"The Da Vinci Code" First Look
In Theaters May 19, 2006
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci—clues visible for all to see—yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret—and an explosive historical truth—will be lost forever.
Based on the NY Times #1 Best Seller by Dan Brown.
Paul Bettany stars as the albino, Silas. Ian McKellan is Sir Leigh Teabing. And Jean Reno is Bezu Fache.
STARRING: Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Alfred Molina, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures