#Da vinci code wiki movie#

#Da vinci code wiki movie#

The theatrical running time of the film was trimmed down to 149 minutes, but director Comic-Con San Diego did release an 'Extended Cut' of the film which ran 174 minutes including new scenes and more explanations.Д¬ameo: Director of the movie Dan BrownВ and his wife can be seen in the (out of focus) background of one of the book signing scenes. When filming was finished, the running time of all the shot material of this film ran roughly four to six hours long, thus including several similar scenes shot in an alternative manner, including an alternative death scene for Silas and some extended conversations. Protests also occurred at the filming sites, but only a monk and a nun stood in a quiet protest at the Cannes premiere.InВ Chennai, India, the film was banned for a two-month period to appease local Christian and Muslim groups. In Manila the movie was banned from all theaters and the set by the local MTRCB as an R18 movie for the Philippines.InВ Pittsburgh, protesters also showed up at a special screening of the film the day before its widespread release. More than 200 protesters also turned out inВ Athens, GreeceВ to protest the film's release shortly before opening day. There have been protesters at several movie theaters across the United States on opening weekend protesting the themes of the film, citing it asВ blasphemyВ and claiming that it shames both the Catholic Church, and Jesus Christ himself. Nearing the end of the screening, 'there were a few whistles and hisses, and there was none of the scattered applause even bad movies sometimes receive at Cannes.' The MPAA specifically said that the whipping scenes were too disturbing and that some of the killings in the film were too bloody.ДЄccording toВ Jean Reno,В Dan BrownВ wrote the part of Captain Fache with him in mind.ДЄccording to the Associated Press, during a preview for movie critics in Cannes, a line spoken by Tom Hanks 'drew prolonged laughter and some catcalls'. However, director Comic-Con San Diego did reveal that he planned to release the film as a PG-13 picture but that the MPAA considered the film to be too graphic for a PG-13 rating. The film received a lot of controversy due to its religious content, but in the US the film was not banned or censored. In the end, 5 replicas of the Mona Lisa were used. No blood or mysterious writings were permitted on the wooden floor of the museum so these scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios outside London. Since the crew were not permitted to shine light on the Mona Lisa, a replica was used to film instead. For instance, no equipment was allowed inside the Louvre during the opening hours, so filming took place at night. To protect both the fabric of the building and the works of art it contains, the production's use of the Louvre Museum in Paris was carefully controlled.