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Year of U.S. Release: 2006
Starring: Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina.
Director: Ron Howard Screenwriter(s): Akiva Goldsman Producer(s): Matt Tolmach, Brian Grazer, John Calley, Matt Tolmach, Andrea Giannetti, Karen Kehela Sherwood Distributor: Sony Pictures
Prod. Company: Imagine Entertainment
Prod. Cost: $125,000,000 (Estimated)
Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Runtime: 2 hr. 29 mins. Target Demographic: Adults 18-55+ Shooting Locations: London, England, UK; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Paris, France U.S. Release Date: May 19, 2006 (Wide)
U.S. DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006
Rated for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content.
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Logline: | | |
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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Plot Summary: | | |
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci—clues visible for all to see—yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret—and an explosive historical truth—will be lost forever. |
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"The Da Vinci Code" has been on nationwide best seller lists virtually non-stop since it was released by Doubleday in 2003, including 87 weeks at the top of the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Over 20 million copies of the novel are in print worldwide and the book has been translated into 42 different languages.
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