National Treasure (2004)

Directed by

Jon Turteltaub

Genre

action film, adventure film, heist film, thriller film, treasure hunt film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6,932 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A historian and his team try to steal the Declaration of Independence to find a hidden treasure map. They race against rivals and the FBI to follow clues across famous American landmarks.

fast-pacedlightheartedcleversuspensefuladventuroustouristywhimsicalpatriotic

What happens

National Treasure is a 2004 action-adventure heist film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is the first film in the National Treasure franchise and stars Nicolas Cage in the lead role, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha and Christopher Plummer. In the film, Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian, along with computer expert Riley Poole and archivist Abigail Chase, search for a massive lost Freemason treasure, which includes a map hidden on the back of the United States Declaration of Independence. National Treasure was released worldwide on November 19, 2004. The film grossed $347 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, was released in 2007. A sequel television series, National Treasure: Edge of History, premiered on the Disney+ streaming service in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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