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Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive

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Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive
Directed byPyotr Buslov
Screenplay byNikita Vysotsky
Produced byKonstantin Ernst
Anatoly Maksimov
Michael Schlicht
Nikita Vysotsky
StarringSergey Bezrukov
Oksana Akinshina
Andrey Smolyakov
Ivan Urgant
Maksim Leonidov
Andrey Panin
CinematographyIgor Grinyakin
Distributed byDirektsiya Kino
Release date
  • December 1, 2011 (2011-12-01)
Running time
1 hour 12 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$12,000,000 (estimated)
Box office$27,400,000

Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive (Russian: Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) is a 2011 Russian drama film about Vladimir Vysotsky based on a screenplay by his son Nikita and directed by Pyotr Buslov. The primary actor, who played the role of Vysotsky, went uncredited and remained unknown to public. Later, it was revealed that CGI and heavy makeup disguised Sergey Bezrukov. The film premiered on December 1, 2011.

Plot summary

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Film is based on a true story about a Vysotsky concert tour to Uzbekistan and subsequent clinical death in 1979.[1]

Cast

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Production

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A copy of famous Vysotsky automobile Mercedes-Benz W116 in Moscow cinema theater (original car was sold after his death)
  • The actor who played Vysotsky spent 4 – 6 hours every day for make-up and about 1 - 1.5 hours to undo the make-up. In some sets Vysotsky was "reconstructed" for the film with the use of CGI.
  • In spring 2012 Sergey Bezrukov admitted in a TV talk show that he in fact was the actor who played the role of Vladimir Vysotsky.[3] Also, for the extended TV version released in January 2013, Bezrukov was credited for the role of Vysotsky.

Reception

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The film received mixed reviews,[4] with many criticizing the decision to have the actor portraying Vysotsky to wear a mask.[5][6] Also Vysotsky's last wife Marina Vlady has commented negatively on the film, saying that the film is "An insult to Vysotsky, his art, his memory and our life together".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Александр Нечаев. Сергея Безрукова учат петь «под Высоцкого». Фильм «Чёрный человек» стал одним из самых обсуждаемых проектов — 26.04.2010
  2. ^ "Новые тайны фильма "Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  3. ^ "Спасибо, что сказал" [Vysotsky: thanks for saying it]. Kommersant. 17 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой". Kritikanstvo.
  5. ^ Dmitry Puchkov. "Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой". oper.ru.
  6. ^ "Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой". kinokadr.
  7. ^ "Марина Влади осудила создателей фильма "Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой"". Izvestija.
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