THE NINTH GATE
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Title: The Ninth Gate
Year: 1999 Johnny Depp plays: Dean Corso Directed by: Roman Polanski Written by: Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel); John Brownjohn, Enrique Urbizu, and Roman Polanski (screenplay) Genre: Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Thriller MPAA Rating: R Runtime: 133 minutes |
PLOT
Dean Corso is highly skilled at his work, a position
which requires dexterity, cultural expertise, nerves of steel... and few
scruples. Known for locating rare books for wealthy collectors, Corso is hired
by eminent book-lover and scholar of demonology, Boris Balkan. Corson's mission:
to find the last two volumes of legendary manual of satanic invocation "The
Ninth Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," compare them Balkan's first volume,
supposedly the only one of its kind, and ascertain the authenticity of the
series. Corso accepts the challenge. From New York to Toledo, Paris to Cintra,
he immerses himself in a labyrinth full of pitfalls and temptations, disturbing
encounters, violence and mysterious deaths. Protected by an angelic creature and
guided by a force more powerful than himself, Corso solves one by one the
mysteries of the dreaded Book and discovers the real purpose of his mission.
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QUOTES
Baroness Kessler: My latest work: "The Devil: History and Myth" - a kind
of biography. It will be published next year.
Dean Corso: Why the devil?
Baroness Kessler: [laughs] I saw him one day. I was fifteen years
old, and I saw him as plain as I see you now: cutaway, top hat, cane. Very
elegant, very handsome. It was love at first sight.
Dean Corso: 300 years ago, that would get you burned at the stake.
Baroness Kessler: 300 years ago I wouldn't have said it!
Liana Telfer: Don't fuck with me!
Dean Corso: I thought I just did.
Boris Balkan: [Crashing the black mass] Mumbo Jumbo! Mumbo Jumbo!
[shouts]
Boris Balkan: MUMBO JUMBO! Mumbo Jumbo!
Boris Balkan: Nothing is more reliable than a man whose loyalties can be bought with hard cash.
Ceniza: Even Hell has its heroes, señor.
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