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2004 film directed by Jon Turteltaub

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Within Vinony's link graph, National Treasure is referenced by 256 other articles, and connects out to Nicolas Cage, United States Declaration of Independence and Freemasonry.

It is catalogued under topics including 2000s heist films, 2004 adventure films and 2004 American films.

Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.

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Modern 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.

Released: 2004-11-19131 minDir: Jon TurteltaubAdventure, Action, MysteryBudget: $100MBox office: $348MPart of: National Treasure Collection

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

Duration
126
FilmAffinity ID
721724
Image
NationalTreasureFilmSet.jpg
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publication date
2004-00-00
title
National Treasure
Commons category
National Treasure (film)
capital cost
100000000
box office
347512318
review score
40/100
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “National Treasure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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