| The Ninth Gate | |
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
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| Based on | The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Produced by | Roman Polanski |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Darius Khondji |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
| Music by | Wojciech Kilar |
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Running time | 133 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $38 million[3] |
| Box office | $58.4 million[3] |
The Ninth Gate is a 1999 neo-noir horror thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. An international co-production between the United States, Portugal, France, and Spain, the film is loosely based upon Arturo Pérez-Reverte's 1993 novel The Club Dumas. The film stars Johnny Depp as a dealer of rare books who is tasked with authenticating a 17th-century book that - if used correctly - can summon the Devil.
The premiere showing was at San Sebastián, Spain, on 25 August 1999, a month before the 47th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Though critically and commercially unsuccessful in North America, where reviewers compared it unfavorably with Polanski's supernatural film Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Ninth Gate earned a worldwide gross of $58.4 million against a $38 million budget. It has since been described as a cult classic.[4]
- ^ "THE NINTH GATE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b "La neuvième porte (FR) [Original title]". Lumiere. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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