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

Walt Disney Pictures Presents

NATIONAL TREASURE

<u><i>NICOLAS CAGE LEADS ALL-STAR CAST
ON A TREASURE HUNT FOR THE AGES</i>

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

BURBANK, Calif., January 28, 2005 – From Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (“<i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i>,” “<i>Pearl
Harbor</i>”) and Director Jon Turteltaub (“<i>Phenomenon</i>,” <i>Disney’s “The Kid</i>”), comes <b>NATIONAL TREASURE</b>,
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, “<i>Leaving Las Vegas</i>” 1995; “<i>Gone in
60 Seconds</i>,” “<i>The Rock</i>”) and an all-star cast, <b>NATIONAL TREASURE</b> 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, <b>NATIONAL TREASURE</b> 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.

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

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. <b>NATIONAL
TREASURE</b> 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.).

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<u>DVD BONUS MATERIALS</b></u></center>

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

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

• <b><u>THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR</b></u>
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.

• <b><u>TREASURE HUNTERS REVEALED</b></u>
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.

• <b><u>RILEY’S POOLE’S DECODE THIS!</b></u>
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.

• <b><u>DELETED SCENES</b></u> (with optional director audio commentary)

- <b>Introduction to Deleted Scenes</b>

- <b>Thomas And The President</b>
Ben Gates’ ancestor meets President Jackson

- <b>Extended Shaft Sequence</b>
An extended sequence from the movie

• <b><u>ALTERNATE ENDING</b></u> (with optional director audio commentary)
- Introduction
- Alternate Ending

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

• <b><u>VERIZON BONUS</b></u>
- Trailer
- Cheat Codes
- Get It Now Description

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

In <b>NATIONAL TREASURE</b>, 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.

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

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<a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/nationalt ... html">Read our <b>National Treasure</b> DVD Review</a></font>
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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.

Yeaaaa, I really enjoyed this movie in theatres!
Thanks for the info Luke!

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.

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.

1 discer or 2 discers?

MickeyMouseboy wrote:1 discer or 2 discers?

Hm? National Treasure will be released as a single disc DVD here in the States.

Key wrote:

MickeyMouseboy wrote:1 discer or 2 discers?

Hm? National Treasure will be released as a single disc DVD here in the States.

and i'm still HOPING and HOPING and HOPING that it will be 2-discs!
you think if Disney was smart (erm..smarter), they'd actually LISTEN to what fans wanted with their DVDs.

I was just wondering.....the critics tore National Treasure apart...but i loved it...what did you guys think???

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Opening Scene Animatic Menu

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Deleted Scenes Menu

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"Decode This!" Challenge Game - Left: "The Hieroglyphics Challenge", Right: "Cardano Grill"

National Treasure comes to DVD on May 3, 2005.

• DVD Review
• Press Release
• Preorder (Widescreen Edition)</center>

oh wow!
that's freakin nice!
Thanks again Luke!
can't wait till this comes out!!!

I can't wait for National Treasure!!!!

eventhough the plot was silly, I really enjoyed this film. I will probaply pick the dvd up. Nice menus.

Should I put this is this thread, or the Press Release thread?... Oh well, this mentions special features so...

Here are some of the special feature runtimes from the BBFC website. Not that impressive:

00:06:48:11 | RILEY POOLE'S DECODE THIS
00:04:57:24 | THE TEMPLAR KNIGHTS
00:08:33:02 | TREASURE HUNTERS REVEALED
00:11:17:10 | ON LOCATION

Sweet i will pick this up! thanks for the info!

Sorry to disappoint RJKD23, but it is just a single-disc release. The DVD left me wanting more extras. I've just posted my full review (with 18 screencaps) <a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/nationalt ... l">here</a>.

awesome review. I'll definitely be getting the dvd. I loved the film, it was so silly yet entertaining. Pretty much like Pirates of the Caribbean and the first Princess Diaries film. When you think about it, Disney has been doing some really good live action films recent years. Hope they keep on doing that.

When you think about it, Disney has been doing some really good live action films recent years.

I agree. They've gotten very good indeed. With live action movies like this, it's bringing even more fame and accolade to an already famous studio.

Thanks Luke for the review, I'm glad I didn't see this in theaters, seeing as how it'll give me the chance to go buy this and see it at home.

Great Review Luke! I really liked this movie and I'll definetly be getting it when it comes out.

Luke wrote:Sorry to disappoint RJKD23, but it is just a single-disc release. The DVD left me wanting more extras. I've just posted my full review (with 18 screencaps) <a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/nationalt ... l">here</a>.

I was disappointed when I saw "single-disc" and "side snaps"
But after reading your review, Luke, I'm hella excited for this DVD! The movie was great!

Plus, you mentioned "booklet" in the DVD. Heck yes!
And of course the DVD content is what I'm looking more forward to!
If they could've just added the 2nd disc filled with lots of bonus... "if"...