---
title: 'National Treasure (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jon Turteltaub'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/national-treasure-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368891/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# National Treasure (2004)

2004 · PG · 126 min · Action, Adventure, Thriller · United States

Part of: National Treasure

## Synopsis

National Treasure is a 2004 action-adventure heist film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is the first film in the National Treasure franchise and stars Nicolas Cage in the lead role, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha and Christopher Plummer. In the film, Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian, along with computer expert Riley Poole and archivist Abigail Chase, search for a massive lost Freemason treasure, which includes a map hidden on the back of the United States Declaration of Independence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jon Turteltaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-turteltaub)
- **Producer:** [Jon Turteltaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-turteltaub)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Hensleigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hensleigh), [Terry Rossio](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-rossio), [Ted Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-elliott), [Jim Kouf](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-kouf), [Cormac Wibberley](https://cinepixo.com/people/cormac-wibberley), [Marianne Wibberley](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-wibberley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Rabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-rabin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel)
- **Editor:** [William Goldenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goldenberg)

## Cast

- [Annie Parisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-parisse)
- [Ty Burrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ty-burrell)
- [Don McManus](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mcmanus) as Stan Herbert
- [David Dayan Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-dayan-fisher) as Shaw
- [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage) as Benjamin Gates
- [Erik King](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-king)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel) as Peter Sadusky
- [Mark Pellegrino](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-pellegrino) as Agent Johnson
- [Stewart Finlay-McLennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-finlay-mclennan) as Powell
- [Sean Bean](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bean) as Ian Howe
- [Justin Bartha](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-bartha) as Riley Poole
- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer) as John Adams Gates
- [Diane Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-kruger) as Abigail Chase
- [Armando Riesco](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-riesco) as Agent Hendricks
- [Oleg Taktarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-taktarov)

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Official site: https://movies.disney.com/national-treasure
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/national-treasure-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q309366); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.