National Treasure: Book of Secrets

"The greatest adventure history has ever revealed."

2007 2h 4m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 5,699

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Synopsis

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Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

“The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.”

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Cast

Nicolas Cage
Ben Gates
Diane Kruger
Abigail Chase
Justin Bartha
Riley Poole
Ed Harris
Mitch Wilkinson
Jon Voight
Patrick Gates
Helen Mirren
Emily Appleton
Harvey Keitel
Sadusky
Bruce Greenwood
The President

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Terry Rossio, Gregory Poirier, Trevor Goring
Languages: Latin, English, French
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Latin, English, French.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "National Treasure Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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232+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jon Turteltaub, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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The take

Jon Turteltaub directs. John Schwartzman behind the camera. Trevor Rabin scores. David Rennie cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Latin, English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 19 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Latin, English, French.
5Part of the "National Treasure Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6232+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Jon Turteltaub, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor David Rennie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.".
12IMDB entry: tt0465234 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 36 themes, including "gold", "treasure", "london, england", "assassination".
14Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Original score: Trevor Rabin
Editing: David Rennie
Production design: Dominic Watkins
Costume design: Judianna Makovsky
Makeup / hair: Ilona Herman
Sound: Christopher Boyes
Stunt coordinator: George Marshall Ruge
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $130,000,000
Box office: $459,200,000
Return: 353% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Part of

National Treasure Collection

The collection of theatrical action-adventure mystery films 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 loyal sidekick, Riley Poole (Justin Bartha), uncovers hidden troves and secrets from America's past.

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John Chard2019-09-14
★ 8/10
Joyous boys own yarn full of the serial silliness of movies past, present and the first movie! As with the enormously successful first film, this sequel irritated as many people as it entertained. It's just the nature of the family friendly blockbuster, that some film fans refuse to accept them as viable fun family fare, whilst others can easily run with it and have a great time. The highbrow versus the lowbrow? Well maybe if you want to really be speaky arty about it... National Treasure: Book of Secrets made over $450 million at the worldwide box offices. Now we are told that financial success is no marker for quality of product, that's fair enough, but what is undeniably true is that it means there were considerably "a lot" of happy paying punters! From way back in the day when we had the likes of Gunga Din, Beau Geste and The Adventures of Robin Hood, there has been a considerable market for the action adventure movie. Some are better than others, some are even more brainy, but mostly they deliver a set pattern of what many people want. The makers of this sequel just go bigger than the first film whilst following exactly the same formula. Nicolas Cage's treasure hunting Benjamin Franklin Gates has to follow clues to treasure again, only this time it's to clear his family name since his granddaddy has been implicated in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Justin Bartha and Diane Kruger are again along for the ride, while Jon Voight gets more screen time as Daddy Gates. Helen Mirren joins the fray as the estranged Mommy Gates, Ed Harris slots in for villain duties and Bruce Greenwood adds class as the president of the USA. The stunts and set-pieces are humongous, the traps and clues more elaborate than before and the photography (Amir Mokri and John Schwartzman) once again is gorgeous. It hurtles along at a nifty pace, stopping only to explain the various plot machinations to younger viewers, and the comic by-play between all the principal players is set in stone. Is it full of implausibilities, insulting history and credulity stretching beyond belief? Yes! Of course, that's why many of us action adventure fans escape into such high energy nonsense. Those expecting cerebral tickles or those offended by basic family blockbusters should quite simply stay away. 7.5/10
Rob2023-05-14
★ 7/10
Well, what do you know, a sequel that's pretty much the same story as the original. But so what? This movie isn't as good as the first but it's just as enjoyable. So let's get on board and find some treasure. Just one thing, can someone explain to me why Nicolas Cage got so loud in this one?
CinemaSerf2024-06-24
★ 6/10
Following on from the original 2004 adventure, we discover that "Mitch" (Ed Harris) is now alleging that Nicolas Cage's "Gates" family were embroiled in the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln - and he claims to have proof from a diary by none other than John Wilkes Booth himself! It seems that in order to disprove these scurrilous rumours, he must galvanise his now estranged wife "Abigail" (Diane Kruger) and partner "Riley" (Justin Bartha) to track down a legendary city of gold. Surely it doesn't exist? Well there might just be a clue in the President's "Book of Secrets" - but he doesn't even know if that exists - and to find out, well he's going to have to get face to face with the President before embarking on a trip that will take him to Paris and then to the Queen's private study in Buckingham Palace before asking his dad (Jon Voight) and academic mum (Dame Helen Mirren) to chip in to help them rescue the family's reputation. Oh, and yes - menacing "Mitch" is hot on his trail, determined to use "Ben" to do all of the heavy lifting whilst he hopes to sneak in and claim the treasure for himself! It's very similar to the first film in style and pace, but the story is not so good and the quirkiness of the adventure struggles to stay as entertaining. There's a little too much familial dysfunction from both couples and the hapless "Riley" is much less engaging here, too. It's watchable enough, but nothing much to write home about.