Product Details

• Actors: Dan Brown, Henry Lincoln, Dan Burstein
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: The Disinformation Company
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Run Time: 152 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002ZDVFY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,668 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER

The definitive documentary exploration of Dan Brown’s thrilling novel The Da Vinci Code, answers the questions everyone is asking!

What exactly was Leonardo da Vinci trying to tell us in his coded paintings?
Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene?
Who were the Knights Templar?
What is the secret of the mysterious church at Rennes-le-Château?
What is the Priory of Sion?
What secret did the real life Saunière know that threatened the Church?
What are the Gnostic Gospels?
Did Roman emperors rewrite the New Testament to control the population?

This DVD Exclusive Production is essential viewing for all readers of The Da Vinci Code, clearing away fact from fiction and revealing the hidden history and shocking revelations that have made Dan Brown’s novel the most controversial and popular adult fiction of the 21st century. Featuring all the key authors and researchers on the many fascinating topics in The Da Vinci Code, including:

Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code
Dan Burstein – Secrets of the Code
Henry Lincoln – Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Martin Lunn – Da Vinci Code Decoded
Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince – The Templar Revelation
Dr. Karen Ralls – The Templars and the Grail
Dr. James Robinson – The Nag Hammadi Library
Margaret Starbird – The Woman with the Alabaster Jar

Also features original location photography from The Louvre, Temple Church, Westminster Abbey, Rosslyn Chapel and Rennes-le-Château – all shot especially for this production.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Class Act, November 18, 2004

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majestic (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Da Vinci Code Decoded (DVD)

If you are looking for the expert dope on all things Da Vinci Code, this is it - no need to look elsewhere. Henry Lincoln, Dan Burstein, Picknett and Prince and even Dan Brown - basically everyone you'd want to explain the back story of The Da Vinci Code. The only omission is anything the naysayers who wrote lots of books denouncing the novel as anti-catholic, etc., but that's not to say that the people who are interviewed, especially Holy Blood Holy Grail's Henry Lincoln, don't question some of the wilder leaps made by some enthusiasts.

It's really well produced, and organized so that you can drop in or out of any chapter on the DVD to learn about whichever topics interest you most. If there was a criticism it would be that some of the talking heads really go into detail, perhaps more so than you might want - but that depends on your level of interest.

Overall, 5 stars and a suggestion to look no further, except perhaps Dan Burstein's excellent book Secrets of the Code and/or Martin Lunn's book Da Vinci Code Decoded, which despite having the same name as this DVD doesn't really cover the subject matter in the same way.

59 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Whole New Vista of Information, November 18, 2004

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Sophia Torres (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Da Vinci Code Decoded (DVD)

I picked up the Da Vinci Code about a year ago to read on a long train ride, and of course I wasn't disappointed-as we all know it was immensely entertaining and exciting, a great read all around (and now I can't wait to see Tom Hanks in the movie!) But then my husband Bernie, who noticed how much I liked the book (don't you just love it when men pay attention for once?) bought this DVD for me for my birthday. There was so much new information inside that I had to watch it several times, so I was glad that I owned it. I had never heard of "Gnosticism" before or any of the other stunning data contained inside, it was like a whole treasure chest opened up of stuff they never told you in Sunday school that makes religion exciting all over again. Now I've got Bernie reading the Dead Sea Scrolls! A great value for the money.

94 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This DVD is NOT anti-anything! Watch it and see for yourself, November 17, 2004

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Ralph Bernardo (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Da Vinci Code Decoded (DVD)

It's hard for me to describe the 9 million Americans and growing who have read The Da Vinci Code as a cultural cliché - Dan Brown's novel has resonated with many people in this country who are curious about the roots of Christianity and its development throughout history.

As I watched this DVD, I didn't think Da Vinci Code Decoded was anti-ANYTHING. What Dan Brown and the other thinkers featured in this film discuss is who Jesus was - living as a Jewish man in Roman-occupied Palestine 2,000 years ago. To speculate on how Jesus, as a man, might have lived in his time on this earth - in no way shape or form degenerates my faith or the beliefs of millions of Catholics and Christians in this country and across the world.

In fact, Henry Lincoln in the film explicitly makes this point.

I say watch it for yourself, and make up your own mind. You probably will learn something new, I certainly did.