The Best Movie

The Best Movie
The Best Movie
Directed by	Kirill Kuzin
Written by	Artak Gasparyan; Garic Kharlamov; Artur Tumasyan
Produced by	Artak Gasparyan; Garic Kharlamov; Alexander Dulerayn
Starring	Garic Kharlamov; Mikhail Galustyan; Pavel Volya
Cinematography	Sergey Danduryan; Ulugbeck Khamraev
Edited by	Pavel Andryushenko
Music by	Yuri Poteenko
Release date	January 24, 2008;
Running time	115 min.
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$30.5 million

The Best Movie (Russian: Самый лучший фильм, Samy luchshiy film) is a 2008 Russian comedy film from TNT and Comedy Club Russia, spoofing such famous Russian films as Night Watch and Day Watch, The 9th Company, Heat and TV series: My Fair Nanny, Dalnoboyshchiki and Brigada. The movie includes numerous cameos by Russian celebrities, some of them involving a humorous touch on their public image. For instance, socialite Kseniya Sobchak appears as a luxury prostitute, and gay icon Boris Moiseev plays a rough-and-tumble policeman, his only line being: "You gonna sign it all, you faggot!"

Plot

Vadik Volnov (Garik Kharlamov) dies on his own wedding of cannabis overdose and has to prove to God that he is worthy to enter Heaven. During his conversation with God's secretary, Vadik recalls numerous memorable moments of his earthly existence, such as getting drunk on cognac on his 8th birthday, service in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, bandit showdowns in crime-ridden 1990s Russia, and, finally, meeting the love of his life.

Cast

Garic Kharlamov — Vadik
Mikhail Galustyan — Polkilo
Elena Velikanova — Nastya
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — God's secretary
Pavel Volya — Tima Milan (parody of Dima Bilan)
Valery Barinov — Nastya's father
Iosif Buyanovsky — Lyalya
Dmitry Nagiev — Drill Sergeant
Dmitry Sychyov — Himself
Boris Moiseev — Mаjor

Box office

Supported by an omnipresent marketing campaign, the film grossed 403 Mil. roubles on its opening weekend in Russia. From Russia and the CIS combined, it earned $16.5 million, breaking the opening-weekend record.^[1] This record was first surpassed by Avatar, although the film still holds the opening-weekend record for Russian films.^[2]