Da Vinci Code Film
 

Yep, that's right. In case case you didn't know already, a film is being made out of Dan Brown's best seller. The film is scheduled for release in 2006 and filming is expected to start in May 2005.
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Sophie Neveu will be played by Audrey Tautou (French)
NB. Although, IIRC, in the book she is described as a redhead?
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BÃÃâ€*’©zu Fache will be played by Jean Reno

and, surprising and quite disappointingly for some reason,
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Robert Langdon will be played by Tom Hanks.

I don't think he suits the role :( Robert Langdon needs to be more nerdy. :td:

But, very glad that a film is being made out of it :tu:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/

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While reading the book, I always thought of Anthony Head (in his "Giles from Buffy" guise).

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I see what you mean.

The MusÃÃâ€*’©e du Louvre has also agreed to let them film there!

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Nerdy? The book describes him as a Harrison Ford type, with one student calling his voice 'chocolate for the ears'.

Not sure about Jean Reno, his character in the book is well built. Perhaps it's because Reno is the only french actor most of america has heard of...

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You can still be nerdy and be the Harrison Ford type, but Hank's voice isn't exactly 'chocolate for the ears'. I know who is the Harrison Ford type, Mr. Ford himself! He should be Mr. Langdon.

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Harrison Ford doesn't quite strike me as having any nerd in him at all, I fail to see how someone could be both.

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I agree but you can see the producers line of thought.

Let's cast Harrison Ford as an academic who really an all action hero............ Hang on - that has a slightly familiar feel to it!!

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In the book Langdon is both the 'Harrison Ford type' and goes round in his tweed jacket, is scared of enclosed spaces is constantly analysing the most simple of things from a symboligical viewpoint. Apparently it's possible to be both

Hehe, I suppose you're right. Wouldn't exactly be original.

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Here is a trailer although it doesn't really give much information about the film.

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I'm surprised they'd have anything to use for a trailer, considering the film is almost a year away. It's just a teaser.

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That's the word I was looking for. :)

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Ach! I haven't read the book yet and I've had it since Crimbo.I started it but kept going but,but and gave up in disgust.As if Da vinci had time for all the things he is supposed to have been at the bottom of. :rolleyes:

Mind I think part of it was that stupid Veritas series was being shown on SciFi channel and that had similar stuff about the poor guy.It sort of irritated me.

Oh and didn't Dr Who drag him into a show once?

The pity is that people fail entirely to appreciate the great artist he was because of all this guff.

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Just as long as you remember that Brown's claim at the start of the film that "all the historical data contained in the book is fact" is a load of rubbish, you should be fine with it :)

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I watched the Tony Robinson analysis of TdVC and I recall him pointing out things like the fact that the candlesticks the killer is supposed to have bashed in the head of his victim with are about six feet tall and need two men to move...!!

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Brown gets around this by saying Silas (the murderous albino monk) is 'powerfully built' :rolleyes:

Good book, will prolly be an entertaining film but inaccurate in so many places.

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Yes, but in that program thier "Da Vinci" expert claimed the Mary charactor in the last supper is actually John, when if he knew anything about Da Vinci art he'd know that John is on the right (as you look at the painting) of Rabbi Joshua clearly givng the "John Gesture"

The amazing thing about the book though is it's way of making people believe that Da Vinci painted the picture as if he was there and seeing it, like a photo, rather than the creation of his mind's eye.
People think it's a factual representation of an event at the last supper (with joshua doing the "big hands" gesture).
I'd love to be able to go back and find out what his real meaning behind some of the strange features of the image are, like the "Mary" charactor and the elongated fingers apparently slicing at her neck (you'd not expect Da Vinci to get fingers that wrong by accident!)

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Da Vinci was well known for being a practical joker and rebelled against authority - his works could therefore have meant anything.

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If you haven't read the book you might want to avoid this thread, I can see some poilers on the horizon.....

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This looks like they have used Leonard Da Quirm rather than Leonardo Da
Vinci.:LOL:
Having said that there does seem to be a shortage of non standard look American Actors in this age range and Harrison Ford would be almost too obvious.

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Reminds me of the comedy show recently on Radio 4 where the contestants could come out with their thoughts as if you were reading their minds (can't remember which show), and dave gorman goes:

Thinks: Who would have thought that the english cripple in the da vinci code was really the bad guy? I bet that would really ruin a rather good book if anyone who hadn't got that far through it knew what I was thinking

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Inaccurate?Try absolute tosh. :D

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Hmm, if it turns out well I can see a sequel etc.

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A sequel???? Have you not read the book?? :D

Surely a sequel to TDVC would be like a sequel to Titanic!

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yep, he would have been perfect :tu:
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.........and he's too old :(