National Treasure (2004)

Regisseur:

Jon Turteltaub

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jim Kouf (story) and
Oren Aviv (story) ...

Premierendatum:

19. November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Thriller

Werbezeile:

The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.

Plot:

A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure that has been passed down for centuries, while his employer turned enemy is onto the same path that he's on.

Plot Keywords:

2000s | Pennsylvania | Father Son Estrangement | Friend | Hudson River

Auszeichnungen:

1 win & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

fun adventure

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 31

8:00 PM

NBC

Besetzung

Nicolas Cage	...	Ben Gates
Diane Kruger	...	Abigail Chase
Justin Bartha	...	Riley Poole
Sean Bean	...	Ian Howe
Jon Voight	...	Patrick Gates
Harvey Keitel	...	Sadusky
Christopher Plummer	...	John Adams Gates
David Dayan Fisher	...	Shaw
Stewart Finlay-McLennan	...	Powell
Oleg Taktarov	...	Shippen
Stephen A. Pope	...	Phil (as Stephen Pope)
Annie Parisse	...	Agent Dawes
Mark Pellegrino	...	Agent Johnson
Armando Riesco	...	Agent Hendricks
Erik King	...	Agent Colfax

Alternativ:

Sonomo (Philippines: English title) (review title)
Vermächtnis der Tempelritter, Das (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence and some scary images.

Länge:

131 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:12 | New Zealand:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | France:U | Denmark:11 | Malaysia:U | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:PG | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Drehorte:

DAR - Memorial Continental Hall.- 1776 D Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Firma:

Walt Disney Pictures

Dies und das:

In the DC segment during the planning stage of the burglary the movie cuts to an external shot of a building on the Potomac River - presumably where the bad guys are planning their attempt. This building is the Watergate Hotel.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The device used to scramble the radio signal of the earpiece in Ben Gates ear on the Intrepid is not a radio jammer but a laser radar. They do not interfere with radio signals because if it did the police would not be able to use them.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Young Ben Gates: Grandpa!
John Adams Gates: You're not supposed to be up here, looking at that.

Querbezüge:

Spin Off "Treasure Hunters" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Give It Up

fun adventure

This was a fun film, sort of like an Indian Jones movie, but the treasure hunter must figure out clues. I'm sure the reason this was made and released now has a lot to do with the Da Vinci Code. The plot is just like it except instead of involving religious history, the clues center around American history, and namely the founding fathers.

So Nick Cage, plays Ben Gates, the treasure hunter whose family has been looking for the treasure of the knights templer for years. One of his relatives possessed the last remaining clue from a dying Mason. So, the movie starts with Cage finally solving that clue, and the film goes from there. Of course, we have the evil billionaire guy who wants the treasure for himself and the funny sidekick. But, I think the sidekick failed because he wasn't all that funny. The movie could have used some more humor. And of course, Gates hooks up with a beautiful woman along the way to help him solve the clues, which sounds just like Da Vinci.

It is unbelievable that someone could just come up with the answer to these difficult clues after thinking about them for 2 minutes, but we don't have time to let the characters ponder them for a few months. It is meant to be fun, so forget about the plot holes. The whole set beneath the church looked very neat, but I would have to think all those wooden stairs would have been rotten by then and no one could walk on them. But who cares, it's fun.

And the theft of the Declaration of Independence was reminiscent of Ocean's 11. Funny how anyone can steal anything in a film, forget locked down security.

FINAL VERDICT: If you like adventure films, I recommend it. It is not like Tomb Raider, which some have compared it to. Tomb Raider was horrible. This is more like Indiana Jones.