Angels & Demons (2009)

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers:

David Koepp (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay),

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Hanks	...	Robert Langdon
Ewan McGregor	...	Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Ayelet Zurer	...	Vittoria Vetra
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Commander Richter
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Inspector Olivetti
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Assassin
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Cardinal Strauss
Thure Lindhardt	...	Chartrand
David Pasquesi	...	Claudio Vincenzi
Cosimo Fusco	...	Father Simeon
Victor Alfieri	...	Lieutenant Valenti
Franklin Amobi	...	Cardinal Lamasse
Curt Lowens	...	Cardinal Ebner
Bob Yerkes	...	Cardinal Guidera
Marc Fiorini	...	Cardinal Baggia (as Marco Fiorini)

Storyline

Following the murder of a physicist, Father Silvano Bentivoglio, a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and a scientist, Vittoria Vetra, are on an adventure involving a secret brotherhood, the Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four altars of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An assassin, working for the Illuminati, has captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions.

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Plot Keywords:

illuminati | pope | conclave | murder | physicist | 

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Taglines:

The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [ca] Sony Pictures [de]

Country:

USA Italy

Language:

English Italian Latin French Swiss German German Chinese

Release Date:

15 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ángeles y demonios

Filming Locations:

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£6,054,627 (UK) (15 May 2009)

Gross:

$133,375,846 (USA) (31 July 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Skylark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min 146 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the novel upon which this film is based is set before the events of the novel "The Da Vinci Code", the film has been written as a sequel to follow after events in The Da Vinci Code.

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Goofs

When Langdon and the rest first enter the Vatican Archives you see the lights go off as they are shutting off power in an attempt to locate the bomb, but as they go through the reading room the screens on the computers are still on. However, lights and mains outlets are often wired on to separate grids and it is probable that the Swiss guard were only cutting power to the lighting grids, as their goal was simply to kill the lighting around the bomb.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: The Ring of the Fisherman, which bears the official papal seal, must be destroyed immediately following the Pope's death. The papal apartment is then sealed for nine days of mourning, a period known as "Sede Vacante", the time of the empty throne.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #26.85 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Introitus"
from "Lux Aeterna"
Written by Morten Lauridsen

User Reviews

When somebody asks you to watch this movie...JUST SAY NO!

After 'The Da Vinci Code' was successful and obviously made plenty of money to Hollywood producers, of course they decided to make a sequel very soon. Ron Howard was appointed again, Tom Hanks re-appears as lead character Robert Langdon, even more money is invested and everything is prepared for 'Angels & Demons'...

Oh wait, there is one problem, good script isn't on the menu! I mean seriously how can it get this bad after an okay but still quite disappointing 'Da Vinci Code'. Well let's just put it this way, 'Angels & Demons' makes 'Da Vinci Code' look like timeless masterpiece, yes, this movie is that bad. Script is just terrible seriously, photography even worse, casting awful (except Tom Hanks). For example, Tom Hanks and his female companion in this movie have no chemistry going on at all between them, it's just plain bad choosing of actress, and i thought that french girl in 'Da Vinci Code' didn't fit good in a picture with Tom Hanks, if you compare them, the 'Da Vinci Code' girl fits great in her role. The worst, most boring and dreadful scenes of this movie are the ones with reporters and crowds in Vatican, i mean it's just so pointless and dumb. I thought the history talk in 'Da Vinci Code' was a bit boring and silly, well in this movie it just gets whole lotta worse. At some point, i don't remember when, some 20 minutes at the start of the movie, i actually felt the suspense and i got kind of interested in the whole symbolic murders but it faded away really fast. And when you realize the conclusion to this whole plot you just feel disappointed with the whole thing about the events that happened throughout the film. The ending is again overcooked as in 'Da Vinci Code' or possibly even worse. Whoever asks you to watch 'Angels & Demons', be it your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, your friends, your girlfriend/boyfriend or your neighbors that just borrowed the movie from video-store and have no one else to watch it with, take my advice and JUST SAY NO!