The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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The Da Vinci Code is a American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown’s 2003 best-selling novel of the same name. The first in the Robert Langdon film series, the film stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany.
In the movie, Robert Langdon, a professor of religious symbology from Harvard University, is the prime suspect in the grisly and unusual murder of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière. In the body, the police find a disconcerting cipher and start an investigation. A noted British Grail historian named Sir Leigh Teabing tells them that the actual Holy Grail is explicitly encoded in Leonardo da Vinci’s wall painting, The Last Supper. Also searching for the Grail is a secret cabal within Opus Dei, an actual prelature of the Holy See, who wish to keep the true Grail a secret to prevent the destruction of Christianity.
Jacques Saunière, a Louvre curator, is pursued through the Grand Gallery by an albino Catholic monk named Silas, who demands the location of the Priory’s “keystone” to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Saunière gives him a false lead and is murdered. The police find his body posed like Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. Police captain Bezu Fache has his lieutenant, Jérôme Collet, summon American symbologist Robert Langdon, who is in Paris for a lecture on the interpretation of symbols, to examine Saunière’s body.
Langdon is shown the body and a secret message, readable only by blacklight. It contains an out-of-order Fibonacci sequence. Sophie Neveu, a police cryptographer and Saunière’s granddaughter, tells Langdon that Fache planted a tracker on him after finding the words, “P.S. Find Robert Langdon” at the end of Saunière’s secret message. Fache believes Langdon murdered Saunière. Sophie throws away the tracker, distracting the police while they sneak around the Louvre, finding more clues in Leonardo da Vinci’s works. Langdon deduces that Saunière was the grand master of the Priory of Sion.
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Dan Brown (novel)
Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany
Cast:
| Tom Hanks | … | Robert Langdon |
| Audrey Tautou | … | Sophie Neveu |
| Ian McKellen | … | Sir Leigh Teabing |
| Jean Reno | … | Captain Bezu Fache |
| Paul Bettany | … | Silas |
| Alfred Molina | … | Bishop Manuel Aringarosa |
| Jürgen Prochnow | … | Andre Vernet |
| Jean-Yves Berteloot | … | Remy Jean |
| Etienne Chicot | … | Lt. Collet |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | … | Jacques Saunière |
| Marie-Françoise Audollent | … | Sister Sandrine |
| Rita Davies | … | Elegant Woman at Rosslyn |
| Francesco Carnelutti | … | Prefect |
| Seth Gabel | … | Michael |
| Shane Zaza | … | Youth on Bus |
| Andy Clark | … | Docent (as Andrew Clark) |
| Fausto Maria Sciarappa | … | Youngest Church Official |
| Joe Grossi | … | Old Church Official |
| Denis Podalydès | … | Flight Controller (as Denis Podalydes) |
| Harry Taylor | … | British Police Captain |
| Clive Carter | … | Biggin Hill Police Captain |
| Garance Mazureck | … | Sophie at 13 Years |
| Daisy Doidge-Hill | … | Sophie at 8 Years |
| Lilli Ella Kelleher | … | Sophie at 3 Years (as Lilli-Ella Kelleher) |
| Crisian Emanuel | … | Sophie’s Mother |
| Charlotte Graham | … | Mary Magdalene |
| Xavier de Guillebon | … | Junkie |
| Tonio Descanvelle | … | Bank Guard |
| David Bark-Jones | … | Hawker Pilot |
| Seretta Wilson | … | American Woman (as Serretta Wilson) |
| Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle | … | Student (as Eglantine Rembauville) |
| Dan Tondowski | … | Student |
| Aewia Huillet | … | Student |
| Roland John-Leopoldie | … | Student |
| David Saracino | … | DCPJ Agent |
| Lionel Guy-Bremond | … | Officer Ledoux |
| Yves Aubert | … | Louvre Computer Cop |
| Rachael Black | … | Policewoman |
| Dez Drummond | … | London Police |
| Mark Roper | … | London Police |
| Brock Little | … | American Embassy Cop |
| Matthew Butler-Hart | … | Westminster Cop (as Matthew Butler) |
| Roland Menou | … | DCPJ Technician |
| Hugh Mitchell | … | Young Silas |
| Tina Maskell | … | Silas’ Mother |
| Peter Pedrero | … | Silas’ Father |
| Sam Mancuso | … | Pope |
| Andre Lillis | … | Pope |
| Mario Vernazza | … | Young Constantine |
| Agathe Natanson | … | Ritual Priestess |
| Daz Parker | … | Peasant Mother |
| Andy Robb | … | Peasant Father |
| Tom Barker | … | Peasant Boy |
| Maggie McEwan | … | Peasant Girl |
| Michael Bertenshaw | … | Priest |
| Sarah Wildor | … | Priestess |
| David Bertrand | … | French Newscaster |
| Paul Adams | … | Grail Knight (uncredited) |
| Lasco Atkins | … | Museum Guard (uncredited) |
| Didier Dell Benjamin | … | Student (uncredited) |
| Stefana Brancastle | … | Muse of Hades (uncredited) |
| Liliane Briand | … | Driver (uncredited) |
| Dan Brown | … | Book signing party guest (uncredited) |
| Steven J. Bull | … | Student (uncredited) |
| Anna Cachia | … | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Paul Casson-Yardley | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Rene Costa | … | Man in a Black Suit on Bus (uncredited) |
| Scott Davidson | … | French Detective (uncredited) |
| Laine Edwards | … | French Prostitute (uncredited) |
| Christopher Fosh | … | Armed Responce Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Sean Francis George | … | Scribe (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Graham | … | Mary Magdalene (uncredited) |
| Kas Graham | … | Crusader (uncredited) |
| Paul Hann | … | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Martin Heathcote | … | Arresting Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Paul Herbert | … | Sophie’s Father (uncredited) |
| Helen Holman | … | Roman Aristocrat (uncredited) |
| Cheryl Howard | … | Person at Book-Signing Lecture (uncredited) |
| Arnaud Klein | … | French Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Dhafer L’Abidine | … | PTS Agent (uncredited) |
| Simon Lockwood | … | Drug Addict (uncredited) |
| Mirah Lucas | … | Student (uncredited) |
| Rob McGillivray | … | Grail Knight (uncredited) |
| Arnold Montey | … | Armed Responce Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Andy Orr | … | Vatican Guard / Pagan (uncredited) |
| Drew P. | … | Roman Centurion Pagan Warrior American Student (uncredited) |
| Lynn Picknett | … | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Clive Prince | … | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Norman Campbell Rees | … | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Charlie Rose | … | Book signing party guest (uncredited) |
| Paul Sacks | … | Uniform Police Officer Outside Cathedral (uncredited) |
| Robert Stone | … | Priory Of Sion (uncredited) |
| Brian Teles | … | Forensic Technician (uncredited) |
| Adam Ross Thompson | … | Harvard Student (uncredited) |
| Darren Travers | … | Crusader (uncredited) |
| Chris Wilson | … | Newton Funeral Guest (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia