Da Vinci Code
A Ron Howard Film.|Uncover the Greatest Mystery of All Time.
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
DA VINCI CODE, THE (BLU-RAY DISC)
"...a streamlined train of a picture that never stops moving." Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
"...a crackling, fast-moving thriller that's every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown's controversial bestseller." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"...much more entertaining and satisfying than the novel." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"...a lurid saga of sinister sects, double-crosses and self flagellating zealots, set in a murky world that is always one part nightmare." Total Film
"...an enjoyable, often tense and thought-provoking thriller...Tautou, Bettany, Reno and McKellen are pitch perfect in their roles..." Ultimate DVD
Editor's Note
Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's implicated in a murder at the Louvre. Co-starring with Hanks is Audrey Tautou (AMELIE), the French police analyst who comes to Langdon's aid and who may hold the key to some of the mysteries. The cast is fleshed out by Jean Reno as a hangdog French detective who thinks he can trick Langdon into a confession; Paul Bettany as Silas, the murderous monk; Alfred Molina as an evil Catholic cardinal; and Ian McKellen, who steals the movie in the second act as a crotchety old authority on the Holy Grail. During the course of the film, all sorts of riddles, keys, clues, and enigmas are thrown in our hero's path, along with bullets, knives, and devious betrayals.
Cinematographer Salvatore Toltino shoots in a dark and somber style, with lots of detailed flashbacks to grim scenes from ancient Rome, the Crusades, and the witch hunts of the Middle Ages. Tautou looks gorgeous in the perpetual dim light, as does the ancient French and British architecture. With so many centuries of hidden knowledge, cults, sects, and Christianity-shattering secrets involved, this may have been confusing to those not acquainted with the book, but Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ingeniously weave the myriad layers into a true thrill ride. Ultimately, THE DA VINCI CODE is a thoughtful action film, with a refreshingly clear-eyed approach to world history that may scandalize the close-minded, but is sure to enlighten those open to new ideas.
Features Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Audio: English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbed: Spanish, French
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Technical Info
Release Information
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1/1/2037
Original Release Date: 2006
Catalog ID: 16123
UPC: 00043396161238
Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
Widescreen 2.40:1
Cast & Crew Alfred Molina
Audrey Tautou
Ian McKellen
Jean Reno
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Paul Bettany
Seth Gabel
Tom Hanks
Akiva Goldsman - Screenplay
Brian Grazer - Producer
Dan Brown - Executive Producer
Dan Brown - Based On Novel By
Daniel P. Hanley - Editor
Hans Zimmer - Original Music By
Mike Hill - Editor
Ron Howard - Director
Salvatore Totino - Cinematographer
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
DA VINCI CODE, THE (BLU-RAY DISC)
"...a streamlined train of a picture that never stops moving." Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
"...a crackling, fast-moving thriller that's every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown's controversial bestseller." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"...much more entertaining and satisfying than the novel." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"...a lurid saga of sinister sects, double-crosses and self flagellating zealots, set in a murky world that is always one part nightmare." Total Film
"...an enjoyable, often tense and thought-provoking thriller...Tautou, Bettany, Reno and McKellen are pitch perfect in their roles..." Ultimate DVD
Editor's Note
Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's implicated in a murder at the Louvre. Co-starring with Hanks is Audrey Tautou (AMELIE), the French police analyst who comes to Langdon's aid and who may hold the key to some of the mysteries. The cast is fleshed out by Jean Reno as a hangdog French detective who thinks he can trick Langdon into a confession; Paul Bettany as Silas, the murderous monk; Alfred Molina as an evil Catholic cardinal; and Ian McKellen, who steals the movie in the second act as a crotchety old authority on the Holy Grail. During the course of the film, all sorts of riddles, keys, clues, and enigmas are thrown in our hero's path, along with bullets, knives, and devious betrayals.
Cinematographer Salvatore Toltino shoots in a dark and somber style, with lots of detailed flashbacks to grim scenes from ancient Rome, the Crusades, and the witch hunts of the Middle Ages. Tautou looks gorgeous in the perpetual dim light, as does the ancient French and British architecture. With so many centuries of hidden knowledge, cults, sects, and Christianity-shattering secrets involved, this may have been confusing to those not acquainted with the book, but Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ingeniously weave the myriad layers into a true thrill ride. Ultimately, THE DA VINCI CODE is a thoughtful action film, with a refreshingly clear-eyed approach to world history that may scandalize the close-minded, but is sure to enlighten those open to new ideas.
Features Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Audio: English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbed: Spanish, French
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Technical Info
Release Information
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1/1/2037
Original Release Date: 2006
Catalog ID: 16123
UPC: 00043396161238
Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
Widescreen 2.40:1
Cast & Crew Alfred Molina
Audrey Tautou
Ian McKellen
Jean Reno
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Paul Bettany
Seth Gabel
Tom Hanks
Akiva Goldsman - Screenplay
Brian Grazer - Producer
Dan Brown - Executive Producer
Dan Brown - Based On Novel By
Daniel P. Hanley - Editor
Hans Zimmer - Original Music By
Mike Hill - Editor
Ron Howard - Director
Salvatore Totino - Cinematographer
Sony Pictures
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Review
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Dan Brown's novel is utterly preposterous; Ron Howard's movie is preposterously entertaining...since everyone has read the novel, I need only give away one secret -- that the movie follows the book religiously. While the book is a potboiler written with little grace and style, it does supply an intriguing plot. Luckily, Ron Howard is a better filmmaker than Dan Brown is a novelist; he follows Brown's formula (exotic location, startling revelation, desperate chase scene, repeat as needed) and elevates it into a superior entertainment, with Tom Hanks as a theo-intellectual Indiana Jones...The movie works; it's involving, intriguing and constantly seems on the edge of startling revelations. - Roger Ebert
