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The Ninth Gate (1999) -- A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel)
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Release Date:
10 March 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Every book has a life of its own... more
Plot:
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(49 articles)
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Proves You Don't Need A Ton Of Action To Make A Good Thriller more (557 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnny Depp ... Dean Corso

Frank Langella ... Boris Balkan

Lena Olin ... Liana Telfer

Emmanuelle Seigner ... The Girl
Barbara Jefford ... Baroness Kessler
Jack Taylor ... Victor Fargas
José López Rodero ... Pablo & Pedro Ceniza / 1st & 2nd Workmen (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
Tony Amoni ... Liana's Bodyguard

James Russo ... Bernie
Willy Holt ... Andrew Telfer
Allen Garfield ... Witkin
Jacques Dacqmine ... Old Man
Joe Sheridan ... Old Man's Son
Rebecca Pauly ... Daughter-In-Law
Catherine Benguigui ... Concierge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La neuvième porte (France)
La novena puerta (Spain)
Die neun Pforten (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Девятые врата (Russia) [ru]
9. kapi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
A Nona Porta (Portugal) [pt]
A kilencedik kapu (Hungary) [hu]
Den niende porten (Norway) [no]
Deveta vrata (Croatia) [hr]
Dziewiate wrota (Poland) [pl]
I enati pyli (Greece) [el]
La última puerta (Argentina) [es]
La neuvième porte (Canada: French title) [fr]
La nona porta (Italy) [it]
Nionde porten (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
O Último Portal (Brazil) [pt]
The Ninth Gate (Denmark) [da]
Yhdeksäs portti (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
133 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Corso and The Girl drive off in their "borrowed" red sports car, they are stuck behind a truck for a moment, and the car's brake lights are lit; however, the sound of the car accelerating and upshifting can be heard throughout the shot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dean Corso: It's an impressive collection. You have some very rare editions here. Are you sure you want to sell them all?
Old Man's Son: They're of no use to father. Not anymore. Not since he's been this way. His library was his whole world. Now it's just a feeble memory.
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What are all nine gates?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
Why did Green Eyes let Balkan kill Liana?
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59 out of 74 people found the following review useful.
Proves You Don't Need A Ton Of Action To Make A Good Thriller, 9 November 2006
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

What makes this movie rather unique in this day-and-age is to see a horror- occult movie that has very little action. That may turn off a lot of modern-day viewers and critics but I thought it was refreshing.....as long as the story could still keep one's attention, which it did. It also did it with a pretty long movie: 133 minutes. I have played this movie several times for friends and no one has gotten bored.

The attraction is (1) decent acting; (2) some great sets; (3) an involving story; (4) interesting characters and (5) low profanity.

What keeps most viewers interested is simply wondering what is going to happen next in "Dean Corso's" (Johnny Depp) quest to figure out the hidden message. Without giving anything away, this is a classy, solid thriller.....and more importantly, fun to watch.

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