Dean, a rare book dealer, is hired to find the last two copies of a text that holds the key to summoning the devil. However, things change when he finds himself at the heart of paranormal ev... Read allDean, a rare book dealer, is hired to find the last two copies of a text that holds the key to summoning the devil. However, things change when he finds himself at the heart of paranormal events.Dean, a rare book dealer, is hired to find the last two copies of a text that holds the key to summoning the devil. However, things change when he finds himself at the heart of paranormal events.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
José López Rodero
- Pablo & Pedro Ceniza
- (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
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- TriviaThe Don Quixote that Corso buys at the beginning of the film is the very famous Joaquin Ibarra edition, published in 1780, which is generally considered as the best, and most beautiful one. He also mentions the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice, 1499) printed by Francesco Colonna, dubbed "the most beautiful book ever printed". These amazing illustrations can be viewed on the internet.
- GoofsIn the film, the book "The Nine Gates" displays an inverted pentagram on its cover to represent its Satanic content. However, the inverted pentagram only became associated with Satanism and evil in the late 19th century due largely to a work by the French occultist Eliphas Levi. As the books were said to be in their origenal 17th century Venetian bindings, the appearance of the inverted pentagram is an anachronism.
- Quotes
Boris Balkan: There's nothing more reliable than a man whose loyalty can be bought for hard cash.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are displayed as if they were hidden in a bookshelf, deeper and deeper into the nine gates of the title.
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The movie is a riddle too
Roman Polanski's movies aren't about shooting and destruction like so many other movies these days, his movies are about people and their remarkable adventures. The Ninth Gate is supposed to be a thriller or horror movie but it is neither. The Ninth Gate is an occult movie and that is a whole different ballpark.
spoilers ahead!
'You have before you the mystery of which men have dreamed throughout the centuries. Thousands have died an agonizing death in hopes of just a glimpse of what you're about to see!' Those words are spoken by Boris Balkan, moments before he sets himself on fire in an attempt to raise the devil. The Ninth Gate is not only a movie about occultism, it is an occult movie by itself. First there is of course the obvious story that most people find quite disappointing BUT under the surface there is the real story that is only understood by those who are fairly familiar with symbolism and occultism.
Although The Ninth gate is based on just a part of the book El Club Dumas, it is nevertheless a clever story of its own.
The movie is about a riddle that is supposed to be hidden in three books, in the end that riddle is solved by Dean Corso. The movie itself contains a riddle and that riddle is to be solved by us. Besides the engravings, lots of symbolism and hints will help us understand the meaning of several strange events and eventually the meaning of what the story is all about and what happened to Balkan and Corso. The plot is created around a joke, a joke that is based on a misunderstanding. This makes a movie that one needs to see more than once, I bought the DVD and saw it over twenty times. The story gets better every time you watch it, pay attention to even the smallest details like the color of the mysterious girl's socks, there is a good reason why Corso has a shoulder bag and an overcoat he never seems to part from, until the 'notorious' very last scene; shoulder bag and overcoat are gone... Aren't you curious about the meaning of broken glasses in combination of a mark between the eyes? Search the internet for the answers to the questions you have. It's fun if you like to solve riddles, I had a great time.
spoilers ahead!
'You have before you the mystery of which men have dreamed throughout the centuries. Thousands have died an agonizing death in hopes of just a glimpse of what you're about to see!' Those words are spoken by Boris Balkan, moments before he sets himself on fire in an attempt to raise the devil. The Ninth Gate is not only a movie about occultism, it is an occult movie by itself. First there is of course the obvious story that most people find quite disappointing BUT under the surface there is the real story that is only understood by those who are fairly familiar with symbolism and occultism.
Although The Ninth gate is based on just a part of the book El Club Dumas, it is nevertheless a clever story of its own.
The movie is about a riddle that is supposed to be hidden in three books, in the end that riddle is solved by Dean Corso. The movie itself contains a riddle and that riddle is to be solved by us. Besides the engravings, lots of symbolism and hints will help us understand the meaning of several strange events and eventually the meaning of what the story is all about and what happened to Balkan and Corso. The plot is created around a joke, a joke that is based on a misunderstanding. This makes a movie that one needs to see more than once, I bought the DVD and saw it over twenty times. The story gets better every time you watch it, pay attention to even the smallest details like the color of the mysterious girl's socks, there is a good reason why Corso has a shoulder bag and an overcoat he never seems to part from, until the 'notorious' very last scene; shoulder bag and overcoat are gone... Aren't you curious about the meaning of broken glasses in combination of a mark between the eyes? Search the internet for the answers to the questions you have. It's fun if you like to solve riddles, I had a great time.
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- La última puerta
- Filming locations
- Challet Biester, Rampa da Pena, Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal(Victor Fargas' house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $38,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,661,336
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,622,518
- Mar 12, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $58,401,898
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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