The Da Vinci Code

Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, et al.

Product Description

The murder of the Louvre's chief curator puts his granddaughter, cryptographer Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), and symbols expert Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) on the trail of an ancient, mysterious society founded during the time of Christ. As the two unravel coded messages left for them at the scene -- including a treasure map that leads to the Holy Grail itself -- they find themselves entangled in a mystery that takes them from France to England, searching for clues in the very history of Western civilization.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396161238
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Ron Howard
• Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Jurgen Prochnow, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Clive Carter
• Runtime: 2 hours, 29 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Blu-ray; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Symbols are a language that can help us understand the past.

Little did Robert Langdon know that he would be defining his quest when he stated: "Understanding the past determines our ability to understand the present. So how do we sift truth from belief? ... How do we penetrate years, centuries of historical distortion to find original truth? Tonight, this will be our quest." Jacques Saunière (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is killed for a secret. He leaves a mysterious message for Dr. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks). Langdon and Saunière's granddaughter Sophie (Audrey Tautou) becomes partners in a hunt for the Holy Grail. But time is running out for them as they are being hunted down by Captain Bezu Fache (Jean Reno) for murder. Whom can they turn to for help? Maybe Sir Leigh Teabing (Brilliantly played by Ian McKellen) This film relies heavily on the viewer reading the book before viewing it. Sometimes they go out of their way to follow the story. At other times, we get a Ron Howard interpretation of Dr. Robert Langdon and his amazingly distracting hairstyle. Other than that, it is better than not having a movie at all. And as with all formula stories, it is always the last person you would suspect. The extra features can get a little boring as they keep repeating the same thing over and over in sound-bite form. They keep talking about people who never made it on the film, but never say who these people are or show their tryouts. This is the beginning of a series of films based on the series of books by Dan Brown.