National Treasure

2004 · 2h11 · Film

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

Starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Plummer, David Dayan Fisher, Stewart Finlay-McLennan

Ideal when you feel… Curious Bored Calm

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Jim Kouf, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley, Oren Aviv

Music

Trevor Rabin

Cinematography

Eric Engler, Caleb Deschanel

Cast

Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Plummer, David Dayan Fisher, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Stephen A. Pope, Annie Parisse

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