Hosts
Vladimir Pozner
Ivan Urgant

Director
Valery Spirin

Producer
Nadezhda Soloviova
Rimma Shulgina
Alena Sopina

Production
Channel One, Russia
AS Productions
One-Story High America (2008)

Following in the footsteps of Ilf and Petrov, two Soviet writers who visited America in 1935 and described their experiences in the famous book “One-Story High America”, Vladimir Pozner and Ivan Urgant, two of today’s most popular Russian TV personalities, drive cross-country and back on a seven-week trip to find out if and how the United States has changed in the last 70 years.

Starting and finishing their journey in New York, the filmmakers, their three High Definition cameras, and a fleet of SUV vehicles, donated by Ford Motor Company, visit twenty four states and over forty cities in an attempt to capture the true spirit of America.
Ivan Urgant and Vladimir Pozner cross America by car to find out what this country is really like
Vladimir Pozner is Russia’s most celebrated and respected TV journalist. He is President of the Russian TV Academy and the host of “Vremena”, Russia’s leading talk show on Channel 1.

Ivan Urgant is one of Russia’s most popular TV personalities. He currently hosts several hit shows on Russia’s major TV networks.
Ivan Urgant and Vladimir Pozner inspect New York’s downtown
Ivan Urgant and Vladimir Pozner having brunch in a diner
Persona provided production services during the 60-day shoot in the U.S. Produced for Channel One (Russia), “One-Story High America” is now available on DVD in a beautiful two-disc special edition.