Bob
I personally was totally surprised by the movie's ending which I didn't see 
coming at all:


[WARNING - if you have not seen the movie you may not want to read this] 
Although Gates does get a finder fee, he feels that the material history of 
the past belongs all people so he makes sure that that happens.


Very un-Indiana Jones.




At 09:55 AM 8/7/2006 -0400, you wrote:

>You forgot the most important part -- the original was a pathetic waste of 
>time that made a mockery of both archaeology and the audience's 
>intelligence.  I will not hold my breath for the redux.
>
>bob
>
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>Patrice L. Jeppson
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>Subject: Historical Archaeology on the big screen redux
>
>
>FYI: Historical Archaeology on the big screen redux
>
>...The film followed a team led by archaeologist Benjamin Franklin Gates,
>played by Cage, as they attempted to decipher clues and escape violent
>thieves in the pursuit of a treasure hidden by America's forefathers...
>...National Treasure," which was co-produced by Hollywood heavyweight Jerry
>Bruckheimer, earned a worldwide gross of $348 million for Disney in 2004...
>
>More 'National Treasure' ahead for Cage
>LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Most of the original cast of the film
>"National Treasure," including star Nicolas Cage, has signed on to make a
>sequel of the U.S. film from Disney.
>The L.A. Daily News reported that Jon Turteltaub, the director of the hit
>action movie, has confirmed nearly all of the cast will be back when the
>cinematic sequel begins shooting later this year.
>"We are just about to start preproduction," he said. "We'll have Nic,
>Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight and Harvey Keitel... Everyone's
>back except anyone who's in jail or died."
>"National Treasure," which was co-produced by Hollywood heavyweight Jerry
>Bruckheimer, earned a worldwide gross of $348 million for Disney in 2004.
>The film followed a team led by archaeologist Benjamin Franklin Gates,
>played by Cage, as they attempted to decipher clues and escape violent
>thieves in the pursuit of a treasure hidden by America's forefathers.
>The paper said that Turteltaub would not commit to anything, but said the
>sequel will likely follow closely to its predecessor with a variety of
>exotic locations.
>
>© Copyright 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved
>
>http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060804-064014-1698r
>
>'National Treasure 2' Starts Shooting in 2007
>National Treasure 2, the sequel to the 2004 Indiana Jones style treasure
>hunt, will soon enter pre-production, according to director Jon Turteltaub.
>
>"We are just about to start preproduction," the director told L.A. Daily
>News. "We'll have Nic [Nicholas Cage], Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon
>Voight and Harvey Keitel ... Everyone's back except anyone who's in jail or
>died." Shooting will start sometime in the first half of 2007.
>
>Viewers will be taken on a treasure hunt ride which will bring them to
>"exciting destinations within America as well as around the world. As we
>were shooting the first one, it kept changing, so I'm scared to commit to
>anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mount Rushmore made an
>appearance," Turtelaub promised.
>
>Disney's 2004 hit National Treasure grossed $348 million worldwide and was
>co-produced by Hollywood heavyweight Jerry Bruckheimer, who will also
>produce the sequel.
>
>The 2004 National Treasure follows the adventures of Ben Gates, a treasure
>hunter who uncovers the existence of a mythical Masonic treasure, hidden
>after the Revolutionary War, which is mapped on the Declaration of
>Independence. Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that
>he descends from a long line of people whose job was to guard a treasure
>hidden by the Founding Fathers, who also hid clues to its whereabouts in
>various places. He has to steal the document and gains (actually kidnaps)
>Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) as his sidekick, battling both his turned bad
>employer and the FBI. His foe and former employer, Ian, was played by Sean
>Bean, who eventually got jailed in the end (that means he's out of the
>National Treasure 2 cast).
>
>Jon Turteltaub's earlier work includes 2000's The Kid, starring Bruce
>Willis, a movie also put out by Disney. He also directed 1999's The
>Instinct, with heavyweights Anthony Hopkins, Donald Sutherland and Cuba
>Gooding Jr. That movie is a about a noted archeologist (apparently) gone
>mad (Hopkins) and the psychologist who tries to uncover what's on his mind
>(Gooding Jr.).
>http://www.playfuls.com/news_0001907_National_Treasure_2_Starts_Shooting_in_2007.html
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