Today hardly anyone knows Kostya “Kot”, Dimon “Scalded”, Petya “Ram” and Lech “Killa” - the heroes of the movie “Boomer”, which became the undisputed domestic leader in the 2003 box office. These tough guys in black leather jackets, riding arrows and never knowing whether they were destined to survive tomorrow, perfectly reflected the portrait of a complex generation from the sunset era of the dashing gangster 90s, and at the same time showed those corners of Russia where he was shot the film "Boomer."
Peter Buslov
For Pyotr Viktorovich Buslov, a young Russian film director, screenwriter and film actor who was just twenty-six years old at the start of filming, Boomer was the first full-length film. Talent and some completely unthinkable creative inspiration prevailed over youth and lack of experience, as a result of which the story told by Peter Buslov about the restless fate of bandits hiding from the police, hopelessly fleeing from themselves to their own death, found a response in the hearts and souls of millions of viewers of the country.
After the release of the movie “Boomer”, and where and in which city this later cult film was shot, we will very soon find out, directed by Pyotr Buslov and actors Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Andrey Merzlikin, Sergey Gorobchenko and Maxim Konovalov, who played the main characters instantly became famous. In 2006, Buslov introduced the audience and the continuation of "Boomer" - the picture "Boomer. The second film ”, the history of which will be considered in this article a little later.
Boomer
The plot of the film is fairly straightforward - four young friends, bandits, typical representatives of the criminal circles of the 90s, having arrived at the arrow to deal with the offenders of Dimon the Scaled, got into a hardcover, having run into FSB officers. They have no choice but to get into a “boomer” hijacked the day before - a black BMW 750IL car - and race through it through a winter restless country with an endangered life, trying to hide from pursuit.
Ahead of friends was waiting for a series of misadventures with other bandits, police and even truckers, foreign cities, the betrayal of Dimon the “Scaled” and the death of Petya “Rama” and Lehi “Killa”.
Let's figure out where and in which city the 1st part of the film “Boomer” was shot.
Moscow and Moscow region
The first part of the film begins in Pechatnikov Lane, located in the center of Moscow between Trubnaya Street and Sretenka of the Meshchansky District. It was in this place that the courtyard was located, from which Petya "Rama" stole a "boomer".
The conflict on the road through the fault of Dimon "Scalded", who cut off the FSB officers and thereby spun the terrible wheel of the fate of his friends, was filmed on the Savvinskaya embankment of Moscow, located on the left bank of the Moskva River in Khamovniki, between Rostov embankment and Novodevichy passage. Having decided to hit the run, the heroes of the picture left Moscow along Kapotnya Street.
Also, the place where the first film about the “boomer” was shot was also the Pechatniki district of the Southeastern Administrative District of Moscow, on the First Kuryanovskaya street Dimon “Scaled” left in the final of the picture, leaving his friends after an unsuccessful robbery of the office of a computer-selling company.
The pink house itself, in which, according to the plot, the office of the robbed company was located, is now demolished, and now a completely different three-story building stands in its place.
In the final scene of the film, a police car left the Second Kuryanovskaya street and turned onto the First Kuryanovsky passage, where Kostya was shot by the “Cat”.
The next place where the film "Boomer" was shot was the village of Raduzhny of the Kolomna city district of the Moscow region, located between the right bank of the Moscow River and Novoryazanskoye Shosse, in the immediate vicinity of the city of Kolomna.
A scene with a gas station was shot here, in which the director of the picture, Peter Buslov, also took part, playing the leader of the "roof" of the owner of the gas station. This gas station exists to this day.
Also, most of the landscape plans, road episodes and some scenes from the village of Sobachikhi were shot in the suburbs in the suburbs of the city of Kolomna.
“Boomer. The second film
In 2006, on the wave of success of the first film by Peter Buslov, “Boomer. The second film. " This picture continued the story of the character of Bones "Cat", the role of which was played by actor Vladimir Vdovichenkov. However, this time Petr Buslov, who was under the burden of the success of the first “Boomer”, decided to focus on the development of the personality and character of Kostya.
Matured and orphaned Cat seeks to end the criminal past, live a normal life, love and be loved. He sets off again, and this time his “boomer” is the black SUV BMW X5.
After a series of new tests, the life of Kostya Kota, trying to save the girl Dasha, whom he managed to fall in love with, tragically ends. The deadly prophecy about the death of all four friends given by Sobachikha in the first part of the film came true. And only after the death of his earthly shell, the soul of Bones, once in heaven, says to Dasha: “It's calm here ...”
Rostov region
Most of the places where the film “Boomer 2” was shot was found in the Rostov Region, teeming with endless fields illuminated by the sunset, and endless tapes of roads with abandoned stops.
Landscape shooting took place mainly in the city of Shakhty and its environs, in which time seemed to stop.
The scenes in the fishing house on the river in which Kostya Kot, who lost his memory after the attack on him, healed his wounds, were shot near the village of Ogib, which is part of the Nizhne Kundryuchensky rural settlement and located in the Ust-Donetsk region of the Rostov region.
Not far from this village, in the tract Ogib, which is a natural monument, most scenes by the river were also shot. In particular, when Kostya dreamed of his dead friends looking at him through the glass of his “boomer”.
Tula
The next place where the 2nd part of the film “Boomer” was shot was the city of Tula. Here, in the current Tula correctional colony No. 2, located on Maurice Thorez Street, all the prison scenes of the film were shot. For the filming, special plates were made for the beds of convicts, on which photographs of all members of the crew under fictitious names and surnames appeared. However, they did not get into the final version of the film.
At the time of filming in the courtyard of the colony, all prisoners were divorced in groups. Therefore, they looked out of the windows, waved their hands and even applauded the actors.
Yaroslavskaya oblast
In the picture you can also see the provincial landscapes of the Yaroslavl region. In particular, another place where the film "Boomer" was shot was the town of Rybinsk, whose building is an old museum, the descent to the Volga River near it and the city embankment were perfect for unfolding events.
Filming in Rybinsk, which looks like one of the typical cities in the middle of Russia, took place in May. For a number of scenes, the building of the Museum-Reserve, the Mukhnoy Gostiny Dvor, was used. The crowd of people in the frame at the same time consisted of local residents.
Some scenes were also filmed in Tutaev and its environs, for which the local administration from the film crew claimed 50 thousand rubles for the improvement of the city.
Moscow region in Boomer. The second film
Also, the Moscow region again became the place where the film "Boomer" was shot.
In particular, the industrial landscapes of the city of Serpukhov were used, and the episode entitled “You Don't Need Such a Machine, Vovka ...” was filmed in the Moscow Region, at the back of the Yubileiny Culture Center in Ivanteevka, located on Pervomaiskaya Street.
Afterword
For the film "Boomer" Peter Buslov was awarded the "Nika" in the nomination "Best Director". The film itself became the winner of the international film festival "Spirit of Fire" held in Khanty-Mansiysk, received a special jury prize for the best debut at the "Window to Europe" festival in Vyborg, as well as an "Event" prize at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
Sergey Shnurov, who wrote a wonderful soundtrack for Boomer, did not remain without an award. He was awarded the Nika Prize for the best music for the film, as well as the Golden Aries Prize of the National Guild of Film Critics and Film Press.