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Genre | Action/Adventure |
Format | AC-3, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Dubbed, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Subtitled, Color, NTSC |
Contributor | Christopher Plummer, Justin Bartha, Jim Kouf And Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Nicolas Cage, David Dayan Fisher, Jon Turteltaub, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 11 minutes |
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Product Description
Product Description
From Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and Jon Turteltaub, director of PHENOMENON, comes NATIONAL TREASURE. It's the thrilling, edge-of-your-seat adventure starring Academy Award(R) winner Nicolas Cage (1995 Best Actor, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) as Benjamin Franklin Gates. Ever since he was a boy, Gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest fortune known to man. As Gates tries to find and decipher ancient riddles that will lead him to it, he's dogged by a ruthless enemy (Sean Bean, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) who wants the riches for himself. Now in a race against time, Gates must steal one of America's most sacred and guarded documents -- the Declaration of Independence -- or let it, and a key clue to the mystery, fall into dangerous hands. Heart-pounding chases, close calls, and the FBI turn Gates's quest into a high-stakes crime caper and the most exciting treasure hunt you've ever experienced.
Review
" a wholesome, headlong extravaganza " -- Michael Sragow, THE BALTIMORE SUN
" rip-roaring scavenger hunt " -- Allison Benedikt, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"National Treasure is great escapism." -- Bruce Kirkland, TORONTO SUN
Set Contains:
There's a pretty good gimmick with these DVD extras aimed squarely at the pre-teen/early teen audience that ate up this film. Each of the extras (a standard making-of featurette, an alternate ending, and an interesting deleted scene) is followed by a clue afterwards. Decipher the clues and unlock the next set of extras: a nice bit on real treasure hunters, an awful piece on the Knights Templar, and one gem for kids: "Riley Poole's Decode this!" Actor Justin Bartha reprises his role (Nic Cage's techno-sidekick) and lectures a bit on the cooler side of language history and code-breaking with a few simple interactive games. If you get through it all, you unlock a hidden feature, a trivia track. Thankfully, those who do not want to go on the treasure hunt can access these features by reading the printed insert. Also thankfully, director Jon Turteltaub's enthusiasm always makes DVD extras more watchable than most. --Doug Thomas
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 5.46 x 0.57 x 7.39 inches; 0.71 ounces
- Item model number : 03599000
- Director : Jon Turteltaub
- Media Format : AC-3, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Dubbed, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Subtitled, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 11 minutes
- Release date : May 3, 2005
- Actors : Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : Spanish, French
- Language : French, Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00005JN5E
- Writers : Jim Kouf And Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #28,981 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,313 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #2,915 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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The story centers around Benjamin Franklin Gates, a role impersonated by Nicolas Cage. A descendant of THE Benjamin Franklin, historian, engineer and Navy ROTC Ben Gates is on a quest after a family's life pursuit about the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, that somehow seems to have found its way to America during the Revolutionary War, and was hidden in this land by the Freemasons who, among others, counted the names of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin himself as members. But the Gates family has been the laughing stock of the historical community in Washington D.C. for generations due to the elusiveness of said treasure. Just when Ben Gates appears to have found someone rich enough and willing to fund a costly search that includes an expedition to the Arctic, Ben realizes that not everyone has the same solemn intentions as he does when it comes to finding the greatest treasure ever coveted by mankind. For starters, the clues leading to its discovery are to be found in the Declaration of Independence... but how does one get to it and, more importantly, how can the clues be interpreted? Ben has his friend and co-conspirator Riley Poole, played by hilarious Justin Bartha, and National Archives expert Dr. Abigail Chase (played by Diane Kruger) as his right and left hands to help him.
This is the premise of "National Treasure", a movie which unpacks fun and loads of action while taking the viewer on location to the National Archives and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and the catacombs under Trinity Church in New York City.
I have enjoyed it immensely, especially the historical aspect. Although the acting is not stellar by any means, one must admit that Sean Bean still offers a fantastic view of the human male species even when he is getting on years, and the feminine element offered by Diane Kruger as Dr. Chase is... cute, though sometimes borderline callous.
True to a Jerry Bruckheimer production, the film offers great photography, and the 2-disc Collector's Edition is jam-packed with extras presented in the form of a treasure hunt, my favorites being "Riley's Decode This!", with three levels of discovery; and the featurette on "Ciphers, Codes & Codebreakers", a great documentary on code making and breaking that goes back to the first World War. The deleted scenes offer much needed background to the film, although it is understandable how they did not make it into it - at 2:35 hours, nothing else could go in.
When I bought this movie I did not know anything about it but the title and the cover sure did look interesting. We gave it a try one family night, reedy, set, stand by with bowls of pop corn and when the
movie started, it instantly captured our attention and hearts.
It is fabulously engaging!
THE ACTION - is fast paced and keeps your interest sustained through. So wonderfully done that when it is over you have no idea where the time went.
THE ACTING - STAR STUDDED MOVIE CAST!!!!
Nicolas Cage needs no introduction and all his movies are acted to perfection. Diane Kruger did REMARKABLE job as well as the rest of the crew with stars like John Voigt, Justin Bartha, Helen Mirren,
Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean. Those names alone are ENOUGH to guarantee the movie to be worth watching. I think that after reading this list you can reasonably stop reading this review and honestly just get it... you won't regret it.
FABULOUS MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - and when I say it I really mean it. I have played it many times for different groups of family gatherings at our house, lots of playdates, lots of family nights and everyone loved it. This movie was clearly loved by many since they made sequels and THANKS GOD FOR THE SEQUELS because not only they are just as great, but they made many movie choices so super easy for us.
DO NOT FORGET TO GET THE SEQUELS - because.. once the last credits will roll.. you will be hungry for more. Get them now and thank me later :).
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This Region free 50GB disc is encoded using the MPEG-4 AC codec in full 1080p resolution with audio tracks in English Dolby True HD 5.1 (48 kHz 16 bit) along with French, Italian and Spanish DTS 5.1 there are also Dolby Digital 5.1 in the same, the subtitles that on are offer are as follows: - English for the Hard of Hearing, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish.
The Bonus features contained on this disc are:-
Blu-ray only feature Mission History “The Declaration of Independence”
Audio commentary with Director Jon Turteltaub and Actor Justin Bartha
From the DVD version
Alternative ending with optional director commentary
Deleted Scenes with optional commentary
Seven Featurettes
Comparing the Blu-ray against the DVD the image is blurry on the DVD, the Blu-ray is a sharp and clear image with a greater and bigger amount of colours and the edges of the image is clearer and the actors have a natural skin tone and the shadows are more defined with deeper blacks and greys.
This is a great piece of family entertainment and a worthy addition to a Blu-Ray library with its superb transfer which delivers a sharp image along with an excellent soundtrack which has enough punch and kick for any surround sound set-up.