“The Ninth Gate” quotes
(1999)
Roman Polanski
directed this movie
in 1999
Title The Ninth Gate
Year 1999
Director Roman Polanski
Genre Mystery, Thriller
Year 1999
Director Roman Polanski
Genre Mystery, Thriller
Plot – Dean Corso is passionate about his job, which require only a good education and firm nerves as he's a rare books' researcher for collectors. He's hired by a famous bibliophile, Boris Balkan, and his new mission is to track down the last two copies of the legendary manual for satanic invocations "The nine gates of the Kingdom of Shadows". Balkan wants to compare them with his own sample which is considered the only copy left.
All actors – Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor, José López Rodero, Tony Amoni, James Russo, Willy Holt, Allen Garfield, Jacques Dacqmine, Joe Sheridan, Rebecca Pauly, Catherine Benguigui, Maria Ducceschi, Jacques Collard, Dominique Pozzetto, Emanuel Booz, Lino Ribeiro de Sousa, Asil Raïs, Bernard Richier, Marinette Richier, Diane Hawkins, Jane Bradbury, Samuel de Luze, Christopher Goodman, Lee Michelsen, Jacquelyn Toman
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“- Dean Corso: You killed for those! They're worth more than money.
- Boris Balkan: Infinitely more. But they happen to be mine... not yours.”“Even Hell has its heroes.”
“- The Girl: What do you plan to do if you see them?
- Dean Corso: I'll probably hide behind you.”“- Boris Balkan: Our relations have always been strictly commercial, and that's the way I like it. The professional and the personal should be mutually exclusive.
- Dean Corso: Listen, I came here to do some business, not shoot the breeze. If you want to expound your personal philosophies, write another book.”“- Boris Balkan: Now you can watch! I'm entering uncharted territory. Taking the road that leads to equality, with God. You can't come with me... I must travel alone but you may look on, and marvel.
- Dean Corso: That's very kind of you.
- Boris Balkan: Indeed it is. There have been men who have been burned alive or disemboweled for just a...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Dean Corso: L... C... F... Who is LCF?
- Ceniza: Think.
- Dean Corso: Lucifer?
- Ceniza: Very perceptive of you, señor! Torchia was burned alive because he wrote this book in collaboration with someone else.
- Dean Corso: Come on! You can't honestly believe...
- Ceniza: The man who wrote this book did so in alliance with the Devil, and went to...” (continue)(continue reading)“There's nothing more reliable than a man whose loyalty can be bought for hard cash.”
“- Boris Balkan: You don't like me, do you?
- Dean Corso: I don't have to like you, you're a client and you pay well.”“- Liana Telfer: Don't fuck with me!
- Dean Corso: I thought I already did.”
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