National Treasure

Post by **Luke** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:25 pm

Well it's more like 12 minutes, it's not the opening scenes of the film, and it's kind of old news. But hey, I'm sure there are plenty of folks who don't even know there IS a front page!

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:39 pm

It seems very interesting from the 12 or 10 mintue clip, hopefully the rest will live up to this clip.

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:01 pm

Luke wrote:Well it's more like 12 minutes, it's not the opening scenes of the film, and it's kind of old news. But hey, I'm sure there are plenty of folks who don't even know there IS a front page!

I did a search on the forums and didn't find it... plus I only thought you put DVD News on the Front Page. Sorry...

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:33 am

Luke wrote:Well it's more like 12 minutes, it's not the opening scenes of the film, and it's kind of old news. But hey, I'm sure there are plenty of folks who don't even know there IS a front page!

LOL, originally I didn't know there were FORUMS for UD! Then Kram joined, so I did about a month later.

Escapay

Rob B 922 · Post by **Rob B 922** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:21 pm

Is it just me or does this story sound a bit familar??

Looks alot like The Da Vinci Code, which comes out next year.

Any thoughts???

Rob B.

Marielle · Post by **Marielle** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:37 pm

That's spoilerish, so I'm not going to watch it. I am very eager to see this film.

Just Myself · Post by **Just Myself** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:43 pm

I'm watching it right now, and I'm REALLY liking what I'm seeing. November 19 can't come fast enough!

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:10 pm

Plot

The Manson Order left a treasure some where in the USA. After hearing tales from his grandpa when he was younger, Now matured Ben Gates decides to go on the quest to find the National Treasure!

Video

Who ever told Jerry Bruckheimer to shot this movie in a boring 1.85:1? This movie would have benefited of the Cinemascope framing (2.35:1)

Movie

Who would of thought Disney making this movie and actually putting their name on it? When I saw the trailer for this movie I didn't have a desire to see it. Disney and action? Hmmm for some reason in this era of Eisnerism action is the last thing to expect from Walt Disney Pictures than just dozen cheapquels and B class animated features. Boy was I wrong about this movie..........when the movie started I was kinda like oh great a sanitary Disney film......It started slow and it had corny jokes to me but then the whole wheel turned and I got so into the movie. It's great! I think Disney's Third Golden Era will not be an animated one but more like live action one! DIsney and Bruckheimer second helping action movie is a total success! Who would ever thought that both together could bring the Disney action magic back to life? This movie definetly doesn't top Pirates but it's a pleaser and fun! I give it 4 stars out of 5

Highly Recommended!!!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:45 pm

Nice review, good to hear you liked it. I must say, though I was innitially not interested in seeing this film whatsoever, it has actually started to look good to me in the past few weeks. Perhaps its the marketing doing its trick on me, but I may actually see it in theaters.

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:36 pm

I was surprised when i saw it! lol I didn't know Disney could make something like this anymore......

Just Myself · Post by **Just Myself** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:32 pm

Wow... I just... wow. This film is amazing.

JB really has outdone himself. I was surprised when I got to the megaplex: I was going to see the 9:15 show, and it was sold out!

So was the 9:30! So, I ended up being in the also crowded 10:00 show. I thought Riley was funny. As the credits rolled, 1/3 of the people started applauding. APPLAUDED. They liked it that much. This film is better than POTC.

P.S. To Paka: When this film does well, I have four words: I told you so.

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:43 pm

just a correction the film is 2.35:1! I guess i sat too close to the screen that it looked 1.85:1 even tho i was debating between the two.

Paka · Post by **Paka** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:35 am

Just Myself wrote:P.S. To Paka: When this film does well, I have four words: I told you so.

Gee, that's so very mature and diplomatic of you, JM.

So, how's about we keep that "when" to an "if" still, eh? I wouldn't be surprised if NT had a good opening weekend, but will it have legs? Methinks it won't. Of course, now it looks like I'm retaliating your silly taunts... oy. Why do I bother? e_e

MutantEnemy · Post by **MutantEnemy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:00 am

Anyway, I just got back from the movie and this could possibly be the best movie experience of the year so far, surpassing even The Incredibles and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Maybe Spongebob will change that!

violetrocks34 · Post by **violetrocks34** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:57 am

i have not seen it yet but i will!

Post by **Luke** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:52 pm

<center><img src="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/m- ... banner.jpg">

THE THRILLING ACTION-ADVENTURE MOVIE
COMES TO DVD AND VIDEO ON MAY 3

Walt Disney Pictures Presents

NATIONAL TREASURE

NICOLAS CAGE LEADS ALL-STAR CAST
ON A TREASURE HUNT FOR THE AGES

Multi-level Treasure Hunt on the DVD Uncovers Fortune of Bonus Materials
Including Never-Before-Seen Alternate Ending and Deleted Scenes</center>

BURBANK, Calif., January 28, 2005 – From Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (“Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Pearl
Harbor”) and Director Jon Turteltaub (“Phenomenon,” Disney’s “The Kid”), comes NATIONAL TREASURE,
the nation’s #1 action-adventure film, available on DVD and video May 3, 2005 from Walt Disney Home
Entertainment. Starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Best Actor, “Leaving Las Vegas” 1995; “Gone in
60 Seconds,” “The Rock”) and an all-star cast, NATIONAL TREASURE takes audiences on a breathtaking
fortune hunt from our nation’s birthplace to the nation’s capitol, in order to find the world’s greatest treasure. On
DVD, NATIONAL TREASURE offers up a multi-level treasure hunt for a fabulous bounty of bonus features,
unseen until now. Audiences will uncover an alternate ending, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes making-of
featurettes, audio commentary with the filmmakers, and more.

NATIONAL TREASURE stars Nicolas Cage, Academy Award® Winner Jon Voight (Best Actor “Coming
Home” 1978, “Midnight Cowboy” 1969), Harvey Keitel (“Red Dragon,” “Pulp Fiction”), Diane Kruger (“Troy”),
Sean Bean (“Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”), Justin Bartha (“Gigli”) and Christopher Plummer
(“Nicholas Nickleby”).

Executive Producers Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Christina Steinberg, Barry Waldman, Oren Aviv, Charles Segars.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Turteltaub. Story by Jim Kouf and Oren Aviv & Charles Segars. Screenplay
by Jim Kouf and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. NATIONAL
TREASURE is available in separate widescreen and full screen DVD versions for $29.99 (S.R.P.) each. On VHS
for $29.99 (S.R.P.).

<center>NATIONAL TREASURE
DVD BONUS MATERIALS</center>

A Multilevel Treasure Hunt – the more bonus material you find and watch, the more you uncover.

• NATIONAL TREASURE ON LOCATION
This is a behind the scenes feature that shows filming on location, working with the actors and stunts and
special effects.

• THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Learn about the Knights and how they may have transported the fabled treasure over to the new world and
how it may have been protected by our nation’s founders.

• TREASURE HUNTERS REVEALED
Meet some real life modern day treasure hunters. Go dive with them in the ocean and search through the
western mountains for lost treasure from Americas’ past. Also meet local amateur treasure hunters and
learn how you can get started in the hobby yourself.

• RILEY’S POOLE’S DECODE THIS!
A fun interactive feature that is hosted by Riley Poole (actor Justin Bartha) from the movie National
Treasure. Riley shares some of his knowledge as you learn all about the field of Cryptography and then are
given some challenges and puzzles to solve.

• DELETED SCENES (with optional director audio commentary)

- Introduction to Deleted Scenes

- Thomas And The President
Ben Gates’ ancestor meets President Jackson

- Extended Shaft Sequence
An extended sequence from the movie

• ALTERNATE ENDING (with optional director audio commentary)
- Introduction
- Alternate Ending

• OPENING SCENE ANIMATIC (with optional director audio commentary)
- Introduction
- Animatic
(This animatic is a previsualization of how the movie was going to open.)

• VERIZON BONUS
- Trailer
- Cheat Codes
- Get It Now Description

• OTHER “BONUS” MATERIAL:
- Anagram Puzzle
- Decode This! Challenges (3)
- Level 2 Secret Key
- Master Code
- Log Book
- Index of all Bonus Features

In NATIONAL TREASURE, a secret from our nation’s past leads to the greatest adventure in history. Academy
Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars as the brilliant Benjamin Franklin Gates, third generation treasure hunter. All
his life, Gates has been searching for a treasure no one believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across
continents, to become the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left
clues to the Treasure’s location right before our eyes… from our nation’s birthplace to the nation’s capitol, to clues
buried within the symbols on the dollar bill.

Gates’ life-long journey leads him to the last place anyone thought to look: a map hidden on the back of the
Declaration of Independence. But what he thought was the final clue is only the beginning. As word of the
invisible map spreads among the enemies of freedom, Gates realizes in order to protect the world’s greatest
treasure, he must now do the unthinkable: steal the most revered, best guarded document in American history
before it falls into the wrong hands.

In a race against time, Gates teams up with a beautiful government official (Diane Kruger) as he tries to elude his
ruthless adversary (Sean Bean) as well as the FBI and Agent Sadusky (Harvey Keitel). With even his ex-treasurehunter
father (Jon Voight) skeptical of him, Gates must decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000 year-old
mystery behind our greatest national treasure.

STREET DATE: May 3, 2005
Direct prebook: March 8, 2005
Distributor prebook: March 22, 2005
Suggested retail price: $29.99 (DVD). $29.99 (VHS).
Rated: “PG” For Action Violence And Some Scary Images
Bonus materials unrated and subject to change.
Feature running time: Approximately 131 minutes
DVD aspect ratio: Widescreen format, enhanced for 16x9 TV screens
and, separately:
Full screen, formatted 4x3
Sound: Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Language: Spanish, French subtitles
French audio

# # #

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MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:00 pm

Whoa, I can't wait for National Treasure to come out on DVD in April it's one of the biggest surprises of 2004 besides The Incredibles.

It's a must buy for any Disney fan.

Also is Pocahontas: Tenth Anniversary Edition, which comes out on the same day as National Treasure.

RJKD23 · Post by **RJKD23** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:03 pm

Yeaaaa, I really enjoyed this movie in theatres!

Thanks for the info Luke!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:20 pm

Nice to finally have a press release, as I was anxious to see what the final specs would be. I'm somewhat dissapointed its not a 2-Disc set. The film did well at the box-office, so it warrents a deluxe release, and it could surely include more bonuses than its getting.

I'll probably pick it up though. The movie itself turned out to be better than what I expected. It's nothing extraordinary to be sure, but it's quite entertaining, and manages to be different than most other adventure fare out there.

Noriel · Post by **Noriel** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:38 pm

This will be a short reply, but I really enjoyed the film. To me, it felt like The Da Vinci Code and Indiana Jones all wrapped up into a nice, 2-hour Disney film.

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