: Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) races to find a massive Templar treasure by stealing the Declaration of Independence , which allegedly contains a hidden map on its back. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
: This identifies the Declaration of Independence , which had 56 signers—but only 55 names were penned by Timothy Matlack, the document's engrosser (as John Hancock's name was already there). How the Cipher is Solved National Treasure
: The plot revolves around Benjamin Franklin Gates (played with frantic, earnest brilliance by Nicolas Cage) who decides he has to steal the Declaration of Independence to protect a map drawn in invisible ink on the back of it. The Perfect Formula : Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) races to
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: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub masterfully blended historical conspiracy theories with heist-movie tropes. It gave us iconic lines, the legendary dynamic between Ben Gates and his tech sidekick Riley Poole (Justin Bartha), and an unshakeable sense of pure adventure. The Blending of Fact and Fiction
Maya opened the box with a borrowed pick and found not gold, but a slim leather folio embossed with an emblem: a compass rose crowned by a five-pointed star. Inside were letters—handwritten, brittle—and a ledger of shipments: artifacts labeled "Recovered from Meridian Expedition, 1893." Names of places: San Salvador, Veracruz, Cape Verde. The entries tracked treasures moved across oceans, then funneled into crates labeled "Private." At the bottom of one ledger page: "Meridian Vault constructed under Natl. Museum — underground."