The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roman Polanski
Screenplay by	John Brownjohn; Roman Polanski; Enrique Urbizu;
Based on	The Club Dumas; by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Produced by	Roman Polanski
Starring	Johnny Depp; Lena Olin; Frank Langella; James Russo; Jack Taylor; Emmanuelle Seigner;
Cinematography	Darius Khondji
Edited by	Hervé de Luze
Music by	Wojciech Kilar
Production; company	Canal+
Distributed by	BAC Films (France); Araba Films (Spain); Summit Entertainment (International);
Release dates	25 August 1999 (France); 27 August 1999 (Spain);
Running time	133 minutes
Countries	France; Spain;
Language	English
Budget	$38 million
Box office	$58.4 million

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 box office was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The Ninth Gate Remake in Development with Johnny Depp Producing". 6 October 2023.

[1] "THE NINTH GATE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[lum-2] "La neuvième porte (FR) [Original title]". Lumiere. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[box_office-3] Cite error: The named reference box office was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "The Ninth Gate Remake in Development with Johnny Depp Producing". 6 October 2023.

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