The Da Vinci Code (Two-Disc Extended Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Tom HanksDirector: Ron Howard
Brand: HANKS,TOM
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Latin (Original Language); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 174 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-04-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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- Condition: New
- Format: Blu-ray
- AC-3; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; Subtitled; Widescreen
Blu-ray Reviews of The Da Vinci Code (Two-Disc Extended Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: Blu-ray: The 2-Disc Extended Cut definitely makes a difference! This Blu-ray disc is jam packed with special features!
Summary: 4 Stars
When Dan Brown's novel "THE DA VINCI CODE" was released back in 2003, the novel received plenty of criticism and scrutiny. As the book would focus on "The Holy Grail" and the theory that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and the Catholic Church has done all it can to cover that up. Then upon the release of the film version based on the novel in 2006, the Roman Catholic Church and Catholics boycotted the film.
If anything, the hype from the film earned the film $232.1 million worldwide during its opening, making it the seventh biggest opening for a film in history and also the second highest grossing movie in 2006 worldwide with over $758 million in profit making it the most financially successful film for both actor Tom Hanks and Director Ron Howard.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"THE DA VINCI CODE" on Blu-ray ala 1080p High Definition features a beautiful location shots in France and England and to shoot a film at the actual Museum de Louvre was surprising and very cool (and to learn how everything was recreated to scale and describe further in the special features). There are really beautiful shots of the various locations throughout Europe and captured beautifully by Salvatore Totino. Totino's insistence of using a Long Cooke S4 lens for diffusion filtering gave certain shots a nice, dark and brooding feel at times. But during the outdoor scenes, the shots are absolutely beautiful. Totino who made his major Hollywood debut with "Any Given Sunday" and working on films such as "The Missing" and "Cinderella Man" has been Ron Howard's go to man for cinematography. Overall, well-done!
The audio is also quite immersive and dialogue is crystal clear. Primarily the film focuses on dialogue but once the action scenes start, as does Hans Zimmer's beautiful score. You get good usage of all channels on your home theater through the Dolby True HD 5.1 soundtrack (English and French). And its important to note that the film is not an action film but there are a good number of gunshots and chase scenes. But what shines is Zimmer's Academy Award nominated score which sets the actual mood of the scene.
Overall, "The Da Vinci Code: Extended Cut" looks and sounds awesome via High Definition.
As for subtitles, English, English SDH and French are included.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"The Da Vinci Code: Extended Cut" is loaded with special features on two-discs. Some featured in HD and others in standard definition. Included are:
Disc 1:
# CineChat - Via BD Live, people can chat with other people watching the film or create your own chat room.
# Select Scenes Commentary with Director Ron Howard - Over 27 scenes that feature commentary by Director Ron Howard. Because this is the extended version of the film, Ron Howard also goes into detail of the additional/extended scenes.
# Unlocking the Code Interactive Picture-in-Picture (I-PIP) - There were many hidden codes placed throughout the film. Included is a Picture-in-Picture interactive display for those who want to watch the film and learn about the codes.
# Angels & Demons - Featuring an intro by Director Ron Howard on the upcoming film "Angels & Demons" (a Robert Langdon story that takes place before "The Da Vinci Code"). Intro is about 1:05 and the "Angels & Demons" scene is about 7:26.
DISC 2:
# First Day on the Set with Ron Howard - (2:13) Director Ron Howard talks briefly about bringing Dan Brown's novel to life.
# A Discussion With Dan Brown - (4:51) Author Dan Brown talks about being a writer, working on the "Da Vinci Code" and working on a new Robert Langdon book.
# A Portrait of Langdon - (7:18) Dan Brown, Ron Howard and various producers talk about the Robert Langdon character and Tom Hanks playing the character.
# Who is Sophie Neveu? - (6:57) Ron Howard talks about Audrey Tautou playing the role of Sophie. Jane Jenkins, Casting Director talks about how Ron Howard didn't feel that she was right for the role until he saw an interview on the Charlie Rose show and Director Ron Howard talked about how he learned not to judge a person by a film and how Tautou was the best person for the job. Audrey talks about her casting experience.
# Unusual Suspects - (17:57) Director Ron Howard, Jane Jenkins (Casting Director) talks about the casting of the various characters such as Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing, Jean Reno as Captain Bezu Fache, Paul Bettany as Silas and Alfred Molina as Bishop Manue Aringarosa. Interview with these cast members.
# Magical Places - (15:58) Shooting in Paris, London and throughout Europe to produce various magical settings.
# Close-up on Mona Lisa - (6:33) Tom Hanks, Ian McKellan, Ron Howard, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno and more talk about their first impressions when they saw the actual Mona Lisa painting. Also, how the painting was created and her eyes follows you at every angle.
# The Filmmakers' Journey Part 1 - (24:40) This featurette goes into location scouting, the look of Robert Langdon feat. an interview with Daniel Orlandi (Costume Designer), Behind-the-Scenes filming and creating the body cast of Sauniere.
# The Filmmakers' Journey Part 2 - (12:20) This featurette goes into the cinematography of Salvatore Totino, Interviews with Totino and finding the environment and the goal to bring Dan Brown's film to life. Dan Brown wants the film to provoke intellectual discussions.
# The Codes of The Da Vinci Code - (5:31) Director Ron Howard and Dan Brown talk about the various codes planted throughout the film. The featurette showcases some of them.
# The Music of The Da Vinci Code - (2:53) Featuring Director Ron Howard and Composer Hans Zimmer and bringing the characters and story to life.
# Book to Screen - (11:06) - Dan Brown originally wanted to wait for his trilogy before a film was done and also how producer Brian Grazer wanted to get the rights to the film but John Calley, a producer at Sony got it first. But interesting enough, Director Ron Howard and Grazer were brought aboard the film. Also, how Ron didn't know much about the book until his wife, a member of a book club, she and her group were reviewing the book and talked to him about how awesome the book was and sure enough, through word-of-mouth, he decided to direct the film.
# The Da Vinci Props - (9:42) Interviews with Giles Masters (Art Director), author Dan Brown and how many props were created for this film. Some fabricated and designed for the film and coming up with the look of objects sucha s the key to the Swiss Bank, he crypt text and more.
# The Da Vinci Sets - (9:10) Interview with Director Ron Howard, Todd Hallowell about how Allan Cameron (Production Designer) had a major task of recreating the Louvre and creating the many sets especially for the complex flashbacks. A typical film would be around 50 sets, this film had around 243 and thus a major challenge for the production design team.
# Re-creating Works of Art - (6:01) Interviews with Allan Cameron (Production Designer), Director Ron Howard, James Gemmil (Head Scenic Artist) and how the Louvre had to be recreated and all the paintings used for the museum were repainted. Around 135 paintings were recreated for the entire film.
# The Visual Effects World of The Da Vinci Code - (15:01) Interviews with Barrie Hemsley (Visual Effects Sueprvisor) and crew of Moving Pictures Company in creating the CG flashbacks, showing the history and coming up with the various 3D models utiized on the film.
# Scoring The Da Vinci Code - (9:42) Featuring Director Ron Howard and Composer Hans Zimmer as an actual church turned to a studio was used. Zimmer talks about how he never thought a book like "The Da Vinci Code" could be brought to film. How he worked with Ron Howard on "Backdraft" and how Howard wanted the music to come alive, like it was a character in the film.
"THE DA VINCI CODE: EXTENDED CUT" was a thrilling, suspenseful film that in my opinion was smart, well-acted and managed to capture my attention for the entire length of the film. But by saying that, it's unfortunate that this extended cut was not shown in the theaters, because those extra scenes of violence featuring Silas and the additional scenes make the film much edgier and understandable. And the reason for the extended version not being used is probably due to its duration because this extended cut is 174 minutes long (original theatrical version is 149 minutes).
And the film was not exactly well received by many critics because they felt Director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman didn't take any risks, they didn't show any danger as seen in the original book by Dan Brown.With that being said, the extended cut makes a difference... A big difference. But whether or not you are open to film's premise is up to the viewer. If anything, as Dan Brown had said in interviews, he wants the film to create intellectual debates.
Multiple Academy Award winner Tom Hanks plays a likable Robert Langdon, a symbiologist who doesn't take things as is and has a mind that is constantly working overtime. If anything, Langdon is an ordinary man who becomes a fugitive for a murder he doesn't commit. He is a man that tends to doubt theories of history as stories could have been re-invented due to political and religious times.
Audrey Tautou who charmed us in "Amelie" plays a convincing cryptologist Sophie Neveu is a person not religious but feels Langdon is her key to finding out who killed her grandfather. Both Hanks and Tautou compliment each others performances but for those who expect more from Tom Hanks, may be disappointed that in this film, he is no action star but a Harvard professor that utilizes his skill and experience and nothing more.
Jean Reno plays the side of the cop who takes things into his own hands, a role perfect for Reno and Ian McKellen absolutely shines as the obsessive Sir Leigh Teabing.
There is no doubt that "THE DA VINCI CODE" would be a controversial film that would challenge the Catholic church. Anything that challenges an established religion is sure to cause a ruckus and people are defensive about their religion and belief in God. Especially when it comes to Mary Magdalene's status. It will be forever debated of her role, if she was simply a devout follower of Jesus Christ or a loving wife that was kept secret and both have an extended line of children with the bloodline that exist today but is kept hidden. Whatever your beliefs are or if your ability to suspend your beliefs and to see how the film (and its message) presents itself is up to the viewer.
But the film seems to be one that one would either love or one would hate. For me, I was entertained by the film and having watched multiple specials from 20/20 and on The History Channel regarding "THE DA VINCI CODE" and the theories that support and are against the theory is quite interesting.
But what I found so inspiring was watching the Blu-ray and getting a feel of how much went into this film. From recreating the Louvre, the production design coming up with over 125 paintings to recreate the museum to the actual props that had to be created and the many locations that had to be shot and the many sets that had to be created. I was very impressed.
The Blu-ray as I expected looks and sounds incredible and the special features featured on both discs alone are just outstanding. So, overall, I felt "THE DA VINCI CODE" to be a very solid Blu-ray release. But it's one of those films that it all comes down to the viewer if such a film can be watched over and over again, or if the film can be appreciated for its controversial storyline. But as for the release itself, if you are into the filmmaking process or even a student in film, these are the kind of releases that you truly appreciate and enjoy.
"THE DA VINCI CODE: EXTENDED CUT" is definitely worth checking out!
Description of The Da Vinci Code (Two-Disc Extended Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
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 AwardŽ 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."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
Stills from The Da Vinci Code (click for larger image)
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