Day Watch

Дневной дозор (2006)

Timing: 2:25 (145 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2006-01-01

Country

Russia

Production

Bazelevs Production, First Channel, Tabbak

Genre

Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Budget

$4 200 000

Revenue

$38 862 712

Website

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/daywatch/

Director

Timur Bekmambetov

Actors

Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Zhanna Friske, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Dmitriy Martynov, Aleksey Maklakov, Aleksandr Samoylenko, Gosha Kutsenko
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Timur Bekmambetov

Producer

Konstantin Ernst, Anatoliy Maksimov, Natela Abuladze

Operator

Sergey Trofimov

Composer

Yuriy Poteenko

Artist

Audition

Editing

Dmitry Kiselev
All team (24)

• The film is based on Sergei Lukyanenko's novel "Day Watch" (2000). It also aligns to some extent with the second and third parts of the book "Night Watch".
• The film's premiere date was postponed several times. The following dates were mentioned: September 2004, January 2005, September 2005, and finally, January 1, 2006.
• Sergei Lukyanenko "flashed" on screen in a scene of Night Watch employee training, playing one of the trainees in the back row.
• Anton Gorodetsky appears in the Moscow Metro, seemingly emerging from a poster for the film 'The 9th Company'. This episode symbolizes the filmmakers’ desire to break the box office record in Russia, previously held by 'The 9th Company' before the release of 'Night Watch' (taking worldwide gross into account, 'Night Watch' is the leader). In actuality, the filming of this episode took place in the Saint Petersburg Metro at the 'Polytechnic' station.
• The phone number shown during Anton Gorodetsky’s taxi ride belongs to a member of the film crew.
• The film features product placement, although less prominently than in 'Night Watch' (2004). However, the filmmakers earned significantly more from advertising in 'Day Watch' than they did in 'Night Watch', where the volume was estimated at half a million dollars, while in 'Day Watch' it reached 3 million dollars.
• In the film, Kostya’s father taps and sings a modified version of the reggae group The Gladiators’ song 'Go Before Us Jah Jah', changing it to 'Jah Jah go before us'.
• The film is set on the eve of the New Year 2006, but a scene showing Anton watching a hockey game on television features a match between the Russian and American national teams from the 2002 Winter Olympics.
• At the beginning of filming, Alisa drove an Audi TT. However, the car was later stolen, and it had to be replaced with a Mazda. As a result, some material had to be reshot, while other parts (the view from inside the car) were left as is. Consequently, in some moments it is noticeable that the interior and exterior of the car look different.
• In the scene where Anton and Olga fly off to Samarkand after the pilots manage to get the plane airborne, one of them retracts the landing gear, which is shown in close-up, but then the plane continues to fly over the forest with the landing gear still extended.
• The film is based on Sergei Lukyanenko’s novel “Day Watch” (2000). It also partially aligns with the second and third parts of the book “Night Watch.”