Khottabych

Infobox Film
name = }{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч / Khottabych


caption = 2006 cover of the film
director = Peter Tochilin,
producer = Sergey Selyanov
writer = Peter Tochilin (screenplay), Veronica Voznyak, Sergey Klado (book)
narrator = Gena Ryjov (Marius Jampolskis)
starring = Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Marius Jampolskis, Julia Paranova and Mark Geykhman as Shaytanych and Liva Kruminya as Ahhyhilator
music = Dmitry Shurov
cinematography = Vladimir Zapasov, Victor Zubarev, Igor Grinjakin
editing = Valery Feodorovich
distributor = STV Film Company, Mill
released = 2006 August 10 smallsup|RUS smallsup|BLR smallsup|UKR
runtime = 92 min
country = Russia
language = English, Russian
budget = N/A
gross = $1382450 smallsup|RUS
website = http://www.hottabych.net/
imdb_id = 0466043

Khottabych ( _ru. 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.

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.

Cast

* Khottabych - Vladimir Tolokonnikov (Simultaneous interpretation of Gene Wilder flagicon|US)
* 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

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

Features

* The film features modern teenager-style culture, including IRC and the computer gameCounter-Strike.

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

Trivia

* The car used by the main characters is the modified Pobeda M20. It was sold on Internet auction [http://www.molotok.ru 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.

Video release

Film released by Soyuz Video ( _ru. Союз Видео) on VHS and DVD in 2006 August 30 without subtitles, and also on PAL DVD-editions by Karoprokat with subtitles and the trailer of the film. In United States and Canada, it was released on VHS and DVD without subtitles and with English simultaneous interpretation on system NTSC in September 11.

Aspect ratio - 16:9 (1.85:1).

External links

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* [http://www.hottabych.net/ Official site of the film]
* [http://russart.com/?movietrailer&mid=917 Trailer] and [http://russart.com/?moviepictures&mid=917 Screenshots]