On January 19, a private premiere of the adventure comedy «Hooked!» took place at the Oktyabr cinema. Among the first to see the film were producer Sergei Chliyants, directors Dmitry Grachev, Pavel Chukhrai, Alla Surikova, Fyodor Bondarchuk with his son Sergei, actresses Irina Rakhmanova, Olga Sutulova, Evelina Bledans, Yulia Snigir, singers Eva Polna, Polina Gagarina, Lolita Milyavskaya with her husband Dmitry Ivanov, actors Andrei Chadov with Svetlana Svetikova, Anton Tabakov with his partner Angela and daughter Anna, and many others.
In the theatre foyer guests were welcomed by the group GURU GROOVE, who performed live the songs written specially for «Hooked» and featured on the film's soundtrack.
The film's general producer Igor Tolstunov introduced the director Natalia Uglitskikh, who in turn told the guests about the work that everyone on the stage had put into making the picture.
«Most of our film was shot in Thailand,» said Natalia. «I would like to thank general producer Igor Tolstunov separately for allowing us to spend a whole month and a half in that fairytale country and for giving us complete creative freedom. During this time we all grew very close. And when we celebrated the end of shooting I saw just how many people had gathered. When I shared this observation with producer Sergei Kozlov, he said that in Thailand a total of 110 people had worked with us. Just imagine how many people worked on making this comedy! I hope audiences will enjoy the results of our teamwork.»
Also worthy of special attention on stage were actors Konstantin Kryukov, Ekaterina Vilkova, Tatiana Parshina, Valery Nikolaev and Igor Ugolnikov – all of whom received diver certificates. Many scenes of «Hooked» were filmed underwater, so before leaving for the shoot all the actors had to take diving and free-diving courses.
Audiences, weary of the long winter, gave the film a very warm reception and at the end thanked the actors and the film's creators for the slice of summer they had been given.