Night Watch (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Screenplay by | Timur Bekmambetov Laeta Kalogridis |
| Based on | The Night Watch 1998 novel by Sergei Lukyanenko |
| Produced by | Konstantin Ernst Anatoli Maksimov |
| Starring | Konstantin Khabensky Vladimir Menshov Valeri Zolotukhin Mariya Poroshina Galina Tyunina |
| Cinematography | Sergei Trofimov |
| Edited by | Dmitriy Kiselev |
| Music by | Yuri Poteyenko |
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| Distributed by | Gemini Film (Russia and Baltics) Fox Searchlight Pictures (International) |
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Running time | 123 minutes (Original version) 114 minutes (International version) |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $4.2 million |
| Box office | $50.3 million |
Night Watch is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov who wrote the screenplay along with Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. It received mixed reviews from critics.
A sequel, Day Watch, was released in 2006.