Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp, based on Dan Brown’s 2000 novel of the same title. It is the sequel to the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code, also directed by Howard, and the second installment in the Robert Langdon film series. However, the novel version was published first and acts as a prequel to The Da Vinci Code novel.
Filming took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Professor Robert Langdon, while Ayelet Zurer stars as Dr. Vittoria Vetra, a CERN scientist joining Langdon in the quest to recover a missing vial of antimatter from a mysterious Illuminati terrorist. Producer Brian Grazer, composer Hans Zimmer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also return, with David Koepp coming on board to help the latter.
- Starring : Tom Hanks / Ewan McGregor
- Genre : Action / Mystery / Thriller
- Country : United States / Italy
- Language : English / Italian / Latin / French / Swiss German / German / Chinese / Spanish / Polish
- Director : Ron Howard
- Production : Columbia Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / Skylark Productions / Panorama Films
- Distributor : Audio Visual Enterprises / Columbia Pictures / Falcon / ITA Film / InterComFilm / Sony Pictures Entertainment / Sony Pictures Filmverleih / Sony Pictures Releasing / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR) / Film1 / Music Television (MTV) / RTL Entertainment / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Angels & Demons movie
Angels & Demons release date
- May 7, 2009 : Japan (Tokyo) (premiere)
- May 13, 2009 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- May 13, 2009 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- May 13, 2009 : Germany
- May 13, 2009 : France
- May 13, 2009 : Sweden
- May 14, 2009 : Australia
- May 14, 2009 : UK
- May 14, 2009 : Israel
- May 14, 2009 : Singapore
- May 15, 2009 : Canada
- May 15, 2009 : Spain
- May 15, 2009 : Ireland
- May 15, 2009 : Japan
- May 15, 2009 : Philippines
- May 15, 2009 : USA
- May 29, 2009 : India
Angels & Demons cast
- Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon
- Ewan McGregor as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
- Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra
- Stellan Skarsgård as Commander Richter
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Inspector Olivetti
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Assassin
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Cardinal Strauss
- Thure Lindhardt as Chartrand
- David Pasquesi as Claudio Vincenzi
- Cosimo Fusco as Father Simeon
- Victor Alfieri as Lieutenant Valenti
- Franklin Amobi as Cardinal Lamasse
- Curt Lowens as Cardinal Ebner
- Bob Yerkes as Cardinal Guidera
- Marc Fiorini as Cardinal Baggia (as Marco Fiorini)
At CERN, Father Silvano and Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) create three canisters of antimatter. Silvano is murdered, and one of the canisters is stolen. The Catholic Church mourn the sudden death of Pope Pius XVI, and prepare for the papal conclave to elect his successor in Vatican City. Father Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor), the Camerlengo, takes control of the Vatican. Four of the “preferiti”, the favoured candidates to be Pope, are kidnapped by a man claiming to represent the Illuminati. He sends the Vatican a warning, claiming he will murder each of the cardinals from 8 pm to midnight, when the stolen antimatter will explode and destroy the city, hidden somewhere within.
American symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is brought to the Vatican to help. He deduces that the four cardinals will be murdered on the four altars of the “Path of Illumination”, in locations relevant to the classical elements. McKenna gives Langdon access to the Vatican Secret Archives to research the altars, against the wishes of Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård), head of the Swiss Guard. He and Vittoria examine Galileo Galilei’s banned book, following clues to the Chigi Chapel, accompanied by Ernesto Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino) and Claudio Vincenzi (David Pasquesi) of the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City. They find Cardinal Ebner dead, having suffocated on a mouthful of dirt and branded with the ambigrammatic word “Earth”.
The second, Cardinal Lamassé, is murdered in St. Peter’s Square, his lungs punctured and branded with “Air”. Vittoria comes to suspect the Pope was actually murdered via an overdose of tinzaparin and this is confirmed when McKenna secretly inspects the body in her presence. Langdon, Olivetti, and Vincenzi eventually identify the Santa Maria della Vittoria as the altar of fire, finding Cardinal Guidera burning to death, branded with “Fire”. The assassin appears, killing Olivetti and Vincenzi, before escaping to drown Cardinal Baggia (Marco Fiorini) in the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi. Langdon intervenes and rescues Baggia with the help of bystanders. Baggia tells Langdon he was held with the preferiti in Castel Sant’Angelo.
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