National Treasure
Adventure, Thriller
Disney / Buena Vista  (2004) 131 mins PG

6.8 (66,521 votes)
"National Treasure is the Indiana Jones of the new Millennium!"-Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons

From Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of Pirates of the Caribbean and Jon Turtletaub, director of Phenomenon, comes National Treasure. It's the thrilling, edge-of-your-seat adventure starring Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates. Ever since he was a boy, Gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest fortune known to man. As Gates tries to find and decipher ancient riddles that will lead him to it, he's dogged by a ruthless enemy (Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) who wants the riches for himself. Now in a race against time, Gates must steal one of America's most sacred and guarded documents - the Declaration of Independence - or let it, and a key clue to the mystery, fall into ...

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Cast and Crew
Nicolas Cage  ......  Ben Gates
Christopher Plummer  ......  John Adams Gates
Jon Voight  ......  Patrick Gates
Diane Kruger  ......  Abigail Chase
Harvey Keitel  ......  Sadusky
Sean Bean  ......  Ian Howe
Director  .....  Jon Turteltaub
Producer  .....  Jon Turteltaub; Jerry Bruckheimer; Oren Aviv
Writer  .....  Marianne Wibberley; Jim Kouf; Oren Aviv
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When everyone reaches the 'dead end' room at the bottom of the winding staircase, Ben has the tube with the Declaration of Independence over his shoulder, he slung it there after saving it from falling into the pit. After they start talking about having reached a dead end, it disappears from over his shoulder. When Ian and his henchman turn to go back out, Riley is holding it and when Ian is talking to Ben from the platform, Abigail has the Delcaration of Independence and Riley just has the tube. (more)

Trivia:
During a press junket, when asked if he believed the treasure existed, Sean Bean replied, "It's probably in Sheffield," (his home town). (more)

Filming Locations:
DAR - Memorial Continental Hall.- 1776 D Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Young Ben Gates: Grandpa!
John Adams Gates: You're not supposed to be up here, looking at that.
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Awards:
1 win & 7 nominations (more)