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| Silas: Each breath you take is a sin. No shadow will be safe again, for you will be hunted by angels. |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: If it's that important to stop us, you'll have to shoot us. [Points to Remy] Sir Leigh Teabing: You can start with him. |
| Robert Langdon: So dark the con of man... |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: It is called scotoma. The mind sees what it wants to see. |
| Robert Langdon: There was every orb conceivable on that tomb, except one. The orb which fell from the heavens, and inspired Newtons life's work, work that incurred the wrath of the church. Until his dying day. A P P L E - Apple. |
| Sophie Neveu: We are who we protect, I think. |
| [last lines] Robert Langdon: She rests beneath starry skies at last. |
| Silas: [to Sophie] Do not move, woman. [to Teabing] Silas: Cripple, put the box on the table. Sir Leigh Teabing: What, this trifle? Perhaps we can make a financial arrangement. Silas: Put the keystone on the table. Sir Leigh Teabing: You will not succeed. Only the worthy can unlock the stone. [Silas turns gun on Teabing, pulls hammer back] |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: Robert! Do I owe you money? Robert Langdon: Leigh, my friend. Care to open up for an old colleauge Sir Leigh Teabing: Of course. [Robert goes to shut the door] Sir Leigh Teabing: But first, a test of honor. Three questions Robert Langdon: [Somewhat annoyed] Fire away! Sir Leigh Teabing: First, shall I serve coffee or tea? Robert Langdon: Tea, of course. Sir Leigh Teabing: Correct. Next question, Milk or Lemon? Robert Langdon: That would depend on the tea now. Sir Leigh Teabing: Correct! Now the kast and most grave of inquiries. In which year did a Harvard honor student outrow an Oxford student at Henley? Robert Langdon: [Reluctantly] Surely such a travesty has never occurred. |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: The more penises you have, the higher your rank. |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: And this is from the gospel of Mary Magdalene herself. Sophie Neveu: She wrote a gospel? Robert Langdon: She may have. Sir Leigh Teabing: Robert, will you fight fair? Robert Langdon: She *may* have. |
| Bishop Aringarosa: [to Silas] We have been betrayed, my son. |
| Robert Langdon: The ancient male symbol was the blade, it's a basic phallus. It's still used today on military uniforms. Sir Leigh Teabing: Yes, and the more penises you have, the higher your rank. Boys will be boys! |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: [over intercom] Robert! Do I owe you money? |
| Silas: Stop now. [removes hood] Silas: You and your brethren possess what is not rightfully yours'. Jacques Sauni?re: I don't know what you are talking about. Silas: Is it a secret you will die for? Jacques Sauni?re: Please... Silas: As you wish. [cocks gun] |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in his name. |
| Sir Leigh Teabing: Did that old cannabis charge finally catch up with me? |
| Sophie Neveu: [rips the tape off Silas's mouth] Did you kill Jacques Sauniere? [no answer] Sophie Neveu: Did you kill Jacques Sauniere? Silas: I am the messenger of God. Sophie Neveu: [slaps him across the face] Did you kill my grandfather? Silas: I am the messenger - [Sophie slaps him again] Silas: Each breath you take is a sin. No shadow will be safe again, for you will be hunted by angels. Sophie Neveu: You believe in God? Your God doesn't forgive murderers... he burns them. |
| Robert Langdon: What really matters is what you believe. |
| Robert Langdon: [during a very bumpy ride in a jeep] Jesus! Sir Leigh Teabing: Apropos. |
| Robert Langdon: The Holy Grail 'neath ancient Rosslyn waits / The blade and chalice watch o'er her gates / Adorned by masters loving art she lies / As she rests beneath the starry skies. |
| Sophie Neveu: We are what we protect, what we stand up for |
| Sophie Neveu: It's a cryptex. Da Vinci's design. Sauniere made me one for my birthday once. Robert Langdon: My grandfather got me a wagon. |
| Bishop Aringarosa: [to Silas] You are an angel! |
| Sister Sandrine: [Her last lines to Silas] Jesus had but one true message, and I cannot see that in Opus Dei. [He kills her with the "keystone"] |
| Robert Langdon: I've got to get to a library... Fast! |
| Robert Langdon: It's an old wives' tale. Sir Leigh Teabing: The original one, in fact! |
| [dying] Silas: Soy phantasma! |
| Sophie Neveu: Professor Langdon, you are in grave danger. |
| Robert Langdon: Why is it divine or human? Can't human be divine? |
| Robert Langdon: You are the secret. |
| Sister Sandrine: Job 38: 11. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. |
| [repeated line] Silas: I am a ghost. |
| Sophie Neveu: Hey! Robert Langdon: [turns around] Sophie Neveu: [after learning that she is the heir, puts foot into a small lake to see if she could walk on water] Maybe I'll do Better with the Wine... |
| Remy Jean: I could run them over. |
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Description Dan Brown's international bestseller comes alive in the film The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard with a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman. Join symbologist Robert Langdon (Academy Award® Winner Tom Hanks, 1993 Best Actor, Philadelphia, and 1994 Best Actor, Forrest Gump) and cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) in their heart-racing quest to solve a bizarre murder mystery that will take them from France to England - and behind the veil of a mysterious ancient society, where they discover a secret protected since the time of Christ. With first-rate performances by Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina and Jean Reno, critics are calling The Da Vinci Code "involving" and "intriguing," "a first rate thriller." Amazon.com 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
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
Stills from The Da Vinci Code (click for larger image)
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