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National Treasure
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6.7Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates
- Diane Kruger as Abigail Chase
- Justin Bartha as Riley Poole
- Sean Bean as Ian Howe
- Jon Voight as Patrick Gates
- Harvey Keitel as Peter Sadusky
Themes
- new york city
- treasure
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- washington dc, usa
- riddle
- fbi
- translation
- expedition
- secret society
- family history
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
374,474 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Metacritic
40/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Mystery
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jon Turteltaub
- Screenplay by
- Jim Kouf Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
- Story by
- Jim Kouf Oren Aviv Charles Segars
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer Jon Turteltaub
- Starring
- Nicolas Cage Harvey Keitel Jon Voight Diane Kruger Sean Bean Justin Bartha Christopher Plummer
- Cinematography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by
- William Goldenberg
- Music by
- Trevor Rabin
- Production companies
- Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films Junction Entertainment Saturn Films
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- November 19, 2004 ( 2004-11-19 )
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $347.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- National Treasure
- Director
- Jon Turteltaub
- Screenwriter
- Jonathan Hensleigh
- Cast member
- Ron Canada
- Composer
- Trevor Rabin
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Caleb Deschanel
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- Trinity Church
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 721724
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/national-treasure
- Image
- NationalTreasureFilmSet.jpg
- Significant event
- première
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- publication date
- 2004-00-00
- film editor
- William Goldenberg
- title
- National Treasure
- distributed by
- Disney+
- costume designer
- Judianna Makovsky
- Commons category
- National Treasure (film)
- capital cost
- 100000000
- box office
- 347512318
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 40/100
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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