A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.
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Film Cast:
- Robert Langdon: Tom Hanks
- Sophie Neveu: Audrey Tautou
- Sir Leigh Teabing: Ian McKellen
- Captain Bezu Fache: Jean Reno
- Silas: Paul Bettany
- Bishop Manuel Aringarosa: Alfred Molina
- André Vernet: Jürgen Prochnow
- Rémy Jean: Jean-Yves Berteloot
- Lt. Collet: Etienne Chicot
- Jacques Saunière: Jean-Pierre Marielle
- Sister Sandrine: Marie-Françoise Audollent
- Elegant Woman at Rosslyn: Rita Davies
- Perfect: Francesco Carnelutti
- Michael: Seth Gabel
- Youth on Bus: Shane Zaza
- Docent: Andy Clark
- Youngest Church Official: Fausto Maria Sciarappa
- Old Church Official: Joe Grossi
- Flight Controller: Denis Podalydès
- British Police Captain: Harry Taylor
- Biggin Hill Police Captain: Clive Carter
- Sophie at 13 Years: Garance Mazureck
- Sophie at 8 Years: Daisy Doidge-Hill
- Sophie at 3 Years: Lilli-Ella Kelleher
- Sophie’s Mother: Crisian Emanuel
- Mary Magdelene: Charlotte Graham
- Junkie: Xavier de Guillebon
- Bank Guard: Tonio Descanvelle
- Hawker Pilot: David Bark-Jones
- American Woman: Seretta Wilson
- Student: Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle
- Student: Dan Tondowski
- Student: Aewia Huillet
- Student: Roland John-Leopoldie
- DCPJ Agent: David Saracino
- Officer Ledoux: Lionel Guy-Bremond
- Louvre Computer Cop: Yves Aubert
- Policewoman: Rachael Black
- London Police: Dez Drummond
- London Police: Mark Roper
- American Embassy Cop: Brock Little
- Westminster Cop: Matthew Butler-Hart
- DCPJ Technician: Roland Menou
- Young Silas: Hugh Mitchell
- Silas’ Mother: Tina Maskell
- Silas’ Father: Peter Pedrero
- Pope: Sam Mancuso
- Pope: Andre Lillis
- Young Constantine: Mario Vernazza
- Ritual Priestress: Agathe Natanson
- Peasant Mother: Daz Parker
- Peasant Father: Andy Robb
- Peasant Boy: Tom Barker
- Peasant Girl: Maggie McEwan
- Priest: Michael Bertenshaw
- Priestess: Sarah Wildor
- French Newscaster: David Bertrand
- Book signing party guest (uncredited): Dan Brown
Film Crew:
- Original Music Composer: Hans Zimmer
- Producer: Brian Grazer
- Casting: John Hubbard
- Casting: Janet Hirshenson
- Supervising Sound Editor: Anthony J. Ciccolini III
- Music Supervisor: Bob Badami
- Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman
- Producer: Ron Howard
- Second Unit Director: Todd Hallowell
- Associate Producer: Kathleen McGill
- Associate Producer: Louisa Velis
- Editor: Daniel P. Hanley
- Editor: Mike Hill
- Casting Associate: Michelle Lewitt
- Production Design: Allan Cameron
- Art Direction: Tony Reading
- Art Direction: Giles Masters
- Novel: Dan Brown
- Producer: John Calley
- Camera Operator: Salvatore Totino
- Set Decoration: Richard Roberts
- Costume Design: Daniel Orlandi
- Makeup & Hair: Paul Gooch
- Unit Production Manager: Nigel Gostelow
- Unit Production Manager: Joseph Jayawardena
- Production Supervisor: Suzie F. Wiesmann
- Makeup Artist: Carmel Jackson
- Stunt Coordinator: Greg Powell
- Special Effects Technician: Adam Aldridge
- Production Sound Mixer: Ivan Sharrock
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Angus Bickerton
- Digital Colorist: Steve Bowen
- Makeup Artist: Daniel C. Striepeke
- Special Effects Supervisor: Philippe Hubin
- Camera Operator: Luc Drion
- Makeup & Hair: Veronica McAleer
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Alex Lamarque
- ADR Voice Casting: Brendan Donnison
- Camera Operator: Berto
- Stunt Coordinator: Rémy Julienne
- Dialogue Editor: Gloria D’Alessandro
- ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
- Conductor: Nick Glennie-Smith
- First Assistant Camera: Fabrice Bismuth
- Third Assistant Director: Tom Brewster
- Music Programmer: Henry Jackman
- Orchestrator: Bruce Fowler
- Clapper Loader: Susan Luciani
- Assistant Camera: Robert Palmer
- Head of Production: Martin Hobbs
- Foley Artist: Gary A. Hecker
- Associate Editor: Robert Komatsu
- Makeup Artist: Christophe Danchaud
- Focus Puller: John Conroy
- Boom Operator: Christian Bourne
- Location Manager: Alexandra Weyers
- Costume Supervisor: Dan Grace
- Assistant Costume Designer: David Crossman
- Assistant Art Director: Alex Cameron
- Visual Effects Art Director: Sue Whitaker
- Sound Effects Editor: Donald Flick
- Sculptor: Darren Fitzsimons
- Music Editor: Simon Changer
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Gary Brozenich
- CG Artist: Matt Middleton
- Foley Artist: Michael J. Broomberg
- Digital Supervisor: Angela Barson
- Dialogue Editor: Karen Spangenberg
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Stammers
- Transportation Coordinator: Peter Devlin
- Chief Lighting Technician: Perry Evans
- Script Supervisor: Annie Penn
- Script Supervisor: Louise Wade
- Visual Effects Producer: Barrie Hemsley
- Compositing Supervisor: Adam Gascoyne
- Visual Effects Producer: Glenn Allen
- Visual Effects Producer: Richard Friedlander
- Property Master: David Balfour
- Greensman: Ian Whiteford
- Assistant Art Director: Patricia Johnson
- Sound Designer: Daniel Pagan
- Visual Effects Editor: Kevin Ahern
- Music Consultant: Daniel Pinder
- Location Manager: Sam Breckman
- Helicopter Camera: Jeremy Braben
- Sound Effects Editor: Rickley W. Dumm
- Choreographer: Francesca Jaynes
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Eric J. Robertson
- Underwater Camera: Mike Valentine
- Digital Intermediate Assistant: Donnie Creighton
- Scenic Artist: James Gemmill
- Scenic Artist: Russell Oxley
- Best Boy Electric: Jean-François Drigeard
- Location Manager: Duncan Muggoch
- Location Manager: Piers Dunn
- ADR Editor: Laura Graham
- Visual Effects Producer: Shauna Bryn
- Set Costumer: Nicholas Roche-Gordon
- Unit Manager: Steve Harvey
- Publicist: Flax Glor
- Steadicam Operator: Candide Franklyn
- Camera Operator: Eric Le Roux
- Location Manager: Isabelle Gautier
- Makeup & Hair: Belinda Parish
- Hairstylist: José Martin Romero
- Makeup & Hair: Norma Webb
- Art Department Coordinator: Anna Skrein
- Property Master: Marc Pinquier
- Sculptor: Martin Smeaton
- Supervising ADR Editor: Deborah Wallach
- Dialogue Editor: Teri E. Dorman
- Foley Supervisor: Solange S. Schwalbe
- Visual Effects Producer: Ashley Clark
- Visual Effects Producer: Michelle Corney
- Visual Effects Producer: Nick Drew
- Visual Effects Producer: Steve Garrad
- Visual Effects Producer: Anna Panton
- Visual Effects Editor: Tim Pounds-Cornish
- Visual Effects Supervisor: James Madigan
- Stunt Coordinator: Dominique Julienne
- Camera Operator: Eric Catelan
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Fraser Taggart
- Still Photographer: Simon Mein
- Gaffer: Jean-Pierre Lacroix
- Gaffer: Ashley Palin
- Rigging Gaffer: Ossa Mills
- Video Assist Operator: Adrian Spanna
- Costume Supervisor: Nathalie Cercuel
- Costume Supervisor: Yvonne Zarb Cousin
- Costume Supervisor: Sarah Bates
- Transportation Coordinator: Nathalie Anselme
- Location Manager: Joseph Formosa Randon
- Location Manager: Nicolas Foulatier
- Dialect Coach: Penny Dyer
- Location Manager: Laurent Grenaud
- Unit Publicist: Claudia Kalindjian
- Location Manager: Olivier Servanin
- Production Accountant: Christine Bodelot
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Claudia Dehmel
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Natalie Stopford
- Aerial Director of Photography: James Swanson
- Steadicam Operator: Alf Tramontin
- Costume Assistant: Peter K. Christopher
- Makeup Designer: Frances Hannon
- CG Artist: Dan Mayer
- Foley Editor: Greg ten Bosch
- Construction Manager: Ray Barrett
- Makeup Effects: Clare Ramsey
- Stunt Driver: Jean-Marc Bellu
- ADR Mixer: Howard London
- Storyboard Artist: Martin Asbury
- Stunts: Gary Arthurs
- Hairdresser: Emanuel Millar
- Key Grip: John Flemming
- Sound Mixer: Jean Umansky
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Gemma James
- Location Scout: Philip Lobban
- Special Effects Supervisor: Dominic Tuohy
- Casting Assistant: Emma Callinan
- Stand In: Jason Horwood
- ADR Editor: Linda Folk
- Storyboard Artist: Rob Ballantyne
- Construction Manager: Jacky Hardouin
- Special Effects Coordinator: Kenneth Cassar
- Hairdresser: Patrice Iva
- Matchmove Supervisor: Melody Woodford
- First Assistant Accountant: Kirsten Anderson
- Camera Technician: Oliver Ward
- Score Engineer: Abhay Manusmare
- Unit Production Manager: Jean-Pierre Avice
- Painter: Keith Connolly
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Alessandro Checcacci
- Storyboard Artist: Christopher Glass
- Additional Second Assistant Camera: Luis Armando Arteaga
- Gaffer: Ricky Pattenden
- Foley Editor: Valerie Davidson
- Production Controller: Michael Goosen
- Storyboard Artist: Temple Clark
- Digital Effects Supervisor: Paul Riddle
- Aerial Coordinator: Frédéric North
- Assistant Costume Designer: Andrea Cripps
- Focus Puller: Fran Weston
- Assistant Editor: Carolyn Calvert
- Key Grip: Toby Plaskitt
- Second Assistant Director: Ben Dixon
- Dresser: Chloé Lesueur
- Projection: Jan Meade
- Second Assistant Camera: Rene Adefarasin
- Location Assistant: Duncan Broadfoot
- Gaffer: Shawn White
- Focus Puller: Simon Hume
- Standby Painter: Peter Edge
- Utility Stunts: Andy Merchant
- CG Artist: Jose Burgos
- Assistant Set Decoration: Rob Cameron
- Assistant Production Manager: Laure de Butler
- CG Artist: Jonathan Opgenhaffen
- Hairdresser: Paul Mooney
- Location Manager: Rupert Bray
- Compositing Supervisor: Scott Winston
- Dolly Grip: Ronan Murphy
- Musician: Nicholas Bucknall
- Key Grip: Stuart Godfrey
- Armorer: Alan Hausmann
- Assistant Sound Editor: Stephanie Brown
- Foley Mixer: Brian Ruberg
- Dresser: Wyatt Bartlett
- Stunt Double: Diz Sharpe
- Dolly Grip: Philip Murphy
- Key Grip: Jean-Yves Freess
- Grip: Nic Cupac
- Compositor: Dean Koonjul
- Compositor: Enrico Perei
- Property Master: John Wells
- Best Boy Grip: Derek Russell
- Loader: James Lewis
- CG Artist: Vlad Holst
- CG Artist: Uzma Khalid
- VFX Artist: James Guy
- Art Department Assistant: Annushka Russell
- Compositor: Jordan Benwick
- Camera Trainee: Andrew Jones
- Costumer: Mark Sutherland
- Compositor: Rafal Kaniewski
- Production Supervisor: Annie Baudlet
- First Assistant Director: Laurent Brégeat
- Carpenter: Nicolas Decaux
- Propmaker: Paula Eden
- Props: Martin Campbell
- Special Effects Supervisor: David Ford
- Executive Visual Effects Producer: Shauna Bryan
- Visual Effects Editor: Daphne Simone
- Electrician: Yannick Audige
- Driver: Richard Magennis
- Transportation Captain: Denis Frezet
- Transportation Co-Captain: Rhonda Edmonds Constantin
- Production Coordinator: Victoria Cadiou
- Set Production Assistant: Jaesung Oh
- Data Wrangler: Andrew Baggarley
- Focus Puller: Steve Burgess
- Construction Buyer: Jack Dyer
- VFX Director of Photography: Rick Mietkowski
- Floor Runner: Adam Byles
- Dressing Prop: Tristan Carlisle-Kitz
- Animatronics Designer: Luke Murphy
- Prosthetics Sculptor: Stephen Murphy
- Additional Third Assistant Director: Paul Bennett
- Second Second Assistant Director: Yannick Fauchier
- Second Assistant Sound: Olivier Burgaud
- Special Effects Assistant: Matthew G. Armstrong
- Additional First Assistant Camera: Sébastien Leclercq
- Best Boy Grip: Gérard Rival
- Camera Loader: Mathieu Plainfossé
- Assistant Location Manager: Elisa Touraine
- Location Production Assistant: Alexis Giraudeau
- Accountant: Jess Green
- Assistant Accountant: Carmel Cassidy
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Anji Oliver
- Assistant Unit Manager: Matthieu Vogel
- Payroll Accountant: Rita Kozma
- Production Assistant: Olivier Klein
- Production Driver: Christelle Bladinières
- Production Secretary: Christine Charrier
- Rotoscoping Artist: Julian Blom
- Special Effects Supervisor: Martin O’Neill
- CG Artist: Ferran Domenech
- Animatronics Designer: Mark Phillips
- CG Artist: Isabel Cody
- Standby Carpenter: Anthony Challenor
- CG Artist: Mark Harrison
- Dresser: Nathalie Causse
- CG Artist: Angela Cole
- CG Artist: Jarrod Linton
- CG Artist: John Roberts-Cox
- CG Artist: Rainer Stolle
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Dave Tozer
- Focus Puller: Graham Norton III
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: Each breath you take is a sin. No shadow will be safe again, for you will be hunted by angels.
The Da Vinci Code is directed by Ron Howard and adapted to screenplay by Akiva Goldsman from the novel of the same name written by Dan Brown. It stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina and Jürgen Prochnow. Music is scored by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Salvatore Totino.
When a man is murdered inside the Louvre, his body is found to be surrounded by cryptic messages. The police call in American symbology expert Robert Langdon (Hanks) to decode the clues. When he is joined by Parisian cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Tautou), it quickly becomes apparent that nothing is as it first seems and a mystery begins to unravel that could shake Christianity to its very core.
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I haven’t read the book! And I love treasure hunt/clue chasing movies! So I came to Ron Howard’s hugely successful film (over $600 million in worldwide profit) bereft of literary pressure and with only a modicum of genre expectation. Perhaps this is why I’m apparently only in a small percentage of film lovers who really enjoyed the film? In spite of those gargantuan financial figures.
Ultimately it’s very safe film making, with a director and cast guaranteeing professionalism, but it weaves a magical mystery tour full of cryptic clues, secret organisations and cover ups. Yes, there is a good deal of corn thrown in as well, which inevitably stops the adaptation from being hyper intelligent. There’s also an understanding on my part as to why many feel it’s just too talky, but was the film ever going to be unfurled as an action movie blockbuster for the popcorn munching crowd, like National Treasure et al?
It is a clever conspiracy thriller full of twists and turns with a outlandish revelation at the finale. It’s also very appropriately performed by the cast (serio brooding and fret), and when McKellen joins the fray after an hour of film it has a little class as well, while Zimmer’s score is a majestic blending of choir, strings and synths. I maintain that the film didn’t deserve the critical whacking it got, but again I say I had a blank canvas going in for my first viewing.
I wasn’t sold to it because of controversy or had a saliva tinged mouth having worshipped at the altar of Dan Brown, I expected exactly what I got. A flawed but ever so intriguing adult mystery thriller, and not even Hanks’ hair stopped me having a great time with the movie. 7/10
- Peter McGinn: Writing this review might be considered an act of vanity. Until recently I was among the very few who hadn’t seen The Da Vinci Code, or even read the book. But now I have done so — watch the movie, that is. I still have no plans to read the book. But is there anyone left out there who might benefit from a review?
Mostly I thought the movie was rather silly. Oh, I know that the book was researched about as well as your average documentary, and that the plot is intricate and suitably complex for a thriller. Like a spy thriller, it develops that the two heroes can never be sure who they can trust. In fact, the short answer seems to be “No one!” There are plenty of plot twists, reverses and surprising revelations, some nifty but others that are utterly predictable. But it lost some of its credibility for me near the beginning when the female lead drove her car at a high rate of speed in reverse in and around traffic, faster than most drivers could manage driving forward. Really?
There is a lot of action in the movie, but it lacks the exuberance and humor of a classic like Raiders of the Lost Ark. I guess religion is a serious business.