But it gets better on the second part towards to the end. Director john turteltaub and nicolas cage reteam for this sequel to 2004s national treasure. Book of secrets, 2007 starring nicolas cage, justin bartha, dianne kruger, ed harris, jon voight, and helen mirren. 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 books location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. Book of secrets 2007 jon turtletaub, jon turteltaub on allmovie in this adventurefilled sequel to the 2004. Book of secrets 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In this installment, archeologist benjamin gates cage sets. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. Charles carroll gates is the only son of thomas gates and to who in his dying decloration after being shot by a friend of john wilkes booth, said the clue the debt that all men pay.
When a missing page from the diary of john wilkes booth surfaces, bens greatgreat grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in abraham lincolns. It was directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. 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 puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Book of secrets 2007 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. Its a highly visual movie, with lots of eyepopping outdoor color images. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain.
To use this picture as your desktop wallpaper, rightclick on it with your mouse and then select set as windows wallpaper or set as background, or whatever similar option your particular browser provides in the rightclick popup menu. Book of secrets desktop wallpaper picture 800 x 600 pixels. 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, jon voight, harvey keitel, ed harris the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 10 min, and received a score of. 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. Probably going to need a good nic cage break after ghost rider and now this. There is an actual book of secrets buried in national treasure. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his deadpan, on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of wikipedia surfing. Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie.
National treasures book of secrets on display at the. Book of secrets hit theaters, but cage is still optimistic fans of the series could see another installment. National treasure book of secrets is a sinful ass movie, as youre about to find out if you watch this video. Shortly following the release of national treasure. How does finding the treasure clear thomas gates of plotting lincolns death. Ben gates is a historian and adventurer, the greatgreatgrandson of thomas gates, a hero who sacrificed his life to prevent john wilkes booth from. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Thompson, cages benjamin gates is so insanely patriotic that when his ancestor is smeared as a conspirator in the lincoln assassination, he sets out to. Treasure hunter benjamin franklin gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of abraham lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin john wilkes booths diary. In 1832, thomas was given by charles carrol a clue in the form of a note that read, the secret lies with charlotte. British filming locations for the movie national treasure 2. Book of secrets, and its not nearly as musty as the script. The physical action is so fast at times, with lots of high speed editing, that there is no danger that the audience will be required to do any thinking.
Over a hundred years later, a stranger approaches benjamin franklin gates and reveals that bens family might have had something to do with lincolns assassination. 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. National treasure is back, and this time it has, um, a subtitle. Book of secrets t he riproaring success of the first national treasure movie and naturally the rippingerroaringer success of the da vinci code. 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. Fun indiana jones rip off, an improvement on its predecessor with better character moments. Stuntmen instructed the actor on how to jump onto the horse and ride off. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. 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. Abigail chase diane kruger who found riches and romance at the end of their first hunt for national treasure reteam with their. Book of secrets, cast nicolas cage, justin bartha, diane kruger, jon voight. Book of secrets opened in first place on the sales chart and had the second best opening for the year with 3. Graced with some extra star wattage courtesy of helen mirren and. The book of secrets in question is a hushhush read thats passed down from president to president, for their.
After being presented with evidence that his greatgreatgrandfather was part of the lincoln assassination, benjamin gates nicolas cage goes on a quest to clear his family name. Thomas jefferson gates is the ancestor of patrick henry gates and his son benjamin franklin gates. Treasure hunter ben gates and his father are confronted with evidence that an ancestor of theirs helped assassinate abraham lincoln, so. Treasure hunter ben gates tries to clean its name by looking for an ancient treasure. Treasure hunter benjamin franklin gates cage looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of abraham lincoln by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin. At the end of national treasure 1, riley has a ferrari 360 spider. National treasure book of secrets clip crashing the.
Book of secrets is a worthy enough successor to the first national treasure movie, and continues its tradition of well, just having a helluva lot of fun with american history. Later in 1865, he was shot by a friend of john wilkes booth, his last words. To do so, he must follow clues that could lead to the legendary city of gold, cibola. Movie was filmed in 2007, countries of filming locations are united states. Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. 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. I loved, loved, loved the first national treasure movie, and this one did not disappoint. The first half of the movie is kinda slow and even tiresome, too much talking and very little action. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. Ever so often i get the movies out to watch them again as i love them so much. Ben and his father, patrick, learn that their ancestor, thomas gates, may have been involved in the assassination of abraham lincoln.
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