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Dnevnoy dozor (2006)

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• WILHELM SCREAM: When the hotel is being destroyed, just after the man in the bathrobe gets knocked down.
  
  
• Surpassed 9 rota (2005) in January 2006 to become the highest-grossing movie in post-communist Russia.
  
  
• Anton is seen jumping through an advertising of the film 9 rota (2005), the previous record holder at Russia's theatrical box-office.
  
  

• The film has a tagline "First film of the year" because it was released on January 1, 2006 (the premiere took place at 3 a.m. in a Moscow theatre of "Oktyabr").
  
  
• It is the first movie in post-Communist Russia to surpass the $30-million mark at the box office.
  
  
• When Kostya's father, played by Valeri Zolotukhin, arrives at Yegor's party, he is greeted by Anton "Valeri Sergeyevich". "Valeri Sergeyevich" is Zolotukhin's real name.
  
  
• The original movie title was "Nochnoy dozor 2: Mel Sudby" (Night Watch 2: The Chalk of Fate), as the movie is based on two stories from Sergei Lukyanenko's book "Night Watch". A teaser trailer with the title "Nochnoy dozor 2" could be seen on the Russian DVD of Turetskiy gambit (2005). A few months before release, the title was changed to "Dnevnoy dozor" (Day Watch). The end credits reflect the title change to "Dnevnoy dozor", though they keep the subtitle "Mel Sudby".
  
  
• At the celebration of Yegor's birthday, many Russian celebrities are present, among others: artist Nikas Safronov, music critic Artemi Troitsky, producer 'Yuri Aizenshpis' , leader of the band "Leningrad" Sergei Shnurov and singer Boris Moiseyev.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• The clips of the football (soccer) match featured in the film were taken from a friendly match of national teams: Russia 4-3 Lithuania (the match took place on 18 August 2004).
  
  

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