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The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery-thriller film directed by Ron
Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's
worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code. It was produced by Howard
with John Calley and Brian Grazer and released by Columbia Pictures in the
United States on May 19, 2006.
The Da Vinci Code stars Tom Hanks as Harvard University symbologist Robert
Langdon, Audrey Tautou as cryptographer Sophie Neveu of the Direction Centrale
de la Police Judiciaire of France, Sir Ian McKellen as British Grail historian
Sir Leigh Teabing, Alfred Molina as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, Jean Reno as
Capitainé Bezu Fache of the Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire, and Paul
Bettany as the Opus Dei monk Silas.
The Da Vinci Code was previewed at the opening night of the 2006 Cannes Film
Festival on May 17, 2006. The Da Vinci Code then entered major release in
many other countries on May 18, 2006 and was released in the United States by
Columbia Pictures on May 19, 2006.
In this screen capture from the final moments of the film Robert
Langdon(Tom Hanks) comes to
the pyramid entrance of the Louvre tracking the location of the Holy Grail
Here is a wider angle shot
I believe it was a Wed that I came to the Louvre and was not expecting
that it was the only day of the week that it was closed
It was some consolation though being able to visit the Pyramid film location
Louvre Pyramid Wikipedia
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid,
surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) of
the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the
main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark
of the city of Paris.
Commissioned by the President of France François Mitterrand in 1984, it was
designed by the architect I. M. Pei, who is responsible for the design of the
Miho Museum in Japan among others. The structure, which was constructed entirely
with glass segments, reaches a height of 20.6 metres (about 70 feet); its square
base has sides of 35 metres (115 ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70
triangular glass segments.
The pyramid structure was engineered by Nicolet Chartrand Knoll Ltd. of Montreal
(Pyramid structure / Design Consultant) and Rice Francis Ritchie (also known as
RFR) of Paris (Pyramid Structure / Construction Phase).
The pyramid and the underground lobby beneath it were created because of a
series of problems with the Louvre's original main entrance, which could no
longer handle an enormous number of visitors on an everyday basis. Visitors
entering through the pyramid descend into the spacious lobby then re-ascend into
the main Louvre buildings. Several other museums have duplicated this concept,
most notably the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The construction
work on the pyramid base and underground lobby was carried out by the Vinci
construction company
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