Books similar to national treasure movies or maybe 39. The book cipher chapter 3, a national treasure fanfic. Johns craggy finger points to the unfinished pyramid and allseeing eye on the back. Apr 26, 2009 are there any books like national treasure. Dec 24, 2007 inspired by national treasure playfair cipher i see them more as coincidences then anything, but for fun, i always look for a connection. We also sell items from local authors and artists, as well as dvds, vhss and records and more. With nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight. In this case, text usually from a book is used to provide a very long key stream. Book cipher is a kind of secret code, that uses a very common article a book as the key. Abigail was curled up on her side of the bed, reading one of the books shed bought at the flea. Book of secrets on the dvdbluray disc release is a 2007 adventure film. The cipher wasnt written on that page, it was written on the facing page and minute bits transferred onto the page with the names. Book of secrets script taken from a transcript of the screenplay andor the nic.
Ask anything you want to know, or answer other people. At the end of national treasure 1, riley has a ferrari 360 spider. Book of secrets nicolas cage jon voight harvey keitel 2007 a page from the diary of john wilkes booth implicates ben gates nicolas cage greatgreat grandfather as a major conspirator in the assassination of. Americas national heritage was established by our founding fathers to extend backwards through the knights templar secret.
Video code and cipher stories crimes against art museum curators langdon, robert fictitious character american fiction fictional works suspense fiction, american religious articles manuscripts art appreciation secret societies franceparis grail leonardo, da vinci, 14521519 cryptographers. Beale ciphers, it used the united states declaration of independence as a key. Book of secrets has without a doubt the most absurd and fevered plot since, oh, say, national treasure 2004. I recommend you look up the books chronologically and go for the middle books. One of the top five books every job seeker should read, says. Dirk pitt books are adventures, but nearly always rooted in a past event, with treasure hunts. In the second installment of national treasure, benjamin franklin gates played by nicolas cage embarks on another treasurehunting adventure. Figure 1 is the simplest form, usually called the running key cipher. Book of secrets, the playfair cipher is used to encode a treasure hunt clue. Thus, in principle, if two indices are chosen too close to each other, an adversary could deduce some statistical information about how.
Just as an onion has a thin outer layer, followed by many layers of the real onion, national treasure has a thin outer facade, followed by layers of everdeeper meaning. A mystery series based off of the national treasure movies starring nicholas cage. Sep 24, 2008 basically, the book cipher algorithm uses letters of subsequent words in some text or book as a key to encode a message. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. This is the truth, not the ivory tower speculations of those who write but have no actual experience. Disney book group, hapka, cathy, disney storybook art team. Book of secrets, millions of moviegoers might have left theaters around the world believing that the library of congress, the worlds largest library, was home to a book that holds all of the u. And for more information on her childrens books which encourage. National treasurenational treasure 2 book of secrets. When they are in the library and ben is stacking books into rileys arms, the top. When you reach the final layer, the message is clear. At the beginning of book of secrets, when his car is being towed away, its a ferrari f430 spider. Video code and cipher stories crimes against art museum curators langdon, robert fictitious character american fiction fictional works suspense fiction, american religious articles manuscripts art appreciation secret societies franceparis.
That the holders of this information involved john wilkes booth and a. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is part of the national treasure franchise it was stated in the first films commentary that there were no plans for a sequel, but due to the first films impressive boxoffice performance, earning. The book cipher has been widely used in various novels, tv series and movies. Riley and ben travel to cape may after discovering an old map in an antique book. Im looking for some books novels similar to the national treasure movies. Nicolas cage and his rapidly receding hairline return in the form of the worlds oldest, most enthusiastic eagle scout in the enjoyably preposterous adventure sequel national treasure. Books about code and cipher stories what should i read next. Anyway, in the sequel, a cipher is used called the playfair cipher. Stands for special collections, which means very special books. National treasure is a series of historical theatrical adventure action mystery films produced by jerry bruckheimer and starring nicolas cage as benjamin gates, a treasure hunter who, with the help of his father, patrick henry gates, his girlfriend, abigail chase diane kruger and his loyal sidekick, riley poole justin bartha, uncovers hidden troves and secrets from u. Stuntmen instructed the actor on how to jump onto the horse and ride off. Book of secrets released on home video as national. In this outing, gates learns of his own familys implication in the assassination of abraham lincoln by john wilkes booth. Thomas gates joel gretsch had a reputation for ciphers.
However, i did leave the theatre wishing i had paid more attention in history class. Dec 21, 2007 the hyperactive sequel national treasure. Ive heard the 39 clues series is pretty similar or kind or similar, but its meant for a younger audience. Book of secrets ann llyod have you ever gotten accused of doing something that you didnt do. National treasure by jon turteltaub jon turteltaub. Now, another treasure hunter named mitch wilkinson ed harris has found what is a missing page of the diary of john wilkes booth, which contains clues to the location of a lost city of gold, ben must compete against mitch to find the lost city, he goes to france and great britain. The clues lead to paris, london, the white house, and a legendary hidden treasure in the black hills of north dakota, but there is another, less scrupulous treasure hunter on their trail. In national treasure 2004, nicolas cage stars as benjamin franklin gates, an archaeologist from the seventh generation of a family of treasureseekers who have all shared the same quest. In the 2004 film national treasure, an ottendorf cipher is discovered on the back of the u. In this way, the running key cipher can withstand all the conventional methods of cryptanalysis. From the plot to the casting to its complete the da vinci code meets indiana jones ripoff nature, the flick places nic cage in one ludicrous scenario after another and does it in such a lighthearted tone that you cant help but get sucked in by this slick and schlocky hollywood product.
It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second film of the national treasure film series. It is a fun flick that the whole family can watch together and that is a rare thing no matter how many technical gaffs the movie may make. Given a known plain text and a cipher text, finding the right key or book is impractical because all possible keys that match the plain text would require 40 billion years using modern day technology to go through. He gets help from his pals riley poole justin bartha and abigail chase diane kruger, while his parents patrick gates jon voight and professor emily appleton helen mirren aid in the quest. Book of secrets, a film that plays like the da vinci code as reimagined by wellmeaning but clueless highschool history teachers. In this adventurefilled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster national treasure, nicolas cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire ben franklin gates. He picked up a pile of handwritten notes off the nightstand, studying his lecture hed been preparing for the next week. There are a lot of listed credits for writing this film. There is a young adult book series of historical novels based on the gates family, but those are based on the movie, not viceversa. Books similar to the premise of the movie national treasure. In national treasure 2004, nicolas cage stars as benjamin franklin gates, an archaeologist from the seventh generation of a family of treasure seekers who have all shared the same quest. Gates must then locate an elusive diary, not only to clear his familys name, but to unearth. They do find a cipher on the back of the page da da dummmmmmm. This cipher also has been used in crossword, novels, movies and audio books.
This segment of mw codes, ciphers, and puzzles talks about the ottendorf cipher. In the popular film, national treasure, there were numbers hidden on the back of the declaration of independence which turned out to be an ottendorf cipher. Americas national heritage was established by our founding fathers to extend backwards through the knights templar secret societies, through to ancient egypt. Thompson, cages benjamin gates is so insanely patriotic that when his ancestor is smeared as a conspirator in the lincoln assassination, he sets out to. Until the third act, the jeopardy in book of secrets seems lighter than it was in the first movie. Several years since benjamin franklin gates nicolas cage found the knights templar and became rich and famous. So, the next time you are about to dismiss some seemingly unrealistic code or cipher you see in a movie or read in a book, think about how it might actually be based on reality, and how the real world is really much cooler than we think it is.
The second of these ciphers was successfully decrypted some years later and included a description of the treasure. Ill probably still pick the first one up and try it out, but i was wondering if there was anything else out there that is similar. While this sequel falls a little short of the original, which is not saying much, it does hold together and does what it sets out to do. One trainer stood by the horse as the actor mounted it, and another trainer on horseback waited at the actors end mark. An obstacle to proving that a book cipher is secure is that the letters in most books are not chosen independently at random. Declaration of independence, using the silence dogood letters as the key text. Follow by assumptions and opinions, the name and honor of you family was lost by a single type of information. Im looking for some booksnovels similar to the national treasure movies. The secret of book cipher aka book codes book cipher is a kind of secret code, that uses a very common article a book as the key. The book cipher chapter 1, a national treasure fanfic.
Thats how books get sent around the library on these little elevators that go up and down. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2. Books similar to national treasure movies or maybe 39 clues. Book of secrets script is here for all you fans of the nic cage and diane kruger movie. National treasurenational treasure 2 book of secrets dvd. Thomas looks down and sees that carrolls handkerchief is stained with blood. Driving orchestral score teamed with heavy handed sound design, create an audio palate that is intertwined to highlight interactive voiceover. The word death is part of the playfair cipher needed to solve where the next clue is laboulaye lady. Ben discovers a cipher pointing to edouard laboulaye hidden on the back of the. Bresslers passwords are obscured by an ottendorf cipher. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his ancestors innocence in the assassination of abraham lincoln. A book cipher is an example of a homophonic substitution cipher, since the same word or letter can be encoded in different ways. When ben, patrick and riley are trying to figure out the key to the cipher, a red.
Bb, pp, vv, s, m strong but mostly implied moral worldview with strong proamerican content. Shortly following the release of national treasure. Or why the coordinates on the back of the declaration of independence in the movie national treasure led to the discovery of. Book ciphers are a means of enciphering written communication using a. All they have to do is to transmit the location codes that are needed to pinpoint specific words in that book. There is no need in a book cipher to keep using the same location for a word or letter. Or why the coordinates on the back of the declaration of independence in the movie national treasure led to the. Its ciphertext is made up of numbers in groups of 3, and these numbers correspond to positions in a book or other type of text. Rushmore was carved only in order to erase landmarks pointing to a fabled city of gold built inside the mountain. Dec 21, 2007 a man jumps on a horse and gallops down an alley. In national treasure, the hero discovers various numbers hidden on the back of the declaration of independence.
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