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Day Watch (film)
''Day Watch'' (russian: Дневной Дозор, Dnevnoy Dozor, also ''Night Watch 2: The Chalk of Fate''), is a 2006 Russian fantasy film written and directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Marketed as "the first film of the year", it opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film ''Night Watch (2004 film), Night Watch'', featuring the same cast. It is based on the second and the third part of Sergey Lukyanenko's novel ''The Night Watch (Russian novel), The Night Watch'' rather than its follow-up novel ''Day Watch (novel), Day Watch''. The film's budget was US$4.2 million. 20th Century Fox through its Fox Searchlight Pictures label paid $2 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Russia and the Baltic states) of this film. This film grossed $31.9 million at the Russian box office alone. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Plot It is New Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakhstan, Kazakh film Film director, director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic ''Night Watch (2004 film), Night Watch'' (2004) and action thriller ''Wanted (2008 film), Wanted'' (2008), as well as for pioneering Screenlife (film format), Screenlife films: ''Unfriended'' (2015), ''Searching (film), Searching'' (2018) and ''Profile (2018 film), Profile'' (2021). He founded Baselevs, a production company that earned a spot among the 2021 World's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video, according to Fast Company. Early life Bekmambetov was born on 25 June 1961, in the city of Atyrau, formerly known as Guriev. His father, Nuruakhit Bekmambetov, worked in management positions with the energy supplier GuryevEnergo. As Timur recollects, he was chief power engineer of Western Kazakhstan. His mother, Mira Bogoslovskaya, was deputy editor leading the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray (including 3D and 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification scheme which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors by members of the film industry, who preferred to manage their own censorship than to have national or local gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Küregen''), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal. Timur is also considered a great patron of art and architecture as he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, and Hafiz-i Abru and his reign introduced the Timurid Renaissance. Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana (in modern-day Uzbekistan) on 9 April 1336, Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. From that base, he led military campaigns across Western, South, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yegor (Night Watch)
These are the notable characters in the '' Night Watch'' books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium-sized roles in one or more of the following works: Novels: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' * ''Dusk Watch'' aka ''Twilight Watch'' * ''Final Watch'' aka ''Last Watch'' * '' New Watch'' *'' Sixth Watch'' Stories: *" Face of the Dark Palmira" - by Vladimir Vasilyev *" The Other among Others" - by Vitaly Kaplan Movies: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Computer games: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Characters are categorized by their affiliation when they first appear. Light Others Characters with Magical abilities that have aligned themselves with the Light are called Light Others Anton Gorodetsky * (Light Mage) - The main character of Night Watch and the two movies, a main or major character in the rest of the stories (except Unauthorised Personnel Permitted) and the narrator of the tetralogy (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana (Night Watch)
These are the notable characters in the '' Night Watch'' books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium-sized roles in one or more of the following works: Novels: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' * ''Dusk Watch'' aka ''Twilight Watch'' * ''Final Watch'' aka ''Last Watch'' * '' New Watch'' *'' Sixth Watch'' Stories: *"Face of the Dark Palmira" - by Vladimir Vasilyev *" The Other among Others" - by Vitaly Kaplan Movies: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Computer games: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Characters are categorized by their affiliation when they first appear. Light Others Characters with Magical abilities that have aligned themselves with the Light are called Light Others Anton Gorodetsky * (Light Mage) - The main character of Night Watch and the two movies, a main or major character in the rest of the stories (except Unauthorised Personnel Permitted) and the narrator of the tetralogy (san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Others (Night Watch)
''Night Watch'' (russian: «Ночной Дозор») is the first fantasy novel by the Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko to feature his fictional world of the Others. Lukyanenko wrote the story in 1998 and the book was first published in Russia by AST in 1998. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as "Others"): the Night Watch, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Others—and the Day Watch, which polices the actions of the Light Others. The novel is first in a cycle that continues with '' Day Watch'', '' Twilight Watch (also known as Dusk Watch)'', '' Final Watch'', '' New Watch'', and '' Sixth Watch''. The first story of the novel, ''Destiny'', was made into a successful Russian film, '' Night Watch'', which, although keeping the characters and many of the events of the original novel, alters some significant elements of the story. Background In the story's worldline, there exists a magical realm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protagonist
A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist. The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a result. Etymology The term ''protagonist'' comes , combined of (, 'first') and (, 'actor, competitor'), which stems from (, 'contest') via (, 'I contend for a prize'). Ancient Greece The earliest known examples of a protagonist are found in Ancient Greece. At first, dramatic pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Gorodetsky
These are the notable characters in the '' Night Watch'' books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium-sized roles in one or more of the following works: Novels: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' * ''Dusk Watch'' aka ''Twilight Watch'' * ''Final Watch'' aka ''Last Watch'' * '' New Watch'' *'' Sixth Watch'' Stories: *"Face of the Dark Palmira" - by Vladimir Vasilyev *" The Other among Others" - by Vitaly Kaplan Movies: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Computer games: * '' Night Watch'' * '' Day Watch'' Characters are categorized by their affiliation when they first appear. Light Others Characters with Magical abilities that have aligned themselves with the Light are called Light Others Anton Gorodetsky * (Light Mage) - The main character of Night Watch and the two movies, a main or major character in the rest of the stories (except Unauthorised Personnel Permitted) and the narrator of the tetralogy (san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Whilst most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, cultures that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their New Year (such as the Chinese New Year and the Islamic New Year) at less fixed points relative to the solar year. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. From Roman times until the middle of the 18th century, the new year was celebrated at various stages and in various parts of Christian Europe on 25 December, on 1 March, on 25 March and on the movable feast of Easter. In the present day, with most countries now using the Gregorian calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic States
The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are sometimes referred to as the "Baltic nations", less often and in historical circumstances also as the "Baltic republics", the "Baltic lands", or simply the Baltics. All three Baltic countries are classified as high-income economies by the World Bank and maintain a very high Human Development Index. The three governments engage in intergovernmental and parliamentary cooperation. There is also frequent cooperation in foreign and security policy, defence, energy, and transportation. The term "Baltic states" ("countries", "nations", or similar) cannot be used unambiguously in the context of cultural areas, national identity, or language. While the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Watch (novel)
''Day Watch'' (russian: «Дневной Дозор») is a fantasy novel by Russian authors Sergey Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasilyev. The second book in the saga of Watches, it is preceded by '' Night Watch'' and followed by '' Twilight Watch'', '' Last Watch'', '' New Watch'', and '' Sixth Watch''. ''Day Watch'' also stands out of the saga as the only novel in the series not narrated mainly from Anton Gorodetsky's point of view. While the 2006 film '' Day Watch'' bears the same name, it is actually a loose adaptation of the second half of the first book in the series, '' Night Watch'', and not an adaptation of this novel. The English translation by Andrew Bromfield was released in January 2007 both in the US and the UK. (USA Paperback, published by MiramaxAt Amazon/ref> Plot summary Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. These beings possess supernatural powers and can enter the Twilight, a shadowy world that exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Lukyanenko
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, interwoven with the moral dilemma of keeping one's humanity while being strong. Some of his works have been adapted into film productions, for which he wrote the screenplays. Biography Lukyanenko was born in Karatau, Kazakhstan, then a part of the Soviet Union. After graduating from school, he moved to Alma-Ata, and enrolled at the Alma-Ata State Medical Institute in 1986 majoring in psychotherapy. He had started writing as a student, and in 1992 had just started making money from it. During this time he became an active member in Russian fandom, visiting conventions and attending seminars all around the Soviet Union. In 1996 he moved to Moscow where he currently resides. Name transliteration Lukyanenko's name is romanized as ''Sergey Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
