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Angels & Demons (2009) -- Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
Angels & Demons (2009) -- Clip: Its the Illuminati
Angels & Demons (2009) -- Featurette about Vatican City, the background for the movie.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   30,446 votes
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Director:
Ron Howard
Writers (WGA):
David Koepp (screenplay) and
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 May 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return. more
Plot:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(62 articles)
Weekend Report: Lush 'Hangover,' 'Up' Linger Over Typical 'Taking'
 (From BoxOfficeMojo.com. 15 June 2009, 1:23 PM, PDT)

Twilight Lands 12 Teen Choice Nominations
 (From WENN. 15 June 2009, 12:15 PM, PDT)

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Should have been better more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Obelisk (USA) (fake working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.
Runtime:
138 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

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Trivia:
Clint Eastwood expressed interest in directing the film, but Ron Howard was contractually obligated to it because of his contract from The Da Vinci Code (2006). more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Helicopters take-off by means of collective pitch on the left hand side of the pilot, not using both the collective as well as the cyclic pitch. Here the padre is pulling the cyclic pitch which enables the chopper to move back, not upwards. However, this can be explained by the fact that by pulling the cyclic pitch will allow the helicopter to rise more quickly, used along with the collective to increase torque. more
Quotes:
[the bomb that threatens to destroy St.Peter's is set to go off at midnight. The Camerlengo is discussing evacuation with his security chief]
Camerlengo Patrick McKenna: If we are still in peril at 11.45, remove the cardinals, but in a dignified manner. I want peoples' last memory of this church to be of them walking out with their heads held high, not of some old men sneaking out the back door.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Introitus more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Should have been better, 22 June 2009
4/10
Author: Pascal Zinken (LazySod) from Maastricht, The Netherlands

A few years ago there was The Davinci Code. In effect a fairy tale that played like an adventure through something that could have been reality. It sold well as a book and did fairly well as a film. Personally I liked the book a lot and the film a little. When I saw the trailers for this film I wanted to see this one too - even though I've not read its book. When the film started rolling I was regretting having made the choice of going to see this as this film is less than a shadow of the former one. Where Davinci Code keeps building on its backing story this one just jumps from one corner to the other and tosses its characters from the one to the other corner of unbelievable plot holes and standard twists and turns.

All too predictable this one is another fairy tale. It is a rather bad one though - a fairy tale where everyone is sitting together from the start, actually trying to find out what role one is supposed to play out. When it finally ends it has bored for at least a good 30 minutes and there's no sympathy left for anyone anymore. Not the way a film like this should be IMO.

4 out of 10 fractured stories

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