名称：查克·诺里斯对共产主义
年代：2015
类型：纪录片
语言：罗马尼亚语
国家：英国 / 罗马尼亚 / 美国
导演：伊琳卡·卡卢加亚努
编剧：伊琳卡·卡卢加亚努
演员：Irina Margareta Nistor / Ana Maria Moldovan / Dan Chiorean
剧情：In communist Romania, thousands of Western films on bootleg VHS tapes — mostly Hollywood action movies — were smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, opening a window into the free world.
Under President Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romania was culturally isolated and ideologically censored. Images of life outside its borders were cut off and TV was reduced to propaganda bulletins. From the drab concrete housing blocks to the food ration lines, the threat of surveillance prevented people from stepping out of line.
But in the mid-1980s, under the nose of the Securitate, Ceaușescu’s secret police, thousands of Hollywood films were smuggled into the country by an underground operative named Zamfir, and they were all covertly dubbed by Irina Nistor, a courageous translator whose distinct voice captivated the nation and became a symbol of freedom.
As we see through evocative re-creations in Chuck Norris vs Communism, a network of secret screening rooms sprung up across Romania as families, friends, and neighbors gathered to watch action heroes like Norris, Van Damme, and Stallone, along with romantic comedies, dramas, and Hollywood epics. While the stories captured the imagination, it was the lavish settings and backdrops that mesmerized the audience. The films offered Romanians glimpses of the abundant West, which prompted the regime to clamp down on the clandestine screenings, casting an atmosphere of ever-present danger and suspicion.
Title：Chuck Norris vs. Communism
Year：2015
Rated：Not Rated
Genre：Documentary / Comedy / History
Language：Romanian
Country：United Kingdom / Romania / United States
Director：Ilinca Calugareanu
Writer：Ilinca Calugareanu
Actors：Irina Margareta Nistor / Teodor Zamfir / Mircea Cojocaru
Plot：In the oppressive 1980s communist Romania, the smuggled VHS tapes of banned Hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.
