Step Inside The Da Vinci Code

Step Inside The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code film Audio Tour debuts at The Louvre

PARIS, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of The Da Vinci Code the world over will have the opportunity to experience the thrill and intrigue of the gripping mystery like never before when they visit The Louvre in Paris. In conjunction with Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, media firm Soundwalk has created The Da Vinci Code film Soundwalk, the official audio tour based on the film releasing worldwide May 19th.

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Soundwalk's latest audio tour gives visitors to The Louvre a new and ingenious way to experience one of the world's most prestigious museums. Through captivating narration by internationally acclaimed actor and The Da Vinci Code film star Jean Reno (The Professional, Mission Impossible), listeners literally re-trace the thrilling storyline through the eyes and footsteps of its central characters.

Reno, who plays Detective Bezu Fache in the film, brings the riveting mystery to life through behind-the-scenes commentary on historical facts and insights to this still-unfolding storyline. Music and sound clips from the film are interlaced throughout, creating a visceral & cinematic experience.

"I'm thrilled to be a part of helping people to experience one of France's greatest treasures from this new perspective," says Reno.

Stephan Crasneanscki, Soundwalk founder and president hopes that the tour will appeal to both fans of the Da Vinci Code and lovers of the museum. "We're extremely proud and excited to create what will be a new and innovative way to interact with and experience the Da Vinci Code and The Louvre."

Anyone wishing to retrace the steps of The Da Vinci Code film will be able to rent The Da Vinci Code Soundwalk on special edition MP3 players beginning May 19th inside The Louvre, just in time for the debut of the film and the Summer travel season. The 50-minute audio tour is 10 Euros, or about $12.60 US. The tour is also available via download at http://www.audible.com/ and http://www.itunes.com/. For more information please visit http://www.davincicodewalk.com/.

ABOUT SOUNDWALK

Soundwalk is a pioneering enterprise dedicated to new forms of media whereby the consumer virtually interacts with his or her surroundings. Soundwalk has extended the potential of the audio tour experience by creating an ever-growing series of narrated tours of neighborhoods around the world, each integrating music, sound clips and interviews with local experts and characters of interest. Ground-breaking and cutting edge, many of their projects are also award-winning, including the Sonic Memorial of Ground Zero, narrated by writer Paul Auster and produced in collaboration with NPR. Most recently Soundwalk have teamed with Puma to create a series of 'SoundRuns' and World Cup '06 themed tours around several German cities.

ABOUT THE DA VINCI CODE

From director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar(R)-winning team of A Beautiful Mind, and producer John Calley (the Oscar(R)-nominated The Remains of the Day), comes the film version of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, one of the most popular and talked about novels of our time, with a cast headed by two-time Academy Award(R) winner Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany and Jean Reno. Produced by Grazer and Calley, The Da Vinci Code involves a thrilling murder investigation that unearths a secret that could change the course of history.

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