National Treasure
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Director: Jon Turteltaub
2004 / 131min / DCP
A Sunday serial pastiche in the style of Indiana Jones with added heaping helpings of patriotic schmaltz—conveyed with endearing earnestness by Cage—and Founding Fathers-related conspiracy theory piffle, this breezy, criminally enjoyable blockbuster stars the man of the hour as cryptographer, historian, and adventurer Benjamin Franklin Gates, who, following a trail of clues, comes to the conclusion that he’ll have to steal the Declaration of Independence for the good of the Republic. When Gates enters Independence Hall with the Declaration in hand and proclaims, “The last time this was here… it was being signed,” there won’t be a dry eye in the house.
Introduction by writer Payton McCarty-Simas, author of "One Step Short of Crazy: National Treasure and the Landscape of American Conspiracy Culture" on Saturday, November 30th.
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