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Dec 19, 2016 · In this edition of "Presenting the Facts", we explore the 2004 blockbuster National Treasure. The story was written by Jim Kouf, Oren Aviv, and Charles Segars, and the screenplay was by Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley. It was directed by Jon Turtletaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who is known for other action films based in historical details, including Pearl Harbor ...
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In the film, Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian, along with computer expert Riley Poole and archivist Abigail Chase, search for a massive lost Freemason treasure, which includes a map hidden on the back of the United States Declaration of Independence. National Treasure was released worldwide on November 19, 2004. The film grossed $347 ...
National Treasure: Directed by Jon Turteltaub. With Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean. A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.
- (359K)
- Action, Adventure, Mystery
- Jon Turteltaub
- 2004-11-19
Ben gets barely a better reception from Dr Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.There’s free entry to the National Archives Museum, Constitution Avenue NW between 7th and 9th Streets, where, in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, you can indeed cast your eyes on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the ...
- THE SCRIPT NEEDED NINE WRITERS TO CRACK THE CODE. Originally planned for a summer 2000 release, National Treasure—based on a concept by Disney marketing head Oren Aviv and DreamWorks television executive Charles Segars—had a Byzantine plot that kept it in a prolonged pre-production period.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN REALLY WAS A FREEMASON. Fact and fiction blur considerably in National Treasure, which uses history as a jumping-off point for some major jumps in logic.
- THE CREW USED A BRICK-FOR-BRICK REPLICA OF INDEPENDENCE HALL. It can be tricky to secure permission to film on government property, which is why producers of National Treasure probably considered themselves fortunate when they discovered that Walter Knott of Knott’s Berry Farm fame had built a perfect replica of Independence Hall on his land in Buena Park, California back in the 1960s.
- THAT $100 BILL REALLY DID HAVE A PRECISE TIME ON THE CLOCK. One of Cage’s cryptic clues in the film is reading a time of 2:22 on the clock depicted on the image of Independence Hall on the $100 bill.
The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the United States, and arguably in the world. It started the United States of America as a country of its own on July 4, 1776. The Freemasons drew a map to Templar Treasure on its back - the Ottendorf Cipher, along with the invisible messages "Heere at the Wall" and ...
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Nov 19, 2004 · Of the 55 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, at least 9 are said to have been Freemasons. President George Washington was also among its members. You May Also Like
