Is The Ninth Gate based on a true story?
The movie “The Ninth Gate” (script here) is based on a Spanish work of fiction “The Club Dumas” by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. In it the protagonists, Balkan and Corso, respectively search for and research a fictional book called “The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows”.
What is the movie The Ninth Gate about?
Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. Boris Balkan (Frank Langella) has recently acquired a seventeenth-century satanic text called The Nine Gates- a legendary book written by Satan himself. With The Nine Gates in his possession, Corso soon finds himself at the center of strange and violent goings-on. Not only is his apartment ransacked, it appears that he is being shadowed ferociously by others determined to regain the book.
What year was the ninth gate filmed?
March 10, 2000 (USA)
Who directed The Ninth Gate?
Roman Polanski
Is there a ninth gate in Naruto?
This article, The Ninth Gate, is property of KontonMan. These new Taijutsu techniques vary on user. A very interesting feature of The Ninth Gate is that when in use, the user’s Dark Chakra surrounds them similar to the Four-Tail transformation of Naruto Uzumaki.
Is Ninth Gate scary?
The Ninth Gate is not a horror movie, not a thriller, not a campy comedy, not a drama. If you force the movie in any of these categories and judge it by the category’s standards, the movie will be doomed to fail.
Who does the girl represent in The Ninth Gate?
The Girl is a mysterious woman with supernatural powers who appears in The Ninth Gate. She acts as Corso’s guide and protector and possesses keen insight into the events of the film.
What does the ending of Ninth Gate mean?
But at the end Corso finds out that Balkan’s 9th engraving was fake and the real one actually shows the mystery woman he had sex with when Balkan’s plan went wrong and his castle burned down. When he revisits the castle the ending then implies that Corso finally gains access to the Ninth Gate.
Was Aristide Torchia real person?
Aristide Torchia, a fictional historical author from the novel, has been referred to in other media including The Ninth Gate (a film based on the novel), and video game Max Payne. The fictional character Torchia was born in 1620. He was apprenticed in Leyden under the Elzevir family.
What is the Ninth Gate based on?
The Club Dumas
Is there a part 2 to the Ninth Gate?
Please dont give us a sequel(“Return to the ninth gate”, “The ninth gate-part 2”) ! For those who found the film to be “heavy” – give up on the original story “The Club Dumas” by Arturo Peres-Reverte you will be confused some more.
Who wrote the Ninth Gate?
Roman Polanski
Where was the nine gates filmed?
The Ninth Gate was filmed in France, Portugal, and Spain in the summer of 1998. Selected prominent buildings in the film are: Chalet Biester, Sintra, Portugal (as mansion of book collector Victor Fargas) Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne, France (as mansion owned by Liana Telfer)
What is the Ninth Gate ending?
By the end, the hero, Carso, is obsessed with the same goal for himself that Balkan was. The final illustration is enacted by him and the (unnamed) girl (a servant of the devil). She later leaves him a note where the true ninth illustration is. He gets this then walks through the gate pointed to in the picture.