Khottabych (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Pyotr Tochilin

Writers:

Sergey Klado (book)
Veronika Voznyak (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 August 2006 (Russia)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Hacker

Cast

Vladimir Tolokonnikov	...	Khottabych
Marius Jampolskis	...	Gena
Liva Kruminya	...	Annie
Mark Gejkhman	...	Shajtanych
Yuliya Paranova	...	Lena
Mila Lipner	...	Seleznyova
Grigori Skryapnik	...	Venik
Ivan Gubanov	...	Pylesos
Aleksandr Ovchinnikov	...	Oleg
Yuri Dumchev	...	Aleksandr
Konstantin Spasskiy	...	FSB agent #1
Rostislav Krokhin	...	FSB agent #2
Boris Shcherbakov	...	Inspector
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sambel Asatryan	...	Exchanger's director (as S. Asatryan)
Nikolai Dobrokhotov	...	Sanitation car's driver
A. Dubrovsky
Anton Eldarov	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Polina Ganshina	...	Stewardess
M. Karmadonova
Nikolay Kochura	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Konstantin Kutarov	...	Customs official
E. Ozhigina
Svetlana Pavlova	...	Nice saleswoman
O. Poplavsky
Dmitri 'Goblin' Puchkov	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mikhail Rubtsov	...	Ashman
Aleksandr Seleznyov	...	Scrap metal taker
Pavel Sirotin	...	Colonel
Mila Soldatkina	...	Girl
Anton Syomkin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Dmitri Talantsev	...	Research worker
Maksim Vazhov	...	Gena's neighbour
O. Vlasova
Yelena Volkova	...	Teller
Veronika Voznyak	...	Additional Voices (voice)
A. Yepaneshnikov
M. Zharov
V. Zubarev

Also Known As:

}{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч (Russia)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Kinokompaniya CTB

Movie Connections:

Version of Starik Khottabych (1956)

Screw uncle Billy, h4}{}{0r2 are coming!

While US & Europe enjoyed Snakes on a Plane, I've got a perfect birthday present - a release of a good movie. What makes good movie for me? Reality, some humor, some drama - and something that makes to think.

Khottabych is a name of genie from old Soviet fantasy book. The hero of this film meets a genie as well: a nerdy geek who gets kicked by every girl he goes out with finally seems to have some good luck. Corrupt officers, gangsters, even Microsoft - Russia is crazy - only serve to add more hilarity. Main idea? Screw the laws, and enjoy the world. The world built by geeks. In our age of huge industrial giants, which value money over everything, emotionless is the disease. Khottabych shows that there is still some hope left. Hope that dreams of everyone will be fulfilled.

Unfortunately, most of people probably won't get all the humor. Don't be afraid, you'll still understand everything from a point of emotions. Yes, one of the best things about this movie is that screenplay authors and actors found the way to retrieve those emotions of casual nerd perfectly. Few have done this before. Maybe the life in graffiti-painted den with just a PC and bottle of beer ain't THAT bad?