To mark the hit movie’s 20th anniversary, director Jon Turteltaub talks about casting Nicolas Cage, working with “bats--t crazy” Jon Voight, and why there hasn’t been a third installment.
In addition to turning history into a patriotic puzzle, director Jon Turteltaub’s depiction of how Cage’s scholar-turned-reluctant thief Ben Gates manages to bag this iconic document was actually a real-life tutorial hiding in plain sight—at one point at least.
Mixing thrilling action with real-world knowledge, Turteltaub also wanted to prove that exotic treasure hunts don’t always have to whisk us away to far-flung locations. “Every grand adventure takes place somewhere outside the United States as if we have no romance or history,” he says. “We have an amazing history that people find fun and exciting—and it’s worth seeing a fictional story about.”
As Turteltaub’s research got underway, he was led to some unlikely places which directly influenced a few of the story’s key scenes, like Gates’ trip into the long-forgotten depths of the Trinity Church basement and through the hidden crypts lurking just below the public’s feet.
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