a Jew."

In the beginning, - Potato Dreams of America

In the beginning,

Now that the Red Babel
has fallen, your classmates - Potato Dreams of America

Now that the Red Babel has fallen, your classmates

The important thing is - Potato Dreams of America

The important thing is

My old friends are
starting to drink - Potato Dreams of America

My old friends are starting to drink

My mom is my best friend,
but she's always sad. - Potato Dreams of America

My mom is my best friend, but she's always sad.

Everyone says that,
she had me young. - Potato Dreams of America

Everyone says that, she had me young.

All she thinks about
is when I turn 18 - Potato Dreams of America

All she thinks about is when I turn 18

She says nothing is worse
than the Russian military. - Potato Dreams of America

She says nothing is worse than the Russian military.

In good things that
are gonna happen to you, - Potato Dreams of America

In good things that are gonna happen to you,

No... well, yeah,
because they're in America, - Potato Dreams of America

No... well, yeah, because they're in America,

Nothing good ever happens,
bad guys always win. - Potato Dreams of America

Nothing good ever happens, bad guys always win.

You have to believe, and
get your mother to believe. - Potato Dreams of America

You have to believe, and get your mother to believe.

I think some - Potato Dreams of America

My parents say we
can never be free - Potato Dreams of America

My parents say we can never be free

Now, class, we
really don't have any - Potato Dreams of America

Now, class, we really don't have any

Kikes, kikes,
kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes, - Potato Dreams of America

Kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes,

Come on, you don't have
to do what everyone does. - Potato Dreams of America

Come on, you don't have to do what everyone does.

- You know nothing about me.
- Kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes, - Potato Dreams of America

- You know nothing about me. - Kikes, kikes, kikes, kikes,

The way he walks. - Potato Dreams of America

The way he walks.

Shh, Jean-Claude is really - Potato Dreams of America

Shh, Jean-Claude is really

♪ Silence is my last resort ♪ - Potato Dreams of America

♪ Silence is my last resort ♪

Do you think it's
that thing men squirt - Potato Dreams of America

Do you think it's that thing men squirt

Oh my God,
oh, I hope not. - Potato Dreams of America

Oh my God, oh, I hope not.

Well, then, we will just have - Potato Dreams of America

Well, then, we will just have

May you stay young and
beautiful forever, see? - Potato Dreams of America

May you stay young and beautiful forever, see?

You thought you were in trouble
with me, but you're not. - Potato Dreams of America

You thought you were in trouble with me, but you're not...

I took an oath as a doctor- - Potato Dreams of America

I took an oath as a doctor-

That's good, because
you really don't want - Potato Dreams of America

That's good, because you really don't want

Maybe you should stop
worrying about this dead boy - Potato Dreams of America

Maybe you should stop worrying about this dead boy

This is prison, a
purgatory for lost causes. - Potato Dreams of America

This is prison, a purgatory for lost causes.

But your son, he is out
there in the real world, - Potato Dreams of America

But your son, he is out there in the real world,

I can make sure that he gets
through it all alive, or not. - Potato Dreams of America

I can make sure that he gets through it all alive, or not.

You think now the USSR is done,
you can stick your neck out? - Potato Dreams of America

You think now the USSR is done, you can stick your neck out?

The name may be different,
a new flag perhaps, - Potato Dreams of America

The name may be different, a new flag perhaps,

Oh, I like how they
decorated their place. - Potato Dreams of America

Oh, I like how they decorated their place.

How come they never get outages - Potato Dreams of America

How come they never get outages

I know it's not capitalism
when the same old farts - Potato Dreams of America

I know it's not capitalism when the same old farts

Yes, and that does
us a lot of good - Potato Dreams of America

Yes, and that does us a lot of good

We can travel, we can even
get the hell out if we want. - Potato Dreams of America

We can travel, we can even get the hell out if we want.

If your grandfather were
alive to hear you say that, - Potato Dreams of America

If your grandfather were alive to hear you say that,

No, I don't wanna dance
with you, you're a bad boy. - Potato Dreams of America

No, I don't wanna dance with you, you're a bad boy...

Look no further, we got 'em
all, cowboys, businessmen, - Potato Dreams of America

Look no further, we got 'em all, cowboys, businessmen,

Cowboys, businessmen, - Potato Dreams of America

Cowboys, businessmen,

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Don't let your American
prince charming slip away. - Potato Dreams of America

Don't let your American prince charming slip away.

That's right, so, get
this, he brings her back - Potato Dreams of America

That's right, so, get this, he brings her back

And he tells those
stuck-up salesmen - Potato Dreams of America

And he tells those stuck-up salesmen

"I got money, bitches." - Potato Dreams of America

"I got money, bitches."

Aw, I wish I was
a hooker in America. - Potato Dreams of America

Aw, I wish I was a hooker in America.

I think I should just
wait until you get married - Potato Dreams of America

I think I should just wait until you get married

I'm not feeling it,
I got Jesus right here. - Potato Dreams of America

I'm not feeling it, I got Jesus right here.

I took a train to her village - Potato Dreams of America

I took a train to her village

Look at them, those manly boys. - Potato Dreams of America

Look at them, those manly boys.

Yes, well, it's either
here or the Police Academy, - Potato Dreams of America

Yes, well, it's either here or the Police Academy,

You gotta give it
to these gang members, - Potato Dreams of America

You gotta give it to these gang members,

That way, the next time
somebody picks on you, - Potato Dreams of America

That way, the next time somebody picks on you,

But if you ever tell
Mom, I will kill you. - Potato Dreams of America

But if you ever tell Mom, I will kill you.

That's a great way to
talk to your grandma. - Potato Dreams of America

That's a great way to talk to your grandma.

Mom, it's a
letter from America- - Potato Dreams of America

Mom, it's a letter from America-

There is no one here, please? - Potato Dreams of America

There is no one here, please?

Let's get home and open
it with a dictionary. - Potato Dreams of America

Let's get home and open it with a dictionary.

"Dear John, thank you so
much for your interest in me. - Potato Dreams of America

"Dear John, thank you so much for your interest in me.

Your letter was a nice surprise
when I came home today. - Potato Dreams of America

Your letter was a nice surprise when I came home today.

Vladivostok is a big
city in the Far East, - Potato Dreams of America

Vladivostok is a big city in the Far East,

My son and I live in an
apartment on a fifth floor. - Potato Dreams of America

My son and I live in an apartment on a fifth floor.

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An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order-bride mother, and their adventurous escape to America.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Wes Hurley

Writer: Wes Hurley

Production: Creative Capital

Genre: biography, comedy, drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 04 Aug 2022

Awards: 6 wins & 5 nominations

Homepage: https://www.potatodreamfilm.com/