''Immigrants'' ( Hungarian title: ''Immigrants - Jóska menni Amerika'') is a 2008

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directed by

Gábor Csupó Gábor Csupó ( , ; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian-American animator, writer, director, producer and graphic designer. He is co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like ''Rugrats'', ''Duckman'', '' S ...

. It is also known as ''L.A. Dolce Vita'' or ''Immigrants: L.A. Dolce Vita''. It is the fifth and (to date) final feature-length film from the studio

Klasky Csupo Klasky-Csupo, Inc. (stylized as KLaSKY CSUPO INC., doing business as Klasky Csupo, ) is an American animation studio located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1982 by producer Arlene Klasky and Hungarian animator Gábor Csupó (he ...

, and the first and only feature-length animated movie that was directed by Csupo. The characters and story line in this film were the basis for a new animated series for

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, which was scheduled to debut in August 2004. However, despite scheduling a two-hour marathon for the series premiere and ordering an additional six episodes, the series never aired due to the decline of animation programming on Spike TV. It was later compiled into a film and released on October 30, 2008, in

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. The film was also going to be released by

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, but they declined the offer after parent company

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's contract with Klasky Csupo expired in 2007. In America, the film was released on Region 1 DVD in 2009 by

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Echo Bridge Entertainment is an American independent distribution company. It acquires and distributes feature films, scripted and non-scripted series, documentaries, and children’s programming for home video, digital and television in the United ...

Plot

Joska, a Hungarian immigrant in

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, shares an apartment with Vladislav, a Russian immigrant. In their quest for the "American Dream," they encounter all kinds of troubles, wild adventures, and comical situations. The pair are routinely saved by their big hearts and loyalty to each other in this unlikely tale of friendship in a foreign country.

Characters

* Vladislav is a Russian immigrant who has a teenage daughter, Anya. He desperately seeks to land a job to support his daughter and Jóska. * Jóska is a Hungarian immigrant and is a roommate of Vladislav. Unlike his friend, he is somewhat familiar with US culture. * Anya is Vladislav's daughter who tries to fit in as a normal teenager such as getting a tattoo. * Flaco is Vladislav and Jóska's Hispanic friend who lives with his wife. * Nazam is the Pakistani immigrant father of four daughters and his only son who works as a celebrity bus driver for tourists. * Rashid is a Pakistani teenager who lives with his father Nazam, he is also a brother to four sisters and friend of Anya and Min. * Chea is Min's father who owns a Chinese restaurant where everything costs one-dollar. * Min is Chea's Chinese daughter, and Anya's friend, who works in her father's restaurant. * Splits is a black African neighbor of Jóska and Vladislav. He routinely informs anyone who will listen that he had sex with a thousand women. * Greta Night is the old landlady of the foreign occupants. She is attracted to Vladislav and occasionally offers to marry him to extend his stay in America (while also offering to "jumpstart his sex life"). She also threatens to call immigration whenever her residents do anything of which she disapproves.

Voice cast

Hungarian Original Version

Cast

* Ferenc Hujber as ''Joska'' *

Győző Szabó Győző Szabó (born 7 July 1970) is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1994. Selected filmography References External links * 1970 births Living people Hungarian male film actors {{Hungary-actor-s ...

as ''Vlad'' * Szonja Oroszlán as ''Anya'' *

Titanilla Bogdányi Titanilla Bogdányi (born April 12, 1986) is a Hungarian voice actress from Budapest. She is well known for over-dubbing for Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan, Alexis Bledel, Jena Malone, and Dania Ramirez. She started her career as a ...

as ''Min Chea'' *

Gábor Reviczky Gábor Reviczky (born March 28, 1949 in Tatabánya) is a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * 1985 ''The Red Countess'' * 1985 ''Mata Hari'' * 1990 '' Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg'' * 1991 '' Paths of Death and Angels'' * 1992 ''The Summer G ...

as ''Splits Jackson'' *

Imre Józsa Imre Józsa (18 March 1954 – 30 October 2016) was a Hungarian actor and voice actor. He was awarded many prizes such as Jászai Mari-Prize. Hungarian actors 1954 births 2016 deaths {{Hungary-actor-stub ...

as ''Mr. Chea'' * Zolee Ganxsta as ''Flaco'' * József Kerekes as ''Nazam Kazmi'' *

Levente Molnár Levente Molnár (born 10 March 1976), is a Hungarian-Romanian actor, most notable for playing Abraham in the Academy Award-winning film, ''Son of Saul''. He is a Member of the European Film Academy (EFA). In 1997, he acted at the Gheorgheni-based ...

as ''Rashid Kazmi'' *

Judit Hernádi Judit Hernádi (born 11 April 1956) is a Hungarian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Fortress'' (1979) * ''Mephisto'' (1981) * '' Another Way'' (1982) * '' The Last Manuscript'' (1987) * ''Samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano ...

as ''Greta Knight''

Supporting cast

Sándor Fábry Sándor Fábry (born 20 November 1953) is a Hungarian comedian, talk show host, and writer. Born in Budapest, to Sándor Fábry Sr. and Éva Kovácsy. He has a brother. He attended the Teachers' Training College of Pécs and later the ELTE uni ...

as Businessman * Zsóka Kapocs as Christina Aguilera *

Ferenc Rákóczi Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist ...

as ''Hentes'' (Butcher) * Aranka Halász as ''Madame Loo'' * István Szellő as TV Reporter * András Both as ''Doorman'' * István Kovács as Doorman Trainer * Péter Kálloy-Molnár as ''Glutco Manager'' * Jozsef Lang as ''Sam'' *

Iván Kamarás Ivan Kamaras (born 22 December 1972) is a Hungarian actor who became first known worldwide for his role as Agent Steel in the 2008 superhero fantasy thriller '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'', directed by Guillermo del Toro. Kamaras voices the t ...

as ''Bar Owner''

English Dubbed Version

Cast

Hank Azaria Henry Albert Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), most notably Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Sna ...

as Joska *

Eric McCormack Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor and singer, known for his roles as Will Truman in the NBC sitcom ''Will & Grace'', Grant MacLaren in Netflix's ''Travelers'' and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the TNT crime drama ...

as Vlad *

Milana Vayntrub Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub ( , Russian language, Russian: ; born March 8, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, and activist. Born in the Soviet Union to Jewish parents, she began her career as a child actress shortly after immigrating to ...

as Anya *

Lauren Tom Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in '' The Joy Luck Club'', Julie in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'', Dot in the final season of ''Grace Under Fire'', and the voices for Amy Wong in ''Futurama'' ...

as Min Chea *

Carl Lumbly Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dick Hallorann in '' Doctor Sleep'', NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama ''Cagney & Lacey'', CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espiona ...

as Splits Jackson * Freddy Rodriguez as Flaco *

Ahmed Ahmed Ahmed Ahmed ( ar, أحمد أحمد), (; born June 27, 1970) is an Egyptian-American actor and comedian. Early life Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the United States when he was one month old and he grew up in Rivers ...

as Nazam Kazmi *

Vik Sahay Vikram Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Kevin Calvin on '' Radio Active'', Lester Patel on the NBC television series ''Chuck'', and Rama in the ''Roxy Hunter'' saga. Life and career Vik Sahay was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to India ...

as Rashid Kazmi *

Patti Deutsch Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress and comedian who was well known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows ''Match Game'' and ''Tattletales''. Early life Deuts ...

as Greta Knight

Supporting cast

Quinton Flynn Quinton Flynn is an American voice actor and comedian, who has provided the English voices of video game characters such as Raiden in the ''Metal Gear'' series, Marcus Damon in ''Digimon Data Squad'', Lea and Axel in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' se ...

as TV Reporter, Hermaphrodite, Glutco Manager, Businessman *

Karen Maruyama Karen Maruyama (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. Career Maruyama has appeared on television in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', ''Strip Mall'', ''Suddenly ...

as Madame Loo *

Laraine Newman Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was part of the original cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''. She took an interest at improv in high school. After graduating, she studied mime with Marcel M ...

as Lady #2, Nurse *

Christina Pickles Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is a British-American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Em ...

as Harriet * Freddy Rodriguez as Crutches Guy *

Tom Kenny Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for voicing the titular character in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and associated media. Kenny has voiced many other characters, including Heffer Wolfe in ''R ...

as Craig, Courier *

Dan Castellaneta Daniel Louis Castellaneta (; born October 29, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series ''The Simpsons'' (as well as other characters on the show such as Abraham "Grampa" ...

as Bar Owner *

Ed O'Ross Ed O'Ross (born Edward Orss; July 5, 1949) is an American actor. Some of his prominent roles are as Itchy in '' Dick Tracy'', Colonel Perry in '' Universal Soldier'', Lt. Touchdown in '' Full Metal Jacket'', ruthless Georgian mobster Viktor Ros ...

as Officer Kaufman *

Natalija Nogulich Natalia Nogulich is an American film- and television actress and author. Nogulich was born Natalija Nogulich in Chicago, Illinois, of Serbian descent. Her best-known appearances have been on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Tr ...

as Angry Tenant *

Takayo Fischer Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and television actress, as well as voice actor, voice-over actress. Personal life Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the youngest of four daughters of ''Iss ...

as Japanese Woman *

as Monk *

Jack Angel Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor, comedian, and radio personality. He provided voice-overs for animation and video games. Angel had voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as '' S ...

as Longshoreman *

Scott Menville Scott David Menville (born February 12, 1971) is an American actor who is known for his voice work in animated films, television series and video games. Life and career Menville was born on February 12, 1971, to television animator and writer C ...

as Diseased Guy, Frat Boy *

as Band Leader, Cheesy Guy * Will Shin as Gangbanger * Erv Immerman as Mr. Witte * Lynne Maclean as Mrs. Richie * Mick Murray as Charlie * Dave Walsh as Mouqard * Stacey Ferguson as Christina Aguilera, Skinny Woman * Bret Csupo as Woman 1-2 * Jen Alexander as Gloureus Woman * Nick Dickinson as Tattoo Guy *

Jeremy Ratchford Jeremy Ratchford (born August 6, 1965) is a Canadian actor. He starred as Nick Vera on the TV series ''Cold Case''. Career While in Canada, Ratchford played Marvel Comic book character Banshee in the live action TV super hero film ''Generati ...

as Tattoo Artist *

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as Detective * Tema Bonita as Exotic Lady *

Mark DeCarlo Mark DeCarlo is an American actor, television host, comedian, travel, internet personality, and foodie expert. He is currently known for being a contributor to WLS-TV morning show ''Windy City Live'', a locally produced Chicago program that re ...

as Butcher * James Harmon as Mr. Lowham *

Diane Michelle Diane Michelle is an American voice actress, famous for voicing Daisy Duck in several modern Disney projects such as ''The Spirit of Mickey'', ''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas''. Early life Michelle is a Southern Ca ...

as Ms. Lowham, Binkie Lady *

Jeff Bennett Jeffrey Glenn Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor who voiced Johnny Bravo in the Johnny Bravo, eponymous television series, Dexter's Dad in ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Brooklyn in ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'' and List o ...

as Health Inspector * Michael J. Gough as Counter Clerk *

Andre Ware Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator and a former American football player. He was the 1989 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award winner as a quarterback for the University of Houston. He was t ...

as Customer, Bus Rider #2 *

Rodney Saulsberry Rodney Saulsberry is an American voice-over performer, actor, vocalist, announcer and author, known for his voice work on commercials ( Twix, Zatarain's), his three books ''You Can Bank on Your Voice'', ''Step Up to the Mic'', ''Rodney Saulsberr ...

as Paramedic *

as Lady #1 * Marabina Jaimes as Lady #3 * Jim Ward as Doctor, Bus Rider #3 * Hope Levy as Bus Rider #1 *

Courtenay Taylor Courtenay Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her video game voice roles as Jack in the ''Mass Effect'' series, Ada Wong in the ''Resident Evil'' series, and the female Sole Survivor in ''Fallout 4''. Career Taylor has been na ...

as Sexy Nurse *

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as Waitress, Teen Girl #1 *

Gregg Berger Gregory Alan Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jecht from ''Final Fantasy X'' and the ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' games, Grimlock from '' The Transformers'', Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from '' ...

as Sam *

Rino Romano Rino Romano is a Canadian actor. Career He is known for his work as Batman in the animated series ''The Batman'' (2004–2008), Spider-Man in '' Spider-Man Unlimited'' (1999–2001), and the video games ''Spider-Man'', '' Spider-Man 2: Enter El ...

as Yoga Teacher *

Kimberly Brooks Kimberly D. Brooks (née Lawson) is an American voice actress who works in the voice-over, film, video games, and theatre industry. She has voiced in video games since the mid-1990s. She has played Ashley Williams in the ''Mass Effect'' serie ...

as Teen Girl #2 *

Kevin Michael Richardson Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in ''Mortal Kombat'' (1995) ...

as Doorman *

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as DJ *

Dee Bradley Baker Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of Baker's work features vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', ...

as Steve The Pig * Dorie Burton as Ms. Binkie, Redless Club * Vaikette Hoffman as Blind Club *

Tasia Valenza Tasia Valenza (born April 5, 1967) is an American actress. Personal life Tasia Valenza is the daughter of former actor and restaurant consultant Frank Valenza and Gloria Valenza. Her twin brother is a former television writer and now solar mark ...

as Coffee Cashier *

Cristina Pucelli Cristina R. Pucelli (; born June 11, 1969) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her voices in animated series and video games. Early life and education Pucelli was born on June 11, 1969, in Orange County, California, to a family ...

as Valley Girl * Rene Auberjonois as Doorman Trainer *

as Sylvester *

Frank Welker Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...

as Indian General * Lambardo Boyar as Dishwasher, Alto *

Jesse Corti Jesse Corti (born July 3, 1955) is an American actor and theater director best known for playing Courfeyrac in the original Broadway show ''Les Misérables'' and for voicing LeFou in ''Beauty and the Beast''. Career Corti also voiced the Span ...

as Bass

References

External links

Official site
* {{Klasky Csupo 2008 films 2008 animated films 2000s American animated films American adult animated films American animated comedy films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Gábor Csupó Hungarian animated films 2000s Hungarian-language films Klasky Csupo animated films