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Angels & Demons (2009) -- Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
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Angels & Demons (2009) -- Featurette about Vatican City, the background for the movie.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   47,370 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Koepp (screenplay) and
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 May 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return. more
Plot:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Religion Is Flawed Because Man Is Flawed more (327 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Obelisk (USA) (fake working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.
Runtime:
138 min | 146 min (extended edition)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44269) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | UK:12A (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Czech Republic:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:12 (f) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Germany:12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Iceland:14 | Mexico:B15 | Japan:G | France:U | Taiwan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-15 (Extended cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (extended version) | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (extended edition) | Ireland:12 (video rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (cut) | UK:15 (blu-ray) | Austria:12 | South Africa:13V (DVD rating) | Denmark:15 | South Africa:16LV (theatrical rating)

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Trivia:
The 'God particle' referred to in the movie is the Higgs-Boson particle, theorized in 1963-64. The LHC in Geneva is indeed seeking out the nature of this particle, which is claimed to give mass to all matter in the Universe. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra tries to change the battery on the bomb she says that batteries lose charge when they are cold. This is accurate: the chemical reactions in a battery are slower at low temperatures, and at particularly low temperatures, the electrolyte may freeze, causing the battery to completely fail. Clearly the fictional high-capacity battery in their fictional antimatter containment device is particularly sensitive to temperature drops. At high temperatures, a rechargeable battery's working lifetime may be reduced, meaning it has to be replaced sooner, but this would not adversely affect its capacity in the short term. more
Quotes:
Robert Langdon: You will counsel him wisely.
Cardinal Strauss: I am an old man. I will counsel him briefly.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Gregorian Chant: Requiem Aeternam-Introitus (VI) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Religion Is Flawed Because Man Is Flawed, 10 November 2009
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

After the death of the Pope, the conclave has gathered in a locked room to choose his successor among four cardinals named "preferitti"; however the quartet is abducted in a revenge of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood that was supposed extinct. The symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and the scientist Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), who had her powerful and dangerous prototype of antimatter research stolen, are invited by the Vatican police to help them in their investigation. They are received by the receptive Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor) and by the reluctant Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård) and are informed that the Illuminati have promised to kill each cardinal every hour from 8:00 PM and then explode the Vatican City with the antimatter. Robert and Vittoria have a few hours to unravel the clues and discover where the lethal weapon might be hidden.

The novel and bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" of Dan Brown was one of the most intriguing books that I have read. I was curious about the adaptation to the cinema of that complex and detailed story, and I found it only reasonable and the movie frustrated my expectations. I have not read "Angels & Demons", and I liked very much this film. The story has many plot points in wonderful locations; the acting is excellent and holds the attention until the last sequence. My daughter read the novel and told me that the adaptation is also frustrating. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Anjos e Demônios" ("Angels and Demons")

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