| | Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Mystery Videos, Gift Set, Conspiracies, Paris, France, Jesus Christ | | Starring | Tom Hanks, Alfred Molina, Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou, Jurgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany | | Director | Ron Howard | | Composer | Hans Zimmer | | Costume Designer | Daniel Orlandi | | Director of Photography | Salvatore Totino | | Editor | Dan Hanley | | Executive Producer | Todd Hallowell, Dan Brown | | Producer | Brian Grazer, John Calley | | Production Designer | Allan Cameron | | Screenwriter | Akiva Goldsman | | Source Writer | Dan Brown |
Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Special Edition 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. Theatrical Release: May 19, 2006 Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "THE DA VINCE CODE is an enjoyable, often tense and thought-provoking thriller....Tautou, Bettany, Reno and McKellen are pitch perfect in their roles..."-- Natalie Braine, Ultimate DVD "To Howard and Co.'s credit, the film hews pretty closely to Brown's thriller." -- Grade: B--- Jeff Labrecque, Entertainment Weekly "THE DA VINCI CODE is, above all, a murder mystery. And as such, once it gets going, Ron Howard's movie has its pleasures."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "Howard unfolds a lurid saga of sinister sects, double-crosses and self flagellating zealots, set in a murky world that is always one part nightmare."
-- Neil Smith, Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Howard is served well by his actors....Audrey Tautou shows she's more than just an ingenue as the policewoman…"
-- Richard Mowe, Box Office Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set | List Price | $80.95 (You save $13.10) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  75657  | | CD Universe Part number | 7285137 | | Catalog number | 16315 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Nov 14, 2006 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content. | | Also Known As | Da Vinci Code | | Running Time | 149 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Special Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Special Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled; 2-Disc Giftset with Cryptex & Langdon Journal |
Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set Video Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Exellecnt Movie
I feel this movie throws out a lot of good ideas. believe in what you want but this move does put a lot of questions out in the open. I always believed there was something wrong with the way religion is going. Watch this movie with a very OPEN MIND and enjoy.
Submitted by styme779 (Mannsville, NY)
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 Since when...??
Since when did everyone believe a FICTIONAL story? Take it for what it is, and enjoy it for entertainment value. i commend tom hanks, and ron howard for their work on the movie, however, the book is by far better...
Submitted by wyzmen.jules (Columbus, OH GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Damn Good!!!!!!!!!!
I've read the book a year ago and this movie hits on all details and more.
Submitted by berknato1 (Gulfport, MS, USA) 
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This review is for a different format. Entertaining load of bull!
Blasphemy, Naked Albinos, Tom Hank's horible hair..this movie is good till about the second half when you learn what the D.C is really about. but after that its really a chore to finish the movie so whats the point of starting it in the first place?
Submitted by unknownmaster609 (Atlanta, Ga)
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This review is for a different format.  THIS MOVIE STINKS!
Not only is it FULL of alot of inaccuracies ( just like the boring over-rated novel)but it is very dullto watch. I would recommend this if you need something to put you to sleep!
Submitted by POWERGIRL (Pittsburgh PA)
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Da Vinci Code - Special Edition Gift Set DVD Keep Case
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Featurettes -
1. First Day on the Set with Ron Howard
2. A Discussion with Dan Brown
3. A Portrait of Langdon
4. Who is Sophie Neveu?
5. Unusual Suspects
6. Magical Places
7. Close-up on Mona Lisa
8. The Filmmaking Experience Parts 1 & 2
9. The Codes of the Da Vinci Code
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