National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
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| Directed by | Jon Turteltaub |
| Produced by |
Jerry Bruckheimer Jon Turteltaub |
| Screenplay by | Cormac Wibberley Marianne Wibberley |
| Story by |
Gregory Poirier Cormac Wibberley Marianne Wibberley Terry Rossio Ted Elliott |
| Starring |
Nicolas Cage Jon Voight Harvey Keitel Ed Harris Diane Kruger Justin Bartha Bruce Greenwood Helen Mirren |
| Music by | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography |
John Schwartzman Amir Mokri |
| Edited by |
William Goldenberg David Rennie |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $130 million |
| Box office | $457.4 million |
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (released on home video as National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets) is a 2007 mystery adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is a sequel to the 2004 film National Treasure and is the second part of the National Treasure franchise. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris, Bruce Greenwood, and Helen Mirren.
It was stated in the first film's commentary that there were no plans for a sequel, but due to the first film's impressive box-office performance (earning $347.5 million worldwide), a sequel was given the go-ahead in 2005.
The film premiered in New York City on December 13, 2007, and was released in North America by Walt Disney Pictures on December 21, 2007.
Five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen, both members of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC), enter a tavern and approach Thomas Gates to decode a message. Thomas recognizes the message as using the Playfair cipher and begins to translate it. While he does so, Booth leaves for Ford's Theatre to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Thomas solves the puzzle and realizes the men are still loyal to the Confederacy. A fight breaks out, and Thomas rips several pages from the diary and throws them in the fireplace. Thomas is shot, and the gunman retrieves only a page fragment.
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