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Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (January 25, 1938 – July 25, 1980) was an iconic Soviet-Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor.He was a Jewish and Russian.His career had an large and lasting effect on Russian culture. The Vysotsky family name was found in the USA in 1920. In 1920 there was 1 Vysotsky family living in Pennsylvania. This was 100% of all the recorded Vysotsky's in the USA. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Vysotsky families in 1920. Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938 to 1980) was a Soviet singer, poet, and actor, or 'bard.' He started out acting in Hamlet and Life of Galileo, but soon fell out of official favor due to the material in his songs. While the Soviet government encouraged positivism in music, Vysotsky preferred to sing about the harsh realities of life, always. Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938 to 1980) was a Soviet singer, poet, and actor, or 'bard.' He started out acting in Hamlet and Life of Galileo, but soon fell out of official favor due to the material in his songs. While the Soviet government encouraged positivism in music, Vysotsky preferred to sing about the harsh realities of life, always strumming his seven-string guitar. Nikita Vysotsky (August 8, 1964) was celebrity contestant, who appeared on episode of Kto khochet stat' millionerom? On December 10, 2011, answered the 10th question wrong and won 0 rubles. Also on January 27, 2013 Nikita appeared with Maxim Leonidov and won 100,000 rubles, answered the 1,500,000 rubles question wrong and lost 700,000 rubles. On December 9, 2017 he appeared with Yevgeniya.
| Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pyotr Buslov |
| Produced by | Konstantin Ernst Anatoly Maksimov Michael Schlicht Nikita Vysotsky |
| Screenplay by | Nikita Vysotsky |
| Starring | Sergey Bezrukov Oksana Akinshina Andrey Smolyakov Ivan Urgant Maksim Leonidov Andrey Panin |
| Cinematography | Igor Grinyakin |
| Distributed by | Direktsiya Kino |
| |
| 1 hour 12 minutes | |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $12,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $27,400,000 |
Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive (Russian: Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) is a 2011Russian 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[edit]
Film is based on a true story about a Vysotsky concert tour to Uzbekistan and subsequent clinical death in 1979.[1]
Cast[edit]
- Sergey Bezrukov as Vladimir Vysotsky (uncredited), also appearing as Yura, colleague of Vysotsky.
- Nikita Vysotsky as Vladimir Vysotsky's voice
- Oksana Akinshina as Tatiana Ivleva, girlfriend of Vysotsky[2]
- Andrey Smolyakov as Viktor Bekhteev, KGB Colonel in Uzbekistan
- Ivan Urgant as Seva Kulagin, friend of Vysotsky
- Maxim Leonidov as Pavel Leonidov, manager and friend of Vysotsky
- Vladimir Ilyin as KGB Colonel from Moscow
- Andrei Panin as Anatoly Nefedov, personal doctor of Vysotsky
- Dmitry Astrakhan as Leonid Fridman, concert manager in Uzbekistan, who invited Vysotsky
- Anna Ardova as Isabella Yurievna, Director of the House of Culture of Uzbekistan
- Vladimir Menshov as Taganka Theater stage director (portrayed Yury Lyubimov)
- Alla Pokrovskaya as Nina Maksimovna, mother of Vladimir Vysotsky
- Sergey Shakurov as Semyon Vladimirovich, father of Vladimir Vysotsky
Production[edit]
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^Александр Нечаев. Сергея Безрукова учат петь «под Высоцкого». Фильм «Чёрный человек» стал одним из самых обсуждаемых проектов — 26.04.2010
- ^'Новые тайны фильма 'Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой''. Archived from the original on 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^'Спасибо, что сказал' [Vysotsky: thanks for saying it]. Kommersant. 17 April 2012.
- ^'Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой'. Kritikanstvo.
- ^Dmitry Puchkov. 'Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой'. oper.ru.
- ^'Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой'. kinokadr.
- ^'Марина Влади осудила создателей фильма 'Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой''. Izvestija.
External links[edit]
- Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive on IMDb
- 'Vysotsky' Becomes Russia's Highest Grossing Movie of 2011 by Vladimir Kozlov at The Hollywood Reporter
- Movie fails to capture life of legendary Vysotsky by Olga Rudenko for Kyiv Post, December 1, 2011
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (January 25, 1938 – July 25, 1980) was an iconicSoviet-Russiansinger, songwriter, poet, and actor. He was a Jewish[1] and Russian. His career had an large and lasting effect on Russian culture.
Vladimir Vysotsky had many talents and is often described by the word 'bard' (бард). This word had a special meaning in the Soviet Union. Vysotsky was never happy about this. He thought of himself as an actor and writer. His work was largely ignored by the official Soviet cultural establishment. He had remarkable fame during his lifetime. Today, many of Russia's popular musicians and actors try to be like him.
Vysotsky died in Moscow of a heart attack, aged 42.
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- ↑'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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