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Directed by | Nikolai Lebedev |
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Based on | Air Crew by Alexander Mitta |
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Cinematography | Irek Hartowicz |
Edited by | Konstantin Larchenko |
Music by | Artyom Vasilev (ru) |
Production companies | Three T Productions Russia-1 |
Distributed by | Central Partnership, Mosfilm and Cinema Fund |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Languages | Russian English |
Budget | $9 million ₽650 million |
Box office | $29,171,110[1] ₽1.504 billion |
Flight Crew (Russian: Экипаж, translit. Ekipazh) is a Russian disaster film directed by Nikolai Lebedev and produced by Russia-1 Channel which released in April 2016. It stars Vladimir Mashkov, Danila Kozlovsky and Agnė Grudytė. This was a remake of the 1979 Soviet film Air Crew and it was the second disaster film shot in the Russian Federation.
The film was shot with digital 3D cameras and became the second Russian film released in IMAX after Stalingrad.[2] The premiere took place on April 21, 2016 by Central Partnership. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the special effects, action sequences, acting, and the tense atmosphere. The film was a box office success, becoming the highest-grossing Russian film of 2016. At the 2017 Golden Eagle Awards, the film received 11 nominations including Best Feature Film, Best Director (Nikolai Lebedev) and Best Actor (Kozlovsky), winning five (Best Visual Effects, Best Supporting Actor for Sergey Shakurov, Best Music, Best Film Editing and Best Sound).