If it doesn't have anything to do with America and Americans, most of Hollywood isn't going to bother. They also probably assume, and rightly so, I am sad to say, that most Americans wouldn't have a clue about Voshkod 2 or Leonov or spacewalks.

About 10 years back I asked a group of college-educated adults who was the first person to walk on the Moon. Only one person ventured a guess, and they said John Glenn! I suppose I should give them a point for knowing any real astronauts name.

And you want them to know about cosmonauts from a flight that happened almost 40 years ago? Yes, it is sad; they probably know more about Paris Hilton's vapid little life.

Here is a list of fatal and near fatal manned space disasters, BTW:

http://www.astronautix.com/articles/thespace.htm