Here’s a little something I came across thanks to the good people at GreenCine Daily – which you really should be reading, and not just because they keep saying nice things about us. You may recall us running a story on the Russian fantasy / horror blockbuster The Night Watch a little while back. Well, seems the film has generated enough buzz worldwide that Fox Searchlight has just bought rights to the original, the upcoming sequel and will be a funding partner for the third. You can check out the film’s website here, the trailer – which evidently shows mostly the background moments and not much from the body of the film itself – here, and if you’re feeling adventurous you can even go and buy yourself a nice, official, region free, NTSC copy on DVD here.
Russian Fantasy / Horror Film The Night Watch Coming to North America
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It’s not the best Post-Soviet movie… I don’t know what people like about it. It is dark! Nothing is beautiful in this film and soundtrack is sensless, by the way.
what’s the premiere date of night watch in US?
Люди, когда премьера дозора в америке? хочу на английском посмотреть
Being Russian, I can tell you 2 things:
1. The book is 100 times better than the movie.
2. Look for any Sergei Lukianenko books, if they get to be translated into English and published.
I wish someone would make an anime movie, based on his “The boy and the Darkness”.
How interesting. Night watch comig to US.
Well, i won’t say it has very good effects, but the acting and the direction were the things for what i really liked this movie. Night Watch makes an impression of some psychodelic adventure while running at the great speed.
By the way, there were a lot of talks, quarrels and discussions in Russia after the premiere. The part of viewers got crazy with this movie, and the others didn’t understand a bit of the plot or compared the book with the movie and tried to prove the book was better. Fortunately, i haven’t read the book:)
I guess Lukyanenko books wouldn’t be such a crap if were translated good.
The Spectrum was considerd as the best book of Lukyanenko. But i have no idea was it translated into english or not. Try to find it.
How interesting. Night watch comig to US.
Well, i won’t say it has very good effects, but the acting and the direction were the things for what i really liked this movie. Night Watch makes an impression of some psychodelic adventure while running at the great speed.
By the way, there were a lot of talks, quarrels and discussions in Russia after the premiere. The part of viewers got crazy with this movie, and the others didn’t understand a bit of the plot or compared the book with the movie and tried to prove the book was better. Fortunately, i haven’t read the book:)
I guess Lukianenko books wouldn’t be such a crap if were translated good.
The Spectrum was considerd as the best book of Lukyanenko. But i have no idea was it translated into english or not. Try to find it.
Really, not bad for Russia. Surprised me even.
Though I don`t like Sergej Lukjanenko`s (the author) books. Tried to read a few.. crap.
And not that I did like the plot a lot, but the movie is really good made.
This film is wonderful!
Yes,it almost doesn’t follow the books.
It is only FIRST PART of the novel “Night watch”.
In the film—only main events of first part
of first book!
There are 3 PARTS in this novel.
Every novel(Night, day, Twilight watch) have
3 PARTS.
Finally: 9 PARTS very cool reading.
I read it in Russian.
So, study Russian, very easy!! :)))
I recently saw the movie (It was finally available in the US)I must say, it was very good but a bit stretched out and, it almost doesn’t follow the books.
east,The main actor call Konstantin Habensky.
And still there is a book – night watch, Day time watch, Twilight watch,I think u should to read it :)
Night Watch forever! it`s very cool! actually dont you know the name of the main actor?
for me a movie like this is worth the wait o see in a theater, why ruin it with a home viewing, on a foreign, poorly produced DVD? i prefer patience for the cinema personally.
First time I clicked the link it took me to the store, second time it took me to the actual DVD. Odd. Anyway, I must buy this ASAP!
Odd … the link is taking me direct to the item page for the NTSC version (which is subtitled, by the way … just realized I didn’t say so in the post) … what browser are you using? Something’s not working the way it should …
Scroll down a bit until you get to the Video Top 10 list on the right hand side. The NTSC version is currently #1, the PAL is #3.
there was a piece about this on “talking movies” recently on BBC2 : great looking movie and part of a trilogy i hear, with part 2 almost finished and due in cinemas by the end of the year. BTW : i clicked the link to buy the dvd but i just got the store site not the exact page for the film… and erm, i dont speak russian… so any other help i might need appreciated…