National Treasure

A behind the scenes look at National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

'The only thing new in the world... is the history you don't know. - Harry Truman Second featurette for National Treasure: Book of Secrets opens up with a joke from Harvey Keitel and an interview with Jerry Bruckheimer. According to cast and crew, the sequel features more action and more locations around the globe.

A secret from our nation's past will lead to the greatest adventure in history. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub team up to bring you National Treasure. 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. 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 must elude the authorities, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary (Sean Bean), decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000 year-old mystery behind our greatest national treasure.

Featurette for National Treasure: Book of Secrets opens with a page from John Wilkes Booth, the one that blames Great Grandpa Gates for Lincoln's murder. In order to clear their name, Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) must find the missing pages. The book's missing pages stick true to history.

In this follow up to the box-office hit National Treasure, treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures. When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's death. Determined to prove his ancestor's innocence, Ben follows an international chain of clues that takes him on a chase from Paris to London and ultimately back to America. This journey leads Ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations ? but to the trail of the world's most treasured secrets.

When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's death. Determined to prove his ancestor's innocence, Ben follows an international chain of clues that takes him on a chase from Paris to London and ultimately back to America. This journey leads Ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations ? but to the trail of the world's most treasured secrets.

Bruckheimer discusses how National Treasure: Book of Secrets is an international story. Featurette gives interviews with cast and crew.