Music video for "Nikita," featuring a Cold-War setting.Music video for "Nikita," featuring a Cold-War setting.Music video for "Nikita," featuring a Cold-War setting.
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- TriviaThis video was shot over the weekend of Saturday Aug24th, Sunday August 25th & Monday 26th in the car park at Pinewood Studios, London. This was because it coincided with the August bank holiday weekend in the UK when the weather would likely be fine for an exterior shoot. As most productions would have shut down for the bank holiday weekend anyway and impact on staff parking would be minimal, it was decided to build the props, put down the fake snow and lay the camera dolly track on the Saturday afternoon whilst Ken Russell shot a scene at Watford football club's Vicarage Road ground that morning and then some interior scenes on a small soundstage at Pinewood that evening. Exterior scenes were shot all day Sunday and Monday and then the props were removed by Monday evening. An additional couple of hours was needed later that week to shoot at a bowling alley, which was done around 9am (before the alley was opened to the public).
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Nice love story.
Remember this hit that Elton had back in 1985 called "Nikita" and the video was moving and eye catching for the fact that it involved a Soviet love story, and for it's time during the mid 80's when U.S. and Russia tensions were high! Anyway the video features John as a tourist from the capitalist side who falls in love with a female Soviet soldier(I must say she was a beauty!) Overall this music video and song were both colorful, touching, and interesting clearly one of Elton John's best from the 1980's decade.
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- blanbrn
- May 27, 2019
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