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Angels & Demons (2009)

PG-13  |   |  Mystery, Thriller  |  15 May 2009 (USA)
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

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Storyline

Following the murder of a physicist, Father Silvano Bentivoglio, a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and a scientist, Vittoria Vetra, are on an adventure involving a secret brotherhood, the Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four altars of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An assassin, working for the Illuminati, has captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions. Written by XXDustfingerXX

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They Have Come For Their Revenge See more »

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Mystery | Thriller

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Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£6,054,627 (UK) (15 May 2009)

Gross:

$133,375,846 (USA) (31 July 2009)
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As well as providing the voice over for the film's teaser trailer (using an American accent) Alfred Molina (who played Aringarosa in the previous movie The Da Vinci Code (2006)) provides the opening voice over for Angels & Demons (2009), this time in his native English accent. See more »

Goofs

Throughout, Langdon is asking which way a statue points. Even as a Professor of Symbology, he would have to ask because the orientation of church buildings varied throughout the times. In early times many church entrances faced East while this changed during the Medieval Era and from that time the apse was commonly placed towards East. So Langdon was not able to know the direction of the statues for sure. Also he has just got off an 8 hour flight and is in a strange city, it is likely that he is disorientated. See more »

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Narrator: The Ring of the Fisherman, which bears the official papal seal, must be destroyed immediately following the Pope's death. The papal apartment is then sealed for nine days of mourning, a period known as "Sede Vacante", the time of the empty throne.
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Angels and Demons Premier in Rome! I was there!
5 May 2009 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I was at the premier of the movie last night in Rome. I am not an expert in the book, however there are a great deal of changes from the book to the movie. The pacing of this movie is much faster than the Davinci code. Many things were trimmed otherwise this would be a 4 hour movie. Many things were also changed to give the movie a fast pace. I think what matters is the feel of the movie and that works well for Hanks, Brown and company.

There are some things in the book that would appear very implausible in the movie form. I am not giving any spoilers, except to say the ending of the movie is handled in a slightly different way. How Leonardo Vetra was found is also different. Those who see the movie might be interested in reading the book to get the full details of the story. Some minor details are are also cut from the movie.

Although they did film in Rome, they had to recreate interior shots. Since I went on a walking tour of Rome the day before the movie I can say that the interior sites are authentic in look and feel. Kohler is not in the movie and not much is shown about CERN. Hanks does a good job and there are some interesting scenes involving the Vatican archives. Of course they had no access to that area and I am not sure if anyone actually knows what the Vatican archives look like. Eyelet Zurer has her break in this movie as Victoria Vetra and does a good job as eye candy for Hanks.

This movie should be received better by the critics and public, but you never know. Ron Howard mentioned several times in interviews and as we saw him and the cast before the movie, that this is just a movie.


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