Dnevnoy dozor (2006)

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers:

Timur Bekmambetov (writer)
Sergei Lukyanenko (novel)
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Release Date:

1 January 2006 (Belarus)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

First film of the year

Plot:

A man (Khabensky) who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

Plot Keywords:

Framed | Murder | Death | Blood | Chalk

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Anton
Mariya Poroshina	...	Svetlana
Vladimir Menshov	...	Geser
Galina Tyunina	...	Olga
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Zavulon
Zhanna Friske	...	Alisa
Dmitriy Martynov	...	Yegor (as Dima Martynov)
Valeriy Zolotukhin	...	Kostya's Father
Aleksey Chadov	...	Kostya
Nurzhuman Ikhtymbayev	...	Zoar
Aleksey Maklakov	...	Semyon
Aleksandr Samoylenko	...	Bear (Medved)
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Ignat (as Gosha Kutsenko)
Irina Yakovleva	...	Galina Rogova
Georgiy Dronov	...	Tolik (as Yegor Dronov)
Nikolay Olyalin	...	Inquisitor
Rimma Markova	...	Witch Darya
Anna Slyusareva	...	Tiger Cub - Tigryonok (as Anna Slyu)
Igor Lifanov	...	Parrot - Popugay
Sergey Trofimov	...	Zavulon's Secretary
Mariya Mironova	...	Yegor's Mother
Anna Dubrovskaya	...	The Vampiress
Sergey Ovchinnikov	...	Himself
Anton Stepanenko	...	Himself
Emir Baygazin	...	Bit Part
Aleksandr Shvetsov	...	Bit Part
Shukhrat Irgashev	...	Bit Part
Lyudmila Dolgorukova	...	Bit Part
Andrey Barshchevskiy	...	Bit Part
Sazhida Tashmatova	...	Bit Part
Viktoriya Zimenkova	...	Bit Part
Aleksey Ogurtsov	...	Bit Part
Alexander Kasyanov	...	Bit Part (as Aleksandr Kasyanov)
Sofiya Prigara	...	Bit Part
Ekaterina Malikova	...	Bit Part
Gali Kulzhanov	...	Bit Part
Igor Burlov	...	Bit Part
Valentin Bukin	...	Bit Part
Amir Alpiyev	...	Bit Part
Valentina Berezutskaya	...	Bit Part
Irina Domninskaya	...	Bit Part
Sergey Bystritskiy	...	Bit Part
Alisher Murzakulov	...	Bit Part
Elena Molchenko	...	Bit Part
Elena Fatyushina	...	Bit Part
Sergey Seryy	...	Bit Part
Olga Stukalova	...	Bit Part
Kazbek Salpagarov	...	Bit Part
Vladimir Sterzhakov	...	Bit Part
Denizbek Chalapinov	...	Bit Part
Romuald Makarenko	...	Bit Part
Anna Kharlamova	...	Bit Part
Igor Savochkin	...	Bit Part
Elena Bychkova	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Andrey Kuchishkin	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Oleg Kshumanyov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Aleksey Mitrofanov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Mikhail Tikhomirov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Mikhail Gavrilov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Natalya Kuchishkina	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Roman Miryaev	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Marina Stolyarova	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Yuriy Yanushkin	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
Marat Yusupov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mariya Arbatova	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Anne Brochet	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Pierre-Christian Brochet	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Mariya Kiselyova	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Boris Moiseev	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Nikas Safronov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Vasili Shandybin	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Sergey Shnurov	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Villi Tokarev	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Artemiy Troitskiy	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)
Anita Tsoy	...	Guest at Yegor's Birthday Party (uncredited)

Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Timur Bekmambetov		writer
Sergei Lukyanenko		novel "Dnevnoy dozor"
Alexander Talal		scenario
Vladimir Vasiliev		novel "Dnevnoy dozor"

Produced by
Natela Abuladze	....	executive producer
Varvara Avdyushko	....	creative producer
Alexey Borisov	....	line producer
Konstantin Ernst	....	producer
Adam F. Goldberg	....	associate producer
Aleksei Kublitsky	....	executive producer
Anatoly Maximov	....	producer

Original Music by
Yuriy Poteenko

Cinematography by
Sergey Trofimov

Film Editing by
Dmitriy Kiselev

Production Design by
Valeri Viktorov

Costume Design by
Varvara Avdyushko

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dmitriy Kiselev	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Bastien Benkhelil	....	sound editor
Bastien Benkhelil	....	sound recordist
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alexei Dmitriyev	....	foley mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Maynes	....	sound editor
Dave McMoyler	....	sound designer (as David McMoyler)
Dave McMoyler	....	supervising sound editor (as David McMoyler)
Ryan Murphy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ivan Titov	....	sound editor
Lisa Varetakis	....	dialogue editor
Tim Walston	....	sound designer
Tim Walston	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Ilya Churinov	....	pyrotechnician
Pavel Perepyolkin	....	special effects
Angela Petrosyan	....	special effects producer

Visual Effects by
Georgy Arevshatov	....	digital artist: Channel One
Evgeny Barulin	....	visual effects supervisor
Gregory Chalenko	....	digital compositor: Bazelevs
Nick Damico	....	visual effects
Yaroslav Dyachenko	....	digital compositor
Greg Faluszczak	....	digital artist
Jaime Fortuno-Lavin	....	digital compositor
Nikolay Goriaev	....	digital effects artist
Aleksandr Gorokhov	....	visual effects supervisor
Alexey Goussev	....	visual effects supervisor: Svarog Film
Tim Jacobsen	....	visual effects producer
Eduard Kargin	....	digital effects artist
Max Kirienko	....	visual effects supervisor
Vadim Kirillin	....	computer graphics artist
Daniel Kvasznicza	....	concept artist
Viktor Lakisov	....	animation supervisor
Vladimir Leschinski	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrew Mesniankian	....	visual effects supervisor
Larisa Misyukova	....	digital compositor
Andrei V. Nikitin	....	visual effects art director
Ruslan Ogorodnik	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Roderick	....	digital compositor
Mikhail Semenov	....	digital compositor
Kirill Skaletski	....	sequence supervisor
Jason Stevens	....	data manager
Maksim Sychev	....	computer graphics artist
Ushan	....	digital effects artist
Ilya Vostrov	....	digital artist
Johnny Wilson	....	visual effects
Andrei Zhidkov	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Dzhaidarbek Kunguzhinov	....	action coordinator: Kazakhstan
Dzhaidarbek Kunguzhinov	....	stunt action director: Kazakhstan
Dzhaidarbek Kunguzhinov	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Brinson	....	gaffer: Jamaica
Yelena Ivanova	....	camera operator
Ulugbeck Khamraev	....	director of photography: second unit
Gulin Sergey	....	focus puller
Alik Tagirov	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Dan Aguilar	....	digital intermediate editor
Rod Dean	....	additional editor
Laura Jans	....	co-colorist
Ilya Lebedev	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Loan Phan	....	project manager: film recording, EFilm
Arnold Ramm	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
John Finklea	....	co-music editor
John Finklea	....	music editor
Lee Scott	....	music editor

Other crew
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: EFILM
Kristy Hamer	....	coordinator: Los Angeles

Production Companies

• Bazelevs Production
• Channel One Russia
• TABBAK

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Gemini Film (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (Peru) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Channel One Russia (200?) (Russia) (TV)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Dr. PICTURE Studios (digital visual effects)
• "Ulitka" Studio
• Encore Hollywood

Other Companies

• Algous Studio  visual effects
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints (as Deluxe)
• EFilm  digital film recording
• Encore Hollywood  digital intermediate
• Soundelux  sound production services
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording
• United Digital Artists  visual effects

Also Known As:

Day Watch (Australia) (video title) (International: English title)
Night Watch 2 (International: English title) (USA) (TV title)
Дневной дозор (Russia)
Night Patrol 2 (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

132 min | USA:146 min (unrated version) | Spain:139 min (DVD edition) | Argentina:146 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Peru:18 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Company:

Bazelevs Production

Trivia:

When Anton picks up Svetlana from her school classes for Light Others, several Russian SciFi writers can be seen as students: Sergei Lukyanenko (author of the "Watches" novels), Vladimir Vasilyev (co-author of the "Day Watch" novel), Oleg Divov and Eduard Gevorkyan.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The trolleybus which hits Zavulon is a "Svarz-Ikarus", a modified Hungarian bus. The scene in the movie is taking place around New Year's Eve of 2006, however, the last Svarz-Ikarus was removed from service in October 2004 (the shooting of the scene took place in Winter 2003).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Why does the wind blow? It wipes the tracks where we have passed. So that no one can tell, whether we still exist.

Movie Connections:

References 9 rota (2005)

Very good; shame a lot of references will be lost on Western audiences

Well, I watched Day Watch with my American girlfriend in a St. Petersburg cinema a few hours ago, and we both enjoyed it. The relatively huge success of of the first episode obviously allowed the producers to pump more cash into this second installment, and it shows throughout the film. The CG sequences are slicker and more impressive, and so is pretty much everything else, including the consistently confident directing. Even the fact that the premise is so annoyingly weak doesn't spoil the fun as much as it did in the first film.

As a Russian though, the thing I liked best was the unmistakable Russian-ness of the movie. As far as film-making is concerned, I don't normally mean that as a compliment, but with Day Watch it is different. While it can definitely appeal to a wider international audience (my girlfriend, albeit a bit of a Russophile, is an indication of that), it is at the same time literally packed with all sorts of clever wordplay and references to various realities of Russian life, ranging from political satire to hilariously blatant product placement.

Even though I can enjoy a less obnoxious art-house film every now and then, on the whole I prefer clever commercial movies, and Day Watch falls into that category very neatly.