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Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Maria Poroshina
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenplay by: Sergei Lukyanenko, Timour Bekmambetov
Release Date: February 17, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Domestic: $1,502,188 (4.4%)
Foreign: $32,393,008 (95.6%)
Total: $33,895,196 (Worldwide)
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![]() Tagline: The first chapter in an epic fantasy trilogy.
From Russia, with horror, comes the stylish fantasy horror film that has revolutionized post-Soviet cinema: Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor). The film brings to the fore the cutting-edge vision of director/writer Timur Bekmambetov (whom Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov called “our Tarantino”) and is the first instalment of a trilogy based on the best-selling Russian sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko (which also include Day Watch and Dusk Watch).
Featuring a dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects, adrenaline-fuelled action sequences and nail-biting terror, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) was an instant smash hit in its native Russia when it was released in July 2004 shattering all previous box office records.
Made for a mere $4 million, the film surpassed both Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Spider-Man 2 at the Russian box office. In a country that had not seen a native film make more than $2 million, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) went on to gross eight times that number. Internationally acclaimed, it was also Russia’s contender for the 2004 foreign language Oscar.
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