National Treasure Screenwriting
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Trailer Narrator: All his life, Benjamin Gates has searched for a treasure no one believed existed. But what he thought was the final clue is only the beginning. From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub. This Thanksgiving, the clues of ten generations will reveal the mystery twenty centuries in making. Nicolas Cage. National Treasure.
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Patrick Gates: [having discovered the sacred document before him] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Ben Gates: I know.
Patrick Gates: Oh, my God. What have you done? This is... this is the...
Ben Gates: I know!
Patrick Gates: This is the Declaration of Independence.
Abigail Chase: Yes. And it's very delicate.
Patrick Gates: You stole it?
Ben Gates: Dad, I can explain, but I don't have time. It was necessary. And you saw the cipher.
Patrick Gates: And that will lead to another clue, and that will lead to another clue! There is no treasure. I wasted 20 years of my life. And now you've destroyed yours. And you pulled me into all this.
Ben Gates: Well, we can't have that.