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The Da Vinci Code

  • 20062006
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 29m
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Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundati... Read allA murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
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    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
      • Dan Brown(novel)
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Audrey Tautou
      • Jean Reno
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      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
      • Dan Brown(novel)
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Audrey Tautou
      • Jean Reno
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    • 2KUser reviews
    • 307Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 21 nominations

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    Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks
    • Robert Langdon
    Audrey Tautou
    Audrey Tautou
    • Sophie Neveu
    Jean Reno
    Jean Reno
    • Captain Bezu Fache
    Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen
    • Sir Leigh Teabing
    Paul Bettany
    Paul Bettany
    • Silas
    Alfred Molina
    Alfred Molina
    • Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
    Jürgen Prochnow
    Jürgen Prochnow
    • Andre Vernet
    Jean-Yves Berteloot
    Jean-Yves Berteloot
    • Remy Jean
    Etienne Chicot
    Etienne Chicot
    • Lt. Collet
    Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Jean-Pierre Marielle
    • Jacques Saunière
    Marie-Françoise Audollent
    Marie-Françoise Audollent
    • Sister Sandrine
    Rita Davies
    Rita Davies
    • Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
    Francesco Carnelutti
    Francesco Carnelutti
    • Prefect
    Seth Gabel
    Seth Gabel
    • Michael
    Shane Zaza
    Shane Zaza
    • Youth on Bus
    Andy Clark
    • Docent
    • (as Andrew Clark)
    Fausto Maria Sciarappa
    Fausto Maria Sciarappa
    • Youngest Church Official
    Joe Grossi
    Joe Grossi
    • Old Church Official
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Akiva Goldsman(screenplay)
      • Dan Brown(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Because it was not certain that the movie would be a hit, and that other adaptations of Dan Brown's novels would follow, this movie was made as a stand-alone movie, rather than the beginning of a franchise. All references to the fact that Robert Langdon had already solved another murder riddle (in the novel "Angels and Demons", which precedes "The Da Vinci Code") were therefore purposefully left out of the script. When the movie was a huge financial success, production of Angels & Demons (2009) was started shortly after the release (but re-written as a sequel, not a prequel).
    • Goofs
      There was no need to know the capsule's combination in order to open it as vinegar is easily frozen in a household freezer. Simply freeze the capsule and then smash it open to reveal the internal message.
    • Quotes

      Robert Langdon: This is the original icon for male. It's a rudimentary phallus.

      Sophie Neveu: Quite to the point.

      Sir Leigh Teabing: Yes, indeed.

      Robert Langdon: This is know as the blade. It represents aggression and manhood. It's a symbol still used today in modern military uniforms.

      Sir Leigh Teabing: Yes, the more penises you have, the higher your rank. Boys will be boys.

    • Crazy credits
      The "A" and "V" in the film title are replaced with the "Blade" and the "Chalice" symbols described by Langdon in the movie.
    • Alternate versions
      The film was originally shown to the UK censors in an unfinished form, with a temp score and sound mix. The BBFC advised Sony Pictures that sound levels during some acts of violence may be too impactful for the requested "12A" rating, so the film was likely to receive a 15 classification. When formally submitted, the final levels of sound effects on the completed soundtrack had reduced the strength of some acts of violence to an extent which made the film able to get a "12A" rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Amazing Race: Herculean Effort for Some Herculean Dudes (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Phiano
      Written and Performed by Dan Brown

      Courtesy of DGB Records

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    7/10
    better than many critics have given it credit for
    From the way the critics have gone after "The Da Vinci Code," you'd think that Ron Howard himself had been jealously guarding the location of the Holy Grail all these years and was just now revealing it to all the world for his own nefarious (i.e. commercial) purposes. Actually, despite all the critical hostility and rancor, this turns out to be a reasonably entertaining adaptation of a reasonably entertaining novel, far from a classic or a work of art, but hardly the pile of cinematic refuse so many of the reviewers have led us to believe it is.

    As a work of history, the novel is a passel of nonsense, and only those with a bent towards conspiracy theory overload would be foolish enough to believe a minute of it. But as a work of imaginative fiction, "The Da Vinci Code" certainly gives its audience the neck-twisting workout they've paid good money to receive.

    It would be pointless to reiterate the plot of a novel that has probably had the biggest readership of any literary work since "Gone With the Wind." Suffice it to say that a mysterious murder in the Louvre sends a Harvard symbologist and the dead man's granddaughter on a clue-driven search for the famed Holy Grail. Along the way, the two uncover a grand conspiracy on the part of a renegade Catholic order to protect a secret that, if it were revealed, could shake the whole of Western civilization down to its very foundations.

    Despite the phenomenal - one is tempted to say "unprecedented" - commercial success of his work, Dan Brown is no great shakes as a writer; his characters are, almost without exception, drab and two-dimensional, and his dialogue, when it isn't being overly explicit in pouring out explanations, sounds like it was written by a first-year student in a Writer's 101 workshop. But the one undeniable talent Brown does have is his ability to knit together a preposterously complex web of codes and clues into an airtight tapestry, and to make it all convincing.

    The movie is very faithful to the novel in this respect. It moves quickly from location to location, never giving us too much time to question the logic (or illogic) of the narrative or to examine the many gaping plot holes in any great detail. Writer Akiva Goldsman has encountered his greatest trouble in the scenes in which the action stops dead in its tracks so that the characters can lay out in laborious detail the elaborate story behind the clues. Yet, this is as much the fault of the nature and design of the novel as it is of the man given the unenviable task of bringing it to the screen. Moreover, perhaps in the interest of time and keeping the action flowing, Robert and Sophie come up with solutions to the myriad riddles much too quickly and accurately, with a "Golly, gee, could it mean_______?" attitude that borders on the ludicrous. But, somehow, Howard makes most of it work. Perhaps, it's the clunky literal-minded earnestness with which he approaches the subject that ultimately allows us to buy into it against our better judgment.

    Tom Hanks is stolid and passive as Dr. Robert Langdon, the college professor involuntarily driven into all this cloak-and-dagger intrigue, but Audrey Tautou has a certain subtle charm as Sophie, the woman who may play more of a part in the unraveling of the mystery than even she herself can imagine. Jean Reno and Paul Bettany have their moments as two of the less savory players in the story, but it is Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing, an expert on all things related to the Holy Grail, who walks off with the film. His scenery-chewing shtick pumps some much needed life into a tale essentially populated by underdeveloped stick figures.

    The religious controversy surrounding both the novel and the film is as ludicrous as it is unjustified. Anyone whose belief system could be seriously shaken by this absurd mixture of unsubstantiated myth-making and plain old-fashioned wild speculation couldn't have had a very solid foundation of faith to begin with.

    The rest of us can appreciate "The Da Vinci Code" for what it is, an overblown but epic exercise in code-busting and clue-decoding - in short, the "Gone With the Wind" of whodunits.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Malta
      • France
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Latin
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • El código Da Vinci
    • Filming locations
      • Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Skylark Productions
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    • Budget
      • $125,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $217,536,138
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $77,073,388
      • May 21, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $760,006,945
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
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      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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