Nearby, a man by thename of thomas gates deciphers a code that costs him his life. Bourne series, matix, lord of the rings, pirates of the caribbean, oceans 11. Cibola national treasure 2, book of secrets trevor rabin opening theme. How does finding the treasure clear thomas gates of plotting lincolns. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his. It is sure to spark questions in young minds some that most of us nonhistorians wont be able to fully answer. But not before he tries to destroy several pages of a diary. It is the first film in the national treasure film series and stars nicolas cage, harvey keitel, jon voight, diane kruger, sean bean, justin bartha and christopher plummer. The original nationa l treas ure film centers on the gates family legend of a fant astic t reasure trove of artifacts and gold, hidden by the founding fathers of the united states, and the attempts by the scion of the family, benjamin frankli n gates, to find the treasure before his exfriend, ian howe, steals the declaration of ind ependence national tr easure. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the national treasure film series article. In 1974, ben was told by his grandfather, john gates, about a treasure that. Ben opens national treasure 2 with a notexactly riveting retelling of the. Intelligent, curious children will love this movie and it would be nicely accompanied by a stack of childrens history books from the local library. If the confederacy had gotten their hands on the cipher andor the treasure, it would have been bad.
Max frye jon turteltaub draft dated april 9, 2003 junction entertainment bruckheimer films. Because ben and company found the city of gold by using the cipher that thomas gates tried to burn, it proved that thomas was trying to protect the treasure. National treasure 2 is one of the rare sequels that improves on the original, which i liked a lot. When he finally discovers a real clue, he must protect it, the treasure, and a precious national document from his former partner. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his deadpan, on a globetrotting quest that might have been. The action in this fastpaced adventure sequel is loud and sometimes tense car chases, near falls from high ledges in a dark cave, etc. That being said, i felt something was missing in national treasure. Gates family mystery national treasure wiki fandom.
It was written by jim kouf and the wibberleys, produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by jon turteltaub. Ben was born on july 1, 1964, to patrick henry gates and his wife, emily. But theres only one way to find it ben gates must kidnap the president. Book of secrets is the walt disney studios cartoon about goofy and his arduous antics to assemble a highdefinition television set within the confines of his modest home. Jason earles national treasure joel gretsch national treasure 2 thomas jefferson gates is the ancestor of patrick henry gates and his son benjamin franklin gates. It seems these days the movie franchises come in threes. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. National treasure is a 2004 american adventure film released by walt disney pictures. On that page are the names of the lincoln assassination conspirators. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other people.
Many scholars believe gates accounts inspired william shakespeares comedy the tempest. Book of secrets is a 2007 sequel in which nicolas cage plays a treasure hunter in search of the city of gold. Benjamin franklin gates is an american treasure hunter and cryptologist, famous for finding the templar treasure. After discovering this, ben does not want thomas gates to be remembered as a conspirator in the assassination of the man who brought this nation. Thomas gates, bens greatgrandfather, is mentioned on the page. In the first film, when bens grandfather tells ben the story about the clue given to thomas gates, he says he was the grandfathers grandfathers, grandfather bens great, great, great, great grandfather.
The biggest mistakes you never noticed in national treasure. Book of secrets 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 to find other clues and even peak inside the presidents secret book to put the pieces of the puzzle together, his parents and his friends also help ben find the lost city and to stay one step ahead of mitch. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure. Follow by assumptions and opinions, the name and honor of you family was lost by a single type of information. National treasure current draft by the wibberleys previous drafts by jim kouf e.
This time ben gates is on a quest to find the lost city of gold in order to prove that his great grandfather wasnt a. Plot benjamin franklin gates is the last descendant of a family that for six generations has been committed to finding the treasure of the templars, the spoils of war of the united states founding fathers. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his. Book of secrets ann llyod have you ever gotten accused of doing something that you didnt do. Nicolas cage and diane kruger in national treasure. President jackson well, youd best forget anything mr. I do not believe the thomas gates in nt1 is the same person as the thomas gates in nt2, but rather 2 separate thomas gates named after 2 separate.
National treasure quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. Thomas gates, ben gates greatgreatgrandfather, is listed on the page. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure. Sir thomas gates served as governor of virginia in 1610 and then as lieutenant governor from 1611 until 1614. In the film, in 1832, he appears very young, maybe early 20s. I am a huge fan of the movies anxiously awaiting the outcome of national treasure 3, followed by. This time, she has to help clear his family name by finding a lost treasure associated with thomas gates the night he and president lincoln were assassinated. I think i remember squealing, probably looking something like this. Gates family mystery is a series of four novels based on the national treasure franchise two others novels, forever free, which was to be released on april 28, 2009 and set in 1872, as well as roaring in, which was to be released on august 25, 2009 and set in the 1920s, were never released. In national treasure 2, what proves thomas gates innocent.
So i was at a thrift store with my friend, and she pulled changing tides out from between two books and showed it to me. However, the particular reading room they are in contains books about social. National treasure is a 2004 film that follows benjamin franklin gates, a man whose family has a history of searching for a nearlimitless treasure, one his father and just about everyone else believes is a mystery. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The hunt might be more dangerous than the last one, but esther is willing to. This is later found and decoded by ben gates, who discovers laboulaye lady to be the answer. It was the final words thomas gates said to his son charles and is figured out by his greatgreatgrandson. In the beginning of the movie, year 1865, thomas gates is asked to decode the playfair cipher for the k. The oldest surviving fort in bermuda, built between 1612 and 1615, is known as gate s fort. It shows that bens greatgrandfather was a coconspirator in abraham lincolns murder. So thomas gates was a hero, not the conspirator of the lincoln assassination.
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 jon voight, his girlfriend, abigail chase diane kruger and his. Book of secrets should have been subtitled books of secrets. Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie. He was also the one who told thomas gates the clue, the secret lies with charlotte.
Gates completes the deciphering and discovers that its a clue to a great treasure, but when gates learns. First of all, national treasure, the first one, is one of my favorite movie ever. Noted treasure hunter and historian ben gates nicolas cage and his father. The story of why the resolute desk was given by queen victoria to the president of the united states duration. A mystery series based off of the national treasure movies starring nicholas cage. Thomas jefferson gates is the ancestor of patrick henry gates and his son benjamin. 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. Bens ancestor, thomas gates joel gretsch, is deeply involved. I love history, specifically american history, and it had clever references and facts about american history that lead to finding the treasure in a way that is not predictable. Packed with fastpaced action and crackling humor, national treasure 2. The end credits track from national treasure, composed by trevor rabin. In pretty much every case, the second outting is inferior to the first. Sir thomas gates left his own name on a part of the colony, gate s bay, where the survivors of the sea venture landed. This is a longer montage of many of the themes featured in the movie.
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