The Ninth Gate

A rare book dealer is hired to determine which of three copies of a 17th-century book is authentic and must travel and find hidden clues while being hunted by a Satanic cult. The Ninth Gate is a 1999 English-language Mystery Thriller movie starring Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, James Russo, Jack Taylor, Emmanuelle Seigner and Diane Pernet. The movie is based on The Club Dumas by Arturo P rez-Reverte. Canal+ was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Roman Polanski. The movie is directed by Roman Polanski. BAC Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Ninth Gate was released on 25th August 1999 and takes a screen time of 133 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Ninth Gate was made on a budget of $38 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $58 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski and Enrique Urbizu. Cinematography was done by Darius Khondji and editing by Herv de Luze. The music was composed by Wojciech Kilar.