The Ninth Gate - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[lonnie]

When Johnny Depp folds the book into the cloth, it matches the five points of a pentagram.

[oscar]

When Corso is first seen researching on "The Nine Gates" in the library, the cover page of the book shows the name of the author, with the Latin phrase "Cum superiorum privilegio veniaque" (With Permission and License of One's Superiors) underneath it. In the novel, it is explained that this formula was used to prove the book in question was not infringing the teachings of the Church. However, the book was indeed forbidden, hinting that the author was acknowledging someone else (and not the Church) as his superiors.

[francisco]

The full nine engraving titles in Torchia's Nine Gates are these (in order):-1. Silentium est aureum (Silence is golden).-2. Clausae patent (They open that which is closed).-3. Verbum dimissum custodiat arcanum (The lost word keeps the secret).-4. Fortuna non omnibus aeque (Fate is not the same for all).-5. Frustra (In vain).-6. Ditesco mori (I am enriched by death).-7. Disciplus potior magistro (The disciple surpasses the master).-8. Victa jacet virtus (Virtue lies defeated).-9. Nunc scio tenebris lux (Now I know that from darkness comes light).

[linda]

The cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils.

[janice]

The little girl that stares at Corso at the Paris Airport is played by Roman Polanski's daughter Morgan.

[morris]

Whether intentional or not, the fact that Corso's car stops in a stream while he is wearing an inverted pentagram corresponds to multiple European folklore traditions that evil cannot cross running water (rivers, streams, etc). While Balkan's car makes it across, he is not wearing an inverted pentagram.

[bessie]

Roman Polanski: The taxi cab driver that drops Corso off at the airport.

[addison]

The keypad combination to Boris Balkan's penthouse office, and to his private library is "666".

[jamie]

Body count: 7.

[kristina]

The New York City sequences were shot in Paris because Roman Polanski could not set foot into America. He was still wanted for his 1977 pedophilic sex crime charges, for drugging and raping the thirteen-year-old Samantha Gailey. The exterior locations were re-dressed with American-related details, and the skyscraper seen in the opening, and in Balkan's office, were Translite material taken from Manhattan.

[ruby]

Johnny Depp didn't take his usual $10 million fee for the opportunity to work with Roman Polanski.

[nina]

When Pedro Ceniza asked Corso to guess what the initial LCF stands for, just before Corso said "Lucifer", there's the sound of a fly flying even though no fly could be seen. One of Lucifer's other names is Beelzebub which in Hebrew means "Lord of the Flies".

[duane]

Gruber, the hotel clerk in Paris. The name in German denotes a person who is from a mine or Pit.

[frederick]

One of three movies revolving on Satanic appearances to get a release in 1999 (also interpreted as 666 with the numbers put upside down), with the other films being End of Days (1999) and Stigmata (1999).

[harry]

The film marks a return for Roman Polanski in dealing with occult forces since Rosemary's Baby (1968).

[kristina]

When Balkan discovers Corso watching him in the Devil's Tower, and the camera turns back to face Corso, The Girl's face is in the clouds above watching down on the scene.