January 27, 2006
Nomad Trailer Online
(Posted In Continental Europe and Russia Drama Film News Trailer Alert )
I would have sworn that we'd written about the upcoming Russian production Nomad in the past but I've just done a quick search of the site and turned up nothing, so here's some background ...
There are a pair of Genghis Khan themed films in production in Russia right now, the Tadanobu Asano starring Mongol and this film. For fans of the period, though, it sadly appears that only one of the films is going to be any good, and it aint this one.
Nomad is pretty much the dictionary definition of a troubled production ... production was meant to wrap up in 2004 but they have burned their way through a trio of directors, one of whom - Sergei Bodrov - has since gone on to Mongol, a fact that has led to much confusion between the two films. With all the delays why are people maintaining interest? In part it's the presence of Milos Foreman as a producer, but mostly genre fans are excited about the presence of a pair of western martial artists in key roles: Mark Dacascos and Jason Scott Lee both play significant enough parts to appear on the marquee.
Anyway ... a reel of promo footage turned up online a while back and has reappeared. Some of the cinematography looks promising but it looks pretty bad on most other levels ...
Nomad Trailer (downloadable AVI)
» Posted by Todd at January 27, 2006 01:28 PM
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What an awful trailer! I'd rather watch Uwe Boll's DUNGEON SIEGE flick.
» Posted by Caterpillar at January 27, 2006 02:48 PM
First of all, this is not a Russian production. The movie was filmed in Kazakhstan, with the original soundtrack recorded in the Kazakh language and also in English. The movie is a collaboration between Kazakhstan and United States movie studios.
This movie is set in early 1700's - five hundred years after the Genghis Khan's time period. It portrays Abylai Khan, the last ruler of the unified and independent nomadic Kazakh nation. In history, after Abylai's rule, the Kazakhs lose their will and become slowly absorbed into the growing Russian empire. That is why this movie is sad and inspiring at the same time - it represents the "last stand" of the Kazakhs, their last bid to claim their right to exist.
Anyway, I have watched the Kazakh language version of this movie, and let me tell you - it is amazing. The battle scenes are edge of the seat gruesome, and emotion levels hits above the scale. The soundtrack is epic and harrowing.
Do not judge this movie by this English language trailer - I agree with you, the trailer sucks. It is an early prototype trailer, it doesn't have the sound track from the movie, it doesn't have the best scenes, and it fails to convey the general mood of the film.
The English language version of this movie is not scheduled for release until at least the end of 2006, and by then I am sure they will create a much better trailer. Also, the Americans are making additional footage for the movie right now in California and also in China. The length of the movie will be increased from 2 hours to 3 hours, and even more action and massive battle scenes will be added. The movie will be distributed world-wide by the Weinstein Company.
I will see you at the movie theaters! I can't wait.
» Posted by Kazakh at February 3, 2006 11:00 PM
I am hyped up to see this movie. I have a passion for Kazakh history and culture. Ayblai Khan is a great historical figure for these people and to finally see a film from Kazakhstan distributed to the world is awesome. Mabye my Kazakhstani daughter will finally get a sense of the history of her country by really seeing a portrayal of it.
As I recall this is one of Nazerbaev's pet projects...hope he liked it.
» Posted by Wonderful Kazakhs at December 28, 2006 05:29 PM
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