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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

PG 124 min  -  Action | Adventure | Mystery  -   21 December 2007 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers:

Marianne Wibberley (screenplay), Cormac Wibberley (screenplay), and 8 more credits »
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets -- This is a U.S. theatrical trailer for National Treasure: Book of Secrets, directed by Jon Turteltaub. National Treasure: Book of Secrets -- National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Trailer
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Cast

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Storyline

While Ben Gates is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, a man by the name of Mitch Wilkinson stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned on the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather was a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail Chase, and Riley Poole to Buckingham Palace (which they break into). They discover a plank that has early Native American writing on it. The plank has only one symbol that Patrick Gates can identify. The symbol is Cibola (see-bowl-uh) meaning the City of Gold. In order to define the rest they have to go to Ben's mother, Patrick's divorced wife. After 32 years it brings back old arguments. After that the other clue is in the President's... Written by mviedirctr354  

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Plot Keywords:

Gate | Book | Diary | France | Gold  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some violence and action See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

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Also Known As:

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$130,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$65,444,195 (USA) (23 December 2007) (3832 Screens)

Gross:

$219,961,501 (USA) (15 June 2008)
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Color:

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Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Director of photography Amir Mokri was replaced by John Schwartzman several weeks into shooting. This was reportedly due to "creative differences" between Mokri and director Jon Turteltaub. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene at the egg roll, the child says that Booth crossed the only bridge open out of Washington to escape, saying it was an example of a conspiracy. However the Long Bridge which Booth crossed that night was indeed closed at the time of his crossing. Booth was a well known celebrity in Washington and simply charmed the guard in charge (who was unaware of the assassination) into letting him across after hours. See more »

Quotes

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

The opening Walt Disney Pictures logo is "darker and more orange" according to the director. See more »


Soundtracks

"Better Class of Losers"
Written by Randy Travis, Alan Jackson
Performed by Randy Travis
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing See more »