Khottabych
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Music director Dmitry Shurov | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Duration Country Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Peter Tochilin , Veronica Voznyak , Sergey Klado Release date August 10, 2006 Cast (Khottabych), (Gena), Boris Shcherbakov (Inspektor), Liva Kruminya (Annie)Similar movies Old Khottabych (1957) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
old khottabych der zauberer aus der flasche trailer 1956
Khottabych (Russian: Хоттабыч [}{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч], Hottabych) is a 2006 Russian fantasy comedy film by STV Film Company. It is based on the novel The Copper Jar of Old Khottabych by Sergey Oblomov, and uses the title character, genie Khottabych, created by Soviet writer Lazar Lagin for his children's book and movie Old Khottabych (1956). The film has the screen name K}{OTT@B)CH, underscoring the film's Internet motif. It opened in theaters on August 10, 2006 at Karoprokat.
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Plot summary
A youth named Gena is a hacker hooked on computers 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 banknotes. Unfortunately Hottabych is not familiar with modern paper, and the banknotes are printed on Egyptian 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, so no dreams may be ever fulfilled (he names this "The Greatest Worldwide Bummer"). 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.
Cast
Features
Music score, lyrics, songs
Trivia
Video release
Film released by Soyuz Video (Russian: Союз Видео) on VHS 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).
References
Khottabych WikipediaKhottabych IMDb Khottabych themoviedb.org