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The Ninth Gate
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References
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
MASH (1970)
 -  Johnny Depp's whistle in the bookstore is the same as Hawkeye's
Chinatown (1974)
 -  Earlier Polanski film; Fargas ('Ninth Gate') is murdered in the same manner as Hollis Mulwray from 'Chinatown', by being drowned in his garden pool; Boris Balkan ('Ninth Gate') is based on some aspects of 'Chinatown' villian Noah Cross
The Golden Child (1986)
Angel Heart (1987)
Frantic (1988)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Referenced in
"Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  "Cigarette Burns" has an almost identical plot, only with the search for a rare book changed to the search for a rare film print. The main characters of the investigator and the collector who hires him are strongly similiar to those in "The Ninth Gate".

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