The Da Vinci Code (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Latin (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 149 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD14834D
UPC: 043396148345
EAN: 0043396148345
ASIN: B00005JOC9
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 2006
Release Date: November 14, 2006
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Critics and controversy aside, The Da Vinci Code is a verifiable blockbuster. Combine the film's huge worldwide box-office take with over 100 million copies of Dan Brown's book sold, and The Da Vinci Code has clearly made the leap from pop-culture hit to a certifiable franchise. The leap for any story making the move from book to big screen, however, is always more perilous. In the case of The Da Vinci Code, the plot is concocted of such a preposterous formula of elements that you wouldn't envy screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, the man tasked with making this story filmable. The script follows Dan Brown's book as closely as possible while incorporating a few needed changes, including a better ending. And if you're like most of the world, by now you've read the book and know how it goes: while lecturing in Paris, noted Harvard Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by French police to help decipher a bizarre series of clues left at the scene of the murder of the chief curator. Enter Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), gifted cryptologist. Neveu and Langdon team up to solve the mystery, and from there the story is propelled across Europe, ballooning into a modern-day mini-quest for the Holy Grail, where secret societies are discovered, codes are broken, and murderous albino monks are thwarted… oh, and alternative theories about the life of Christ and the beginnings of Christianity are presented too, of course. It's not the typical formula for a stock Hollywood thriller. In fact, taken solely as a mystery, the movie almost works--despite some gaping holes--mostly just because it keeps moving. Brown's greatest trick was to have the entire story take place in one day, so the action is forced to keep moving, despite some necessary pauses for exposition. As a screen couple, Hanks and Tautou are just fine together but not exactly memorable; meanwhile Sir Ian McKellen's scenery-chewing as pivotal character Sir Leigh Teabing is just what the film needed to keep it from taking itself too seriously. The whole thing is like a good roller-coaster ride: try not to think too much about it--just sit back and enjoy the trip. --Daniel Vancini 
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The DVD extras on a film as popular as The Da Vinci Code should be plentiful, and this version doesn't skimp. With over 90 minutes of special features, including ten behind-the-scenes featurettes, there's a lot here to explore beyond the film itself. The question is, is there anything new here that we haven't heard before, in all the hype, pseudo-documentaries, and controversy surrounding the movie, to make it worthwhile? For most viewers, the answer will be "yes." Essentially, if you like the movie, if you enjoyed the book, you will get a lot out of them. Just as the movie is intended to make the book come to life, the DVD extras should make the film come to life by pointing the audience into the world of the filmmakers, connecting the dots between print and film, and for the most part they do just that. The extras here range from the typical look behind-the-scenes to more in-depth features on the supporting characters, the locations, and the Mona Lisa herself. "First Day on the Set with Ron Howard" features the director gushing about the opportunity to film in the Louvre and work with Tom Hanks again (the two worked together before on Splash and Apollo 13). It's a short piece that doesn't reveal much beyond making an attempt to share Howard's excitement (with the "Gee, I really loved working with him/her on this project" that you hear in every such featurette), but viewers might enjoy seeing how the stage was set up in the famous museum, down to the spike tape on the floor showing actors where to hit their marks. The Filmmaking Experience, Parts 1 and 2 further explores the creative and technical aspects of the filmmaking process. A Conversation with Dan Brown starts out feeling like a puff-piece (the man who wrote this book got started at age 5 with a story called The Giraffe, The Pig, and the Pants on Fire. "It was a thriller," he says.) and unfortunately it doesn't go very deep into much of anything of interest. But on the other hand, this isn't 60 Minutes here; it's intended to give viewers a better sense of the man behind the franchise, which it does. Much of the footage from this interview is sprinkled throughout some of the other featurettes. Meanwhile, the character behind the franchise, Robert Langdon, is examined in his own featurette, as is Sophie Neveu. The cool thing here is getting under the skin of the actors to see how they approached the characters, knowing that most of the movie-going public already has formed their own ideas about the characters from the book. The most interesting extras are the featurettes that focus on the history behind the mystery. Or is it the mystery behind the history? Either way, the first one on the Mona Lisa, and the second featurette on the many codes and symbols that are hidden throughout the movie balance out the remainder of the extras nicely by demonstrating the sense of intrigue, mystery, and game-playing adventure that made The Da Vinci Code so popular in the first place. --Daniel Vancini Beyond The Da Vinci Code 
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A murder inside the louvre and clues in da vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of christianity. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/23/2008 Starring: Tom Hanks Ian Mckellan Run time: 149 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Ron Howard
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 The Da Vinci Code February 8, 2010
D. Johnson (New Mexico)
The Da Vinci Code (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) Im a Tom Hanks fan so this will probably be typical. An excellent movie with lots of action and a good plot. I liked it, and would recomend it.
Bonnie February 6, 2010
Bonnie Wilmoth (Florida)
Really enjoyed this series of stories about Robert Langdon. I really wanted to own this so I could watch it again especially in Blue Ray version.
Great Movie January 21, 2010
mother of two
This movie was fantastic. I had already read the book but seeing it in action is totally different. The fascinating thing, however, was the second disc that came with the movie. You see there how the movie and sets were produced and hear interviews with the author, Dan Brown, the actors, and the director. I don't think anyone realizes what time and energy it takes to put a movie like this together. Very well done!
Tom and Ron do it again! Extended Blu-Ray Edition review. January 17, 2010
A. Scultore (NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you don't know about the DaVinci code...then you are an ALIEN and must report to AREA 51 immediately. The book was amazing and the film is a wonderful companion piece. A must see and own.
NOW FOR MY BLU-RAY THOUGHTS: The extended addition has more character development scenes that certainly enhance the viewing experience but would not be lost if never included. However, the fact of the matter is that with the improved picture and sound the extended version is a must upgrade! FINAL VERDICT: UPGRADE WORTHY!
 Insulting lack of reality January 16, 2010
Dougie Quick (USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Insulting due to lack of realism (aside from being so vile!)
Well like the stupid brass gismo that supposedly can't be opened with out "dissolving the parchment with vinegar" if one forced it open without the true letter combination. Now these guys are supposed to be ultra brainiacs and it does not INSTANTLY occur to such brilliant minds (as it would anyone with a brain in real life) that ALL they have to do is to stick the dumb thing in the freezer for a while, maybe prep it with baking soda or better first just in case the glass breaks before freezing (I'm not so brilliant after all I'd have to look up such things first), and then once frozen perhaps simply cut or grind through one end until the spindle is broken and/or cut horizontally across letter wheels 180 degrees apart just deep enough that they should come apart revealing the structure and points needing to be cut. Why on earth if there were something so valuable inside would anyone even consider risking a wrong answer to open it with? DUHHHH!
And that is one of umpteen other insults beginning with that first night in a museum full of priceless art a facility with diddly squat for security! Like I love the big theft deterrent you pull the painting off the wall and a nice little cord and connector unplugs and lets the gate drop ... WOW! fool proof! No one could shove something under where the gate drops! Some moron's Hollywood idea (or the book's author?) of convincing an audience of high tech security? How about a bathroom window you can just snatch a 50 million dollar painting off the wall and run into the john and repel down to the getaway vehicle. I'm sorry but I can only stand so much before it is just RUINED for me! It was already ruined even before I realized just how VILE the whole premise was for the movie! And I don't even mean the wacky theory that the Lord Jesus Christ was married and had children, rather I mean the theory promoted that the Bible itself is just a bunch of books that early sect leaders got together and voted into what constitutes Scripture! THAT is Vile AND ridiculous! Ridiculous even to an unbeliever with common sense. Can you even imagine a huge bunch of wildly different sects EVER agreeing on such a thing? The Bible itself is a miracle in that regard, God assembled it and protected it book by book first through His people Israel and then after disposing of Israel through the church age. (Yes He did miraculously reassemble Israel in 1948 to fulfill a prophetic sign that we are right near the end Jesus said when Ye shall see the fig tree in leaf ye shall know ...it's at the very gates" Other passages make clear that Israel IS the fig tree! I think Judgment Day is right around the corner, in fact May 21, 2011 to be exact. Don't mock! Rather do as those in Berea did when told something hard to easily accept (That Christ had come) Acts 17:11 tells that these "were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." That is the mark of a believer, to not accept ANYTHING from any man or any church except the thing harmonize with all of Scripture! Romans 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
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