National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers (WGA):

Marianne Wibberley (screenplay) &
Cormac Wibberley (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.

Plot Keywords:

Magnifying Glass | Library Of Congress | Security Guard | Narrow Escape | Barrel

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Ben Gates
Justin Bartha	...	Riley Poole
Diane Kruger	...	Abigail Chase
Jon Voight	...	Patrick Gates
Helen Mirren	...	Emily Appleton
Ed Harris	...	Mitch Wilkinson
Harvey Keitel	...	Sadusky
Bruce Greenwood	...	The President
Ty Burrell	...	Connor
Michael Maize	...	Daniel
Timothy V. Murphy	...	Seth
Alicia Coppola	...	FBI Agent Spellman
Armando Riesco	...	FBI Agent Hendricks
Albert Hall	...	Dr. Nichols
Joel Gretsch	...	Thomas Gates

Also Known As:

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (South Africa: English title) (DVD box title) (USA) (DVD box title)
National Treasure 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence and action.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11 | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | Peru:PT | Germany:12 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:10 | South Africa:10M | Singapore:PG | Norway:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Africa:10V | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG (certificate #43985) | Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Trivia:

Randy Travis shot his cameo in one day at 1 A.M.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): While being chased through London, Ben asks Abigail if her phone has a camera so that he can take a picture of the wooden plank found in the resolute desk. She says that her phone's camera is broken and hence they have to use the traffic camera to get a picture of the plank. Riley fails to notice/mention however that his MacBook has a camera right in the top bezel.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Barkeep: He's in the other room.

Movie Connections:

References The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Is It Still Over

Enjoyable and recommendable

It was a good movie but not as good as the first one. I think that its just the same story as the first one with very little changes. Treasure hunter Ben Gates tries to clean its name by looking for an ancient treasure. The first half of the movie is kinda slow and even tiresome, too much talking and very little action. But it gets better on the second part towards to the end. The cast is excellent, Nicolas Cage in a role he knows very well, Jon Voight as Cage fathers is very convincing, Ed Harris is the bad guy that the only thing he wants is to find the treasure and keep it to himself, Harvey Keitel as an FBI agent wit a brief but convincing performance and Helen Mirren as Nicola's mother with a good and even funny performance. Although this movie isn't the greatest thing, it is very enjoyable and entertaining, perfect to spend some time with the family.