Khottabych
Encyclopedia
Khottabych is a 2006 Russia
n comedy
folk-tale by STV Film Company, a remake
of the 1956 Soviet film Old Khottabych. This film has little in common with the first film, except for some central elements. The film has the screen name
K}{OTT@B\)CH, underscoring the film's Internet motif. It is based on the novel The Copper Jar of Starik Khottabych by Sergey Oblomov. It opened in theaters on August 10, 2006 at Karoprokat.
hooked on computer
s and the Internet
. His girlfriend is fed up with him, because he pays so little attention to her and so much to his electronic exploits, such as defacing the www.microsoft.com web site.
Attempting to mend his relationship with his girlfriend, he buys an ancient jar from an Internet-auction
and finds a genie
residing in it. Per the fairy-tale tradition, he is offered three wishes. First, the genie, named Hottabych by Gena, prints a huge number of US$100 banknote
s. Unfortunately Hottabych is not familiar with modern paper, and the banknotes are printed on Egypt
ian papyrus
. This later sets off a chain of events leading back to Gena.
Unbeknownst to him, the local mafia is aware of Gena's skills and is intent on forcing him to gain entrance to bank computers. Furthermore, the Russian and American police forces are attempting to locate him because of his recent activity on the Internet. The Americans send a female hacker named Annie to trick Gena into revealing himself, which he does. After a rocky start to their relationship, romance ensues.
Things are further complicated by an evil genie named Shaitanych who is also hunting for the jar, in an attempt to collect all 13 genie-vessels and gain dominion over Earth. After Hottabych grants Gena's final wish, he decides to become a mortal man and is subsequently killed by Shaitanych. Left with nothing but a strand of Hottabych's hair, Gena and Annie decode his DNA and upload the binary
code into the Internet, where a final battle takes place between Hottabych and Shaitanych.
, O. Poplavsky, M. Rubcov, E. Ozhigina, Dmitry Talancev, A. Stankevich, D. Charikov, J. Tonis, M. Pozdnyakova, G. Kosarev, A. Shatohin, S. Prohorov, A. Kurina, A. Krasotkin, U. Ashihmin, U. Voloshenko, A. Timarev, S. Venediktov, A. Vozny, R.Ibutsi, P. Bugrilova, O.Vornovskov, I.Boyko, I.Bajenov
and DVD
in 2006 August without subtitles, and also on PAL
DVD-editions by Karoprokat with subtitles and the trailer
of the film. In United States
and Canada
, it was released on VHS
and DVD
without subtitles and with English simultaneous interpretation on system NTSC
on September 11.
Aspect ratio - 16:9 (1.85:1).
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
folk-tale by STV Film Company, a remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of the 1956 Soviet film Old Khottabych. This film has little in common with the first film, except for some central elements. The film has the screen name
Screen name
Screen name may refer to:* Stage name, pseudonyms used for film appearances* User , pseudonyms used for internet communications and BBSs...
K}{OTT@B\)CH, underscoring the film's Internet motif. It is based on the novel The Copper Jar of Starik Khottabych by Sergey Oblomov. It opened in theaters on August 10, 2006 at Karoprokat.
Plot summary
A youth named Gena is a hackerHacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
hooked on computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s and the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. His girlfriend is fed up with him, because he pays so little attention to her and so much to his electronic exploits, such as defacing the www.microsoft.com web site.
Attempting to mend his relationship with his girlfriend, he buys an ancient jar from an Internet-auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
and finds a genie
Genie
Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
residing in it. Per the fairy-tale tradition, he is offered three wishes. First, the genie, named Hottabych by Gena, prints a huge number of US$100 banknote
Banknote
A banknote is a kind of negotiable instrument, a promissory note made by a bank payable to the bearer on demand, used as money, and in many jurisdictions is legal tender. In addition to coins, banknotes make up the cash or bearer forms of all modern fiat money...
s. Unfortunately Hottabych is not familiar with modern paper, and the banknotes are printed on Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
. This later sets off a chain of events leading back to Gena.
Unbeknownst to him, the local mafia is aware of Gena's skills and is intent on forcing him to gain entrance to bank computers. Furthermore, the Russian and American police forces are attempting to locate him because of his recent activity on the Internet. The Americans send a female hacker named Annie to trick Gena into revealing himself, which he does. After a rocky start to their relationship, romance ensues.
Things are further complicated by an evil genie named Shaitanych who is also hunting for the jar, in an attempt to collect all 13 genie-vessels and gain dominion over Earth. After Hottabych grants Gena's final wish, he decides to become a mortal man and is subsequently killed by Shaitanych. Left with nothing but a strand of Hottabych's hair, Gena and Annie decode his DNA and upload the binary
Binary numeral system
The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, represents numeric values using two symbols, 0 and 1. More specifically, the usual base-2 system is a positional notation with a radix of 2...
code into the Internet, where a final battle takes place between Hottabych and Shaitanych.
Cast
- Khottabych - Vladimir Tolokonnikov
- Gena - Marius JampolskisMarius Jampolskis- Film and Television Credits :...
- Annie - Liva Kruminya
- Shaytanych - Mark Geykhman
- Lena - Julia Paranova
- Alisa Selezneova - Mila Lipner
- Venick - Grigory Skryapnik
- Oleg - Alexander Ovchinnikov
- Alexander - Yuri Dumchev
- Employees of FSB - Konstantin Spassky and Rostislav Krokhin
In Episodes
Ivan Gubanov, Boris Shcherbakov, Svetlana Pavlova, Sambel Asatryan, Konstantin Kutarov, A. Dubrovsky, Nickolay Dobrokhotov, O.Vlasova, Polina Ganshina, V. Zubarev, Mila Soldatkina, M. Jarov, M. Karmadonova, A. Epaneshnikov, Alexander Selezneov, Maxim Vajov, Pavel Sirotin, Elena VolkovaElena Volkova
Elena Andreevna Volkova , is a Ukrainian painter, born in the city of Chuguyev.-Biography:Elena Volkova is born in 1915 in the Ukrainian city of Chuguyev from a modest family, her father was a swimming coach, her mother, a peasant.In 1934 she began to work as assistant-projectionist for a mobile...
, O. Poplavsky, M. Rubcov, E. Ozhigina, Dmitry Talancev, A. Stankevich, D. Charikov, J. Tonis, M. Pozdnyakova, G. Kosarev, A. Shatohin, S. Prohorov, A. Kurina, A. Krasotkin, U. Ashihmin, U. Voloshenko, A. Timarev, S. Venediktov, A. Vozny, R.Ibutsi, P. Bugrilova, O.Vornovskov, I.Boyko, I.Bajenov
Features
- The film features modern youth cultureCultureCulture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, including IRC and the computer game Counter-StrikeCounter-StrikeCounter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
.
Music score, lyrics, songs
- Pochuty, Super-puper, Beta-karotin, Gajki s Jamajki by BoomboxBoomboxBoombox is a colloquial expression for a portable cassette or CD player. Other terms known are ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette. It is a device capable of receiving radio stations and playing recorded music , usually at relatively high volume...
music group; - Spionskaya - Spy theme music by Dmitri Shurov;
- The Number by Psoy KorolenkoPsoy KorolenkoPsoy Galaktionovich Korolenko is a pseudonym of a Russian Jewish song writer and performer by the name of Pavel Eduardovich Lion . At the same time Pavel Lion is a slavist with a Ph.D...
; - Cloun written by T. Kosonen, A. Korvumak, T. Leppanen; performed by AavikkoAavikkoAavikko is a Finnish synth music band, formed in Siilinjärvi in 1995. Their hallmarks include a campy, decidedly "East European" style and plastic-sounding synthesizer themes...
; - Vladimirskij central by Mihail Krug;
- Amerika by Mnogotochie;
- Sljuna, Sljuna, Shajtan Shajtanych by Uratsakidogi;
- Morjak by Artjom Rukavichkin;
- Kukla kolduna by Korol' i Shut.
Trivia
- The car used by the main characters is a modified Pobeda M20GAZ-M20 PobedaThe GAZ-M20 "Pobeda" was a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union by GAZ from 1946 until 1958. It was also licensed to Polish Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych.The first Pobeda was developed in the Soviet Union under chief engineer Andrei A. Liphart...
. It was sold on Internet auction Molotok.ru for $10,000. - The off-screen voice is Dmitry PuchkovDmitry PuchkovDmitry Yuryevich Puchkov , also known as Goblin and Starshiy Operupolnomocheniy Goblin, is an English-to-Russian movie and video game translator, script-writer, and author...
known as Goblin. - Filmed at Russian State Genetic Scientific Research Institute. The device used by Gena is really used in the process of DNADNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
analysis. - In the episode shot at Red SquareRed SquareRed Square is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod...
, the square was closed by a crowd dressed as Russian MilitiaMilitiaThe term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. It is a polyseme with...
officers to prevent strangers from entering the set. - In the episode where Gena is beaten by Militia officers, one of them missed actor Jampolskis' protective wear and hit actor with all his might.
Video release
Film released by Soyuz Video on VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2006 August without subtitles, and also on PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
DVD-editions by Karoprokat with subtitles and the trailer
Trailer (film)
A trailer or preview is an advertisement or a commercial for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end of a feature film screening. That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the...
of the film. In United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, it was released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
without subtitles and with English simultaneous interpretation on system NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
on September 11.
Aspect ratio - 16:9 (1.85:1).
External links
- Trailer and Screenshots