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Titolo originale: The Ninth Gate
Regia: Roman Polanski |
Anno: 1999
Origine: Spain | France |
Generi: Mistero Thriller Horror
Tag: hotel | new york city | suicide | library | portugal | obsession | southern france | investigation | antiquary | picture puzzle | castle | satanism | collector | lucifer | devil | demon | millionaire | book store | occult | macabre | rare book | devil worship | gnosticism | bibliophilia | sinister | bewildered | ghoulish | ominous | occult detective |
Cast: Johnny Depp | Frank Langella | Lena Olin | Emmanuelle Seigner | Barbara Jefford | Jack Taylor | José López Rodero | Tony Amoni | James Russo | Willy Holt | Allen Garfield | Jacques Dacqmine | Joe Sheridan | Rebecca Pauly | Catherine Benguigui | Maria Ducceschi | Jacques Collard | Dominique Pozzetto | Emanuel Booz | Lino Ribeiro de Sousa | Asil Raïs | Bernard Richier | Marinette Richier |

Dean Corso, esperto di libri rari (Johnny Depp), viene incaricato dal ricco collezionista Boris Balkan (Frank Langella) di verificare se un prezioso libro del 1666 (Le nove porte del regno dele tenebre) che possiede è autentico. Per farlo dovrebbe verificare le sole altre due copie esistenti perché una delle tre potrebbe essere falsa: la sua, Balkan l’ha acquistata da un collezionista, Telfer (Willy Holt), che poi si è suicidato. La vedova di Telfer (Lena Olin) afferma di non saperne niente, ma si comporta in modo strano e anche violento. Corso prosegue la ricerca in Europa, dapprima in Spagna e poi a Parigi, sempre circondato da un’aura misteriosa e da avvenimenti tenebrosi. In più, c’è una ragazza (Emmanuelle Seigner) che gli ronza intorno.

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The New York City sequences were shot in Paris because Roman Polanski could not set foot into A [...] D
Another tiny bit that is a clin d'oeil (wink) at the source novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, " [...] D
One of three movies revolving on Satanic appearances to get a release in 1999 (also interpreted [...] D
The little girl that stares at Corso at the Paris Airport is played by Roman Polanski's daughte [...] D
Chateau Puivert (the Ninth Gate) is called The Devil's Tower. It was used by the Cathars to def [...] D
Body count: 7. D
When Corso visits the Ceniza brothers at their shop, one of the brothers drops cigarette ashes [...] D
The film marks a return for Roman Polanski in dealing with occult forces since Rosemary's Baby [...] D
The keypad combination to Boris Balkan's penthouse office, and to his private library is "666". [...] D
The cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils. D
As in Roman Polanski's earlier film L'inquilino del terzo piano (1976), a bag of oranges bounce [...] D
The Don Quixote that Corso buys at the beginning of the film is the very famous Joaquin Ibarra [...] D
The actor who plays Boris Balkan is Frank Langella, who previously worked in the movie Lolita i [...] D
The taxi driver who drives Corso to the airport wears a red turban. The color red is used in ma [...] D
The voice of one of the Ceniza twins (Pedro Ceniza) was dubbed by Roman Polanski. D
Allen Garfield was recovering from a stroke when he was cast in the movie. D
When Corso is first seen researching on "The Nine Gates" in the library, the cover page of the [...] D
All of the engravings appearing in "The Nine Gates" were commissioned for the novel (and not th [...] D
Roman Polanski: The taxi cab driver that drops Corso off at the airport. D
First of two movies with Johnny Depp and Lena Olin, both set in French small towns. "Chocolat" [...] D
When Dean Corso folds the book into the cloth, it matches the five points of a pentagram. D
The three copies of the book in the film survived the burning of Torkia's works because they ea [...] D
Hildegard Knef was supposed to play the part of "Baroness Kessler", but had to drop out because [...] D
In Baroness Kessler's library, the collection is kept in nine bookcases. D
When comparing the Teffler and Vargas copies, Corso lays the books flat on the table. This woul [...] D
There is a whole subplot in the novel regarding the French hotel's receptionist and his past in [...] D
Balkan explains to Corso that the Ninth Gate will conjure the Devil. What he doesn't tell him i [...] D
The character that Emmanuelle Seigner plays who is credited as The Girl in the credits, represe [...] D
The bag that Dean Corso carries throughout the film is a small bag carried by French soldiers a [...] D
Although is left open to interpretation in the movie on who The Girl really is, in the book she [...] D
When Pedro Ceniza asked Corso to guess what the initial LCF stands for, just before Corso said [...] D
At the beginning of the movie when Dean Corso is travelling to the airport, the number shown on [...] D
Dean Corso (Lucas Corso, in the novel), is far more likable in the film. In the book, Corso's a [...] D
In this movie and in "Ghost", also by Polanski, someone is raking or smoothing a gravel drivewa [...] D
Johnny Depp smokes 11 cigarettes throughout this film D
At one point, Liana Telfer calls Corso a "book detective". Originally, the working title for th [...] D
The Ceniza Brothers altering the ninth engraving was hinted when Corso visited their shop for t [...] D
The Nine Gates is a fictional book, written for this movie. D
Johnny Depp didn't take his usual $10 million fee for the opportunity to work with Roman Polans [...] D
The two booksellers Corso encounters in Toledo are actually the same actor, José López Ro [...] D
Chateau Puivert is first pictured in a painting behind Boris Balkan, while in his penthouse off [...] D
The mystery girl reads the book "How to Make Friends and Influence People". Charles Manson also [...] D
The pen that Dean Corso uses is a limited edition Montblanc Agatha Christie ballpoint. D
The full nine engraving titles in Torchia's Nine Gates are, in order: Silentium est aureum (Sil [...] D
When Corso and The Girl steal the Dodge Viper to follow Mrs. Telfer and her man, Corso laments [...] D
Whether intentional or not, the fact that Corso's car stops in a stream while he is wearing an [...] D
The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel cente [...] D
When Balkan discovers Corso watching him in the Devil's Tower, and the camera turns back to fac [...] D

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Corso returns to the Book Sellers, and finds the missing page from the book as it falls from atop t [...] D
When Balkan and Corso enter the collection area early on in the film we see a building outside the [...] D
Pursuing Liana, Corso and the Girl lose her, and have to stop for directions, yet, despite the dela [...] D
Early in the movie, Corso when at home puts a meal in his microwave while it is still in its cardbo [...] D
As Corso and The Girl were having sex in front of the burning castle, in the wide angle scene they [...] D
When Corso and The Girl get out of the red Dodge Viper near the Chateau, the car starts rolling bac [...] D
When researching in the library, Corso turns the page to view the final engraving. The picture chan [...] D
When Corso and The Girl drive off in their "borrowed" red sports car, they are stuck behind a truck [...] D
When Corso describes Liana to Gruber, he says "Fortyish...", however, later on when Corso and The G [...] D
In the DVD version, when Corso first visits the Ceniza brothers's shop, the subtitles read (Speakin [...] D
The footsteps when Corso is walking up the stairs to meet the old woman are off by about 1/2 second [...] D
Inconsistency regarding the engravings that Corso claims to be genuine (signed LCF) and forged (sig [...] D
While arriving at his New York apartment building in a downpour of rain, Corso's hair, overcoat and [...] D
As Corso was hastily picking up his stuff from the table in the library of the baroness, the postca [...] D
Obvious stunt double when Corso crosses Bleeker Street en route to the rare bookstore in Manhattan. [...] D
In Paris when the Baroness allows Corso to examine her copy of the book, Corso's chart of the drawi [...] D
In the castle, when Balkan is about to perform the "ritual", he is shown to be pouring liquid out o [...] D
When Dean Corso meets Boris Balkan for the first time, a crew member is reflected in the library wi [...] D
The Sintra railway station depicted is very romantic but makes no resemblance to the real one. In f [...] D
Any time The Girl floats down to save the day, the wires supporting her are very visible in the sho [...] D
When Corso and the Girl step into the lift at the hotel where Liana Telfer is staying, the Girl's h [...] D
Upon Corso's first visit to the Ceniza brothers, one of the brothers says "I would never have belie [...] D
In the first quarter of the movie, when Corso is in the library, he turns to his left and you can s [...] D
Front license plates in Switzerland don't have flags on them. D
As Corso asks the cab driver to wait while he goes to the bookstore, we see a motorcycle drive down [...] D
When Corso and Balkan are talking in the castle, the pieces of paper continuously change position b [...] D
When Corso arrives at the Kesler Foundation he asks the receptionist what floor the foundation is o [...] D
In the fight between Boris Balkan and Liana Telfer on the altar, as they are wrestling, right befor [...] D
While showing off his collection to Corso, Fargas presents a "Dictionaire Infernal" by Jacques Coll [...] D
In the film, the book "The Nine Gates" displays an inverted pentagram on its cover to represent its [...] D
After Boris Balkan's death in the castle, Dean Corso returns to Balkan's Land Rover to leave. As Co [...] D
When Dean goes to hand Liana a book he has removed from his bag, he grabs it by the corner. When th [...] D
At 1:50 when a fight breaks out over the book an ornament falls over but the string attached to the [...] D
Incorrectly considered a revealing mistake by some. Toward the end of the movie, Corso closes a car [...] D
You can the mic behind the ear of Johnny Depp in various occasions. With Balkan in the elevator, wh [...] D
Obvious stunt double when Balkan knocks Corso through the floorboards of the castle (near the end o [...] D
When Dean enters the elevator in his apartment building if you look at the elevator buttons on the [...] D
When Dean and The Girl are driving, and the sign that says St. Martin is reflected on the windshiel [...] D
When Corso and The Girl arrive at the castle where the convention takes place, night is falling. As [...] D
When Fargas is comparing both books for Corso, he supposedly opens both books to the same page to p [...] D
When Liana Telfer smashes the bottle on Corso's head, the sound of glass breaking comes before the [...] D
When Corso arrives at the lecture, the board downstairs shows "Litterary" instead of Literary. [...] D
When Corso goes to the New York City Library for research, he pulls a copy of Books in Print from t [...] D
When Corso pours drinks for himself and Mrs. Telfer, the glasses are generously filled. When he car [...] D
The sign outside Balkan's lecture has a typo on it. It says "litterature" instead of "literature". [...] D
When Corso is in the cab he asks the driver to stop at the payphone. The cab driver says, "No probl [...] D
When Liana's bodyguard trips while assaulting Corso by the river, the "rocks" underneath him all sh [...] D
Even though Liana viciously bites Corso's upper chest during their post-sex fight scene, Corso's ch [...] D
Real collectors and dealers wouldn't handle books worth $1,000,000 without gloves, and they surely [...] D
Dean Corso alternates between long filtered and both short and long non-filtered Lucky Strikes, yet [...] D

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