THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER The definitive documentary exploration of Dan Brown’s thrilling novel The Da Vinci Code, answers the questions everyone is asking!
What exactly was Leonardo da Vinci trying to tell us in his coded paintings?
Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene?
Who were the Knights Templar?
What is the secret of the mysterious church at Rennes-le-Château?
What is the Priory of Sion?
What secret did the real life Saunière know that threatened the Church?
What are the Gnostic Gospels?
Did Roman emperors rewrite the New Testament to control the population?
This DVD Exclusive Production is essential viewing for all readers of The Da Vinci Code, clearing away fact from fiction and revealing the hidden history and shocking revelations that have made Dan Brown’s novel the most controversial and popular adult fiction of the 21st century. Featuring all the key authors and researchers on the many fascinating topics in The Da Vinci Code, including:
Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code
Dan Burstein – Secrets of the Code
Henry Lincoln – Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Martin Lunn – Da Vinci Code Decoded
Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince – The Templar Revelation
Dr. Karen Ralls – The Templars and the Grail
Dr. James Robinson – The Nag Hammadi Library
Margaret Starbird – The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Also features original location photography from The Louvre, Temple Church, Westminster Abbey, Rosslyn Chapel and Rennes-le-Château – all shot especially for this production.
Fans of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code should prepare to have their minds blown all over again watching The Da Vinci Code Decoded, a mesmerizing documentary featuring several authors whose research provided the basis for Brown's bestselling novel. Henry Lincoln (Holy Blood, Holy Grail), Dan Burstein (Secrets of the Code), and Margaret Starbird (The Woman with the Alabaster Jar) are among interviewees who can tease from Da Vinci's few paintings sometimes spooky references (e.g., the disembodied, knife-wielding hand in "The Last Supper") to the artist's heretical convictions about Christ. Much evidence is presented to support the view that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and that the latter's flight to France with Christ's child is the real basis of the Holy Grail legend. Exciting, persuasive stuff, shrouded in mystery and possible conspiracies. --Tom Keogh