It is a sequel to the 2004 movie, national treasure. 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. Book of secrets takes you on a globetrotting quest full of adrenalinepumping twists and turns all leading to the. The film stars nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight, harvey keitel, ed. He and abigail have broken up, but are reunited during the treasure hunt. Book of secrets, was released in 2007 and improved on the first films box office return. Everything you need to know about national treasure 3. With nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight. National treasure is back, and this time it has, um, a subtitle.
Disney, if you dont release national treasure 3 soon i. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. Book of secrets movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Book of secrets, cast nicolas cage, justin bartha, diane kruger, jon voight.
As i hope to continually add information as it comes in from various locations, i have tried to place a notice of vs for vacation site to assist people trying to identify. Dec 05, 2011 grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure. Ben and his father, patrick, learn that their ancestor, thomas gates, may have been involved in the assassination of abraham lincoln. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. Sequel films treasure hunt films cryptography in fiction films directed by jon turteltaub mount rushmore black hills films scored by trevor rabin. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain. Book of secrets is the 2007 sequel to the 2004 film national treasure. Ben gates is a historian and adventurer, the greatgreatgrandson of thomas gates, a hero who sacrificed his life to prevent john wilkes booth from. Book of secrets, his family name is threatened by mitch wilkinson, and he finds himself hunting for the legendary seven cities of.
Book of secrets is a brilliantly depicted story of the history of a nation told by treasure hunter benjamin gates, whose family spent generations searching for cibola, the lost city of gold. Book of secrets is a 2007 sequel in which nicolas cage plays a treasure hunter in search of the city of gold. Ben and riley travel to paris, where they find a clue engraved on the torch of the scale model of the statue of liberty, referring to the two. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure 2. National treasures book of secrets on display at the. Aug 27, 2008 shortly following the release of national treasure. 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. 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. Treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage to return and once again set out on an exhilarating, actionpacked new global quest to unearth hidd. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his ancestors innocence in the assassination of abraham lincoln. He gets help from his pals riley poole justin bartha and abigail chase diane kruger, while his parents patrick gates jon voight and professor emily appleton helen mirren aid in the quest. Nicolas cage and his rapidly receding hairline return in the form of the worlds oldest, most enthusiastic eagle scout in the enjoyably preposterous adventure sequel national treasure. Book of secrets nicolas cage jon voight harvey keitel 2007 a page from the diary of john wilkes booth implicates ben gates nicolas cage greatgreat grandfather as a major conspirator in the assassination of.
Along with his friends, riley and abigail, he will have to travel from the streets of paris to the middle of the united states to find a book that could revealone of americas greatest secretsand treasures. Book of secrets, which is opening in an estimated 3,500 theaters on friday, december 21. National treasurenational treasure 2 book of secrets dvd. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage once again sets out on an exhilarating. This book, published in 1982 by byron preiss, includes 12 images and 12 verses which need correctly matched together in order to discover the locations of 12 buried ceramic casks. Book of secrets, a film that plays like the da vinci code as reimagined by wellmeaning but clueless highschool history teachers. Treasure hunter benjamin franklin gates nicolas cage seeks to discover the truth behind the assassination of abraham lincoln.
Each cask contains a key to be redeemed for a valuable gemstone. The book of secrets in question is a hushhush read thats passed down from president to president, for their. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure franchise. Ben gates nicolas cage said at the end of national treasure 2 that page 47 is lifealtering that promises a lot for national treasure 3. In this adventurefilled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster national treasure, nicolas cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire ben franklin gates.
Book of secrets is a brilliantly depicted story of the history of a nation told by treasure hunter benjamin gates, whose family spent generations searching for. Johns craggy finger points to the unfinished pyramid and allseeing eye on the back. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage once again sets out on an exhilarating, actionpacked, global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures. To which ben replies, i think i can help you with that, sir. Ever so often i get the movies out to watch them again as i love them so much. Book of secrets stars nicolas cage as benjamin gates, the treasurehunting historian. It was directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer.
With the support of thousands of local preservationists and preservation professionals from coast to coast, the national trust is identifying endangered national treasures and taking action to save them. 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. 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. Book of secrets 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors. National treasure is a series of historical theatrical adventure action mystery films produced by. List of national treasures national trust for historic. Along with his friends, riley and abigail, he will have to travel from the streets of paris to the middle of the united states to find a book that could revealone of americas greatest secrets and treasures.
Movie was filmed in 2007, countries of filming locations are united states. Book of secrets in order to clear the name of his ancestor, ben gate must solve a series of puzzles to find a hidden city of gold in america. Dec 21, 2007 the hyperactive sequel national treasure. National treasures are a portfolio of nationally significant historic places where the national trust is taking direct action. 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 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. Polish release, cover may contain polish textmarkings. Jan 18, 2020 national treasure 3 is in development starring nicolas cage, jon voight, helen mirren, diane kruger. National treasure box office gold national treasure. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of wikipedia surfing. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to. National treasure 3 is in development starring nicolas cage, jon voight, helen mirren, diane kruger.
At the end of national treasure 2, the president post kidnapping pulls ben aside and asks him if he saw page 47 in the book of secrets. That the holders of this information involved john wilkes booth and a. Several years since benjamin franklin gates nicolas cage found the knights templar and became rich and famous. In the second installment of national treasure, benjamin franklin gates played by nicolas cage embarks on another treasurehunting adventure. Soon ben finds himself on a different kind of hunt. Why disney refuses to release national treasure 3 youtube. It featured cages character hunting for a mysterious treasure using a map on. 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.
Shortly following the release of national treasure. In this outing, gates learns of his own familys implication in the assassination of abraham lincoln by john wilkes booth. Jun 30, 2008 ben gates nicolas cage said at the end of national treasure 2 that page 47 is lifealtering that promises a lot for national treasure 3. In national treasure 2 book of secrets 2008, nicolas cage reprises his role as artefact hunter and archaeologist, ben franklin gates. Nationalism is an ideology which supports the nation as the fundamental unit of human social life, which includes shared language, values and culture.
Book of secrets has without a doubt the most absurd and fevered plot since, oh, say, national treasure 2004. Book of secrets stars nicolas cage as benjamin gates, the treasure hunting historian. 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. Disney, if you dont release national treasure 3 soon ill. National treasures explore various locations to find gold, treasure tales, ghost towns, mineralogical and geological sites, and much more in your state or a state near you. Nov 12, 2007 treasure hunter ben gates nicolas cage once again sets out on an exhilarating, actionpacked new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures.
Ben gates nicolas cage, the treasure hunter who feverishly sought, in the first film, the. The idea of national treasure, like national epics and national anthems, is part of the language of romantic nationalism, which arose in the late 18th century and 19th centuries. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure. I am now impatient to know more about this third national treasure movie.
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. Thus national treasure, part of the ideology of nationalism, is. Everything you need to know about national treasure 3 movie. Book of secrets brief information national treasure.
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