Secrets Of The Code

Thanks to Heartsguy for renting this for me the newly released on DVD June 5, 2007 of Secrets Of The Code a new feature-length film based on the best-selling book The Da Vinci Code. Narrated by Susan Sarandon. From the cover it states "The search for the truth has just begun." I will let everyone know how it went and what I thought about this DVD when we watch it tonight. Love, Pam
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On the DVD box it states.
Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Best Actress, Dead Man Walking, 1995) narrates this visually stunning and thought provoking documentary based upon New York Times best selling author Dan Burstein's book Secrets of the Code. Featuring interviews and commentary by renowned historians, including: Timothy Freke (Time Machine: Beyond the Da Vinci Code), Richard Leigh (Time Machine: Beyond the Da Vinci Code), Sean Martin (Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy), Rabbi Irwin Kula (Simple Wisdom), and Elaine Pagels (The Real Da Vinci Code), SECRETS OF THE CODE explores and challenges the global obsession inspired by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Examine the mysteries surrounding ancient signs and symbols, the meaning of the Holy Grail in history, the true identities of Mary Magdalene and Leonardo da Vinci, the significance of the Gnostic Gospels and the true facts behind secret societies such as the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei, and more!

Secrets Of The Code is a sweeping cinematic journey that delves even deeper into the mysteries of mankind's past and the origins of our religious beliefs, making this feature length documentary a powerful companion piece to the best selling novel and blockbuster film.
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Here are some links that I have found.

http://www.secretsofthecode.com/Movies_S...
Excerpt -
Among the specific issues that Secrets of the Code explores are these:

Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene and what do alternative gospel accounts tell us about their relationship?
Did the Church intentionally denigrate the role of Mary Magdalene in order to minimize the role of women?
Is Christianity as we know it a Roman distortion of the actual teachings of Jesus, designed to promote the Empire’s values of patriarchy and hierarchy?
Have we been mistaken for twenty centuries about the true nature of the Holy Grail? Could Jesus and Mary Magdalene have had a child together?
Did geniuses in the arts and sciences, such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Isaac Newton, belong to secret societies that concealed and continue to protect the most compelling “insider” information in history?

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?...

http://www.shakefire.com/reviews/secrets...
Review from this site gives it a B-

Review published June 2, 2007 by James Plath is two pages.
http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/secrets-o...
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What my wife hoped for and what I expected was a film that walks you through the clues that Robert Langdon finds in the Louvre involving Leonardo Da Vinci, secret societies, and the Holy Grail. What we got, especially in the first half of this haphazardly constructed documentary, was a rather vague (and "out there") tutorial on the sacred feminine and general background on early Christianity. While there's some attention to the symbols, nothing is in order, nothing is explored in any depth, and whole paintings and clues from the book are omitted.

http://astore.amazon.com/chemistry-20/de...
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First published in hardcover in 2004, "Secrets of the Code" book has been a best-seller worldwide, appearing in 28 foreign editions, with two million copies now in print and has outsold all the other guidebooks to The Da Vinci Code combined. Secrets of the Code is a sweeping, cinematic journey that delves even deeper into the mysteries of mankind's past and the origins of our religious beliefs, making this newly released feature-length documentary a powerful companion piece to the best-selling novel and blockbuster film.

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Note to Greg -
Susan Sarandon also narrates the Joseph Campbell Myth series.

Susan Sarandon narrates this series of documentaries created by esteemed folklorist Joseph Campbell. The series explains and illustrates his fascinating comparison of world mythology and how similar legends in cultures as diverse as Chinese and Native American can reveal fundamental truths of human nature. Mr. Campbell's theories and observations have inspired many artists and thinkers and his accessible way of presenting said theories helped make him both a groundbreaking and popular comparative mythologist. Contains the entire MYTHOS series. See individual titles for details.

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Thursday Evening June 14, 2007

OK - We watched it and enjoyed it. Nice documentary, gives some but not nearly all the facts that should be covered. It stuck to the framework of The Da Vinci Code to give the point by point differences. This could have easily been turned into a two disc set expanding on just a few of the themes.