National Treasure (2004)

In order to break the code, one man will have to break all the rules.

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Written by: Jim Kouf, Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley

Music by: Trevor Rabin

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Plummer, David Dayan Fisher, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Oleg Taktarov

Genre: Adventure, Action, Mystery

Released: 2004-11-19

Runtime: 131 minutes

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National Treasure (2004): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• By early 1999, it was revealed that Jon Turteltaub was developing National Treasure based on an idea developed by Oren Aviv and Charles Segars in 1997, with a script by Jim Kouf.
• The film closed on June 2, 2005 with a final domestic gross of $173,008,894, covering its production budget of $100 million.
• New drafts were written by nine scribers, including Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, E. Max Frye, and Jon Turteltaub.
• It was directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
• Most scenes were filmed on location, with the exceptions of the Independence Hall scene, portions of which were filmed at the replica of Independence Hall at Knott's Berry Farm, and the Arctic scene, which was filmed in Utah.

Source: Wikipedia

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