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Title: National Treasure
Post by: modage on June 27, 2004, 03:32:06 PM
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Release Date: November 24th, 2004 (wide)

Cast: Nicolas Cage (Ben Franklin Gates), Justin Bartha (Riley Poole), Sean Bean (Ian Howe), Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger (Dr. Abigail Chase), Christopher Plummer, Don McManus, Mark Pellegrino; other cast not announced yet.

Director: Jon Turteltaub (Disney's The Kid, Instinct, Cool Runnings, Phenomenon, While You Were Sleeping; his next film will be Enchanted)

Screenwriter: Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (cowriters of Shrek, Aladdin, The Mask of Zorro, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; they've also got Pirates of the Caribbean 2 coming soon)  

Premise: Modern treasure hunters, led by an archaeologist, Ben Franklin Gates (Cage), who is the eighth descendant in a family all searching for the same thing: a massive war chest treasure reportedly hidden by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin as funds for the Revolutionary War, using a secret code found in the Constitution (and a map that might have been drawn on the back of the Declaration of Independence) to find its location. (Kruger plays a museum curator at the Smithsonian who is central to the plot; Bartha plays Cage's best friend; Bean plays a rich British adventurer who also wants the treasure; McManus plays a National Archives intellectual; Pellegrino plays an FBI agent.)

TRAILER HERE: http://nationaltreasure.movies.go.com./main.html
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Ghostboy on June 27, 2004, 03:37:05 PM
Hey, I could re-direct you...to your own post! Is that a first?

Anyway, nice to see Nic Cage returning to crap. Adaptation seems like it was just a dream now....
Title: National Treasure
Post by: El Duderino on June 27, 2004, 03:44:49 PM
"From the producer of Pirates of the Caribbean"
Title: National Treasure
Post by: NEON MERCURY on October 20, 2004, 10:29:06 PM
i just saw the tv spot for this and normally i would think that its a piece of sh*t but it reminds of the old school treasure hunting films or tv shows...like the goonies et al.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: pete on October 21, 2004, 01:51:31 AM
ooh this guy also directed Three Ninja.  I remember renting both Three Ninja and Cool Running for my 13th birthday party.  I didn't even know I was in fact holding world's first Jon Turteltaub retrospective.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Bethie on October 21, 2004, 02:07:11 AM
FYI, Pete's 13th Birthday Party was last week. I was there, and he didn't even have cake. What the hell man? On top of that, after watching Cool Runnings all his shitty friends thought they were cool when they attempted to speak with a Jamaican accent.  


Not fun.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Pwaybloe on October 22, 2004, 12:41:00 PM
Hah!

I mean... Mmm hmm hmm hmm.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: pete on October 22, 2004, 12:50:12 PM
Quote from: BethieFYI, Pete's 13th Birthday Party was last week. I was there, and he didn't even have cake. What the hell man? On top of that, after watching Cool Runnings all his shitty friends thought they were cool when they attempted to speak with a Jamaican accent.  


Not fun.

bethie jumped out of the birthday cake wearing the biggest grin in the world, it was awesome.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: MacGuffin on November 05, 2004, 08:30:21 PM
New trailer here. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/national_treasure/trailer/)
Title: National Treasure
Post by: meatball on November 07, 2004, 12:54:25 AM
Quote from: pete
Quote from: BethieFYI, Pete's 13th Birthday Party was last week. I was there, and he didn't even have cake. What the hell man? On top of that, after watching Cool Runnings all his shitty friends thought they were cool when they attempted to speak with a Jamaican accent.  


Not fun.

bethie jumped out of the birthday cake wearing the biggest grin in the world, it was awesome.

I didn't enjoy the game of twister afterwards. Bethie was the ONLY girl invited.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: SiliasRuby on November 07, 2004, 01:47:52 AM
Quote from: meatbull
Quote from: pete
Quote from: BethieFYI, Pete's 13th Birthday Party was last week. I was there, and he didn't even have cake. What the hell man? On top of that, after watching Cool Runnings all his shitty friends thought they were cool when they attempted to speak with a Jamaican accent.  


Not fun.

bethie jumped out of the birthday cake wearing the biggest grin in the world, it was awesome.

I didn't enjoy the game of twister afterwards. Bethie was the ONLY girl invited.
That must have been awkward....but umm, do you have pictures?
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Pubrick on November 07, 2004, 01:51:06 AM
u two are like the joke undertakers.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: SiliasRuby on November 07, 2004, 01:53:38 AM
Quote from: Pubricku two are like the joke undertakers.
Thanks. I apreciate the compliment.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Stefen on November 22, 2004, 05:00:18 PM
This thread was pretty good before it got ruined. WIsh I could have participated.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: SiliasRuby on November 22, 2004, 05:12:34 PM
Quote from: StefenThis thread was pretty good before it got ruined. WIsh I could have participated.
Next time I'll warn you when we we are going to destroy a thread and I'll let you in on the fun.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: MacGuffin on June 16, 2005, 11:23:04 PM
Dis digs in for 'Treasure 2'
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have begun laying out a map for "National Treasure 2."

The studio has hired Gregory Poirier to write the movie, which will be directed by returning helmer Jon Turteltaub.

Details of the story are being kept under wraps.

"National Treasure," which stars Nicolas Cage, was released in November. To the surprise of many observers, it overcame lukewarm reviews and became a huge hit, grossing more than $173 million domestically. Since then, Disney had played down the idea of a sequel, saying it would not do one unless a good story could be told.

The first movie had a small army working on it. The film has "story by" credits for Jim Kouf, Charles Segars and Buena Vista Pictures marketing head Oren Aviv and "screenplay by" credits for Kouf, Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley.

It is unclear whether any cast from the first film will return.

Jason Reed is overseeing for Disney.

Char Oman, Mike Stenson, Aviv and Segars are exec producing.

Poirier wrote Disney's "Swiss Family Robinson," which attracted Jonathan Mostow to sign on as director. Poirier also has done uncredited production work on the studio's "Antarctica" and "Shaggy Dog."
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Kal on June 17, 2005, 08:47:59 AM
I think the Marketing people at Disney are a bunch of moneys on roller blades smoking cigarettes and picking each other with sticks
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Sleuth on June 17, 2005, 02:49:38 PM
Quote from: andykalI think the Marketing people at Disney are a bunch of moneys on roller blades smoking cigarettes and picking each other with sticks

What is wrong with your brain, AndyK?
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Kal on June 17, 2005, 02:55:00 PM
nothing... why?
Title: National Treasure
Post by: jtm on June 17, 2005, 05:09:46 PM
hmmm, i just watched this movie on DVD and came here to see what other people thought, and there's not one review to be read.

anyways, here's mine....

this movie sucked.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Bethie on June 18, 2005, 12:39:14 AM
Yeah, it should have stayed buried.




hardy har
Title: National Treasure
Post by: cine on June 18, 2005, 12:44:08 AM
there goes my best joke.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: Bethie on June 18, 2005, 12:59:12 AM
story of your life.
Title: National Treasure
Post by: deathnotronic on June 18, 2005, 12:59:53 AM
This movie was terrible.
The techie guy that was in this movie for comedic relief made me grimace every time he said something. He's a pretty awkward actor.