The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Screenplay: Behind the Scenes of the Major Motion Picture

The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Screenplay goes behind the scenes of one of the most highly anticipated movies of all time, created by Academy Award€“winning filmmakers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Akiva Goldsman.  Offering unprecedented access to the tightly guarded €œclosed set,€ and a view of the filmmaking process that has never been seen publicly, screenwriter Goldsman provides a backstage look at the incredible journey to bring Dan Brown€™s record-setting novel to the big screen.  Goldsman€™s richly rendered screenplay is included here in its entirety.  It offers a fascinating new way to experience the story€”and includes a number of moments (and even full scenes) that do not appear in the final cut of the movie. Lavishly illustrated with 275 images of the actors and filmmakers€”from both the movie set and the film itself€”this behind-the-scenes features include: €¢ Filming in the Louvre in the dead of

AKIVA GOLDSMAN received the 2001 Academy Award®, Golden Globe , and Writers Guild Award for A Beautiful Mind. Goldsman’s credits include The Client, Batman Forever, A Time to Kill, Practical Magic, I, Robot, and Cinderella Man.  His Weed Road Pictures has produced such films as Deep Blue Sea, Starsky & Hutch, Constantine, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Born in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Goldsman graduated from Wesleyan University and attended the graduate program in creative writing at New York University.  He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rebecca, and their dog, Fizz.