NATIONAL TREASURE (2004)

MORGAN'S RATING

COMING SOON

Modern treasure hunters, lead by an archaelogist, who is the eigth generation in a family all searching for the same thing, search for am assive 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.

Nicolas Cage (Benjamin Franklin Gates), Sean Bean (Ian Howe), Harvey Keitel (Sadusky), Diane Kruger (Dr. Abigail Chase), Justin Bartha (Riley Poole), Christopher Plummer (John Adams Gates), David Dayan Fisher (Shaw), Oleg Taktarov (Shippen), Stewart Finlay-McLennan (Powell), Don McManus, Annie Parisse (Dawes), Armando Riesco (Hendricks), Tyler Marks (Drummer Boy), Tony Devon (Maintenance Man), Mark Pellegrino (Johnson), Chrismandu (Street Vendor), Greg Cool (Precision Driver), Blaze Kelly Coyle (Tourist), Terrence Currier (Charles Carroll), Jason Earles (Thomas Gates), Tony Luke Jr. (Strip Club Sweeper), Rodney J. Hobbs (Coachman, uncredited), Christina Mahon (Pedestrian, uncredited)

IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CODE, ONE MAN WILL HAVE TO BREAK ALL THE RULES.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Jon Turteltaub (The Kid). WRITERS: Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley. PRODUCERS: Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turteltaub. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Pat Sandston. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Oren Aviv, Chad Oman, Charles Segars, Christina Steinberg, Mike Stenson and Barry Waldman. DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures.

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: November 24th, 2004 (USA) SHOOTING DATES: September 2003 -- ??? - Over the last five years of development, nine different screenwriters have tried to adapt Jon Turteltaub's story idea into a workable script, including Jim Kouf (Stakeout).