The quest to find 12 hidden treasures from a 1982 treasure. Book of secrets is an entertaining and full of action adventure that follows the style of indiana jones combined with da vinci code. 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, cast nicolas cage, justin bartha, diane kruger, jon voight. Jul 15, 2014 the 1982 treasure hunt book, the secret, has clues to 12 hidden gems. May 27, 2011 unreleased music from the london chase from the complete score to national treasure. 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 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. Bens globetrotting quest to prove his ancestors innocence leads him to a closely guarded book containing the nations deepest secrets. Changing tides is a book by catherine hapka in the gates family mystery series featuring ben gatess ancestor samuel thomas gates and his brother william gates published in november 6, 2007 by disney press. Unreleased music from the london chase from the complete score to national treasure. 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.
Ever so often i get the movies out to watch them again as i love them so much. National treasure, you may recall, centers around a historian and. 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. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. Book of secrets was released on dvd, umd, and bluray disc on may 20, 2008 june 2, 2008 in the uk. Book of secrets is an upcoming sequel to poohs adventures of national treasure. The 1982 treasure hunt book, the secret, has clues to 12 hidden gems.
National treasure pop classics book 5 lindsay gibb. Its the thrilling, edgeofyourseat adventure starring academy award winner nicolas cage best actor as benjamin franklin gates. The main characters ben and rose are very brave, and it really inspires me. Why is it sequels feel they always have to do the exact same thing they did in the first one. December 23rd, 2007 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. From jerry bruckheimer and jon turteltaub comes national treasure. Samuel thomas gates has always been drawn to tales of brave explorers and far off lands. Dec 21, 2007 the hyperactive sequel national treasure. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Ben gates and his father have lobbied to get their ancestor thomas gates, the man who was entrusted with the secret of the templars treasure, honored as a historical hero. Movie treasures youd actually go hunting for collider. Book of secrets is the 2007 sequel to the 2004 film national treasure. On location as mentioned above, most of the emphasis on national treasure 2 is in the beautiful locations.
The first time i ever got drunk was during a drinking game to the 2007 movie national treasure 2. Changing tides national treasure a gates family mystery. He buried 12 treasure boxes in 12 parks across america and then published. 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 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.
See more ideas about national treasure, national treasure movie and nicolas cage. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Im noticing that jerry bruckheimer and disney have this talent of taking ideas that sound completely ridiculous and halfbaked and somehow make them surprisingly entertaining. It was dark, i poured some liquid into a tall glass, took a sip, and realized it was actually rum. It was directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. In 2005, national treasure hit theaters, and gave audiences an enjoyable if not slightly implausible romp through our nation\s history as ben gates nicholas cage and his cohorts went on a treasure hunt looking for the infamous treasure of the templar knights. Dec 20, 2007 there is an actual book of secrets buried in national treasure. You can follow us on twitter and facebook for content updates. Belgium french title benjamin gates et le livre des secrets.
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 is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. London, paris, south dakota, and washington dc look great. How many of these movie treasures would you brave secret temples. If youve seen your fair share of disney movies in theaters, odds are you were treated to an animated or liveaction disney short ahead of a few of them.
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. Ben discovers that the second plank is missing but he finds a stamp bearing the seal of the presidents secret book. The disneycember logo is shown, before showing clips from national treasure doug vo. Now they\re back, and on the hunt for redemption, as new evidence brought forth by mitch wilkinson ed harris shows that gates.
The disneycember logo is shown, before showing clips from national treasure. Book of secrets, national treasure book of secrets, 0465234, national treasure 2, national treasure 2. Mystery on church hill the virginia mysteries book 2. In book 2 of the national treasure, ben gates wanted to prove innocence of his greatgreat grandfather for being the grand architect of the lincoln assassination. 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. Match the disney short to the feature film disney insider. Treasure hunter benjamin franklin gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of abraham lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18. Abigail chase who found riches and romance at the end of their first hunt for national treasure reteam with their. In this outing, gates learns of his own familys implication in the assassination of abraham lincoln by john wilkes booth. Oct 30, 2019 this author byron published this book and did this really brave in thing. 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. There is an actual book of secrets buried in national treasure.
Book of secrets 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. Bluray owners also have access to an inmovie trivia game book of history. 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. Book of secrets, which is opening in an estimated 3,500 theaters on friday, december 21. At the beginning of book of secrets, when his car is being towed away, its a ferrari f430 spider. Soon ben finds himself on a different kind of hunt. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for lily and frank. If you like books that are graphic novels or ones that include multiple stories that all add up to one, then youll love the book of secrets.
Disneys artemis fowl, based on the beloved book by eoin colfer, is a. National treasure book of secrets complete score soundtrack trevor rabin 2007. 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. The grittier hollywood gets, the more we need action films like. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, disneys national treasure 2. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of wikipedia surfing.
December 23rd, 2007 i enjoyed the first national treasure film, so we decided amidst all the holiday shoppers to. 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. Each cask contains a key to be redeemed for a valuable gemstone. Book of secrets, and its not nearly as musty as the script.
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. Five days after the end of the civil war, john wilkes booth and michael olaughlen, both members of the knights of the golden circle kgc, enter a tavern and approach thomas gates to decode a message. 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. James renner is on a quest to discover the others, and he invites you to join the hunt. Its thoroughly setup that the content on page 47 concerns area 51.
Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie. Movie was filmed in 2007, countries of filming locations are united states. But stories are not enough to live on when, in 1612, the gates family loses. First we have pirates of the caribbean, now we have national treasure. The fact and fiction of national treasure 2 that any high school graduate could complete with flying colors.
Nicolas cage from the worlds largest community of readers. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was popular enough to get a sequel2007s book of secrets, also. This author byron published this book and did this really brave in thing. Graced with some extra star wattage courtesy of helen mirren and. Book of secrets stars nicolas cage as benjamin gates, the treasurehunting historian. But theres only one way to find it ben gates must kidnap the president. Its designed to emulate the effect of an amusement park ride, providing its customers a few cheap, fleeting thrills by. The story is developed in high pace, with likable characters and funny situations.
Book of secrets has without a doubt the most absurd and fevered plot since, oh, say, national treasure 2004. In this adventurefilled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster national treasure, nicolas cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire ben franklin gates. At the end of national treasure 1, riley has a ferrari 360 spider. Expedition unknown finds buried treasure from the secret book. They believe that gates was approached by two men who unbeknown to him were members of a group loyal to the confederacy, and one of the men, john wilkes booth. But stories are not enough to live on when, in 1612, the gates family loses everything. Book of secrets paperback november 6, 2007 by ann lloyd adapter visit amazons ann lloyd page. He buried 12 treasure boxes in 12 parks across america and then published this book, which you have to use to find your. Hollywood hopes big stars equal big blockbusters national.
Nov 06, 2007 changing tides is a book by catherine hapka in the gates family mystery series featuring ben gatess ancestor samuel thomas gates and his brother william gates published in november 6, 2007 by disney press. Jan 25, 2012 from jerry bruckheimer and jon turteltaub comes national treasure. 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. Ben and his father, patrick, learn that their ancestor, thomas gates, may have been involved in the assassination of abraham lincoln. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain. After a recordbreaking summer, the major movie studios are banking on the toms hanks and cruise, julia, nicole and angelina to keep churning. 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. In order to prove that his greatgreat grandfather was innocence, gates must find the treasure that existed with the clue, the dept that all men pay. National treasure 3 may be stuck in development hell, but there are quite a few stories that could be on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets.
Book of secrets stars nicolas cage as benjamin gates, the treasure hunting historian. Shortly following the release of national treasure. That the holders of this information involved john wilkes booth and a. National treasure is everything the da vinci code wanted to be. Book of secrets, a film that plays like the da vinci code as reimagined by wellmeaning but clueless highschool history teachers.
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