Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code

Sandra Antičová II 21F

Dan Brown

• Mr. Dan Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Philips Exeter Academy.

• There he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing.

• In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, Digital Fortress.

• His second book is Deception Point – a techno thriller.

• Dan grew up surrounded by the paradoxical philosophies of science and religion. These complementary perspectives served as inspiration for his acclaimed novel Angels & Demons-a science vs. religion thriller set within a Swiss physics lab and Vatican City.

• Recently, he has begun work on a series of symbology thrillers featuring his popular protagonist Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of iconography and religious art. The upcoming series will include books set in Paris, London, and Washington D.C.

• Dan’s wife Blythe—an art historian and painter—collaborates on his research and accompanies him on his frequent research trips, their latest to Paris, where they spent time in the Louvre for his thriller, The Da Vinci Code.

Motion picture adaptation Sony's Columbia Pictures is adapting the novel to film. Filming is scheduled to start in May 2006; the Louvre has granted permission for filming on the premises. The film rights have been purchased for USD 6 million.

·Ron Howard has been signed on as Director with Akiva Goldsman as Screenwriter. ·Tom Hanks has been signed on to star as Robert Langdon. ·Audrey Tautou is cast as Sophie Neveu. ·Jean Reno has been cast as Bezu Fache. ·James Horner will compose the original music. 

Main characters

Robert Langdon - A well-respected professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University Sophie Neveu - Saunière´s granddauther Jacques Saunière - Curator of the Louvre museum, secret head of the secret society “Priory of Sion”. Bezu Fache - A captain in the DPJF, the French criminal investigation police Silas – The monk who murdered SauniéreBishop Manuel Aringarosa - World-wide head of Opus Dei and the patron of the albino monk SilasThe Teacher André Vernet - President of the Paris branch of the Depository Bank of Zurich Rémy Legaludec - Chauffeur to Leigh Teabing The docent at Rosslyn Chapel – Sophie´s brotherGuardian of the Rosslyn Trust - Jacques Saunière´s wife and Sophie Neveu´s grandmother

                                                                     

The Louvre - Grand Gallery and parquet floor.

The Last Supper

The Last Supper – later restoration

Magnification of the person accompanying Jesus

Da Vinci´s handwritting

Goddes Isis and her baby Honus (ancient mythology)

Temple church – Knights Templar

Westminster Abbey

Poets´corner

The Roslyn Chapel

The fountain in Louvre