Khottabych
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 2006 cover of the film |
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| Directed by | Peter Tochilin, |
| Produced by | Sergey Selyanov |
| Written by | Peter Tochilin (screenplay), Veronica Voznyak, Sergey Klado (book) |
| Narrated by | Gena Ryjov (Marius Jampolskis) |
| Starring | Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Marius Jampolskis, Julia Paranova and Mark Geykhman as Shaytanych and Liva Kruminya as Ahhyhilator |
| Music by | Dmitry Shurov |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Zapasov, Victor Zubarev, Igor Grinjakin |
| Editing by | Valery Feodorovich |
| Distributed by | STV Film Company, Mill |
| Release date(s) | 2006 August 10 RUS BLR UKR |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Country |  Russia |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Budget | N/A |
| Gross revenue | $1382450 RUS |
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Khottabych (Russian: Хоттабыч [}{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч], Hottabych) is a 2006 Russian comedy folk-tale by STV Film Company, a remake of the 1956 USSR film Starik Khottabych (Russian for "Old Man Khottabych"). This film has little in common with the first film, except for some central elements. The film has the screen name K}{OTT@B\)CH, underscoring the film's Internet motif. It is based on the novel - The Copper Jar of Starik Khottabych by Sergey Oblomov. It opened in theaters on August 10, 2006 at Karoprokat. In September 11, on 12:25 PM, has left on screen to ABC TV in United States.
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[edit] Plot summary
A teenager named Gena is a hacker hooked on computers and the Internet. His girlfriend is fed up with him, because he pays so little attention to her and so much to his electronic exploits, such as defacing the www.microsoft.com web site.
Attempting to mend his relationship with his girlfriend, he buys an ancient jar from an Internet-auction and finds a genie residing in it. Per the fairy-tale tradition, he is offered three wishes. First, the genie, named Hottabych by Gena, prints a huge number of US$100 banknotes. Unfortunately Hottabych is not familiar with modern paper, and the banknotes are printed on Egyptian papyrus. This later sets off a chain of events leading back to Gena.
Unbeknownst to him, the local mafia is aware of Gena's skills and is intent on forcing him to gain entrance to bank computers. Furthermore, the Russian and American police forces are attempting to locate him because of his recent activity on the Internet. The Americans send a female hacker named Annie to trick Gena into revealing himself, which he does. After a rocky start to their relationship, romance ensues.
Things are further complicated by an evil genie named Shaitanych who is also hunting for the jar, in an attempt to collect all 13 genie-vessels and gain dominion over Earth. After Hottabych grants Gena's final wish, he decides to become a mortal man and is subsequently killed by Shaitanych. Left with nothing but a strand of Hottabych's hair, Gena and Annie decode his DNA and upload the binary code into the Internet, where a final battle takes place between Hottabych and Shaitanych.
[edit] Cast
- Khottabych - Vladimir Tolokonnikov (Simultaneous interpretation of Gene Wilder
) - Gena - Marius Jampolskis
- Annie - Liva Kruminya (Original English and Interpretation on English with Russian)
- Shaytanych - Mark Geykhman
- Lena - Julia Paranova
- Alisa Selezneova - Mila Lipner
- Venick - Grigory Skryapnik
- Oleg - Alexander Ovchinnikov
- Alexander - Yuri Dumchev
- Employees of FSB - Konstantin Spassky and Rostislav Krokhin
[edit] In Episodes
Ivan Gubanov, Boris Shcherbakov, Svetlana Pavlova, Sambel Asatryan, Konstantin Kutarov, A. Dubrovsky, Nickolay Dobrokhotov, O.Vlasova, Polina Ganshina, V. Zubarev, Mila Soldatkina, M. Jarov, M. Karmadonova, A. Epaneshnikov, Alexander Selezneov, Maxim Vajov, Pavel Sirotin, Elena Volkova, O. Poplavsky, M. Rubcov, E. Ozhigina, Dmitry Talancev, A. Stankevich, D. Charikov, J. Tonis, M. Pozdnyakova, G. Kosarev, A. Shatohin, S. Prohorov, A. Kurina, A. Krasotkin, U. Ashihmin, U. Voloshenko, A. Timarev, S. Venediktov, A. Vozny, R.Ibutsi, P. Bugrilova, O.Vornovskov, I.Boyko, I.Bajenov
[edit] Features
- The film features modern teenager-style culture, including IRC and the computer gameCounter-Strike.
[edit] Music score, lyrics, songs
- Pochuty by Boombox music group
- Super-puper by Boombox music group
- Spionskaya - Spy theme music by Dmitri Shurov
- The Number by Psoy Korolenko
- Cloun written by T. Kosonen, A. Korvumak, T. Leppanen; performed by AAVIKKO
[edit] Trivia
- The car used by the main characters is the modified Pobeda M20. It was sold on Internet auction Molotok.ru for $10,000.
- The off-screen voice is Dmitry Puchkov known as Goblin.
- Filmed at Russian State Genetic Scientific Research Institute. The device used by Gena is really used in the process of DNA analysis.
- In the episode shot at Red Square, the square was closed by a crowd dressed as Russian Militia officers to prevent strangers from entering the set.
- In the episode where Gena is beaten by Militia officers, one of them missed Gena's protective wear and hit actor with all the might.
[edit] Video release
Release of Data Film has left of Edition Union Video (Russian: Союз Видео) on VHS and DVD in 2006 August 30 without subtitles, and also on DVD-editions company Karoprokat with Subtitles on system PAL: the Trailer of film K}{0TT@BY(H leaves before the main menu. In United States and Canada, he has left on VHS and DVD without subtitles and with English simultaneous interpretation on system NTSC in September 11.
- Aspect ratio - 16:9 (1.85:1).
