National Treasure is a 2004 American adventure robbery film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written by Jim Kouf and Wibberleys, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Jon Turteltaub. This is the first film in the film series National Treasure and starring Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, and Christopher Plummer.
Cage played Benjamin Franklin Gates, an amateur historian and amateur cryptologist who searched for the lost treasure of precious metals, jewelry, artwork and other artifacts accumulated into a huge pile of looters and warriors for several millennia beginning in Ancient Egypt, then rediscovered by the fighters. who formed themselves into the Knights Templar to protect the treasure, ultimately hidden by American Freemasons during the American Revolutionary War. The coded map behind the Declaration of Independence points to the location of "national treasures," but Gates is not alone in his quest. Anyone who can steal the Declaration and decipher it first finds the greatest treasure in history.
National Treasure was released worldwide on November 19, 2004. The film received mixed criticism from critics, but was a success at the box office, selling more than $ 347 million worldwide.
The sequel, titled National Treasure: Book of Secrets , was released in December 2007.
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Plot
Benjamin Franklin Gates is an American historian, cryptologist, and treasure hunter. As a child, his grandfather John tells the story that Charles Carroll of Carrollton gave a secret to their ancestors in 1832 of a national treasure tale hidden in America by the Founding Fathers and Freemasons. The clue that leads to the treasure is the phrase "The secret lies in Charlotte". While Ben is convinced by the story, his skeptical father, Patrick, thinks it is nonsense.
Thirty years later, Ben led an expedition with Ian Howe, and his friend, Riley Poole, a computer expert, to find Charlotte , a ship lost in the Arctic, which holds the first clue to find a national treasure. They found a meerschaum pipe, which had clues implying that the next one was on the Declaration of Independence. When Ian suggested that they steal the Declaration of Independence, Ben opposed, causing a dispute that resulted in a massive fire triggered by gunpowder, and the group split into two. Ian and his men escape from the ship while Ben and Riley take shelter just before the ship explodes.
Ben and Riley return to Washington D.C. and report the potential for theft of the Declaration to the FBI and Dr. Abigail Chase of the National Archives, but both dismissed their claims. Ben decides to steal the document itself from the Archive preservation room during a gala event. Getting Abigail's fingerprints, Ben manages to get the Declaration but is seen by Ian's group as they step in to steal it. Ben tries to go through the gift shop but must buy the declaration when the clerk mistakes it for a souvenir copy; Not having cash in hand at the time, Ben paid him with a credit card. Abigail, suspecting something was wrong, chased Ben and retrieved the document. Ian kidnaps her, but Ben and Riley rescue Abigail, deceiving Ian by leaving a copy of the Declaration he bought. The FBI agent Sadusky started tracking Ben, using Ben's credit card information.
Unable to return home, the trio go to Patrick's house. Patrick tried to convince Ben that the treasure was a myth, but Ben refused this. The three then studied the Declaration and found an Ottendorf cipher written in invisible ink. The message refers to Silence Dogood's letters written by Benjamin Franklin. Patrick previously owned them but donated it to the Franklin Institute. Using a schoolboy to get the key words of the letter, Ben, Riley, and Abigail find a message pointing to the Independence Hall bell tower, where the Liberty Bell once stood, unfortunately Ian and his men questioned the schoolchild and chased the new lead. Ben discovers a hidden cache containing a pair of glasses with several colored lenses created by Benjamin Franklin, which when used to read the back of the Declaration reveals a clue that points to the Trinity Church symbol located on Wall Street and Broadway in New York City.
The group was chased by colleague Ian. Ben was arrested by the FBI, while Abigail and Riley lost the Declaration to Ian. However, Abigail convinces Ian to help them save Ben in exchange for his next clue. Ian agreed, arranging a meeting at the USS Intrepid where they helped Ben avoid the FBI.
Ian returns the Declaration and asks for further clues, but when Ben remains embarrassed, Ian reveals he has kidnapped Patrick as a hostage. They enter into Trinity Church where they find an underground passage but seem to lead to a dead end lit by a single lantern. Patrick claims it refers to the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, pointing Ian to Old North Church in Boston. Ian left Gates trapped in the room, heading for Boston. Patrick revealed that the clue was false, then entered the treasure chamber but apparently looted. After heart to heart between Ben and Patrick, they find a curve that matches the meerschaum pipe, opens a large space containing the treasure, then runs through the back door. Ben contacted Sadusky, in fact Freemason, handed over the Declaration and the location of the treasure in exchange for pardon. Ian was then arrested when Ben tipped the FBI.
Later, Ben and Abigail have started a relationship. Meanwhile, Riley is a bit annoyed that Ben refuses the 10% finder fee for the treasure but receives a much smaller amount, which still has significant wealth.
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Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates:
A treasure hunter and American cryptologist. - Sean Bean as Ian Howe:
A businessman and treasure hunter who is a former friend of Benjamin Gates. - Harvey Keitel as Peter Sadusky's Agent:
The FBI Special Agent responsible for the theft of the Declaration of Independence. - Jon Voight as Patrick Henry Gates:
A former treasure hunter and father of Benjamin Gates. - Justin Bartha as Riley Poole:
A sarcastic computer expert and best friend Benjamin Gates. - Diane Kruger as Dr. Abigail Chase (Ph.D.): Indonesia An archivist at the National Archives who helped Benjamin Gates hunt for treasure.
- Christopher Plummer as John Adams Gates:
Father of Patrick Gates and grandfather of Benjamin Gates.
In addition, David Dayan Fisher appeared as Shaw, Stewart Finlay-McLennan as Powell, Oleg Taktarov as Victor Shippen, and Stephen Pope as Phil McGregor (the four were Ian's henchmen); Annie Parisse, Mark Pellegrino, Armando Riesco, and Erik King played agents Johnson, Dawes, Hendricks, and Colfax, respectively. Jason Earles describes Thomas Gates.
Production
Development
Beginning in 1999, it was revealed that Jon Turteltaub was developing the National Treasure based on the idea developed by Oren Aviv and Charles Segars two years earlier, with a script written by Jim Kouf. In 2001, the project was moved to Touchstone Pictures.
In May 2003, Nicolas Cage plays the lead role in the film. The new draft was written by nine scribers, including Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, E. Max Frye and Jon Turteltaub. In October, Sean Bean was chosen.
Location filming
National Treasure was filmed mainly in Washington, New York, Philadelphia and Utah. Most of the scenes were filmed on site, with the exception of the Hall Independence scene, which was filmed in a replica of Independence Hall at Knott's Berry Farm, and the Arctic scene, which was filmed in Utah.
Soundtrack
All songs written by Trevor Rabin.
Reception
box office
National Treasure earned $ 11 million on its opening day in the United States, in front of Paramount & amp; Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (which generates $ 9,559,752). It earned a combined total of $ 35,142,554 during its opening weekend, at 4,300 screens in 3,243 theaters, averaging $ 11,648 per spot, again ahead of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The film had the best opening weekend for the Disney movie released in November, until it was finally surpassed by Chicken Little in 2005. It was held in No. 1 for three weekends. In Japan National Treasure defeated double billing MegaMan NT Warrior: Light and Dark Program and Duel Masters: Curse of the Deathphoenix with $ 11,666,763 in gross income the first week. The film closed on June 2, 2005 with its domestic gross to $ 173,008,894 while earning $ 174,503,424 internationally. Worldwide, National Treasures earned $ 347,512,318 over a $ 100 million budget.
Critical reception
The National Treasure received mixed criticism from critics, some of whom praised it as a fun and straightforward family adventure, while others mocked a lot of unfair abundance and storylines. In Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 44% rating, based on 169 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site consensus reads, " National Treasure is not a treasure, but it is a journey which is pleasing to those who can forgive their very unlikely plot. " At Metacritic, the film scored 39 out of 100, based on 35 criticisms, showing "generally unfavorable reviews." Viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave this movie an average rating of "A-" on a scale of A to F.
Roger Ebert gave the movie a 2/4 star, calling it "so silly that the Monty Python version can use the same scenario, line for line." Academician David Bordwell has expressed fondness for the film, placing it in the tradition of Disney's 1950s children's adventure movie, and using it as the basis for an essay on the transition scene in Hollywood classic cinema.
Awards
Release home video
DVD Collector Edition
The special edition of the collector, two DVD DVDs of this film was released on December 18, 2007. This feature set removed the scene and bonus content.
Blu-ray Disc
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment merilis versi Blu-ray Disc National Treasure dan sekuelnya, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets , pada 20 Mei 2008.
Sekuel
Harta Nasional: Book of Secrets
Although the DVD commentary states that there are no plans for a sequel, an unexpected $ 347.5 million gross box office movie worldwide is guaranteed a second movie, which was given a green light in 2005. National Treasure: Book of Secrets > i>, on DVD as National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets , released on December 21, 2007.
National Treasure 3
In 2008 director Jon Turteltaub said that the team of filmmakers will take time on another National Treasure sequel, but Disney has registered the domain for NationalTreasure3.com and NationalTreasure4.com. Although the second film ends with a question about page 47 of the President's secret book, the new film may or may not be a sequel about "Page 47." Turteltaub responded in a press interview that the idea was not set as the basis for National Treasure 3 .
In October 2013, Turteltaub confirmed to Collider that the studio, himself, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the actors all wanted to do a third movie: "We want to do a movie, Disney wants to do a movie We just have the damned.I will bet that in two I will say that we are in the middle of the road.This is not just writing a great historical mystery, but we have to write something that has nothing to do with anything we have done before. have the original sequel, it's as ridiculous as that.We really want to make sure that the third does not just feel like the first repetition of one, or one too many ".
In 2014 Collider talks with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on this issue, he insists director John Turteltaub will return but with a new team of writers. "Yes, we are working on another National Treasure," he said at the time. "We just had a Friday meeting with writers and directors, so hopefully it will come together." On March 4, 2016, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger responded to a question about the third movie, saying, "We have done two movies, and yes they are really good movies I know Jerry Bruckheimer who produced them has had a conversation with us studio a few times about it, and there are some developments along the way, but at the moment we have not turned on the green light as we say, a National Treasure 3 But I know there is time and a number resources spent on development. "
On May 25, 2016, Nicolas Cage confirmed the movie was still in the process of writing. On September 1, 2017, Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that the script was finished, but Disney was not satisfied with the story.
See also
- Arnold Cipher
- Passcode
- Nicholas Dietrich, Baron de Ottendorf
- National Archives and Archive Administration
- United States Declaration of Independence
References
External links
- Official website
- National Treasure on IMDb
- National Treasure at AllMovie
- National Treasure at Rotten Tomatoes
- National Treasure at Box Office Mojo
- Our National Treasures , National Archives .
- "Secret Methods and Techniques - Intelligence Letter", Collection in Clements Library , U Mich .
- National Treasury Trailer
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