National Treasure (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  599 reviews
Sales Rank: 2190
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D35990D
UPC: 786936242928
EAN: 0786936242928
ASIN: B00005JN5E
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 2004
Release Date: May 3, 2005
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Product Description
Coming from a long line of treasure hunters, Benjamin Franklin Gates is given clues by his ancestors leading to a valuable and mysterious treasure hidden during America's revolution and sought after by both his enemies and the FBI.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 22-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum, but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the difference. --Jeff Shannon
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 National Treasure (Full Screen Edition) February 9, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Ben Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. Now his grandfather believes that the forefathers' buried a treasure somewhere in the country and have placed clues everywhere but unfortunately the clues are highly cryptic and scaterred all over the place. Now Ben thinks he has found it but it only leads him to another clue which is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now one of his associates Ian wants to steal it so that they could get the clue but Ben refuses to do it so he tries to kill Ben. But Ben evades him and tries to warn the authorities about Ian's plans but they don't believe him. So Ben takes it upon himself to steal it in order to protect it. And he does but Abigail Chase the curator of the National Archives, where it is kept, discovers what he has done and tries to stop him but gets caught in the crossfire between Ben and Ian, so Ben takes her with him. While she doesdn't believe him, he is determined to prove he is right about the treasure. But it won't be easy cause Ian's always a step behind him and he is being hunted by the FBI. An excellent movie, packed with suspense, good acting, plot, from beginning to end. Enjoy it.
 Another uninspired Nicolas Cage movie January 18, 2010
XSIman (Laguna Hills, Ca United States)
I can't remember the last half-decent movie this guy has made. I think i'll just skip anything with him in it from now on.
My kids love this movie. January 12, 2010
Panda (Tulsa, OK)
Even though my kids 10 and 12 have seen this movie numerous times, they still put it on their Christmas list. It has helped to interest them in American history and in to taking a trip to Washington D.C. We have watched it several times since Christmas.
Good Movie-Light but Original January 8, 2010
KF (Lexington Park, MD)
I enjoy many movies that Nicholas Cage is in. This is definitely one he will be remembered for. The premise truly has not been thought of before, and the series of actions the characters take are both humorously outrageous and thought-provoking. The characters are charismatic, and the movie is pretty to look at. Many ages will enjoy this movie.
 Conspiracy for kiddies December 12, 2009
K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States)
3.4 stars
Not bad, not great, NT is a good flick for kids not old enough to see Raiders of the Lost Ark (however old that is). It's Disney/Bruckheimer, which portends the level of gloss; strange to see Disney working with JB, well-known in Hollywood for savagely beating his many high-priced call girls. But you don't have to have morals to sell morality, fortunately for most of that town, and this flick subtly pushes all sorts of mythology while simultaneously mocking what it purports to celebrate.
Trevor Rabin's score has some fine moments, and nothing is exceptionally poor here, but then nothing is exceptionally fine either, except perhaps the set design, which has some highlights. Cage is typically good but not great, though Voight and Plummer do add some gravitas to the proceedings. There are many egregious continuity issues with the script's factual details, but hey, don't look too closely at the man behind the curtain...
NT is predictably manipulative, with the music telling us what to feel if the script doesn't do it well enough, and if you're looking for vaguely exciting Saturday night mindnumbing, this could pass. All in all, good fun for those who like to believe that the Masonic and Templar theories etc have no truth to them and that all in American history is as we read in the history books. Which, in a nutshell, is what the Disney view of life is all about.
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