National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets | |
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Directed by | Jon Turteltaub |
Screenplay by | Cormac Wibberley Marianne Wibberley |
Story by |
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Based on | Characters by Jim Kouf Oren Aviv Charles Segars |
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Starring | |
Cinematography |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $130 million[1] |
Box office | $459.2 million[2] |
National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a 2007 American
Plot
Five days after the end of the
More than 140 years later, famed treasure hunter Ben Gates tells Thomas' story at a Civilian Heroes conference.
Back in America, Patrick reluctantly asks his ex-wife,
Ben manipulates the President's birthday party to be hosted at
After consulting Emily about the glyphs, Ben, Riley, Abigail, and Patrick head to Mount Rushmore. They meet Mitch and Emily there, as Mitch kidnapped her. Mitch already has acquired, memorized, and destroyed the final clue, forcing the group to bring him along. He helps the group find the entrance of a cave full of booby traps. After briefly getting separated, the group finds a pit containing
Ben and the rest return to the surface, where the President prevents Ben from being arrested by claiming Ben saved him from the tunnel's accidental closing. Ben ensures that Mitch receives joint credit for the discovery, and clears Thomas Gates' name by proving that Booth had consulted him about the treasure, not the assassination. Emily and Patrick lead an expedition of Cíbola while Ben rekindles his relationship with Abigail.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Gates, treasure hunter, historian and cryptologist
- Justin Bartha as Riley Poole, computer expert and author, Ben's best friend
- Diane Kruger as Dr. Abigail Chase, Director of Document Conservation at the National Archives, Ben's ex-girlfriend
- Jon Voight as Patrick Henry Gates, Ben's father who is divorced from his wife Emily
- Helen Mirren as Dr. Emily Appleton-Gates, professor of Native American Studies, Ben's mother who is divorced from her husband, Patrick
- Ed Harris as Mitchell "Mitch" Wilkinson, a black market dealer
- Harvey Keitel as FBI Special Agent Peter Sadusky
- Armando Riesco as FBI Special Agent Hendricks
- Alicia Coppola as FBI Special Agent Spellman
- Albert Hall as Dr. Nichols
- Bruce Greenwood as President of the United States
- Ty Burrell as Connor, White House curator, Abigail's new boyfriend.
Randy Travis makes a cameo appearance, performing at the Mount Vernon party. Small supporting parts are played by Michael Maize and Timothy V. Murphy as Mitch's two accomplices Daniel and Seth respectively; Joel Gretsch and Billy Unger as Gates's ancestors Thomas Gates and Charles Carroll Gates; Christian Camargo as John Wilkes Booth; Brent Briscoe as Michael O'Laughlen; and Zachary Gordon as a boy who gets into a heated argument with Gates over a Lincoln conspiracy. In France, Guillaume Gallienne and Scali Delpeyrat appear (uncredited) as the French policemen. Abraham Lincoln is played by Glenn Beck.[a][3]
Production
It was stated in the first film's commentary that there were no plans for a sequel, but due to the first film's impressive box-office performance (earning $347.5 million worldwide), a sequel was given the go-ahead in 2005.
Many scenes of historic locations were filmed on location, including the scenes at
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to National Treasure: Book of Secrets was released on December 18, 2007.
Reception
Box office
National Treasure: Book of Secrets grossed $44.8 million in its opening week, placing at #1 at the box office. It remained in first at the box office for two more weeks, grossing $35.7 million and $20.1 million, respectively, until it was dethroned by The Bucket List ($19.4 million).
The film grossed $220 million in North America and $237.4 million in other territories for a total gross of $457.4 million, against a budget of $130 million,[2] making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2007,[7] and the highest-grossing film in the series. It took 38 days to outgross the first film ($347.5 million).
Critical response
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 36% based on 130 reviews, with an average rating of 4.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[10]
Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars.[11]
British film critic Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian disputed the implication of British support for the Confederate side in the American Civil War.[12]
Accolades
The film earned two
The film was nominated for Best Movie at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, but lost to Transformers.[citation needed]
Home media
National Treasure: Book of Secrets was released on DVD, UMD, and Blu-ray Disc on May 20, 2008[14] (June 2, 2008 in the UK).[15] In the opening weekend, 3,178,631 DVD units were sold, bringing in $50,826,310 in revenue. As of August 2009, 5,873,640 DVD units have been sold, generating revenue of $93,132,076. This does not include Blu-ray Disc sales or DVD rentals.[16]
The film has been retitled National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets for all three releases. The film's official website has also been changed accordingly.
A special edition, called the "National Treasure Presidential Edition", contains National Treasure and National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets inside a letter book which is a replica of the Presidents' secret book from National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.[17]
Novelizations
Disney Press published an official novelization of the screenplay titled National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets The Junior Novel on November 6, 2007.[18] Parts of the story in the novel version differ slightly from what was actually filmed, owing to changes being made in the screenplay prior to and during production. For example, in the novel, Ben and Abigail photograph the wooden plank found hidden in the Queen's desk and leave it behind, with the car chase following. However, in the movie, they take the plank with them on the chase.
Also published on the same day as the official novelization was a companion youth novel Changing Tides: A Gates Family Mystery by Catherine Hapka. Its story is set in England in the year 1612 and is the first in a series of planned historical novels about the Gates family. The epilogue from Changing Tides is included at the back of the National Treasure book.[19] The second youth novel by Hapka, Midnight Ride: A Gates Family Mystery, was published on March 8, 2008.[20]
Accuracy
This section possibly contains original research. (October 2022) |
The group mentioned in the film as being behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and pursuing the city of gold,
Following the outbreak of the American Civil War numerous Golden Circle members were not focused on fighting Union states north of the Mason-Dixon Line as the film suggests, but were pre-occupied with making the Union territory of New Mexico a part of the proposed Golden Circle nation as well.
The film's suggestion that Britain wanted a strong alliance with the Confederate States of America was also highly unlikely. Efforts which were made by Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin to persuade Britain to simply recognize the Confederate States of America proved unsuccessful.[31]
The wooden plank map hidden within both
Future
In May 2008 Jon Turteltaub confirmed that there would be additional National Treasure movies, but acknowledged that the creative team would take their time on the second sequel.[32] That same year, The Walt Disney Company registered the IP for the domain names for future films.[33]
In October 2013, Turteltaub stated that all individuals involved with the first two movies want to make a third film. He further stated that the delays have been due to working out the script, and that he expected the film to begin production in 2015.
In January 2020, after years of development hell, it was announced that a third film was officially moving forward with a script from Chris Bremner.[39][40][41] Jerry Bruckheimer will return as producer and the original cast is expected to return as well.[40][42]
In April 2022, Nicolas Cage was hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread on Reddit where he commented on the possibility of future installments: "No, the priority was to turn it into a TV show so I would say probably not."[43]
At the D23 Expo of September 2022 it was announced a sequel TV series will be released on the Disney+ streaming service. The title of the series was also confirmed respectively - National Treasure: Edge of History. Lisette Alexis was confirmed to play the lead role of Jess, a 20-year old DREAMer who sets out on an adventure to uncover her family's history. Cage confirmed he would not be reprising his role for the series. Jerry Bruckheimer was confirmed to serve as executive producer for the series. The series had a two-episode premiere on December 14, 2022. [44][45]
See also
Notes
- ^ The actor who played Lincoln is not the commentator and radio host, Glenn Beck.[3]
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- ^ Ebert, Roger. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie review (2007)". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (February 8, 2008). "National Treasure: Book of Secrets". The Guardian. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ Wilson, John (2009). "28th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Award "Winners"". Home of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
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