Countdown (also known as Personal Number, Russian: Личный номер) is a Russian action movie directed by Yevgeny Lavrentyev with a $7 million budget, which was huge for Russia of that time,[1] and released in Moscow in December 2004.
Despite its dubious artistic qualities,[6][7][8]Countdown dramatizes many real life political concerns.[9] In the very beginning the plot of the movie closely follows details of the independent investigation of the 1999 Russian apartment bombings described in the book Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security services. As this plan has failed, Pokrovsky assisted by some terrorists organizes a hostage taking in a Moscow circus (very similar to Moscow theater hostage crisis in real life) in order to return to Russia, acting as a saver of the hostages during negotiations. However, he fails to do so. The movie also depicts the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia as a place where an important Islamic militant hides, which was a common allegation by Russian authorities in real life around that time, and depicts destruction of a base of terrorists and allies of Pokrovsky in Qatar which might hint at the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. Overall, the movie was widely considered propaganda.[5][10]
References
^Finn, Peter (2005-02-22). "In Russia, a Pop Culture Coup for the KGB". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
^. Public Internet Library of Vladimir Pribylovsky. Archived from the original on 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2007-02-22."In December 2004, he was a consultant on the filming of the feature film "Personal Number" about the fight against terrorism."
^. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-02-22."With the support of ORT TV channel; Sibneft company"
^ ab"Bad movies or propaganda?". 16 December 2004.
^. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
^Fanaylova, Elena (2005-03-06). . Kultura. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^Larina, Ksenia (2005-04-17). "Телевидение про кино". Otdel kadrov. Echo of Moscow. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^В Москве состоялась премьера "самого засекреченного блокбастера года" (in Russian). Lenta.Ru. 2004-12-05. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^Allenova, Olga (2004-12-02). Мечта резидента. Kommersant (in Russian). № 226 (3065). Retrieved 2009-03-09.
countdown, 2004, film, countdown, also, known, personal, number, russian, Личный, номер, russian, action, movie, directed, yevgeny, lavrentyev, with, million, budget, which, huge, russia, that, time, released, moscow, december, 2004, countdowndvd, coverdirecte. Countdown also known as Personal Number Russian Lichnyj nomer is a Russian action movie directed by Yevgeny Lavrentyev with a 7 million budget which was huge for Russia of that time 1 and released in Moscow in December 2004 CountdownDVD coverDirected byEvgeny LavrentievStarringAleksey MakarovLouise LombardVyacheslav RazbegaevEgor PazenkoYuriy TsuriloViktor VerzhbitskiyRamil SabitovJohn AmosMariya GolubkinaOrso Maria GuerriniMariya SemkinaRelease dateDecember 9 2004 2004 12 09 CountryRussiaLanguagesRussian English Arabic Belorussian ChechenBudget 7 millionThe Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation assisted the shooting Former Deputy FSB Director Vladimir Anisimov was hired consultant 2 3 The movie was sponsored by Sibneft and Channel 1 4 5 Despite its dubious artistic qualities 6 7 8 Countdown dramatizes many real life political concerns 9 In the very beginning the plot of the movie closely follows details of the independent investigation of the 1999 Russian apartment bombings described in the book Blowing Up Russia Terror from Within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life and aimed to discredit Russian security services As this plan has failed Pokrovsky assisted by some terrorists organizes a hostage taking in a Moscow circus very similar to Moscow theater hostage crisis in real life in order to return to Russia acting as a saver of the hostages during negotiations However he fails to do so The movie also depicts the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia as a place where an important Islamic militant hides which was a common allegation by Russian authorities in real life around that time and depicts destruction of a base of terrorists and allies of Pokrovsky in Qatar which might hint at the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev Overall the movie was widely considered propaganda 5 10 References Edit Finn Peter 2005 02 22 In Russia a Pop Culture Coup for the KGB The Washington Post Retrieved 2015 01 31 Film company Top Line production presents Personal Number Archived from the original on 18 January 2005 ANISIMOV Vladimir Gavrilovich Former Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service FSB Public Internet Library of Vladimir Pribylovsky Archived from the original on 2007 05 12 Retrieved 2007 02 22 In December 2004 he was a consultant on the filming of the feature film Personal Number about the fight against terrorism CINEMA OF RUSSIA Personal number Archived from the original on 2011 07 17 Retrieved 2007 02 22 With the support of ORT TV channel Sibneft company a b Bad movies or propaganda 16 December 2004 Journal No 3 for 2006 Names Eduard Boyakov The Drama of Strong People 2006 Archived from the original on 2007 05 27 Retrieved 2007 02 22 Fanaylova Elena 2005 03 06 O molodom kino Kultura Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Archived from the original on August 8 2008 Retrieved 2009 03 09 Larina Ksenia 2005 04 17 Televidenie pro kino Otdel kadrov Echo of Moscow Retrieved 2009 03 09 V Moskve sostoyalas premera samogo zasekrechennogo blokbastera goda in Russian Lenta Ru 2004 12 05 Retrieved 2009 03 09 Allenova Olga 2004 12 02 Mechta rezidenta Kommersant in Russian 226 3065 Retrieved 2009 03 09 External links EditCountdown at IMDb Trailer and Screenshots This article related to a Russian film of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Countdown 2004 film amp oldid 1121815274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
