Newsmakers ( Goryachie novosti ) ( News Makers )

Newsmakers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Goryachie novosti
Alternate Title: News Makers
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Anders Banke

Written By:
Hing-Ka Chan
Sam Klebanov

Actors:
Andrey Merzlikin ..... Smirnov
Yevgeni Tsyganov ..... Herman
Mariya Mashkova ..... Katya
Sergey Garmash ..... Killer
Maksim Konovalov ..... Kley
Aleksei Frandetti ..... Orda
Pavel Klimov ..... Kolyan
Sergei Vesnin ..... Kon
Artyom Semakin ..... Valery
Viktor Chepelov ..... Sanya
David Stepanyan ..... Hamlet
Oleg Chernigov ..... Mikhalych
Pyotr Rytov ..... Polyakov
Yuri Shlykov ..... Boldyrev
Pavel Sukhov ..... Boldyrev's assistant

Synopsis:

Johnnie To's BREAKING NEWS gets a Moscow make over in this remake from FROSTBITE director Anders Banke. When footage of Russian police failing to capture a vicious gang of robbers makes the news, public confidence in the police plummets. Determined that the police can regain their reputation by broadcasting their hunt for the gang, business savvy PR director Katya convinces the authorities to turn the mission into a reality show. At first Katya's plan seems to work, but when the plan backfires and the police come up empty handed, editors manipulate the footage to make it look like the mission was a success. Enraged after seeing the falsified outcome of the conflict on television, the leader of the gang wages a media war by firing up his webcam and broadcasting the real story as it continues to unfold.

Faced with humiliation after a failed major bust, the Moscow Police attempts to restore its reputation by broadcasting the capture of a notorious gang on national TV. But with hostages, hitmen and vicious mafia holed up together, can they successfully hunt their prey?

In Moscow, an enterprising female detective decides to turn a humiliating defeat experienced by her department into a reality-TV show in which the police prep for a counter attack.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 May, 2010.