The Da Vinci Code (2006) (SPOILERS possible - but use spoiler space)

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Da Vinci Code Hits Worldwide May 19, 2006

Source: Columbia Pictures November 30, 2004

Columbia Pictures has confirmed that Tom Hanks has been cast in the lead role of the famed symbologist Robert Langdon in the studio's upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code, it was announced today by Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Chairman Amy Pascal and the film's producers Brian Grazer and John Calley. The studio also announced that it has slated May 19, 2006 as the worldwide day and date release for the highly anticipated film.

The Da Vinci Code will be directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, both of whom, along with Grazer, took home Oscars for the drama A Beautiful Mind. Production will begin next year in the United States and Europe.

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 NY Times Bestseller list. Over 20 million copies of the novel are in print worldwide and the book has been translated into 42 different languages.

"Tom Hanks is one of the biggest stars in the world today," said Calley, "He has all the intelligence, wry sophistication, everyman charm and talent required to bring this role to life and it's hard to imagine a more perfect fit for the character of Robert Langdon, who Dan Brown created with such compelling care in his bestseller, 'The Da Vinci Code'."

"When John Calley and Amy Pascal gave us the opportunity to team with them on 'The Da Vinci Code', Ron and I knew it was the chance of a lifetime," said Grazer.

"The potential that exists through this collaboration of material and talent is extraordinary. Having source material as rich and popular as Dan Brown's novel, a screenwriter with Akiva's talent and a star of the magnitude of Tom Hanks is an embarrassment of riches. We couldn't be more happy to be working alongside Columbia on this project," said Howard.

"'The Da Vinci Code' is the cornerstone of our 2006 slate," said Pascal. "On those rare occasions when you are lucky enough to acquire such a coveted property, job one is to be as faithful as possible to the book and respectful of the fans who love it worldwide. With the enormous talents of Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman, John Calley and Brian Grazer, we feel we could not be in better or more capable hands as we bring this international literary phenomenon to the screen."

At Columbia, The Da Vinci Code will be overseen by Matt Tolmach, Co-President of Production for Columbia Pictures and Andrea Giannetti, Executive Vice President of Production. At Imagine, the project will be overseen by Karen Kehela Sherwood, Co-Chairman of Imagine Entertainment.

The Da Vinci Code will mark Hanks third collaboration with Howard and Grazer, having previously starred for Howard in the space drama Apollo 13 and in his star-making role in the comedy Splash.

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i finished reading the book last week...talk about brilliance. :sigh:

i can't wait to see it on movie...though i know it will be controversial to some others :rolleyes:
 
I was soooo relived :lol: it would be just disgusting for me to see .. and that way it wasn't at least forced the way it was in the book.. at least for me


you're very welcome, when I was watching it I was like: hey it wasn't that way! I read the book a long time ago, but this thng I was sure about :lol:


Actually I really liked it in the book, cause it was like really finding the family and all and here.. it was just strange, kinda sad :lol:

but one thing i LOVE about this movie and it's actually more about the technique, but I just love the way they made the memories and the flashbacks, with that silver camera-filter like in LOTR, and the whole analizing thing was really well done
 
Just cameback from this. The movie was very very good. :nod: I liked it a lot. Paul Bettany was FANTASTIC! He had me..... He just popped out of the screen.



I said this in FF years ago in the Books forum but Dan Brown's novels work because of interesting subject matter but as a writer I'd give him a C at best. He's not a sharp novelist or the subtle writer, he's no Hemingway for sure.

Some parts of the book have very choppy editing and it kills the mood he's barely created. He can't do beautiful literature. He's a non fiction writer doing half fiction. ;)

But what he does well, he does really well.
 
I didn't notice the watch :pout:

I didn't think it was overdone.
in fact it totally went over my head till he mentioned it at the end :lol:
 
I know Julie Delpy from Before Sunrise/Sunset and I loved her character!!! I didn't like her in E.R though. But I think she would be ok as Sophie..

I dont know who Audrey Tatau is :look:
 
i like tom hanks, but i really dont see him as Langdon- he doesnt seem serious enough for me..

I havent seen Clive Owen in any movie- my sister loves him though- he has more of the look that i imagine Langdon to be..

I dont think Hanks will ruin the movie per se, but i dont think he fits the role that well...
 
I think the book helped me because I didn't find it hard to follow personally. Maybe already having the backround info helped out. It would make sense.
 
the biggest problem with Dan Brown's books is that they have always the same suspend and "bad guy" scenarios .. it's a pattern that never changes... he does know how to hook up the reader at some point which I like, just at the end it's like.. "yeah, well.. and?"
I still haven't seen the mvie :lol: I somehow can't make myself to go to the cinema.
I still wish they would make Angels and Damons first if ever and .. I still can't get over Tom Hanks :lol: why? why?
 
whoever said dennis quaid! i never thought of him before, but he's great playing academics.
julie delphy i think would be good as sophie.
i don't really care though, i think the movie will suck. the book is highly overrated, if christianity wasn't so big, no way would this book have become a best seller, i thought, hey this book has been number one for months i'd better read it it must be good.
my god it was disappointing, the best bits were the big exposition pieces, which were the basis for the book's popularity, not the writing or plot i think, but i don't a hollywood film will have long conversation pieces in it.
 
I love the movie one off the bedst I have never seen but harry potter and the goblet off fire are nr one hehe.

But da vinci code are so good but heart to folow with the things are going soo fast.
 
I watched the film yesterday. I think it did justice to the book, in a sense that it has more of a bookish concept than a Hollywood entertainment.

Non readers might get confused and lost at some point, too. SO I highly suggest that before you watch the film, read the book. The movie is fast paced, but it left out some important stuff that need to be told.

Like:
1. Remy's surveillance at Teabing's house. So how did Bezu understand that it wasn't Langdon who killed Sauniere? It wasn't explained much in the movie.
2. Isn't there a first and second keystone? First one has SOFIA as the combination?
3. Silas' downfall doesn't do him justice. He's supposed to bring Aringarosa at St. Mary's Hospital. It should've been more dramatic.
4. So how did Aringarosa knew he was set up? There's more to it than showing him already in London.
These are some stuff I think lacking in the movie.

I didn't like Tom Hanks as Langdon. I knew it. He would just not reach my expectations of Lagdon. He just literally, stood there and watch as Sophie and Teabing figure things out. Yeah, he did some explaining, thinking. But I saw Tom Hanks not Langdon. I didn't see Langdon in him. I didn't like the way he acted Langdon, too. He can almost pass for a dull character.

What stood out in the movie was Paul Bettany as Silas. He's superb on it. Although, Paul is much sexier than what was describe as Silas on the book. I had imagined Silas like what he'd done. Silas' fanaticism was clearly shown in Paul's eyes. He's wonderful.

Ian was also great. Although, at some point, I heard Gandalf talking. Alfred Molina (Bishap Aringarosa) also did justice to his role. I just wish there were more scene of him and Silas.

Audrey was okay, I guess. She did good. She doesn't have a chemistry though with Tom. Most of the time, I see her as Tom's daughter. :lol: And Langdon and Sophie supposedly had a 'connection' at the end of the book.

Ah, all in all, I liked the movie, but I find the book more interesting.
 
i've read the book and i'm excited to see the movie, i'm going to try and go to the earliest showing and get there early to make sure i can get my ticket and a good seat.
 
I'm not sure really if it's for dramatic effect. I don't think so. It'll be mroe dramatic if they stick with what the book had said. I don't think there's a sequel, too.
 
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