Thomas gates national treasure 2 books

Packed with fastpaced action and crackling humor, national treasure 2. This is a longer montage of many of the themes featured in the movie. This time ben gates is on a quest to find the lost city of gold in order to prove that his great grandfather wasnt a. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in national treasure. President jackson well, youd best forget anything mr. Book of secrets ann llyod have you ever gotten accused of doing something that you didnt do. Intelligent, curious children will love this movie and it would be nicely accompanied by a stack of childrens history books from the local library.

It shows that bens greatgrandfather was a coconspirator in abraham lincolns murder. The end credits track from national treasure, composed by trevor rabin. In the beginning of the movie, year 1865, thomas gates is asked to decode the playfair cipher for the k. This time, she has to help clear his family name by finding a lost treasure associated with thomas gates the night he and president lincoln were assassinated. Thomas gates, ben gates greatgreatgrandfather, is listed on the page. Many scholars believe gates accounts inspired william shakespeares comedy the tempest. So its no wonder national treasure was such a hit when it premiered 10 years ago on nov. A mystery series based off of the national treasure movies starring nicholas cage. Book of secrets is the walt disney studios cartoon about goofy and his arduous antics to assemble a highdefinition television set within the confines of his modest home.

Gates family mystery is a series of four novels based on the national treasure franchise two others novels, forever free, which was to be released on april 28, 2009 and set in 1872, as well as roaring in, which was to be released on august 25, 2009 and set in the 1920s, were never released. I do not believe the thomas gates in nt1 is the same person as the thomas gates in nt2, but rather 2 separate thomas gates named after 2 separate. Bens ancestor, thomas gates joel gretsch, is deeply involved. Born in germantown, pennsylvania, gates was the son of thomas s.

I love history, specifically american history, and it had clever references and facts about american history that lead to finding the treasure in a way that is not predictable. Noted treasure hunter and historian ben gates nicolas cage and his father. Book of secrets 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. National treasure is a 2004 american adventure film released by walt disney pictures.

I think i remember squealing, probably looking something like this. Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie. Book of secrets, and claims that the presidents of the united states have passed down a book from washington to obama, in which some or all have added facts and histories earthshattering in scope and implications, and that this books location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. National treasure current draft by the wibberleys previous drafts by jim kouf e. On that page are the names of the lincoln assassination conspirators. Sir thomas gates left his own name on a part of the colony, gate s bay, where the survivors of the sea venture landed. Thomas gates, bens greatgrandfather, is mentioned on the page.

The oldest surviving fort in bermuda, built between 1612 and 1615, is known as gate s fort. After discovering this, ben does not want thomas gates to be remembered as a conspirator in the assassination of the man who brought this nation. Gates family mystery national treasure wiki fandom. Book of secrets ratchets up the crazy by a factor of 10. The hunt might be more dangerous than the last one, but esther is willing to. Nearby, a man by thename of thomas gates deciphers a code that costs him his life. Benjamin franklin gates national treasure wiki fandom. When he finally discovers a real clue, he must protect it, the treasure, and a precious national document from his former partner.

In this follow up to the boxoffice hit national treasure, treasure. If the confederacy had gotten their hands on the cipher andor the treasure, it would have been bad. It was the final words thomas gates said to his son charles and is figured out by his greatgreatgrandson. It is the first film in the national treasure film series and stars nicolas cage, harvey keitel, jon voight, diane kruger, sean bean, justin bartha and christopher plummer. Now, another treasure hunter named mitch wilkinson ed harris has found what is a missing page of the diary of john wilkes booth, which contains clues to the location of a lost city of gold, ben must compete against mitch to find the lost city, he goes to france and great britain to find other clues and even peak inside the presidents secret book to put the pieces of the puzzle together, his parents and his friends also help ben find the lost city and to stay one step ahead of mitch.

In national treasure 2, what proves thomas gates innocent. Sir thomas gates served as governor of virginia in 1610 and then as lieutenant governor from 1611 until 1614. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his. But theres only one way to find it ben gates must kidnap the president. Cibola national treasure 2, book of secrets trevor rabin opening theme. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other people. It seems these days the movie franchises come in threes. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Ben opens national treasure 2 with a notexactly riveting retelling of the.

National treasure is a 2004 film that follows benjamin franklin gates, a man whose family has a history of searching for a nearlimitless treasure, one his father and just about everyone else believes is a mystery. It is sure to spark questions in young minds some that most of us nonhistorians wont be able to fully answer. So thomas gates was a hero, not the conspirator of the lincoln assassination. This is later found and decoded by ben gates, who discovers laboulaye lady to be the answer.

Jason earles national treasure joel gretsch national treasure 2 thomas jefferson gates is the ancestor of patrick henry gates and his son benjamin franklin gates. The action in this fastpaced adventure sequel is loud and sometimes tense car chases, near falls from high ledges in a dark cave, etc. Book of secrets is a 2007 sequel in which nicolas cage plays a treasure hunter in search of the city of gold. But not before he tries to destroy several pages of a diary. Thomas jefferson gates is the ancestor of patrick henry gates and his son benjamin. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the national treasure film series article. Nicolas cage and diane kruger in national treasure. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure. Plot benjamin franklin gates is the last descendant of a family that for six generations has been committed to finding the treasure of the templars, the spoils of war of the united states founding fathers. Follow by assumptions and opinions, the name and honor of you family was lost by a single type of information.

Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his. In the film, in 1832, he appears very young, maybe early 20s. Bourne series, matix, lord of the rings, pirates of the caribbean, oceans 11. National treasure quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. That being said, i felt something was missing in national treasure. In 1974, ben was told by his grandfather, john gates, about a treasure that.

National treasure 2 is one of the rare sequels that improves on the original, which i liked a lot. Book of secrets sends its archaeologist hero, ben franklin gates nicolas cage, flexing his deadpan, on a globetrotting quest that might have been. How does finding the treasure clear thomas gates of plotting lincolns. Gates completes the deciphering and discovers that its a clue to a great treasure, but when gates learns. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. The original nationa l treas ure film centers on the gates family legend of a fant astic t reasure trove of artifacts and gold, hidden by the founding fathers of the united states, and the attempts by the scion of the family, benjamin frankli n gates, to find the treasure before his exfriend, ian howe, steals the declaration of ind ependence national tr easure.

Ben was born on july 1, 1964, to patrick henry gates and his wife, emily. In the first film, when bens grandfather tells ben the story about the clue given to thomas gates, he says he was the grandfathers grandfathers, grandfather bens great, great, great, great grandfather. Benjamin franklin gates is an american treasure hunter and cryptologist, famous for finding the templar treasure. National treasure is a series of historical theatrical adventure action mystery films produced by jerry bruckheimer and starring nicolas cage as benjamin gates, a treasure hunter who, with the help of his father, patrick henry gates jon voight, his girlfriend, abigail chase diane kruger and his. Book of secrets should have been subtitled books of secrets. Max frye jon turteltaub draft dated april 9, 2003 junction entertainment bruckheimer films. Because ben and company found the city of gold by using the cipher that thomas gates tried to burn, it proved that thomas was trying to protect the treasure.

So i was at a thrift store with my friend, and she pulled changing tides out from between two books and showed it to me. I am a huge fan of the movies anxiously awaiting the outcome of national treasure 3, followed by. However, the particular reading room they are in contains books about social. The story of why the resolute desk was given by queen victoria to the president of the united states duration. In pretty much every case, the second outting is inferior to the first.