Goofs When Ian's henchman is shooting at Ben as he is ducking behind the red van outside the gala, he shoots out one of the headlights on the passenger side.

When the chase is coming to an end, after Ian realizes that he has a replica in his possession, they show the van with both headlights in tact.

Only one headlight is lit drivers side but the glass on the passenger side is intact. Quotes [ first lines ] Young Ben Gates : Grandpa!

John Adams Gates : You're not supposed to be up here, looking at that. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this.

Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why was the treasure hidden in the first place? Q: What does Patrick Gates mean when he refers to the "status quo"?

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Phil as Stephen Pope. In , John Adams Gates tells his grandson, Benjamin Franklin Gates, a story in which Charles Carroll of Carrollton passed on a secret to their ancestor, Thomas Gates, in of a fabled treasure taken from ancient empires throughout history that was discovered by the Knights Templar and later protected by the Freemasons.

The treasure would eventually be hidden in America by the Founding Fathers. The clue leading to the treasure is the phrase "The secret lies with Charlotte.

Inside the ship they find a meerschaum pipe , which has a clue in the form of a riddle, implying that the next clue is on the Declaration of Independence.

When Ian suggests they steal it, Ben opposes, causing a fight to ensue, resulting in a massive fire fueled by gunpowder, and the group splits in two.

Ian and his men escape the ship while Ben and Riley take cover just before the ship explodes. Abigail Chase of the National Archives , but all dismiss their claim.

Ben decides to steal the document himself from the Archives' preservation room during a gala event.

Obtaining Abigail's fingerprints, Ben successfully steals the Declaration but is spotted by Ian's group just as they break in to steal it. Ben briefly hides in the gift shop but has to pay for the Declaration when the clerk mistakes it for a souvenir copy; with not enough cash, Ben pays with a credit card.

Abigail, suspecting something is amiss, pursues Ben and takes back the document. Ian kidnaps her, but Ben and Riley rescue Abigail, tricking Ian by leaving behind a souvenir copy of the Declaration.

Patrick again tries to convince Ben that the treasure is a myth, which Ben dismisses. The trio then study the back of the Declaration and, with the help of lemon juice and heat from a hair dryer, discover an Ottendorf cipher written in invisible ink.

Ben realizes the cypher refers to the Silence Dogood letters, but Patrick tells them he has donated them to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Arriving in Philadelphia, and paying a schoolboy to acquire the letters' key words, Ben, Riley, and Abigail interpret a clue pointing to the bell tower of Independence Hall , where the Liberty Bell once resided.

Ian and his men intercept and question the schoolboy and decipher the clue. He and Abigail use the glasses to inspect the back of the Declaration, revealing a clue referencing the location of Trinity Church in New York City.

The group is chased by Ian's associates. However, Abigail convinces Ian to help them rescue Ben in exchange for the next clue. Ian returns the Declaration and asks for the next clue, but when Ben remains coy, Ian reveals he has kidnapped Patrick as a hostage.

They go inside Trinity Church along with Patrick, Abigail, and Riley , where they sit and study the back of the Declaration of Independence by using the different lenses, whose next clue leads the party to an underground passage behind and beneath a tomb in the basement.

The passage appears to lead to a dead end, lit by a lone lantern. Ian and his team leave Ben, Patrick, Abigail, and Riley trapped to die under the church, and head for Boston.

Patrick reveals that his clue was a fake, and the group discovers a small, hidden treasure room, but it appears looted.

After a heart-to-heart between Ben and Patrick, Ben finds notches that the meerschaum pipe and stem fit into, and he opens a large chamber containing the treasure and a secondary exit tunnel.

Ben meets with Sadusky and figures him to be a modern Freemason by the signet on his ring, and willingly gives him the Declaration and the treasure's location.

When Ben and his friend Riley Poole say they do not want any part of it, he leaves both in the Charlotte. Ian then heads for Washington, D.

At the Watergate Complex, Ian along with some henchmen create a plan to steal the document. However, Ben decides to save the document and beats Ian to it.

Ian figures out that the next clue leads to Philadelphia and is outsmarted at the Liberty Bell by Gates and his friends by stroke of luck.

Ben now had the Declaration and goes to New York City, where the next clue leads. See more Diane was born as Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, Germany.

As a child, Kruger wanted to become a ballerina and successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet School in London.

However, after an injury ended her ballet career prematurely, Kruger moved to Paris and turned her energy toward modeling. There are rumors that the Masons were a product of the destruction of the Templars, but there is no proof to back that up.

Most historians agree that the Masons were a separate group that formed on their own. Obviously, one has never been found, but based on the amount of power the Templar Knights had, it is safe to assume they were sitting on a load of valuables.

Legend says the treasure was smuggled out of Europe and transported across the Atlantic to be hidden on an island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Allegedly, the treasure was then moved again to somewhere in the continental United States. All we can say at this point is that it's a legend with some possibility of being fact.

There is no map on the back of the Declaration of Independence. There is writing on the back of the document but it is just routine information: Original Declaration of Independence, dated 4th July