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December 20, 2005
Apocalypto, Teaser
Set your clocks. On December 12, 2012, the world will end. And Mel Gibson will be there laughing and saying, “I told you so.” As all good teasers go, this fleeting first glimpse tells us precious little about Gibson’s next pet project, instead setting the tone (ominous and superstitious), setting (the ancient Mayan empire) and doomsday mentality of Apocalypto.
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December 13, 2005
The Da Vinci Code, Teaser 2
With some 40 million copies in print, the latest teaser for The Da Vinci Code need not concern itself with spoilers. After all, by now everyone has read Dan Brown's book. Instead, the trailer (which features some much-needed footage after last spring's worthless Mona Lisa teaser) focuses on the revelations the audience most wants to see — namely, how the actors look in roles that avid readers have long since cast in their imaginations. After more than a minute of "spooky Louvre" build-up, the teaser offers the big reveal: Tom Hanks, looking less like another Indiana Jones than an older wiser Neo, as Harvard cryptographer extraordinaire Robert Langdon.
Dr. Langdon, I presume.
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