| Night Watch | |
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| Ночной Дозор (Russian) | |
| Directed by | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Screenplay by | Timur Bekmambetov Laeta Kalogridis |
| Based on | The Night Watch 1998 novel by Sergei Lukyanenko |
| Produced by | Konstantin Ernst Anatoli Maksimov |
| Starring | Konstantin Khabensky Vladimir Menshov Valeri Zolotukhin Mariya Poroshina Galina Tyunina |
| Cinematography | Sergei Trofimov |
| Edited by | Dmitriy Kiselev |
| Music by | Yuri Poteyenko |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Gemini Film (Russia) Fox Searchlight Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 123 minutes (Russian version) 114 minutes (International version)[1] |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $4.2 million |
| Box office | $33,899,078 |
Night Watch[a] is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Bekmambetov and Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals.[2][3] It received mixed reviews from critics.
A sequel, Day Watch, was released in 2006.
- ^ "NIGHT WATCH (NOCHNOI DOZOR) (15)". 20th Century Fox. British Board of Film Classification. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) (2006) – DVD / Home Video Rentals – Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Nochnoy dozor (2006) – Financial Information". the-numbers.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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