EVERYTHING! ^^: June 2009

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the third installment in Disney's High School Musical film franchise. Its theatrical release in the United States began on October 24, 2008. Kenny Ortega returned as director and choreographer, as did all six primary actors.

This latest sequel follows high school seniors Troy and Gabriella, who are faced with the ultimate prospect of being separated after graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.

In spite of receiving mixed reviews, in its first three days of release, High School Musical 3: Senior Year grossed $16 million on an opening day in North America behind Hannah Montana: The Movie, for a total of $42 million in North America and an additional $40 million overseas, breaking the record for the largest opening weekend for a musical film.

It's the end of the Wildcats' championship basketball game against the West High Knights, where team captain Troy (Zac Efron) immediately rallies their spirits ("Now Or Never").

With the team’s spirit raised, they win, thanks to the winning shot from their newest team member Jimmie "The Rocket" Zara (Matt Prokop).

Later, at Troy's after-match party at his house, Troy and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) are seen thinking about their future and wishing that their last few months at East High would not end ("Right Here, Right Now").

Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) meets Tiara Gold (Jemma McKenzie-Brown), a British exchange student whom she hires to be her personal assistant.

When drama teacher Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) notices that there were so few sign-ups for the spring musical, Sharpay suggests she could do a one-woman show. This alarms Kelsi (Olesya Rulin), who is writing the show, so she signs up everyone in the class for it instead. This results in Ms. Darbus announcing they will create a play about their final days at East High, called "Senior Year." In addition, she reveals that Sharpay, Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), Kelsi, and Troy have all been considered for a scholarship at Juilliard, but only one of them is to be chosen. Sharpay becomes desperate to win the scholarship, and knowing that Kelsi will give the best songs to Troy and Gabriella in the musical, she gets Ryan to try to persuade Kelsi to give them a song, by predicting her (and Ryan's) future ("I Want It All").

The next day, Gabriella and Troy meet on the rooftop and she teaches him how to waltz ("Can I Have This Dance").

Chad (Corbin Bleu) then asks Taylor (Monique C oleman) to go to prom with him. She initially refuses due to his lack of enthusiasm, but later agrees when Chad proves he can put in some effort and asks again in front of everyone in the school.

The group rehearses for the musical, a scene about their prom night ("A Night To Remember").

Ryan walks in on Kelsi composing ("Just Wanna Be With You") in the music room, and performs it with her, and then he asks her to prom halfway through.

While Troy and Chad reminisce about their past ("The Boys Are Back"), Sharpay and Tiara discover that Gabriella has a chance to go to college early. Sharpay later convinces Troy that he is the only thing keeping Gabriella from her dream, ("Right Here, Right Now (Reprise)").

Troy talks to Gabriella about this over pizza, and after sharing an awkward goodnight, Gabriella ("Walk Away") leaves for college the next day.

Troy's dad, Jack (Bart Johnson), talks to him about his academic future. Troy becomes angry, confused, and runs away, storming around East High confused ("Scream") until he finally screams at the top of his lungs in the theatre. Ms. Darbus has been there all this time watching and reveals that she sent in his application for Juilliard, as she knew how comfortable he was on stage and how much he liked it. Troy takes no offense and thinks about the advice given to him. Troy later gets a call from Gabriella saying that although she loves him, she will not return to Albuquerque, as she is too used to being away. However, on the night of prom, Troy visits Gabriella at Stanford and convinces her to return, as everyone is not the same without her, ("Can I Have This Dance (Reprise)").

Back at East High, Jimmie receives a text from Troy to tell him to cover for him onstage because he is going to be late. The Juilliard representatives are there, and watch as the show seems to go well, ("Senior Year Spring Musical").

During the opening number, Kelsi and Ryan debut. While during the second number, Chad, Jason (Ryne Sanborn), Zeke (Chris Warren Jr.) and Martha (Kaycee Stroh) debut, Ryan does his number with the many chorus girls; Jimmie then performs with Sharpay, and embarrassed her. Troy and Gabriella appear during the second half of the show and sing their duet together. Tiara then betrays Sharpay and tells her how she is going to take over next year in the drama department. Sharpay finally learns how it feels to be humiliated, but does not wish to go down. While Tiara performs, Sharpay immediately crashes her performance and shows her up.

Ms. Darbus reveals that both Kelsi and Ryan have won the Juilliard scholarship ("We're All in This Together (Graduation Mix)").

Taylor will go to Yale University; Sharpay will go to University of Albuquerque along with that, she will also assist Ms. Darbus in running the drama department in the fall (so that Tiara does not get to take over the Drama Department). Troy decides to go to the University of California, Berkeley, where he can play basketball, study drama, and be close to Gabriella. After learning about Troy's decision, Chad runs offstage and into the school gym. There he and Troy work things out and learn that their college's basketball teams will play each other the upcoming fall. Chad is attending the University of Albuquerque.

At the graduation ceremony, Troy gives the class speech. Throwing their caps in the air, the graduates form a giant wildcat before breaking out into song and dance ("High School Musical").

The six stars walk down the field where a curtain closes off the graduation ceremony and turns into a stage. The six stars do their signature jump and then the camera does a close up of each actor. They take their final bow as the curtain closes. The end credits are in the style of a high school yearbook.

High School Musical 2

At East High the final bell rings signaling the beginning of summer vacation, and the students converge in song ("What Time Is It").

As a symbol of his feelings for her, Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) gives Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) a necklace with his initial "T" on it. The Wildcats then sing one last chorus of "What Time Is It" outside of the school. ("What Time Is It (Pt. 2)")

Sharpay and Ryan Evans (Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel) plan to spend the summer at their family's country club, Lava Springs ("Fabulous"), But Sharpay's summer plans also include pursuing Troy, whom she has arranged to be hired at the club. However, Troy convinces the club's manager, Mr. Fulton (Mark L. Taylor), into hiring Gabriella and their close group of friends as well; this includes Gabriella's best friend, Taylor (Monique Coleman), and Troy's best friend, Chad (Corbin Bleu). Sharpay is enraged upon learning that Gabriella is working as one of the lifeguards. Mr. Fulton is unable to fire them upon Sharpay's command, since her mother (Jessica Tuck) approved of their hiring, so she orders Fulton to give them difficult tasks so they'd be opt to quit. Fulton attempts to intimidate the group, but Troy rebuilds their confidence and convinces them that they can persevere ("Work This Out").

Troy continues to worry about funding for college. Sharpay senses his need and arranges for Troy to be promoted, hoping that this will convince him to sing with her at the talent show. Meanwhile, Kelsi writes a ballad for Troy and Gabriella. Troy agrees to sing with his friends in the show ("You Are The Music In Me"), not knowing that Sharpay is vying for his attention. In the extended version, Sharpay and Ryan trap Troy as he prepares for a date with Gabriella, and perform their potential show stopper ("Humuhumunukunukuapua'a").

A visit from a local college basketball team, The Red Hawks, causes a rift between Troy and Chad when Troy chooses their companionship instead of his friends', and Troy begins to distance himself from his old friends.

Ryan realizes he does not mean much to Sharpay anymore, as she is ready to cast her brother aside for the opportunity to sing with Troy. Taylor and Gabriella invite Ryan to the baseball game, and Chad offers him Troy's position ("I Don't Dance").

Troy and Gabriella's relationship is strained when Troy sees Ryan with Gabriella, sparking jealousy. Owing to a "promise" from Troy, he and Sharpay practice their song for the Midsummer Night's Talent Show ("You Are The Music In Me (Sharpay Version)").

When Sharpay discovers that Ryan and the Wildcats are putting together their own performance in the show, she orders Mr. Fulton to ban all junior staff members from performing. Gabriella confronts Sharpay, and makes it clear that she will not play Sharpay's game. She quits her job at Lava Springs. Troy overhears the exchange, and tries to persuade Gabriella to change her mind. Gabriella expresses her loss of trust with Troy ("Gotta Go My Own Way").

Troy returns to work the next day to find that his friends refuse to talk to him. Kelsi silently shows Troy the notice from Mr. Fulton, causing Troy to question his own motivations ("Bet On It"). He begins to reconcile with Chad and his other friends. Then Troy confronts Sharpay, informing her that he will not sing with her, and Sharpay bursts into tears. The Wildcats and Chad forgive Troy for his absence and convince him to sing in the talent show, which he does only under the condition that they are all allowed to perform as well.

At Sharpay's supposed instruction, Ryan gives Troy a new song to learn moments before the show. As Troy goes onstage, he asks Sharpay why she switched the song, and Sharpay is shocked to find that her brother tricked her. Troy sings the song ("Everyday") alone — until Gabriella surprisingly joins him onstage. In the end, Sharpay proudly presents her brother, Ryan, with the award for the talent show. After the talent show, the Wildcats (including Ryan and Sharpay) go to the golf course to enjoy the fireworks. Troy and Gabriella finally share their first kiss.

Everyone celebrates the end of the summer with a pool party ("All for One").

Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the movie. He is the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsity basketball team. For this movie, Efron did all of his own singing, whereas in the first High School Musical, his singing was blended with singer Andrew Seeley's voice.
Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) is the female protagonist of the movie.
Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of the film.
Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother.
Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is Troy's best friend, and is very good friends with Jason and Zeke.
Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is Gabriella's best friend. She is also friends with Kelsi Nielsen and Martha Cox, and is dating Chad. She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team. She has a summer job at Lava Springs as an Activities Coordinator. She always sees through Sharpay, and tends to be cynical when it comes to boys.
Mr. Thomas Fulton (Mark L. Taylor) is the manager of Lava Springs.
Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson) is the father of Troy.
Mr. Vance Evans (Robert Curtis Brown) is the father of Ryan and Sharpay.
Mrs. Darby Evans (Jessica Tuck) is the mother of Ryan and Sharpay, and president of the Lava Springs Board.
Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) is the stern drama teacher at East High.
Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) is a student at East High. She is a pianist and composer.
Zeke Baylor (Chris Warren Jr.) is friends with Troy and Chad, and plays for the basketball team.
Jason Cross (Ryne Sanborn) is friends with Troy, Chad, and Zeke and plays on the basketball team.
Martha Cox (Kaycee Stroh) is a student at East High. She is a friend with Gabriella, Kelsi, and Taylor.
Jackie (Tanya Chisholm) is one of Sharpay’s friends (a.k.a The Sharpettes).
Lea (Kelli Baker), another Sharpette.
Emma (McCall Clark), another Sharpette.
Mrs. Lucille Bolton (Leslie Wing Pomeroy) is the mother of Troy and the wife of Mr. Bolton.

High School Musical

East High School's basketball star Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and math-whiz Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet at a New Year's Eve party at a ski lodge over Christmas Break. Here, they take part in a karaoke contest and sing ("Start Of Something New").

They discover they have a great chemistry between them and end up exchanging numbers.

A week later, Gabriella's mother is transferred and Gabriella begins classes at East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico where Troy sees her in homeroom. After making sure that it is she on his cell phone, Troy accidentally gets detentio n, along with Gabriella, his best friend and teammate Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu), scholastic decathlon captain and head of the science club Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), and Drama Club co-presidents Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) and Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale).

After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other again and as they start talking near the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions, Sharpay sees them and assumes that Gabriella is interested in signing up. With Ryan's help, Sharpay determines that Gabriella is an "Einsteinette", and puts an article of her previous academic achievements into Taylor's locker.

During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team. Due to their detention, both Troy and Chad miss their basketball practice, much to the annoyance of Coach Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson). During a confrontation between Bolton and Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed), it is made clear that neither of them has any real respect for the work that the other does. Troy eventually takes part in basketball practice, but he cannot seem to stop thinking about Gabriella and how he might actually enjoy singing ("Get'cha Head In The Game").

Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go for the auditions, which Gabriella also attends. However, both are too shy to come forward, so they hide behind a janitorial rolling cart as Sharpay and Ryan perform their version of the audition song ("What I've Been Looking For"). When Gabriella finally decides to audition, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus says that it is too late.

After a confrontation with Sharpay, Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin), the composer of the musical, trips and drops her notes and piano music. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and she offers to let them hear how the song was originally supposed to sound. Troy and Gabriella then sing the slower version of the song ("What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)"). Ms. Darbus hears them from behind the auditorium entrance and gives both Troy and Gabriella a callback. The next day, Sharpay sees the callback sheet and is furious. Once Chad and all the basketball players find out that Troy skipped basketball practice to audition for the musical, they are all shocked.

At lunch, everyone learns that Troy is doing something way out of a basketball player's nature, and the students start confessing their secret passions and talents ("Stick To The Status Quo"),

including basketball player Zeke Baylor's (Chris Warren, Jr.) love for baking. At that moment, Gabriella slips and accidentally spills her lunch all over Sharpay's shirt. Sharpay tells Ms. Darbus that Gabriella did it on purpose and tries to convince her that Troy and Gabriella are trying to destroy the musical, but Ms. Darbus will not hear a word of it. Troy asks Gabriella to meet him at his secret hideout, the roof of the school, which also serves as a greenhouse. There, she reveals that singing with him at the party was like meeting a new friend at kindergarten; she felt that he was like a best friend, although she hardly knew him. Meanwhile, Zeke attempts to talk to Sharpay, who says that she would rather stick pins in her eyes than watch Zeke play basketball.

Chad and Taylor decide that they need to devise a plan so that everything returns to normal. The basketball team tricks Troy into saying that Gabriella is not too important while she watches them through a wi-fi link. Gabriella is hurt and confused about where she and Troy now stand ("When There Was Me And You"). Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, but she tells him that she is not interested in taking part in the musical.

After feeling guilty about ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and noticing that they are no longer interested in the basketball game or the decathlon, Chad and Taylor decide to tell them the truth. Chad, Zeke, and Jason explain everything to Troy in the greenhouse and offer to support him at the callbacks. Taylor and the scholastic decathlon team tell Gabriella what they did, but she is still angry and hurt because of what Troy said, convinced that he meant it.

That night, Troy goes to her house, but she pretends to be busy with homework. He then calls on her cell phone from her backyard, telling her that the guy she met on vacation is much more like him than the guy that "said those stupid things". He climbs onto her balcony and starts singing the harmony of "Start of Something New" in an attempt to persuade her to attend the callbacks with him. Gabriella then forgives him, and together with Kelsi, they start practicing for the callback at school.

Soon, Sharpay and Ryan overhear Gabriella and Troy practicing, and feel intimidated by the competition. Sharpay succeeds in convincing Ms. Darbus to change the callbacks to the same time as the basketball championship and scholastic decathlon. Kelsi overhears their conversation with Ms. Darbus, and when she tells everyone about this, they are devastated. However, the chemistry team, the basketball team and Kelsi work together to come up with a plan. On the day itself, Taylor and Gabriella send a code by computer into the system to disrupt the basketball game by shutting down the scoreboard, and boiling a noxious chemical to stall the decathlon.

As Troy and Gabriella then rush to the theater, Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song ("Bop To The Top"),

confident that they will get the part. Troy and Gabriella show up after Ms. Darbus has called their names twice, and she tells them again that they are too late. Many other students start streaming into the auditorium to support them and Ms. Darbus has no choice but to allow them to perform their song. Gabriella freezes when she sees everyone staring at her, but Troy tells her to look only at him, and she finds the courage to sing ("Breaking Free").

Ms. Darbus eventually decides to award the lead roles to Troy and Gabriella, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies (and at the basketball game, Sharpay accepts her defeat and tells Gabriella to "break a leg"). After winning both the scholastic decathlon and the basketball game with Troy's last minute shot, Chad gives Troy the winning ball and later asks Taylor out to the victory party. The film ends with the entire school gathering in the gym to celebrate ("We're All In This Together").

Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the movie. He is the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsity basketball team. For this movie, Efron's singing was blended with singer Andrew Seeley's voice.

Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is the female protagonist of the movie.

Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of the film.

Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's twin brother.

Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is Troy's best friend, and is very good friends with Jason and Zeke.

Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is Gabriella's best friend.She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team.

Jack Bolton (Bart Johnson) is Troy's father and the coach of the basketball team.

Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed) is the stern drama teacher at East High.

Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) is a student at East High. She is a pianist and composer.

Zeke Baylor (Chris Warren Jr.) is friends with Troy and Chad, and plays for the basketball team. He also enjoys baking.

Jason Cross (Ryne Sanborn) is friends with Troy and Chad, and plays for the basketball team. He also tends to ask silly questions in class.

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons is a 2009 American film adaptation of Dan Brown's eponymous novel. It is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code, another Brown film adaptation, even though the novel Angels & Demons was published first and takes place before the novel The Da Vinci Code. Filming took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictu res Studios in Culver City, California. Tom Hanks reprises the lead role of Robert Langdon, while director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer, and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also returned.

Under the watchful eye of Father Silvano Bentivoglio and Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), the CERN scientists start the Large Hadron Collider and manage to capture three vials of antimatter. Immediately afterward, someone kills Father Silvano, and uses his retina to break into the containment room to steal one vial of anti-matter.

In Rome, the Vatican mourns the passing of the Pope. The Vatican staff prepares for the Conclave of the College of Cardinals, which will select the next Pope. Until the Conclave selects a new Pope, the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor), a Vatican priest and former helicopter pilot, assumes day-to-day control of the Vatican. Reporters, nuns, priests and other faithful all crowd into St. Peter's Square, waiting for the white smoke from the Conclave. But the Illuminati, a 400-year old, underground secret society, kidnaps the four most likely candidates (preferiti) before the Conclave goes into seclusion. The Illuminati threatens to kill them at 8, 9, 10 and 11 PM, and then destroy the Vatican in a burst of light at midnight. A video feed shows the missing anti-matter vial, which will destroy the Vatican and parts of nearby Rome when the magnetic containment field fails after the vial's battery dies.

The Vatican summons Drs. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Vittoria Vetra from CERN to help them solve the Illuminati's threat, save the four preferiti, and replace the vial's batteries. Langdon listens to the Illuminati message and deduces that the four cardinals will die at the four altars of the Path of Illumination. However, no one knows where these altars are located. Vetra demands Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård), the captain of the Vatican's Swiss Guard, to bring Father Silvano's diaries from Switzerland. She hopes the father wrote down the name of whomever he discussed the CERN experiment with and who must possibly be the mastermind behind Silvano's murder. Langdon also demands access to the Vatican Library (something he has requested 10 times already) to see the original copy of a Galileo's banned book which may contain the location of several churches used by the Illuminati as gathering points and which were also the altars. Using the clues from this book, Langdon, Vetra, Inspector Ernesto Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino) and Lieutenant Valenti (Victor Alfieri) of the Vatican police race to the first church, only to find the dead body of the first Cardinal underground, branded with the word "Earth".

They find the direction of the church with the second Illuminati altar, but arrive in time to see the next Cardinal die after being stabbed at his chest, branded with the word "Air".

While Vetra studies father Silvano's diaries Langdon and the Vatican officers locate the third church with the third Illuminati altar and try to save the third Cardinal from burning to death, but the assassin appears and shoots and kills all the Vatican officers escorting the professor (including Valenti) and after a brief fight cuts Olivetti's throat, effectively stopping Langdon from saving the Cardinal branded with the "Fire" word.

After escaping from the assasin professor Langdon convinces two members of the Rome police to race with him to the last church of the "Water" altar,

but the assasin murders the two policemen before throwing the fourth cardinal into a fountain. However, Langdon manages to save the last preferiti Cardinal this time, who manages to tell Langdon the location of the murderer's hideout. When Lagdon and Vetra arrive they are confronted by the assasin who spares their lives since "he wasn't paid to kill them" and reveals that his contractors were people from the church. The assasin escapes afterwards and upon entering his car and picking up his payment is killed as the vehicle explodes. Langdon and Vetra find clues to the final victim, who turns out to be the Camerlengo. After arriving at the Vatican using a secret passage, they and the members of the Swiss Guard enter the Camerlengo's room and find him in the floor branded with the vatican church symbol on his chest and apparently about to be shot by Commander Richter of the Swiss Guard.

The Swiss Guard officers shoot at their commander to save the Camerlengo. During the confussion the dying Richter gives Langdon a key to his office. Then the Camerlengo, Langdon, Vetra and the Swiss Guard officers discover the location of the stolen antimatter vial. When they find it, they discover that the battery is about to expire, which would cause the vial to explode and destroy a large part of the city. The Camerlengo takes the vial and uses a helicopter to fly away from the Vatican. Then the priest sets the autopilot and escapes from the helicopter, using a parachute to land. After several seconds the bomb explodes and the Camerlengo lands, being considered a hero by the people present at the Vatican and even as the best candidate to be the new Pope by the members of the Conclave. Meanwhile professor Langdon and Vetra use the key from Richter and watch a video tape that he kept in his office which showed that the mastermind behind the murders of the original Pope, the preferiti and the stealing of the antimatter vial was in fact the Camerlengo and not the Illuminatti. Richter discovered this and while he tried to arrest the Camerlengo the priest branded himself with the church seal and accused the commander of the Swiss Guard of being a member of the Illuminatti and trying to kill him. Langdon shows the video to the members of the Conclave and after the Camerlengo realizes that he has been discovered he sets himself on fire using holy oil from the Vatican and dies.

The Vatican announces to the media that the Camerlengo died due to internal wounds suffered during his landing and is canonized by the catholic church. The Conclave designate the surviving preferiti cardinal as the new Pope, and he gives Langdon the Galileo book that can help him finish his book in reward for saving his life before.

Tom Hanks reprises his role as Professor Robert Langdon, a Harvard University professor of symbology.
Ayelet Zurer plays Vittoria Vetra, a CERN scientist whose antimatter experiment has been stolen by the Illuminati to be used as a bomb.
Ewan McGregor plays the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Carlo Ventresca in the book).
Stellan Skarsgård plays Commander Richter, head of the Swiss Guard.
Pierfrancesco Favino plays Inspector Ernesto Olivetti of the Gendarme Corps of Vatican City State.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays Mr. Gray, an assassin who believes he is working for the Illuminati.
Armin Mueller-Stahl plays Cardinal Strauss, elector of the conclave.
Thure Lindhardt plays Lieutenant Chartrand, officer of the Swiss Guard.

Many characters have been changed for the film. These include:

Vittoria Vetra's father, Leonardo Vetra, is replaced with a research partner named Silvano, who writes the journals and is murdered for his projects.
The novel's Italian camerlengo, Carlo Ventresca, becomes the film's Northern Irish camerlengo, Patrick McKenna.
The Swiss Guard commander, Commander Olivetti, becomes Commander Richter. Olivetti becomes the head of the Vatican police.
The Hassassin, an Arabic man who hates the Catholic Church, is replaced with a Westerner named Mr. Gray.
Captain Rocher does not appear in the film. Instead, his role near the book's climax is played by a bishop.
Cardinal Mortati, who oversees the conclave, is renamed Cardinal Strauss.
Gunther Glick and Chinita Macri do not appear in the film. Instead, numerous reporters from different countries perform reporting roles.
Maximilian Köhler, director of CERN, does not appear in the film. Instead, his role in the beginning is played by a Vatican police representative, and his role near the end is played by Commander Richter.

Differences between book and film

The funeral of the Pope is an original addition to the movie, as in the novel, the Pope is already buried and conclave is about to commence.
In the novel, Langdon goes to Geneva after receiving a phone call from CERN. In the film, a representative of the Vatican Police visits him in Harvard, and tells him everything there.
Vittoria is working on the antimatter at the beginning of the film with Silvano and a whole team, while in the novel, she returns to CERN after her father's murder. Also, only she and her father worked on the antimatter project.
The Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City does not appear in the novel; the Swiss Guard handles all matters.
The antimatter journals are sent over to the Vatican in the film, but Commander Richter confiscates them; this is how he learns of the truth.
Vittoria is able to restore the antimatter canister's battery in the film by doing a few simple defusing processes to the canister as long as there is at least five minutes of time left. In the novel, she must fly the canister back to CERN to recharge it, so the canister is much more dangerous in the novel. However, in the movie she decides not to replace the battery since cold temperature in the Necropolis would be depleting the batteries faster; removing and replacing with new ones might not have been possible because the charge would not hold for sufficient time to replace the battery.
In the novel, while confronting the assassin at the 3rd Altar of Science, Langdon survives by hiding under a stone tomb and is later found by police when his watch alarm goes off. In the film he hides down a grate in the church floor until the police and firefighters hear him banging.
The Diagramma book written by Galileo Galilei during his house arrest is presented in the film as a simple booklet, while it is in folios in the novel. Hence, Vittoria permanently destroys it when she rips page five off in the film.
Vittoria is not kidnapped during the Santa Maria della Vittoria incident; at that time, she is working on reading the antimatter journals.
Langdon and Vittoria do not kill the assassin together. He is promised a reward for his actions but is blown up when a car bomb explodes in the car he was supposed to make his getaway in.
The last brand in the novel is the Illuminati Diamond, which is a combination of "Earth", "Air", "Fire", and "Water" in the shape of an ambigram diamond. In the film, however, it is two keys crossed with each other, not even an ambigram. According to Langdon, its upside-down image is a reference to St. Peter's upside-down crucifixion.
In the film, Langdon does not accompany the camerlengo in the helicopter, and thus does not injure himself in the Tiber River.
In the film, Langdon and Vittoria discover the truth about the camerlengo in Commander Richter's office, as the Pope's seizures required security cameras to watch him. In the novel, Köhler gives him a small camera to watch the scene, while in the film, Richter gives him the key to the camera screen in his office.
The truth about the Pope fathering the camerlengo is not mentioned in the film, although the camerlengo states the Pope adopted him. The only reason given for the camerlengo murdering him is that the Pope became too open to science, which the camerlengo was uncomfortable with, as he believed religion alone should dictate morality, let alone the Creation.
The camerlengo immolates himself in the novel on the roof of St. Peter's, and dies calmly. In the film, he immolates himself using one of the ninety-nine oil lamps' oil as fuel, and the sanctuary lamp's flame as fire, and dies screaming.
Cardinal Baggia, the fourth preferiti, survives his drowning in the film, as the assassin left Piazza Navona right away. Langdon manages to use the bubble-producing hose to save him, and manages to get bystanders to help rescue him. Baggia then informs Langdon that the four preferiti were imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo. As anticipated, he becomes Pope in the end, and Cardinal Strauss succeeds McKenna as the camerlengo instead. In the novel, Baggia also dies, and Mortati, despite his status as elector, becomes pontiff.
The package loaned indefinitely to Langdon is not the last brand, but the Diagramma book written by Galileo Galilei.
The love thread between Langdon and Vittoria in the book is not depicted in the film
While the book Angels and Demons is a prequel to the Da Vinci Code, the movie is a sequel.
The assassin gets inputs through internet in the film
In the novel, Langdon goes alone to the archives the second time while looking for Bernini's statues. In the film, he is accompanied by a swiss guard
The tourist guide in the Pantheon (novel) is replaced by a female guide

Innocent Steps

Moon Geun-young, star of the hit romantic comedy My Little Bride, takes the lead role in Innocent Steps, romantic comedy from director Park Young-Hun. The teen idol plays Jang Chae-Ryn, an ethnic Korean living in China, who finds herself to be a complete fish out of water after being transplanted abroad to South Korea. When her sister bows out of a dummy marriage to a champion dance instructor, Chae-Ryn decides to travel to Seoul herself and impersonate her sister. Once in South Korea, she meets Na Young-Sae (Park Geon-Hyeong), who has agreed to the sham marriage for the sole purpose of locating a new dance partner.

It seems he's looking to replace the one he lost to his rival, the dastardly Jeong Hyeon-Su (Yoon Chan). But when Chae-Ryn's secret and her lack of dancing experience is revealed, Young-Sae wants to send his new bride back. Eventually, however, he has second thoughts and decides that his only hope is to train this wide-eyed novice himself. Of course, the practices start off as purely professional, but as Chae-Ryn begins to dedicate herself to the art of dancing, a connection between the newlyweds begins to take shape. Chae-Ryn's youthful exuberance and folksy way of speaking eventually charms Young-Sae's hardened heart. A subplot follows two immigration officers who seek to expose the couple's secret, but eventually end up rooting for the two to stay together.

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 feature film directed by Ron Howard, which is based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It was one of the most anticipated films of 2006, and was previewed at the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2006. The Da Vinci Code then entered major release in many other countries on May 18, 2006 and was released in the United States by Columbia Pict ures on May 19, 2006.

Because of some controversial interpretations and factu al inaccurac ies of Christian history in both the book and movie, they were criticised by the Roman Catholic Church. Some bishops urged members to boycott the film. Many of the early showings were accompanied by protesters outside the movie theatres, and early critical reviews were decidedly mixed. However, the film earned over US$230 million worldwide in its opening weekend, which at the time was the third biggest opening in history (it is currently ranked as the seventh biggest opening). It was the second highest grossing movie of 2006 worldwide — having reached US$758,239,851 as of November 2, 2006, making it both Tom Hanks' and Ron Howard's most successful film when not adjusting for inflation. The film's soundtrack, composed by Ha ns Zimmer, was nominated for the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

A man revealed to be Jacques Saunière is being pursued by a mysterious hooded character known as Silas through the Grand Gallery in the Louvre in Paris. Silas demands the location of the Priory's clef de voûte or "keystone." Under threat of death, Saunière finally confesses the keystone is kept in the sacristy of Church of Saint-Sulpice, "beneath the Rose." Silas thanks him, and then shoots him in the stomach.

Meanwhile, American symbologist Robert Langdon (T om Hanks), who is in Paris as an AUP guest lecturer on symbols and the sacred feminin e, is contacted by the French police, and summoned to the Louvre to view the crime scene. He discovers the dying Saunière had created an intricate display using black light ink and his own body and blood. Captain Bezu Fache (Jean Reno) asks him for his interpretation of the puzzling scene.

Silas calls a mysterious man known as "The Teacher", revealing that he has killed all four protectors of the keystone and that all confirmed the same location. He dons a metal cilice on his thigh and proceeds to flagellate himself with a whip for the sins of murder. Facilitated by Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, Silas then travels to Saint-Sulpice and is admitted by an elderly nun; left alone, he excavates beneath the floor of the church to find a stone saying only JOB 38:11. He confronts the nun, who quotes the passage: "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further." Realizing that he has been deceived, Silas is enraged and kills the nun.

Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a cryptologist with the French police, enters the Louvre as well and slips Langdon a message which leads him to the men's room. There, Sophie meets him and tells him that he is being tracked, a GPS tracking dot has been (unknown by him) slipped into his jacket and that he is a primary suspect in the murder case because of a line of text found by the corpse ("P.S. find Robert Langdon"). Sophie however, believes that Saunière, who is revealed to be her grandfather, wanted to pass a hidden message on to her, and that he had wanted to bring Langdon into the equation so that he could help her crack the code.

Having bought some time by removing the tracking device, the pair begin exploring the Louvre, finding more anagram messages that Saunière had left behind. Many of these relate to Leonardo Da Vinci's art, and the pair find a key with a Fleur-de-lis behind Madonna of the Rocks.

Pursued by the French police and cut off from the United States Embassy, the pair escape to the Bois de Boulogne where Langdon closely inspects the key. He notices an inscription on the side - an address. The address directs them to the Depository Bank of Zurich where the key is used for a safety deposit box.

In the bank, they find Saunière's deposit box and open it using the 10 digit Fibonacci numbers in order (1123581321). Inside the box, they find a rosewood container, which contains a cryptex: a cylindrical container with five alphabetical dials which must be arranged in the correct sequence to spell out a 5-letter code word, in order to open and access the parchment message inside. Using force to open the cryptex would break a vial of vinegar inside, which would dissolve the parchment and destroy the message.

Unfortunately, the police are called by a security guard and they are forced to leave. The bank manager, Andre Vernet, assists them in escaping by taking them as passengers in an armoured van to escape the routine checks of the police. In the back of the truck Langdon and Neveu have a lengthy discussion about the cryptex and Neveu says that her grandfather often played games with her involving cryptexes. Langdon says that the cryptex might hold valuable information or another clue about what they are trying to discover. Eventually, they come to a sudden stop and Vernet forces them at gunpoint to give him the cryptex. Langdon tricks Vernet and disarms him and he and Sophie escape.

Langdon suggests that they visit his friend, Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen), for assistance to opening the cryptex. Leigh Teabing turns out to be an enthusiastic seeker of the Holy Grail, which he believes is not actually a cup but instead Ma ry Magdalene, who was driven away because Jesus's followers didn't want to follow a woman after their leader was killed. Mary was pregnant at the time, and Teabing tells Sophie that a secret society was formed to protect the descendants of Jesus. Jacques Saunière was believed to be a part of this society and Teabing suspects that he was training Sophie to join it also. Silas, meanwhile, breaks into Teabing's mansion and attempts to steal the cryptex. Teabing uses his cane to knock Silas out and they escape again, taking the butler, Remy Jean, and Silas with them. The group escapes in Teabing's plane.

It is revealed that Remy Jean is actually a follower of The Teacher as well, however he is killed by the mysterious man after freeing Silas. Silas is attacked by the police and, in the ensuing gunfire, accidentally shoots Bishop Manuel Aringarosa. In his grief, Silas dies in police-assisted suicide and Aringarosa is taken to the hospital, as well as being arrested by Fache for betraying him. As Langdon gets closer to solving the mystery, he is betrayed by Teabing, who is revealed to be The Teacher. Teabing explained that he wanted to find Mary Magdalene's remains to prove he was correct about the Holy Grail and threatens to shoot Sophie if Langdon does not crack the code. Langdon responds by throwing the cryptex into the air. Teabing catches it, but drops it, and it hits the ground. The vial of vinegar breaks and apparently spreads onto the document, destroying it. After Teabing is arrested, however it is revealed that Langdon had cracked the code ('Apple') and removed the clue from the cryptex before throwing it at Teabing. Using the clue, they travel to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland where Magdalene's remains had previously been hidden. There, they meet other members of the secret organization that protected her. It is revealed that Sophie is actually Magdalene's descendant and therefore is the current living descendant of Jesus Christ. They vow to keep her safe. Langdon and Sophie part ways shortly after.

At his hotel, Langdon accidentally cuts himself while shaving and the line of blood on the sink reminds him of the Rose Line. He follows the Rose Line and finds the location of the Holy Grail, buried under the pyramid in the Louvre. Langdon then kneels above Mary Magdalene's tomb as the Templar Knights did before him.