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Courier, also known as Messenger Boy, is a 1986 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov based on a screenplay by Alexander Borodyansky and Shakhnazarov's short story of the same name, published in the April 1982 issue of the magazine Yunost. The plot revolves around the problems of perestroika-era youth and was filmed by the Creative Association of Comedy and Musical Films of the Mosfilm Studio from May to August 1986. It is one of the first Soviet films to feature breakdancing.

Production

The film's concept was originally written by Shakhnazarov as a short story he wrote in 1982 to be published in the Yunost magazine; it was published in the April issue, and proved a success with readers, but Shakhnazarov did not intend to go further with the concept.

Shakhnazarov's friend, the aspiring director Andrei Eshpai, who at that time was looking for material for his first film, decided to try to make a movie out of the story. Shakhnazarov was not against this, but asked that his friend Alexander Borodyansky write the script for the film.

In April 1985, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev announced the beginning of Perestroika. Having assessed the changing situation, Borodyansky suggested that Shakhnazarov adapt Courier for the screen himself.

In 1986, the script was significantly rewritten by Borodyansky, and, to the Shakhnazarov's surprise, despite the criticism of the CPSU Party Committee, it was approved by Mosfilm. The plot of the story changed; the protagonist became more modern, and the generational conflict more acute.

In addition to the actors he already knew, Shakhnazarov invited those he had not worked with before to star in the film. Inna Churikova agreed to play the protagonist's mother. Oleg Tabakov was invited to play the role of Professor Kuznetsov, but he did not respond in time and was eventually replaced by Oleg Basilashvili.

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