The last literate person in the Western World has finally read The Da Vinci Code.
Sotheby's might want to send a bidding paddle to Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown.
"The Da Vinci Code" alone has sold more than 80 million copies and ranked Brown with J.
The high point of Sony's year was the release of The Da Vinci Code, from the company's film division.
That's the tagline in ads for the upcoming movie The Da Vinci Code.
For many, the group first gained wide attention when it was portrayed in Dan Brown's best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code.
It seems that, long before The Da Vinci Code, writers were effectively weaving esoteric cults into the plots of their mysteries.
The Da Vinci Code has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and has been made into a film starring Tom Hanks.
"The way the story is told is very similar to The Da Vinci Code: it is basically an extended chase, " notes Wilson.
The Da Vinci Code, the second book in the series, is the UK's biggest seller since records began, with more than five million copies sold.
Pastor RON MCCRARY (Christ Church Anglican, Kansas City): How many--how many of you have actually read the book, itself, The Da Vinci Code?
The evidence in this case demonstrates that as regards The Da Vinci Code that is simply not correct with respect to historical lectures.
He is a devout Catholic (a member of Opus Dei, "Da Vinci Code" fans) who urges O'Neill to pray regularly and confess his sins.
The documentary's trailer mirrors the tone and music of The Da Vinci Code's, but instead of seek the truth, the tagline is, testifying to faith.
Mr. LEE STROBEL (Author, Exploring The Da Vinci Code): I think a lot of Christians have realized that the boycotting and picketing approach really isn't very productive.
Mr. TOM HANKS (Actor): You know, I know probably a lot of you know that I'm in a new movie that's coming out called The Da Vinci Code.
Cannes also shows films out of competition, often an attempt to raise visibility -- though, as in the case of "The Da Vinci Code" in 2006, the high profile can backfire.
The 17th-century residence played a role in both the book and film version of Dan Brown 's best selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, as the home of English historian Sir Leigh Teabing.
In movies, Amy Pascal , chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, is trying to repair the studio's sagging reputation, with box-office successes like the Spiderman series and The Da Vinci Code.
She decided to visit the historic Rosslyn chapel in Midlothian, that featured in the bestselling Dan Brown book "The Da Vinci Code" and the film of the novel, which starred Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou.
Brown makes a point of visiting the locations he describes, and since "The Da Vinci Code" published in 2003, his fans have obsessively tried to discern where his next books might take place and what they're about.
Visit any bookstore and there's likely to be a table of books with titles like, Exploring the Da Vinci Code, Breaking the Da Vinci Code, and The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code, many released by Christian publishers.
But as critical and as angry as many religious leaders are about The Da Vinci Code, their main response has not been to try to stop Christians from reading the book or seeing the movie, but to meet it head on.
"I wish I could travel for pleasure, " says the author of such scenic blockbusters as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons, " in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe.
It would be quite wrong if fictional writers were to have their writings pored over in the way The Da Vinci Code has been pored over in this case by authors of pretend historical books to make an allegation of infringement of copyright.
Dante was highly critical of the Catholic church and Brown was happy to let readers and critics wonder if he would renew the controversies of "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code, " both of which enraged church officials with such speculations as a marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
That sensibility led Topkis to her first winner, a 1995 British detective story called Death in the Garden, by Elizabeth Ironside. (In January Garden briefly beat out The Da Vinci Code as the top mystery seller on Amazon.com.) To publish this out-of-print title, Topkis had to track down the book's rights.
Monsignor FRANK MANISCALCO (Head of Communications, U.S. Conference of Bishops): We can see in The Da Vinci Code much that simply misinterprets the origins of Christianity and takes, say, for example, second and third century writings by people who are not really in synch with the Christianity, the New Testament, and puts them on the same level as the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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