The Da Vinci Code

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Statement of responsibility: Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment present ; directed by Ron Howard ; screenplay by Akiva Goldsman ; produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard ; produced by John Calley ; a Brian Grazer production ; a John Calley production ; a Ron Howard film

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Summary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in a chase through the Louvre, and out into the Parisian cityscape, and finally across the channel to England

Credits note: Director of photography, Salvatore Totino ; editors, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Daniel Orlandi ; production designer, Allan Cameron

Intended audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content

Language note: English (5.1 surround or Dolby surround) French (5.1 surround) or Spanish (5.1 surround) language soundtracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Special features disc has optional subtitles in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai

PerformerNote: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marie-Françoise Audollent

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