Book of secrets, and claims that the presidents of the united states have passed down a book from washington to obama, in which some or all have added facts and histories earthshattering in scope and implications, and that this book s location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage once again sets out on an exhilarating. The library of congress is the largest library in the world and it is where riley poole takes benjamin franklin gates to prove to him that stealing the declaration of independence cannot be done. Belgium french title benjamin gates et le livre des secrets. Book of secrets is an entertaining and full of action adventure that follows the style of indiana jones combined with da vinci code. Presidents from washington to the present day, too outrageous to ever be made public. This movies plot doesnt play tennis without a net, but also without a ball and a racket.
Everything wrong with national treasure book of secrets youtube. Jon turteltaub said page 47 of the presidents book of secrets might not be the focus of the movie. The plot is a bit confusing, but it has all the same elements that made the original so much fun, so it is definitely worth a watch. The book of secrets, along with many other props, was created by ross macdonald for the movie national treasure. December 21, 2007 in this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage once. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure.
The president of the united states asks ben to read page 47 in the book of secrets after the kidnap in mount vernon and when hes freed. Join nicolas cage on a heartpounding adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat in a race to find the lost city of gold. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates goes after the president of the united states book of secrets, an unofficial book which contains the answers for the. During one of their lectures, mitch wilkinson ed harris shows up with a missing page from john wilkes booths diary that implicates their ancestor thomas gates being. Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie. The action in this fastpaced adventure sequel is loud and sometimes tense car chases, near falls from high ledges in a dark cave, etc. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. Book of secrets takes you on a globetrotting quest full of adrenalinepumping twists and turns all leading to the final clue in a mysterious and highly guarded book containing. National treasure book of secrets keystone forum tripadvisor. It is a sequel to the 2004 movie, national treasure. Most movie props are designed for shortterm use during production. Ian finances a trip to the canadian arctic, specifically the lost ship charlotte, where benjamin franklin gates says.
But theres only one way to find it ben gates must kidnap the president. In order to find the the lost city of gold, ben gates and his team must weave their way to the final clue in a mysterious and highly guarded book containing centuries of secrets. National treasure was released worldwide on november 19, 2004. National treasures book of secrets on display at the. They go to the black hills to search for the lost city of cebola.
Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. The story is developed in high pace, with likable characters and funny situations. Book of secrets released, director jon turtletaub confirmed that they were working on national treasure 3, but also that they would take their time making the sequel then, in 20, producer jerry bruckheimer. Book of secrets diane 43 separate sheets of paper or 86 pages, not the 18 mentioned in the movie. Book of secrets released on home video as national the film was nominated for best movie at the mtv movie awards, but lost to. Ben gates nicholas cage comes from a long line of treasure hunters who have been been chasing a legendary treasure for generations. For the creation of the book, samples of real presidents handwriting was used to create more authentic look. Will we finally learn whats on page 47 in national treasure. Dec 21, 2007 the hyperactive sequel national treasure. In memory of shaw ian howe is a treasure hunter who is after the templar treasure and does not care who he has to kill or what he has to destroy to do so. The movie opens with the shooting of bens greatgreatgrandfather, who succumbs to his wounds in front of his young son.
It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. Nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight, ed harris, helen mirren genre. Nicolas cage returns as benjamin franklin gates, who finds himself having to prove the innocence of his greatgreatgrandfather thomas, who is newly discovered to be a conspirator in assassination of president abraham lincoln. Book of secrets expecting logic and plausibility is on a fools mission. Book of secrets has without a doubt the most absurd and fevered plot since, oh, say, national treasure 2004. Director jon turteltaub selected the east lawn of washingtons home for one of the most critical scenes in the film.
Book of secrets 2007 includes a dossier of documents collected by presidents, for presidents eyes only. Book of secrets, a blockbuster, actionadventure film released by disney. Book of secrets is the 2007 sequel to 2004s national treasure. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure 2. Learn more about bluray region specifications here. Book of secrets by ann lloyd why did you decide to read this book i always wondered if this was a book, as i love the movies. The mount vernon estate is a featured location in national treasure. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. National treasure is a series of historical theatrical adventure action mystery films produced by jerry bruckheimer and starring nicolas cage as benjamin gates, a treasure hunter who, with the help of his father, patrick henry gates, his girlfriend, abigail chase diane kruger and his loyal sidekick, riley poole justin bartha, uncovers hidden troves and secrets from u.
Treasure hunter ben gates and his father are confronted with evidence that an ancestor of theirs helped assassinate abraham lincoln, so they must recruit allies old and new to. There is a scene where they all meet up on the steps of the presidential trail, then supposedly climb to the top of mt rushmore, where behind the carvings they find a lake. Dec 18, 2007 watch this action packed car chase through the streets of london from national treasure. Book of secrets is a 2007 sequel in which nicolas cage plays a treasure hunter in search of the city of gold. Book of secrets takes you on a globetrotting quest full of adrenalinepumping twists and turns.
This category is for questions and answers related to national treasure. Book of secrets, which is opening in an estimated 3,500 theaters on friday, december 21. Book of secrets 2007 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. Book of secrets established that the president had a fascination and love of americas first president, george washington. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
Book of secrets 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Book of secrets trailer while ben gates is presenting new information about john wilkes booth and the 18 pages missing from booths diary, a man by the name of mitch wilkinson stands up and presents a missing page of john wilkes booths diary. Book of secrets the junior novel, deren handlung sich leicht. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2.
Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his ancestors innocence in. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his ancestors innocence in the assassination of abraham lincoln. Book of secrets ended with the characters looking into page 47 of a secret book owned by the president of the united states. Now, another treasure hunter named mitch wilkinson ed harris has found what is a missing page of the diary of john wilkes booth, which contains clues to the location of a lost city of gold, ben must compete against mitch to find the lost city, he goes to france and great britain. Book of secrets 2007 full movie online free no download national treasure. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Nicolas cage and the gorgeous german diane kruger show a wonderful chemistry and jon voight, justin bartha. Riley tells ben that the book of secrets contains documents collected by presidents for presidents eyes only, covering such controversial subjects as the eighteen minutes erased from watergate tapes, area 51, and the assassination of john f. Page 47 is one of the many pages in the book of secrets, which contains all the secrets of the history to the united states. This product can expose you to some chemicals, which is known to the state of california to cause for more information, go to. A treasure hunter seeks the truth behind lincolns assassanation. Book of secrets stars nicolas cage, jon voight, harvey keitel, ed harris the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 10 min, and received a score of. Book of secrets, cast nicolas cage, justin bartha, diane kruger, jon voight. These bookshelves were constructed as a prop library in a previously empty balcony of the librarys main reading room, and dismantled after the scenes were shot.
This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options. The book that doesnt officially exist, 222 pages of the secret musings, confessions, and accusations of u. Tense, suspenseful action is part and parcel of national treasure. British filming locations for the movie national treasure 2.
This will not play on most bluray players sold in north america, central america, south america, japan, north korea, south korea, taiwan, hong kong and southeast asia. Book of secrets, millions of moviegoers might have left theaters around the world believing that the library of congress, the worlds largest library, was home to a book that holds all of the u. National treasure pop classics book 5 lindsay gibb. With nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain. Even though national treasure 3 hasnt happened yet, and perhaps never will, disney actually had the movie in active development until fairly recently. Shooting of the film in london in the book, ben finds a picture of the missing plank from the desk and an entry by president coolidge, who found the plank in 1924, had it destroyed, and commissioned gutzon borglum to carve mount rushmore to erase the maps landmarks in order to protect the treasure. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of wikipedia surfing. Photograph of the mount rushmore monument as seen from the viewing plaza, taken by dean franklin on june 4, 2003. Book of secrets a treasure hunter seeks the truth behind lincolns assassanation. Nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight, helen mirren and ed harris. The critical consensus on rotten tomatoes calls it fun but criticizes the plot.
Also, the library is supposedly where the presidents book of secrets is kept for his eyes only, in section zy. Book of secrets trailer benjamin franklin gates and dr. Mt rushmore is in the 2nd one, national treasure, book of secrets. Bens globetrotting quest to prove his ancestors innocence leads him to a closely guarded book containing the nations deepest secrets. Book of secrets 2007 after the templar treasure find, ben and his father are wellrespected historians making rounds at various universities and lectures. Ever so often i get the movies out to watch them again as i love them so much. November 2007 eine offizielle romanversion des drehbuchs unter dem titel national treasure 2. Will we finally learn whats on page 47 in national. Book of secrets, the hero finds an allnew set of dangers, conflicts, doublecrossings, and of course. When a longmissing page from the diary of assassin john wilkes booth suddenly resurfaces, it implicates the greatgreat grandfather of treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage as a conspirator in lincolns death.
Book of secrets, at the end and in between, the president asks ben a favor, something which was mentioned in page 47 in the presidents book of secrets. I enjoyed the first national treasure film, so we decided amidst all the holiday shoppers to head to the cinema to check out the sequel. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the films opening 3day weekend box office friday to sunday, without going over, will win a copy of halloween unrated directors cut. Mystery on church hill the virginia mysteries book 2. Jon turteltaub returns as director and diane kruger, justin bartha, and jon voight.
National treasure book of secrets movie, national treasure. Fun indiana jones rip off, an improvement on its predecessor with better character moments. This journey leads ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations, but to the trail of the worlds most treasured secrets. Book of secrets paperback november 6, 2007 by ann lloyd adapter visit amazons ann lloyd page.
Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Ben and his father, patrick, learn that their ancestor, thomas gates, may have been involved in the assassination of abraham lincoln. Movie was filmed in 2007, countries of filming locations are united states. Nicolas cage, diane kruger, ed harris, harvey keitel, helen mirren, jon voight, justin bartha, bruce. Abigail chase reteam with riley poole and, now armed with a stack of longlost pages from john wilkes booths diary, ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestors innocence in the assassination of abraham lincoln.
National treasure book of secrets trailer 1 full hd 1080p. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Book of secrets 2007 tt0465234 benjamin franklin gates and dr. Benjamin franklin gates ben and his granddad find out where it all began. Book of secrets is a pretty typical blockbuster sequel, focused intently on appeasing what it thinks the audience wants, and missing out on what it takes to make a truly good movie. This is a mouth agape movie, during which your mouth hangs open in astonishment at one preposterous event after another. The film stars nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight, harvey keitel, ed. Probably going to need a good nic cage break after ghost rider and now this. One of the most detailed and curious props in the walt disney archives is the book of secrets.
The original national treasure film centers on the gates family legend of a fantastic treasure trove of artifacts and gold, hidden by the founding fathers of the united states, and the attempts by the scion of the family, benjamin franklin gates, to find the treasure before his exfriend, ian howe, steals the declaration of independence national treasure. Aug 27, 2008 shortly following the release of national treasure. Ben is determined to solve the mystery with the help of his sidekick riley justin batha and an unlikely ally played by diane kruger, who is the guardian of the declaration of independence. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Several years since benjamin franklin gates nicolas cage found the knights templar and became rich and famous.
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