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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Roman Polanski

Writers:

Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel)
John Brownjohn (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 March 2000 (USA) more

Tagline:

Every book has a life of its own... more

Plot:

A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations more

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(37 articles)

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User Comments:

A Great Film - Highly Underrated more (553 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnny Depp ... Dean Corso

Frank Langella ... Boris Balkan

Lena Olin ... Liana Telfer

Emmanuelle Seigner ... The Girl
Barbara Jefford ... Baroness Kessler
Jack Taylor ... Victor Fargas
José López Rodero ... Pablo & Pedro Ceniza / 1st & 2nd Workmen (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
Tony Amoni ... Liana's Bodyguard

James Russo ... Bernie
Willy Holt ... Andrew Telfer
Allen Garfield ... Witkin
Jacques Dacqmine ... Old Man
Joe Sheridan ... Old Man's Son
Rebecca Pauly ... Daughter-In-Law
Catherine Benguigui ... Concierge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

La neuvième porte (France)
La novena puerta (Spain)
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MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

133 min

Country:

Spain | France | USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


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Trivia:

The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel centers around a secret society obsessed with serialized novels, such as those written by Alexandre Dumas père. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Corso crosses Bleeker street en route to the rare bookstore in Manhattan. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dean Corso: It's an impressive collection. You have some very rare editions here. Are you sure you want to sell them all?
Old Man's Son: They're of no use to father. Not anymore. Not since he's been this way. His library was his whole world. Now it's just a feeble memory.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005) more

Soundtrack:

Havanaire more


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221 out of 273 people found the following comment useful.
A Great Film - Highly Underrated, 31 July 2003
10/10
Author: Dracenstein from Calgary, Canada

The Ninth Gate is a great film and one of Roman Polanski's most underrated films. Twenty years from now people will give this film the respect it deserves and hail it to be the great film that it is.

Fist of all The Ninth Gate is not an action film. It's a slow-paced psychological thriller very similar in tone and style to Polanski's earlier films Chinatown and Frantic. Johnny Depp and Frank Langella both give great performances. Darius Khondji's photography is amazing and it has an even more amazing score by Kilar. The majority of the film was shot on location and is like a guided tour through Europe.

Ignore the negative reviews and comments from people who've been brainwashed and blinded by the current Hollywood fast-food style of film making with the intention of only appealing to the lowest common denominator. A review doesn't make a good film better or a bad film worse. A superb film. Rating 10 out of 10.

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