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. Get some nostalgia critic tshirts here see more at ou. Book of secrets is nevertheless a colourful and witty adventure, another race against overwhelming odds for the answer to a historical riddle. National treasure whips enough conspiracy theory into history to transform.
Michael jai white talks about how heath ledger was on set of the dark knight duration. The series initially launched on youtube in july 3, 2007 before moving to walkers own site, that guy with the glasses, then to channel awesome. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain. Born on february 7, 1991 age 28 in nipomo, california. 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. Fun indiana jones rip off, an improvement on its predecessor with better character moments. Nov 19, 2004 national treasure is an absolutely wonderful film for the entire family. Writer the nostalgia critic she is best known for nostalgia critic 2007, tamaras never seen 2016 and tamara just saw 2017. Changing tides tells the story of samuel thomas gates, and his journey from england to jamestown in 1611. Academy award winner nicolas cage stars as benjamin franklin gates, an achaeologist and.
Paul finchley robbie coltrane is a bona fide national treasure, one half of a popular, longrunning comedy double act. Book of secrets ann llyod have you ever gotten accused of doing something that you didnt do. Jan 01, 2015 nostalgia critic national treasure disney. Read this music and movies essay and over 89,000 other research documents. Book of secrets does end up looking like a mildly toxic byproduct of brown. Its a highly visual movie, with lots of eyepopping outdoor color images. Ever since he was a boy, gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary knights templar treasure, the greatest fortune known to man.
National treasure is so silly that the monty python version could use the same screenplay, line for line. It was written by jim kouf and the wibberleys, produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by jon turteltaub. Similar books to national treasure pop classics book 5. Summary destiel fic national treasure au youre gonna what. Dec 21, 2007 the hyperactive sequel national treasure. Dean winchester was sitting there on the steps in front of the lincoln monument, and hed just said the seven words shed never expected anyone to say to her. Books similar to national treasure movies or maybe 39. With national treasure, thorne, a prolific dramatist, seizes on the chance to create a fictional story around paul finchley the wonderful robbie coltrane, an aging comic and actor who lately has.
The disneycember logo is shown, before showing clips from national treasure. Follow by assumptions and opinions, the name and honor of you family was lost by a single type of information. We all know nicholas cage is nutsbut i am asking about books similar to the premise of secrets hidden by the founding fathers, free masons, etc. National treasurenational treasure 2 book of secrets dvd. Feb 09, 2008 n ational treasure, a tale about indiana jonesstyle adventurer nicolas cage pursuing an ancient treasure handed down from the days of the knights templar, came out just in time to cash in on dan. In 1979, this book sparked a national craze for armchair treasure hunting. Another treasure is the family bonds that ben ultimately feels for his father and his ancestors. National treasure is back, and this time it has, um, a subtitle. National treasure is a 2004 american adventure film released by walt disney pictures.
Shortly following the release of national treasure. The arrival of disneys national treasure is now just a couple of weeks away november 19. Ben gates nicolas cage sets out to find the lost 18 pages from the diary of abraham lincolns assassin, john wilkes booth. This is the truth, not the ivory tower speculations of those who write but have no actual experience. Is the oldest of the chambers kids and has been apart of the nostalgia critic show since 2014, while also having a guest appearance in the. Disney is going all out with the interactive goodies on film website. 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. Get some nostalgia critic tshirts here see more at our. National treasure is an example of the type of movie disney used to make and seems to be making more of today. Less engrossing than its 2004 predecessor national treasure, jon turteltaub s busy sequel national treasure 2. The top 10 treasure hunts in fiction books the guardian. Samuels father had lost his familys money in a scheme that promised gold and riches from the new world.
The premise, lets say right off, is rather silly, that there is a treasure map. The average tomatometer is the sum of all season scores divided by the number of seasons with a tomatometer. Nov 12, 2009 read this music and movies essay and over 89,000 other research documents. National treasurenational treasure 2 book of secrets.
Its the kind of action film that christians have been longing to see on the big screen. The fact and fiction of national treasure on its 10th. Book of secrets has without a doubt the most absurd and fevered plot since, oh, say, national treasure 2004. Popco is a primer in the history of encryption, a critique of our culture, and a. The fact and fiction of national treasure on the 10th anniversary of its release.
Gates and poole escape and after a failed attempt to warn the fbi of howes plan, gates has no choice but to do the unthinkable. N ational treasure, a tale about indiana jonesstyle adventurer nicolas cage pursuing an ancient treasure handed down from the days of the knights templar, came out. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. The real national treasure is the declaration of independence and its ideals of liberty and justice for all. I am a huge fan of the movies anxiously awaiting the outcome of national treasure 3, followed by the potential national treasure 4. Nostalgia critic national treasure 2 book of secrets disney. 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. National treasure was released worldwide on november 19, 2004.
In national treasure, the main characters are ben gates, abigail chase, riley poole and ian howe. National treasure 2004 movies, tv, celebs, and more. However, the famous comedians world is thrown into chaos when he. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the. Feb 07, 2008 t he riproaring success of the first national treasure movie and naturally the rippingerroaringer success of the da vinci code has inspired a sequel for its star nicolas cage and director. The real national treasure is not the riches amassed by secret societies like the knights templar and the freemasons. In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure. National treasure isnt exactly citizen kane, so an easier read from an author like dan brown seems like an appropriate analogue. On books and literature, a gamefaqs message board topic titled books similar to national treasure movies or maybe 39 clues, but for adults.
The disneycember logo is shown, before showing clips from national treasure doug vo. The average tomatometer is the sum of all season scores divided by the number of seasons with a. Doug walker march 18, 2020 channel awesome, doug walker, nostalgia critic, videos 2 comments its the raimi spiderman flick that ended all raimi spiderman flicks, literally. T he riproaring success of the first national treasure movie and naturally the rippingerroaringer success of the da vinci code has inspired a sequel for its star nicolas cage and director. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. National treasure 2004 historian and codebreaker ben gates nicolas cage has been searching his whole life for a rumored treasure dating back to the creation of the united states. National treasure pop classics book 5 kindle edition by lindsay. It lacks the conviction to embrace its own garish awfulness, resulting in little more than tedious historical and patriotic hokum, a preposterous potboiler done in by slack pacing and pedestrian execution. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. 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. But howe turns out to be a mobster only intrested in the money from the treasure and attempts to have gates and poole killed. Thomas looks down and sees that carrolls handkerchief is stained with blood.
Book of secrets 2007 jon turtletaub, jon turteltaub on allmovie in this adventurefilled sequel to the 2004. Benjamin franklin gates, a pedigree of the treasure hunter family who learns about a national treasure from his grandfather. Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. The hate this movie gets is massive, but nostalgia critic is going to see if its still warranted after all these years. Without all the religious expletives, the sex and the hard core violence, disney delivers an actionpacked adventure film full of chase scenes not without its heroes and villains. That the holders of this information involved john wilkes booth and a. As gates tries to find and decipher ancient riddles that will lead him to it, hes dogged by a ruthless enemy who wants the riches for himself.
A coded map on the back of the declaration of independence points to the location of the national treasure, but gates is not alone in his quest. Patrick henry reveals just a trace of batteneddown nostalgia for the dreams. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his deadpan, on a globetrotting quest that might have been. However, coming after the bewildering success of ron howards terrible film of the da vinci code, national treasure.
One trainer stood by the horse as the actor mounted it, and another trainer on horseback waited at the actors end mark. 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. For most of the movie, ben, abigail and riley are the protagonist while ian and his men are the. Stuntmen instructed the actor on how to jump onto the horse and ride off. Through all the horror and tumult, in the humor and the nostalgia. The treasure is stashed somewhere in the country and the clue leading to the treasure chest is cyphered and scattered all over the country. National treasures book of secrets on display at the. A series gets an average tomatometer when at least 50 percent of its seasons have a score. 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. Diane kruger has a foreign accent even though she is the national archivist, so that our eyes can mist at the thought that in the land of opportunity, even a person with a foreign accent can become the national archivist. Future scholars will pity modern moviegoers who failed to. With robbie coltrane, julie walters, andrea riseborough, babou ceesay. Nov 18, 2004 diane kruger has a foreign accent even though she is the national archivist, so that our eyes can mist at the thought that in the land of opportunity, even a person with a foreign accent can become the national archivist. Whoever can steal the declaration and decode it first will find the greatest treasure in history.
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. Jan 01, 2015 nostalgia critic national treasure 2 book of secrets disney. The book of secrets in question is a hushhush read thats passed down from president to president, for their. Nostalgia critic national treasure 2 book of secrets. Books similar to national treasure movies or maybe 39 clues. 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. National treasure ben gates from national treasure starts out as a little kid with his grandfather telling him about the.