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{{Infobox film
|name = Nomad
|image = Nomad - The Warrior Poster.png
|caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = [[Sergei Bodrov]]<br />[[Ivan Passer]]<br />Talgat Temenov
|producer = [[Ram Bergman]]<br />Pavel Douvidzon<br />[[Rustam Ibragimbekov]]<br />[[Miloš Forman]]
|writer = [[Rustam Ibragimbekov]]
|starring = [[Jay Hernandez]]<br />[[Dilnaz Akhmadieva]]<br />[[Kuno Becker]]<br />[[Mark Dacascos]]<br />[[Jason Scott Lee]]
|music = [[Carlo Siliotto]]
|cinematography = [[Dan Laustsen]]<br />[[Ueli Steiger]]
|editing = Ivan Lebedev<br />Rick Shaine
|distributor = [[The Weinstein Company]]
|released = {{Film date|2005|7|17|Kazakhstan|2006|9|7|Russia}}
|runtime = 112 minutes
|country = [[Kazakhstan]]<br />Russia
|language = [[Russian language|Russian]]<br />[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
|budget = N/A<ref>{{cite web|title=Nomad (The Warrior)|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nomad.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>
|gross = $3,088,685<ref>{{cite web|title=Nomad (The Warrior)|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nomad.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''''Nomad: The Warrior''''' ({{lang-kz|Көшпенділер, Köşpendiler}}) is a 2005 [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] historical [[epic film]] written and co-produced by [[Rustam Ibragimbekov]], [[Executive producer|executive-produced]] by [[Miloš Forman]] and [[film director|directed]] by [[Sergei Bodrov]], [[Ivan Passer]] and Talgat Temenov. It was released on March 16, 2007 in [[North America]], distributed by [[The Weinstein Company]]. The film has been shot in two versions: in [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] by Temenov for distribution in [[Kazakhstan]] and in English by Passer and Bodrov for distribution worldwide. The [[government of Kazakhstan]] invested $40 million in the movie production, making it the most expensive Kazakh film ever made. ''Nomad'' was Kazakhstan's [[List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|official entry]] for Best Foreign Language Film for the [[79th Academy Awards]].

==Plot==
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[[File:BillboardAdNomad2005.jpg|thumb|Advertising for the 11 November 2005 national premier of the Kazakh version in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]].]]
''Nomad'' is an historical epic set in [[History of Kazakhstan#Forming the Modern Nation|18th-century Kazakhstan]]. The film is a fictionalized account of the youth and coming-of-age of [[Ablai Khan]], a descendant of [[Genghis Khan]], as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at [[Hazrat-e Turkestan]] from [[Dzungar people|Dzungar]] invaders.

==Cast==
* [[Jay Hernandez]] as Yearly{{Sic}}
* [[Dilnaz Akhmadieva]] as Hocha
* [[Kuno Becker]] as Mansur
* Azis Beyshinaliev as Ragbat
* [[Mark Dacascos]] as Sharish
* [[Archie Kao]] as Shangrek
* [[Jason Scott Lee]] as Oraz
* Ayan Yesmagambetova as Gaukhar
* Tungyshbay Jamanqulov as Abilqair
* Doskhan Joljaqsynov as Galdan Ceren
* Yerik Joljaqsynov as Barak 

==Release dates==
The [[Kazakh language]] version of ''Nomad'' premiered in [[Kazakhstan]] on 6 July 2005.

The film was released in the United States on March 16, 2007 (limited release) and March 30, 2007 (wide release).<ref>{{cite web |title=Nomad release dates |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374089/releaseinfo |accessdate=2007-03-12}}</ref>

І том “Алмас қылыш”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2006)

ІІ том “Жанталас”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2007)

ІІІ том “Хан Кене”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2008)<ref>[http://www.kazembassy.bulpost.net/internal_kz.php?dest=M5L1b Ілияс Есенберлин “Көшпенділер” - Embassy of Kazakhstan in Bulgaria]</ref>

==Reception==
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''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' critic Leslie Felperin, who viewed the film at the [[Locarno International Film Festival|Locarno Film Festival]] wrote that, "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 &mdash; real people not digitally generated extras", and that co-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 shows] the necessary displays of athletic prowess and toothsome looks, particularly from the virile Becker".<ref>[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931257.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 ''Variety'' review]</ref>

In the [[United States]], it was a [[box office bomb]], as the film was only able to scrape $79,123. While most of the critics enjoyed the cinematography and the action scenes, they criticized the film for rudimentary acting, confused directing and, for some critics who saw the English version, poor dubbing. The critics especially noted that the film had very poor screenwriting, for lines such as a scene between Mansur (Kuno Becker) and Gauhar (Ayan Yesmagambetova): '' 'Mansur: You have the scent of the moon', Gauhar: 'Does the moon have a scent?'''.<ref>[http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/content/a-e/screen/single-story/article/nomad/  From Las Vegas Weekly]</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
In addition to being Kazakhstan's entry in the race for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], Carlo Siliotto received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for Best Original Score.

==See also==
*[[List of most expensive non-English language films]]
*[[List of historical drama films of Asia]]
*[[Ten Great Campaigns]]
*[[Zunghar Khanate]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Allmovie title|358192|Nomad}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|nomad|Nomad}}
* {{IMDb title|0374089|Nomad}}
* [http://www.universcinema.com/ww/chfr/film/nomad.html Universcinema.com] {{fr icon}}
* [http://outnow.ch/go/movie/Nomad/2004 OutNow! Movie Review] {{de icon}}

{{Sergei Bodrov}}

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