Release Date: 11/14/2006 Original Release: 2006 Format: DVD Length: 149 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content. UPC: 043396148345 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Action/Adventure, Theatrical Release, Paris, France, Jesus Christ, Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, Mysteries
DaVinci Code Widescreen; 2-Disc Special Edition DVD Description
Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's implicated in a murder at the Louvre. Co-starring with Hanks is Audrey Tautou (AMELIE), the French police analyst who comes to Langdon's aid and who may hold the key to some of the mysteries. The cast is fleshed out by Jean Reno as a hangdog French detective who thinks he can trick Langdon into a confession; Paul Bettany as Silas, the murderous monk; Alfred Molina as an evil Catholic cardinal; and Ian McKellen, who steals the movie in the second act as a crotchety old authority on the Holy Grail. During the course of the film, all sorts of riddles, keys, clues, and enigmas are thrown in our hero's path, along with bullets, knives, and devious betrayals.
Cinematographer Salvatore Toltino shoots in a dark and somber style, with lots of detailed flashbacks to grim scenes from ancient Rome, the Crusades, and the witch hunts of the Middle Ages. Tautou looks gorgeous in the perpetual dim light, as does the ancient French and British architecture. With so many centuries of hidden knowledge, cults, sects, and Christianity-shattering secrets involved, this may have been confusing to those not acquainted with the book, but Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ingeniously weave the myriad layers into a true thrill ride. Ultimately, THE DA VINCI CODE is a thoughtful action film, with a refreshingly clear-eyed approach to world history that may scandalize the close-minded, but is sure to enlighten those open to new ideas.
DVD Features
Keep Case 2-Disc Set Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish Dolby Surround - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary Featurettes - 1. First Day on the Set with Ron Howard 2. A Discussion with Dan Brown 3. A Portrait of Langdon 4. Who is Sophie Neveu? 5. Unusual Suspects 6. Magical Places 7. Close-up on Mona Lisa 8. The Filmmaking Experience Parts 1 & 2 9. The Codes of the Da Vinci Code DVD ROM: Da Vinci Code Puzzle Game PC Demo
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