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Was it a Russian movie? It may have to get renamed since there was an American remake of a Dutch film a few years back with that title.
It is a Russian movie, and AFAIK they're not renaming it. (Or if they are, they're doing so after showing it to the press, which would be kind of stupid since the reviews are going to be calling it Nightwatch.)
No idea when it's getting released here -- it came out in Russia a couple of years ago, and is screening now, so probably later this summer.
IMDB lists it coming to the US on July 29. The Russian title is "Nochnoy dozor" (2004) and word is that it will be subtitled instead of dubbed (thank goodness).
word is that it will be subtitled instead of dubbed (thank goodness).
The voiceover narration is dubbed, but the dialogue is subtitled. The subtitles are very interestingly integrated into the film -- I'm curious to hear whether people like them or not. (I liked them. DH thought they were too much.)
The subtitles are very interestingly integrated into the film
What do you mean by that? Are they going to be all over the screen instead of lining the bottom?
What do you mean by that? Are they going to be all over the screen instead of lining the bottom?
The characters will hold up cards with the subtitles on them as they speak. Occasionally the subtitles will be on a big card carried by a monkey on rollerskates.
IMDB lists it coming to the US on July 29. The Russian title is "Nochnoy dozor" (2004) and word is that it will be subtitled instead of dubbed (thank goodness).
Ah, they might use the Russian title then, or have it in brackets or parens after the word "Nightwatch".
I must say, the idea of a Russian buffy-esque type story is intriguing.
Bodega Bay
Michael Bay will remake Hitchcock's ''The Birds.'' The producer-director will do for the 1963 horror classic what he did for ''Amityville Horror'' and ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' by Gary Susman
Wearing his producer hat, director Michael Bay (Armageddon) has overseen recent remakes of such venerable low-budget horror movies as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror, but now, he's going after a prestige project: a remake of Alfred Hitchchock's The Birds. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Bay is in talks to produce the Universal remake. The new movie would return to the Daphne Du Maurier short story that was the source of Hitchcock's 1963 film, in which thousands of birds mysteriously attack the residents of the seaside California town of Bodega Bay.
Hitchcock remakes have become increasingly common in recent years, with Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho, Christopher Reeve's TV version of Rear Window, and the Michael Douglas-Gwyneth Paltrow film A Perfect Murder, an update of Dial M for Murder. According to the Reporter, Warner Bros. is developing a new version of Strangers on a Train. Note to Hollywood: Keep your paws off Vertigo; you'll only mess it up.
(Posted:04/26/05)
from ew.com
They fade in and out with the rhythms of the scene, and sometimes they go behind things. The vampire "call" subtitles are red and fade into blood when they disappear. Stuff like that.
Occasionally the subtitles will be on a big card carried by a monkey on rollerskates.
I don't care what the movie is about, I'd pay just to see that.
from ew.com
Well, that's appropriate, since my response was "Ew!".
The man must be stopped.