Movie: National Treasure (2004)

“Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who’ve all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben’s close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt. Written by IMDb Editors”

  • Director: Jon Turteltaub
  • Release Date: 19 November 2004 (USA)
  • Run Time: 131 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Action , Adventure , Thriller
  • MPAA: Rated PG for action violence and some scary images.

Tagline: The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.

Trivia: On the yellow piece of paper, on which Ian (Sean Bean) was writing out the secret message contained on the pipe found on the “Charlotte”, there was drawn, at the top of the page, two crossed swords with a circle between them. This drawing is the logo for Bean’s hometown Football Club, Sheffield United known also as The Blades.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Just after Ben mixes the fluorescent marker liquid, he reaches into the glass clearly holding the George Washington campaign button. The scene then cuts to him dipping his bare fingers and the button has vanished.

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