Nomad (film)

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Nomad
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Directed by	Sergei Bodrov Ivan Passer Talgat Temenov
Produced by	Ram Bergman Pavel Douvidzon Milos Forman Rustam Ibragimbekov
Written by	Rustam Ibragimbekov
Starring	Jay Hernandez Dilnaz Akhmadieva Kuno Becker Mark Dacascos Jason Scott Lee
Music by	Carlo Siliotto
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release date(s)	2006
Country	Kazakhstan Russia USA France
Language	English Kazakh
Budget	$40,000,000 (estimated)
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Nomad (Kazakh: Көшпенділер; Russian: Кочевник) is a 2006 historical epic written by Rustam Ibragimbekov, executive produced by Milos Forman, and directed by Ivan Passer, Sergei Bodrov and Talgat Temenov. It is to be released in 2006 in the USA, distributed by The Weinstein Company. The film has been shot in two versions: in Kazakh by Temenov for distribution in Kazakhstan and in English by Passer/Bodrov for distribution worldwide. The film has not been rated yet by the MPAA. The government of Kazakhstan has invested $40,000,000 in the movie production, making it the most expensive Kazakhstani film ever made.

1 Short Plot Outline
2 Cast
3 Release dates
4 Critics
5 External links

[edit] Short Plot Outline

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Nomad a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young boy is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes and free them from the Jungars.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Jay Hernandez	Erali
Dilnaz Akhmadieva	Hocha
Kuno Becker	Mansur
Azis Beyshinaliev	Ragbat
Mark Dacascos	Sharish
Archie Kao	Shangrek
Jason Scott Lee	Oraz
Ayana Yesmagambetova	Gaukhar
Ron Yuan	Abulkhair
Doskhan Zholzhaksynov	Galdan Ceren
Erik Zholzhaksynov	Barak

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[edit] Release dates

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The Kazakh language version of Nomad premiered in Kazakhstan on 6 July, 2005.

The worldwide version was premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on 5 August, 2006. It was released in Russia on 7 September, 2006.

The Weinstein Company has not yet made any announcements but North American release is expected during 2006.<ref> Nomad release dates. IMDB. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.</ref>

Release Dates:

Date	Countries
TBA	United States
TBA	United Kingdom
TBA	China

Ratings

[edit] Critics

Reviewers so far have given a very positive response to the film. In a review in Variety, critic Leslie Felperin who viewed the film at the Locarno Film Festival stated:

"Arguably the biggest Kazak production since Khoja Ahmed Yasavi built a mausoleum for Tamerlane in 1389, pic is rumored to have cost about $40 million. If so, nearly every tenge (Kazakhstan's local currency) and euro from French-based co-production partner Wild Bunch is visible on screen, judging by pic's elaborate costumes, sets and cast of a thousand or so -- real people not digitally generated extras."

"[directors] Passer and Bodrov, assisted by (per credits) "local director" Talgat Temenov, have enough skill to make "Nomad" compelling by dint of old-school sincerity and sheer spectacle."

"[the cast] serve the vehicle well with the necessary displays of athletic prowess and toothsome looks, particularly from the virile Becker."[1]