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- (thunderstorm)
- (floorboard creaks)
- Grandpa!
- You\'re not supposed to be up here,
- looking at that.
- I just wanted to know.
- Well, you\'re old enough, I suppose.
- You should know the story.
- OK, here we go.
- It was 1832.
- On a night much like this.
- Yah!
- Charles Carroll was the last surviving
- signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- He was also a member
- of a secret society known as the Masons.
- And he knew he was dying.
- He woke up his stable boy
- in the middle of the night
- and ordered him to take him to
- the White House to see Andrew Jackson.
- Because it was urgent
- that he speak to the president.
- Did he talk to him?
- No. He never got the chance.
- The president wasn't there that night.
- But Charles Carroll had a secret.
- So he took into his confidence
- the one person he could,
- my grandfather's grandfather,
- Thomas Gates.
- What was the secret?
- A treasure.
- A treasure beyond all imagining.
- A treasure that had been
- fought over for centuries
- by tyrants. Pharaohs.
- Emperors. Warlords.
- And every time it changed hands
- it grew larger.
- And then suddenly...
- it vanished.
- It didn't reappear
- for more than a thousand years.
- When knights from the First Crusade
- discovered secret vaults
- beneath the Temple of Solomon.
- You see. The knights who found the vaults
- believed that the treasure
- was too great for any one man -
- not even a king.
- They brought the treasure back to Europe
- and took the name "the Knights Templar."
- Over the next century
- they smuggled it out of Europe
- and they formed a new brotherhood
- called the Freemasons.
- In honor of
- the builders of the great temple.
- War followed.
- By the time of the American Revolution
- the treasure had been hidden again.
- By then the Masons included
- George Washington.
- Benjamin Franklin. Paul Revere.
- They knew they had to make sure
- the treasure would never fall
- into the hands of the British.
- So they devised a series of clues
- and maps to its location.
- Over time the clues were lost or forgotten,
- until only one remained -
- and that was the secret that Charles Carroll
- entrusted to young Thomas Gates.
- Charlotte.
- "The secret lies with Charlotte."
- Who's Charlotte?
- Oh... not even Mr. Carroll knew that.
- Now look here, Ben.
- The Freemasons
- among our Founding Fathers left us clues.
- Like these.
- The unfinished pyramid.
- The all-seeing eye.
- Symbols of the Knights Templar,
- guardians of the treasure.
- - They're speaking to us through these.
- - (man) You mean laughing at us.
- You know what that dollar represents?
- The entire Gates family fortune.
- Six generations of fools...
- chasing after fool's gold.
- (Grandpa) It's not about the money,
- Patrick. It's never been about the money.
- Come on, son. Time to go.
- You can... say your goodbyes.
- Grandpa?
- Hm?
- Are we knights?
- (chuckles)
- Do you want to be?
- All right. Um... kneel.
- Benjamin Franklin Gates,
- you take upon yourself the duty
- of the Templars, the Freemasons
- and the family Gates.
- Do you so swear?
- I so swear.
- (man) I was thinking about
- Henson and Peary,
- crossing this kind of terrain with nothing
- more than dog sleds and on foot.
- - Can you imagine?
- - It's extraordinary.
- (beeping)
- We getting closer?
- Assuming Ben's theory's correct
- and my tracking model's accurate,
- we should be getting very close.
- But don't go by me -
- I broke a shoelace this morning.
- - It's... it's a bad omen.
- - Shall we turn around and go home?
- Or we could pull over
- and just throw him out here.
- OK.
- Riley, you're not missing that little
- windowless cubicle we found you in?
- No, no. Absolutely not.
- (continuous beep)
- Why are we stopping?
- I thought we were looking for a ship.
- - I don't see any ship.
- - She's out there.
- (beeping)
- Look... this is a waste of time.
- How could a ship wind up way out here?
- Well, I'm no expert, but...
- it could be that the hydrothermic properties
- of this region
- produce hurricane-force ice storms
- that cause the ocean to freeze
- and then melt and then refreeze,
- resulting in a semisolid
- migrating land mass
- that would land a ship right around here.
- (beeping continues)
- (beeping quickens)
- (continuous beeping)
- (clank)
- Hello, beautiful.
- (man) Have Viktor
- check the fuel in the generators.
- Two years ago, if you hadn't shown up,
- hadn't believed the treasure was real,
- I don't know
- if I ever would have found Charlotte.
- You would have found it, I have no doubt.
- That's why I didn't think it was
- as crazy an investment as everyone said.
- (Ben) I'm just relieved that I'm not as crazy
- as everyone says. Or said my dad was.
- - Or my granddad. Or my great-granddad.
- - (chuckling)
- OK!
- Let's go!
- - Let's go find some treasure.
- - Yeah, bring us back something.
- Urgh.
- (terrified gasps)
- Oh, God!
- You handled that well.
- This is it.
- It's the cargo hold.
- Do you think it's in the barrels?
- Gunpowder.
- Ooh! Ooh! OK...
- Why would the captain
- be guarding this barrel?
- I found something!
- What is it?
- Do you guys know what this is?
- Is it a billion-dollar pipe?
- It's a meerschaum pipe.
- Ah, that is beautiful.
- Look at the intricacy of the scrollwork
- on the stem.
- - Is it a million-dollar pipe?
- - No, it's a clue.
- Let me see that.
- No, don't break it!
- We are one step closer to the treasure,
- gentlemen.
- Ben, I thought you said that
- the treasure would be on the Charlotte.
- No, "The secret lies with Charlotte."
- I said it could be here.
- It's Templar symbols.
- "The legend writ."
- "The stain effected."
- "The key in Silence undetected."
- "Fifty-five in iron pen."
- "Mr. Matlack can't offend."
- It's a riddle.
- I need to think.
- "The legend writ."
- "The stain effected."
- What legend?
- There's the legend of the Templar treasure,
- and the stain effects the legend.
- How?
- "The key in Silence undetected."
- Wait.
- The legend and the key...
- Now there's something.
- A map.
- Maps have legends, maps have keys.
- It's a map, an invisible map.
- So now...
- Wait a minute. What do you mean,
- "invisible" - "an invisible map"?
- "The stain effected"
- could refer to a dye or a reagent
- used to bring about a certain result.
- Combined with
- "The key in Silence undetected,"
- the implication is that the effect is to make
- what was undetectable detectable.
- Unless...
- "The key in Silence" could be...
- Prison.
- Albuquerque.
- See, I can do it too.
- Snorkel.
- That's where the map is.
- Like he said, "Fifty-five in iron pen."
- "Iron pen" is a prison.
- Or it could be, since the primary writing
- medium of the time was iron gall ink,
- the "pen" is... just a pen.
- But then why not say a pen?
- Why... why say "iron pen"?
- 'Cause it's a prison.
- Wait a minute. "Iron pen" - the "iron"
- does not describe the ink in the pen,
- it describes what was penned.
- It was "iron" -
- it was firm, it was mineral...
- No, no, no, that's stupid.
- It was... It was firm,
- it was adamant, it was resolved.
- It was resolved.
- "Mr. Matlack can't offend."
- Timothy Matlack was the official scribe
- of the Continental Congress.
- Calligrapher, not writer. And to make sure
- he could not offend the map,
- it was put on the back of a resolution
- that he transcribed,
- a resolution that 55 men signed.
- The Declaration of Independence.
- Oh!
- Come on, there's no invisible map on the
- back of the Declaration of Independence.
- That's clever, really.
- A document of that importance
- would ensure the map's survival.
- And you said there were several Masons
- signed it, yeah?
- Yeah. Nine, for sure.
- We'll have to arrange a way to examine it.
- This is one of the most important
- documents in history.
- They're not just gonna let us waltz in there
- and run chemical tests on it.
- - Then what do you propose we do?
- - I don't know!
- We could borrow it.
- Steal it?
- - I don't think so.
- - Ben...
- the treasure of the Knights Templar
- is the treasure of all treasures.
- Oh, I didn't know that.
- Really?
- Look, Ben... I understand your bitterness.
- I really do.
- You've spent your entire life
- searching for this treasure,
- only to have
- the respected historical community
- treat you and your family
- with mockery and contempt.
- You should be able to rub this treasure
- in their arrogant faces,
- and I want you to have
- the chance to do that.
- How?
- We all have our areas of expertise.
- You don't think mine are limited
- to writing checks, do you?
- In another life...
- I arranged a number of operations of...
- questionable legality.
- I'd take his word for it, if I were you.
- So don't worry.
- I'll make all the arrangements.
- No.
- I'd really need your help here.
- Ian... I'm not gonna let you steal
- the Declaration of Independence.
- OK.
- From this point on
- all you're going to be is a hindrance.
- Hey!
- What are you gonna do?
- Are you gonna shoot me, Shaw?
- Well, you can't shoot me.
- There's more to the riddle.
- Information you don't have. I do.
- I'm the only one who can figure it out,
- and you know that.
- He's bluffing.
- We played poker together, Ian.
- You know I can't bluff.
- Tell me what I need to know, Ben,
- or I'll shoot your friend.
- Hey!
- Quiet, Riley!
- Your job's finished here.
- Look where you're standing.
- All that gunpowder.
- You shoot me,
- I drop this, we all go up.
- Ben...
- What happens when the flare burns down?
- Tell me what I need to know, Ben.
- You need to know...
- if Shaw can catch.
- Nice try, though.
- Get out, Shaw!
- Fool!
- Riley, get over here!
- - What is this?
- - Smuggler's hold. Get in!
- Move! Get out of here!
- - What?
- - Move! Get out!
- Follow me.
- Let's go, let's go!
- She's gonna blow!
- Get down.
- OK, let's go.
- Before someone sees the smoke.
- (Riley coughing and spluttering)
- There's an Inuit village
- about nine miles east of here.
- - It's popular with bush pilots.
- - All right.
- (Riley pants exhaustedly)
- - Then what are we gonna do?
- - Start making our way back home.
- No, I meant about Ian. He's gonna steal
- the Declaration of Independence, Ben.
- We stop him.
- (Riley) Is it really so hard to believe
- that someone's gonna try to steal
- the Declaration of Independence?
- (Ben) The FBI gets 10,000 tips a week.
- They're not gonna worry about
- something they're sure is safe.
- But anyone that can do anything
- is gonna think we're crazy.
- Anyone crazy enough to believe us
- isn't gonna want to help.
- We don't need someone crazy. But one
- step short of crazy, what do you get?
- Obsessed.
- Passionate.
- Excuse me.
- - Dr. Chase can see you now, Mr. Brown.
- - Thank you.
- (softly) Mr. Brown?
- The family name doesn't get a lot
- of respect in the academic community.
- Huh. Being kept down by the man.
- A very cute man.
- Thank you.
- - Good afternoon, gentlemen.
- - Hi.
- - Abigail Chase.
- - Paul Brown.
- - Nice to meet you.
- - Bill.
- Nice to meet you, Bill.
- - How may I help you?
- - Your accent. Pennsylvania Dutch?
- - Saxony German.
- - Oh!
- - You're not American?
- - Oh, I am an American.
- I just wasn't born here.
- Please don't touch that!
- Sorry. A neat collection.
- George Washington's campaign buttons.
- You're missing the 1789 inaugural, though.
- - I found one once.
- - That's very fortunate for you.
- Now, you told my assistant
- that this was an urgent matter.
- Ah. Yes, ma'am.
- Well, I'm gonna get straight to the point.
- Someone's gonna steal
- the Declaration of Independence.
- It's true.
- I think I'd better put you gentlemen
- in touch with the FBI.
- - We've been to the FBI.
- - And?
- They assured us that the Declaration
- cannot possibly be stolen.
- - They're right.
- - My friend and I are less certain.
- However, if we were given the privilege
- of examining the document...
- we would be able to tell you for certain
- if it were actually in any danger.
- What do you think you're gonna find?
- We believe that there's an...
- encryption on the back.
- - An encryption, like a code?
- - Yes, ma'am.
- Of what?
- Uh... a cartograph.
- - A map.
- - Yes, ma'am.
- A map of what?
- The location of... (nervously clears throat)
- ...of hidden items
- of historic and intrinsic value.
- - A treasure map?
- - That's where we lost the FBI.
- You're treasure-hunters, aren't you?
- We're more like treasure-protectors.
- Mr. Brown, I have personally seen the back
- of the Declaration of Independence,
- and I promise you, the only thing there
- is a notation that reads,
- "Original Declaration of Independence,
- dated...
- "Four of July, 1776." Yes, ma'am.
- But no map.
- (exasperated sigh)
- It's invisible.
- Oh! Right.
- And that's where we lost
- the Department of Homeland Security.
- What led you to assume
- there's this invisible map?
- We found an engraving
- on the stem of a 200-year-old pipe.
- Owned by Freemasons.
- - May I see the pipe?
- - Uh, we don't have it.
- - Did Big Foot take it?
- - It was nice meeting you.
- Nice to meet you, too.
- And, you know,
- that really is a nice collection.
- Must have taken you a long time
- to hunt down all that history.
- If it's any consolation,
- you had me convinced.
- It's not.
- I was thinking, what if we go public,
- plaster the story all over the Internet?
- It's not like
- we have our reputations to worry about.
- Although I don't think
- that's exactly gonna scare Ian away.
- and I'm three feet away.
- Of all the ideas
- that became the United States,
- there's a line here
- that's at the heart of all the others.
- "But when a long train of abuses
- and usurpations,
- pursuing invariably the same object,
- evinces a design to reduce them
- under absolute despotism,
- it is their right, it is their duty
- to throw off such government
- and provide new guards
- for their future security."
- People don't talk that way anymore.
- Beautiful, huh?
- - No idea what you said.
- - It means, if there's something wrong,
- those who have the ability to take action
- have the responsibility to take action.
- I'm gonna steal it.
- (scoffs) What?
- I'm gonna steal
- the Declaration of Independence.
- Uh... Ben?
- (Riley) This is... huge.
- It's prison huge.
- You are gonna go to prison,
- you know that?
- Yeah, probably.
- So that would bother most people.
- Ian's gonna try and steal it. And if he
- succeeds, he'll destroy the Declaration.
- The fact is, the only way to protect
- the Declaration is to steal it.
- It's upside down.
- I don't think there's a choice.
- Ben, for God's sakes,
- it's like stealing a national monument. OK?
- It's like stealing him.
- It can't be done. Not shouldn't be done.
- It can't be done.
- Let me prove it to you.
- OK, Ben, pay attention.
- I've brought you to the Library of Congress.
- Why? Because it's the biggest library
- in the world.
- Over 20 million books.
- And they're all saying
- the same exact thing:
- Listen to Riley.
- What we have here, my friend,
- is an entire layout of the archives.
- Short of builders' blueprints.
- You've got construction orders,
- phone lines,
- water and sewage -
- it's all here.
- Now, when the Declaration
- is on display, OK,
- it is surrounded by guards
- and video monitors
- and a little family from Iowa and little kids
- on their eighth-grade field trip.
- And beneath an inch of bulletproof glass
- is an army of sensors and heat monitors
- that will go off if someone gets too close
- with a high fever.
- Now, when it's not on display,
- it is lowered into a four-foot-thick
- concrete, steel-plated vault...
- that happens to be equipped
- with an electronic combination lock
- and biometric access-denial systems.
- You know, Thomas Edison tried and failed
- nearly 2,000 times
- to develop the carbonized cotton-thread
- filament for the incandescent light bulb.
- Edison?
- When asked about it,
- he said, "I didn't fail,
- I found out 2,000 ways
- how not to make a light bulb."
- But he only needed to find one way
- to make it work.
- The Preservation Room.
- Enjoy. Go ahead.
- Do you know
- what the Preservation Room is for?
- Delicious jams and jellies?
- No. That's where they clean,
- repair and maintain
- all the documents
- and the storage housings
- when they're not on display or in the vault.
- Now, when the case needs work they take
- it out of the vault, directly across the hall
- and into the Preservation Room.
- The best time for us. Or Ian. To steal it
- would be during the gala this weekend
- when the guards are distracted
- by the VIPs upstairs.
- But we'll make our way to the Preservation
- Room, where there's much less security.
- Huh.
- Well, if Ian...
- Uh...
- Preservation... Hm.
- The gala, huh?
- This might be possible.
- It might.
- Ah...
- And we are in.
- There you are.
- (British accent) Hello.
- The hallway.
- That's what I want.
- Game on.
- I'll buy that.
- Cool.
- This just came for you.
- I hope it's not from Stan.
- "For the woman who has everything else...
- Thanks for listening. Paul Brown."
- (insistent beeping)
- (rings)
- Abigail Chase.
- Hey, Mike.
- - (man #1) Let's do this by the book.
- - (man #2) Hallway is secure.
- - (man #1) Keep the document level.
- - (man #2) No problem.
- (Abigail) What have you got?
- (man) The heat sensor went off
- in the Declaration frame.
- (Abigail) Run full diagnostics.
- Then I want them all changed out.
- Our evil plan is working.
- Ben, are you sure that we should?
- (Ben) Riley.
- - Can you hear me?
- - Unfortunately. Yeah.
- We're all set in here.
- You want to go around to the front
- and present your invitation.
- You're gonna have to show ID.
- Go ahead, man.
- Howdy.
- I need your invitation
- and your ID, please.
- (Riley) How do you look?
- - Not bad.
- - Mazel tov.
- This is it.
- For you.
- - Oh, Mr. Brown.
- - Dr. Chase.
- - (Abigail) What are you doing here?
- - Is that that hot girl?
- - How does she look?
- - I made a last-minute donation. A big one.
- Well, on that subject,
- thank you for your wonderful gift.
- - Oh, you did get it? Good.
- - Yes, thank you.
- You know, I really couldn't accept
- something like that normally, but...
- I really want it.
- - Well, you needed it.
- - Come on. Romeo. Get outta there.
- I have been wondering, though,
- what the engraving indicated
- - on the pipe that Big Foot took.
- - (man) Hi.
- - Here you go.
- - Oh, Dr. Herbert, this is Mr. Brown.
- - Hi.
- - Hi there.
- - (Riley) Who's the stiff?
- - Here, why don't you let me take that?
- - So you can take that off his hands.
- - (Abigail) Thank you.
- A toast, yeah?
- To high treason.
- That's what these men were committing
- when they signed the Declaration.
- Had we lost the war, they would have been
- hanged, beheaded, drawn and quartered,
- and - Oh! Oh, my personal favorite -
- and had their entrails cut out and burned!
- So, here's to the men
- who did what was considered wrong
- in order to do what they knew was right.
- What they knew was right.
- Well, good night.
- - Good night.
- - Good night.
- (Ian) Yeah!
- OK, go! Go!
- This better work.
- Clear!
- - On.
- - Door one. 30 seconds.
- How does it look?
- It's working.
- It's working...
- Unbelievable.
- Second door. 90 seconds.
- (beep)
- (beep)
- Well done, boys. Let's go.
- - We're in the elevator.
- - OK.
- I'm gonna turn off
- the surveillance cameras. Ready?
- In five. Four.
- Three... Now.
- Ben Gates,
- you are now the Invisible Man.
- - I'm here.
- - Give me the letters for her password.
- What do you got for me?
- Hit me with it.
- A-E-F-G...
- L-O-R-V-Y.
- Anagrams being listed.
- OK.
- Top results: "A glove fry."
- "A very golf."
- "Fargo levy."
- "Gravy floe. Valey frog."
- Also "Ago fly rev."
- Uh..."Grove fly a."
- "Are fly gov."
- "Era fly gov."
- - "Elf gov ray."
- - It's "Valley Forge."
- "Valley For..."
- I don't have that on my computer.
- It's "Valley Forge" -
- she pressed the E and L twice.
- (Ben) We're in.
- (Riley in British accent) Hello.
- Ben, you're doing great.
- Ben, pick it up.
- You got about one...
- We own video.
- - I lost my feed.
- - What?
- I lost my feed, Ben.
- I don't know where anyone is.
- I have nothing.
- Ben, I have no...
- Ben, I have nothing.
- Get out of there.
- Get out of there now.
- I'm taking the whole thing.
- I'll get it out in the elevator.
- What are you talking about?
- Is it heavy?
- Shaw. Door three, one minute.
- Gates.
- What was that?
- Who's shooting?
- - Damn.
- - He's got the bloody map!
- Are you still there? Ben?
- I'm in the elevator.
- - Ians here. There was, uh, shooting.
- - I hate that guy.
- Hey, Rebecca.
- Do you have a Paul Brown on that list?
- Paul Brown?
- Uh, no. Not here.
- Have a good night.
- Are you trying to steal that?
- Oh, uh...
- It's $35.
- - For this?
- - Yeah.
- - That's a lot.
- - Hey, I don't make the prices.
- It's, um...
- I have $32...
- We take Visa.
- This is Mike. Sublevel three.
- I have an alert.
- (sings) Where are you, Ben?
- - Where are you?
- - Stop talking.
- Start the van.
- Ben, the...
- the mean Declaration lady's behind you.
- Hey.
- Oh, it's you. Hello.
- Mr. Brown, what's going on?
- What's that?
- - It's a souvenir.
- - Really?
- Stop chatting and get in the van.
- Code red. Code red.
- We have a break-in.
- Lock it down. Nobody leaves the building.
- Get the FBI on the phone.
- - Did you enjoy the party?
- - Yeah.
- (alarm)
- - Oh, my God.
- - Oh, my God! You did not?
- - No...
- - Security! Over here!
- - Give me that!
- - It's yours. Take it.
- - Security!
- - Uh-uh-uh.
- - Over here! Security!
- - Got you.
- Go.
- Viktor! Move!
- - We can't just let her go!
- - We can. Go!
- - Security, over here!
- - Wait. No, hold it.
- Hold it!
- - Wha?
- - Oh, bad.
- - What do you want?
- - Give me the document.
- Bad, bad, bad!
- - Let me go!
- - Just bring her!
- No! No!
- - That's...
- - Go! Go!
- (sirens approaching)
- And just who might you be?
- - Once we catch them what do we do?
- - I'm working on it.
- Right turn, right turn.
- Why don't you just pass me that
- document? Then we can all go home.
- (horn blares)
- Oh, no.
- Skidding, skidding, skidding.
- - Oh, no!
- - Holy Lord!
- - Help!
- - No! If she falls, the document falls.
- Get me next to her.
- (horn blares)
- - Thank you.
- - No!
- Got it. Go on.
- Abigail!
- - Come on. Jump.
- - (screams)
- - We lost them.
- - That's all right. This... is what we need.
- Well done, Gates. Well done.
- - (Ben) Are you all right?
- - No! Those lunatics...
- - You're not hurt, are you?
- - You are all lunatics!
- - Are you hungry?
- - What?!
- Are you all right?
- Still a little on edge from being shot at,
- but I'll be OK. Thanks for asking.
- Yeah, well, I'm not all right. Those men
- have the Declaration of Independence!
- - She lost it?!
- - They don't have it.
- See? OK?
- Now could you please stop shouting?
- - Give me that!
- - You're still shouting. It's starting to annoy.
- You'd do well, Dr. Chase,
- to be a bit more civilized in this instance.
- If this is the real one, what did they get?
- A souvenir.
- I thought it'd be a good idea to have
- a duplicate. It turned out I was right.
- I actually had to pay for the souvenir and
- the real one, so you owe me $35, plus tax.
- - Genius.
- - Who were those men?
- Just the guys we warned you
- were gonna steal the Declaration.
- And you didn't believe us.
- We did the only thing we could do
- to keep it safe.
- Verdammt! Give me that!
- You know something?
- You're shouting again.
- I'm pretty sure she was swearing, too.
- Well, we probably deserve that.
- (man) Ladies and gentlemen...
- Ladies and gentlemen, my name is
- Peter Sadusky. I'm the agent in charge.
- I wanna reassure you,
- you are not in danger in any way.
- If we all cooperate, we'll get through this
- with as little frustration as possible.
- Thank you.
- Get positive IDs. Search everyone,
- including the security staff.
- If they refuse,
- detain them and get warrants.
- - (clears throat)
- - Agent Hendricks? You have something?
- Um...
- - This isn't a day for "Um..."
- - We got a tip several days ago
- that someone was going to steal
- the Declaration of Independence.
- Do we have a name on the tipster?
- There was no file opened.
- We didn't find the information credible.
- How about now?
- There is not a treasure map on the back
- of the Declaration of Independence.
- And there's no chance
- anyone can steal this either.
- I leveled with you 100 percent.
- Everything I told you was the truth.
- I want that document, Mr. Brown.
- OK, my name's not Brown.
- It's Gates.
- I leveled with you 98 percent.
- Wait a minute, did you just say "Gates"?
- Gates?
- You're that family with the conspiracy
- theory about the Founding Fathers?
- - It's not a conspiracy theory.
- - Per se.
- You know what? I take it back.
- You're not liars. You're insane.
- There's a copy of the Declaration
- on display now?
- - Yes, we decided to...
- - Leave it there.
- The guests know something happened,
- but they don't know what.
- They got him with a Taser at the service
- entrance. He doesn't remember a thing.
- Also, we found bullet casings.
- Did we get a description
- from the other guards?
- - Which guards?
- - The guards that were fired upon.
- There weren't any other guards
- on patrol down here.
- So...
- who was shooting,
- who were they shooting at,
- and why weren't they getting along?
- You can't seriously intend
- to run chemical tests
- on the Declaration of Independence
- in the back of a moving van.
- We have a clean-room environment
- all set up.
- EDS suits, a particulate air filtration
- system, the whole shebang.
- - Really?
- - We can't go back there.
- What? Why not?
- This is the guy. Dr. Herbert said
- Dr. Chase introduced him as Mr. Brown.
- Not on the guestlist.
- Now, the gift-store clerk - she said
- he seemed... Well, she said "flustered."
- He tried to walk out with a copy
- of the Declaration of Independence
- without paying.
- He paid with a Visa.
- "Charge to Benjamin Gates."
- A credit-card slip?
- Dude, we're on the grid.
- They'll have your records from forever.
- They'll have my records from forever.
- I know. I know. It's only a matter of minutes
- before the FBI shows up at my front door.
- What do we do?
- - We need those letters.
- - What letters?
- (Ben) You know, get off the road,
- take a right.
- (Abigail) What letters?
- You have the original Silence Dogood
- letters? Did you steal those, too?
- We have scans of the originals.
- - Quiet, please.
- - How'd you get scans?
- Oh, I know the person
- who has the originals. Now shush.
- - Why do you need them?
- - She really can't shut her mouth, can she?
- I'll tell you what, look.
- I will let you hold onto this
- if you'll promise to shut up, please.
- Thank you.
- - Ben, you know what you have to do.
- - I know what to do.
- I'm just trying to think
- of anything else we could do.
- Well, not to be a, uh, nudge,
- but you do realize how many people
- we have after us.
- We probably have
- our own satellite by now.
- It took you all of two seconds to decide
- to steal the Declaration of Independence.
- Yeah, but I didn't think I was gonna
- personally have to tell my dad about it.
- Hey, not cool! Not cool!
- Let me go!
- OK. You're let go. Go, shoo.
- I'm not going. Not without the Declaration.
- You're not going with the Declaration.
- Yes, I am. I'm not letting it
- out of my sight, so I'm going.
- Wait. You're not going with us
- with the Declaration.
- - Yes, I am.
- - No, you're not.
- Look, if you wanted to leave me behind,
- you shouldn't have told me
- where you were going.
- (groans)
- (police radios)
- Clear.
- What the...
- (Sadusky) Now we're getting somewhere.
- (woman) They're digital scans of letters
- to the editor of The New England Courant.
- Written 1722.
- They're all from the same person.
- "Your humble servant, Silence Dogood."
- Gentlemen...
- why is this word capitalized?
- Because it's important?
- Because it's a name.
- OK, I got it.
- When Ben Franklin was only 15 years old
- he secretly wrote 14 letters
- to his brother's newspaper
- pretending to be a middle-aged widow
- named Silence Dogood.
- These letters were written
- by Benjamin Franklin.
- (Riley) Looks OK.
- - Park a couple of blocks away.
- - Well, how long do you think we got?
- I'm gonna give them a couple of hours
- at least. I hope.
- What do we do about her?
- I've got some duct tape in the back.
- (Ben) No, that won't be necessary.
- She won't be any trouble.
- - Promise you won't be any trouble.
- - I promise.
- See? She's curious.
- Here's what I got on Gates. A degree
- in American History from Georgetown,
- a degree in Mechanical Engineering
- at MIT,
- Navy ROTC and Naval Diving
- and Salvage Training Center.
- Hm.
- What in the world did this guy
- want to be when he grew up?
- We keep our focus on Gates.
- Run him to ground.
- Compile a family-and-friends list.
- Closest relative first.
- I want to find out who this guy is.
- (doorbell)
- Dad.
- Where's the party?
- Uh, well, uh...
- I'm in a little trouble.
- - Is she pregnant?
- - (Ben) Well, if she is,
- are you gonna leave the woman carrying
- your grandchild standing out in the cold?
- I look pregnant?
- This better not be about
- that dumb treasure.
- Well, have a seat.
- Make yourselves comfortable.
- There's some pizza.
- It's still warm, I think.
- Dad...
- I need the Silence Dogood letters.
- Yeah, it's about the treasure.
- And he dragged you two
- into this nonsense?
- - Literally.
- - I volunteered.
- Well, unvolunteer,
- before you waste your life.
- - Knock it off, Dad.
- - Sure, sure, I know, I'm the family kook.
- I have a job, a house, health insurance.
- At least I had your mother, for however
- brief a time. At least I had you.
- What do you have? Him?
- Look, if you just give us the letters,
- we're gone.
- You disappoint me, Ben.
- Well, maybe that's the real Gates-family
- legacy. Sons who disappoint their fathers.
- Get out. Take your troubles with you.
- I found the Charlotte.
- The Charlotte?
- - You mean she was a ship?
- - Yeah, she was beautiful.
- It was amazing, Dad.
- And the treasure?
- No, no. But we found another clue
- that led us here.
- Yeah, and that'll lead you
- to another clue.
- And that's all you'll ever find,
- is another clue. Don't you get it, Ben?
- I finally figured it out.
- The legend says that the treasure
- was buried to keep it from the British.
- But what really happened
- was the legend was invented,
- to keep the British occupied
- searching for buried treasure.
- The treasure is a myth.
- I refuse to believe that.
- Well, you can believe what you want.
- You're a grown person. What am I doing?
- Do what you want, Ben.
- Do what you want.
- He's probably right. You don't even know
- if there is another clue.
- Well, I can think of a way where we could
- find out. And we can find out right now.
- Looks like animal skin.
- - How old is it?
- - At least 200 years.
- - Really? You sure?
- - Pretty darn.
- Now if this thing's in invisible ink,
- how do we look at it?
- Throw it in the oven.
- - (Abigail and Ben) No.
- - Uh-uh.
- Ferrous sulfate inks can only
- be brought out with heat.
- - Yes, but this...
- - It's very old.
- This is very old, and we can't
- risk compromising the map.
- You need a reagent.
- Dad, it's really late.
- Why don't you get some rest?
- I'm fine.
- Lemons.
- - You can't do that.
- - But it has to be done.
- Then someone who is trained to handle
- antique documents is gonna do it.
- OK.
- OK.
- Now, uh, if there is a secret message,
- it'll probably be marked by a symbol
- in the upper right-hand corner.
- That's right.
- I am so getting fired for this.
- I told you. You need heat.
- (both exhale)
- See?
- - We need more juice.
- - We need more heat.
- That's not a map.
- - Is it?
- - More clues. What a surprise.
- (Riley) Are those latitudes and longitudes?
- That's why we need
- the Silence Dogood letters.
- - That's the key?
- - Yeah. "The key in Silence undetected."
- Dad, can we have the letters now?
- Will somebody please explain to me
- what these magic numbers are?
- - It's an Ottendorf cipher.
- - That's right.
- Oh, OK.
- - What's an Ottendorf cipher?
- - They're just codes.
- Each of these three numbers
- corresponds to a word in a key.
- Usually a random book
- or a newspaper article.
- (Ben) In this case,
- the Silence Dogood letters.
- So it's like the page number
- of the key text,
- the line on the page,
- and the letter in that line.
- So, Dad, where are the letters?
- You know, it's just by sheer happenstance
- that his grandfather...
- - Dad.
- ...even found them.
- They were in an antique desk
- from the press room...
- - Dad.
- ...of The New England Courant.
- - That's a newspaper.
- - Dad, where are the letters?
- I don't have them, son.
- - What?
- - I don't have them.
- (Ben clears throat)
- Where are they?
- I donated them to the Franklin Institute
- in Philadelphia.
- Time to go.
- I still can't believe it. All this time
- no one knew what was on the back.
- - The back of what?
- - Whoa!
- No!
- - Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- - I know.
- Oh, my God. What have you done?
- This is... this is the...
- - I know!
- - This is the Declaration of Independence.
- Yes. And it's very delicate.
- You stole it?
- Dad, I can explain, but I don't have time.
- It wa`s necessary. And you saw the cipher.
- 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.
- Well, we can't have that.
- (police radio)
- (doorbell)
- (Patrick) Come in!
- I'm in here.
- FBI, right?
- You gonna untie me?
- And you have no idea where he's going?
- - Well, wouldn't I have told you if I did?
- - Would you?
- He tied me to a chair.
- The garage is empty, but there's a Cadillac
- De Ville registered to Patrick Gates.
- And he stole my car.
- Don't worry, Mr. Gates, we'll find your car.
- And your son.
- Your dad's got a sweet ride.
- I think we should change clothes.
- We look kind of conspicuous,
- don't you think?
- I'd love to go shopping, too,
- but we have no money.
- Here, I took this from his house.
- He usually tucks a few hundred dollars
- somewhere between those pages.
- - Common Sense. How appropriate.
- - When are we gonna get there?
- I'm hungry. This car smells weird.
- (faint ping)
- (ping)
- Excuse me.
- Excuse me. Oops, sorry, sir. Excuse me.
- That's OK.
- (car horn)
- S-S-A-N-D.
- (Riley) OK. Huh.
- You're sure this is right?
- OK.
- S-S-A...
- No, N.
- - That is an N.
- - It doesn't look like an N.
- You know what? Here. Last one. OK?
- - One more dollar.
- - Thank you.
- Go get the last four letters.
- Go get 'em, chief. Come on.
- OK. "The vision to see the treasured past
- comes as the timely shadow crosses
- in front of the house of pass and..."
- "Pass and..." what?
- "Pass and..."
- What's going on?
- - I'm not sure.
- - What's up?
- (Abigail) So you show up at your father's
- door and say you're in trouble
- and the first thing he assumes
- is I'm pregnant.
- Is there a question in there?
- I think there's an interesting story
- in there.
- Well, my father thinks I've been
- a little too cavalier in my personal life.
- - I see.
- - Let me ask you something.
- Have you ever told someone -
- not a relative - "I love you?"
- Yes.
- More than one someone?
- Yes.
- Oh. Well, then my father would say
- you've been a little too cavalier
- in your personal life, too.
- So you get your sense of absolute certainty
- from him, do you?
- Well, I'm sure I don't know
- what you mean.
- Well, you're certain the treasure is real,
- despite what anyone else thinks.
- No, but I hope it's real.
- I mean, I've dreamt it's real
- since my grandfather told me about it.
- But I want to hold it.
- I feel like I'm so close, I can taste it.
- But I just... I just want to know it's not just
- something in my head or in my heart.
- People don't really talk that way, you know.
- I know. But they think that way.
- Hey.
- - Did you get it? Riley?
- - Oh, I got it.
- "The vision to see
- the treasured past comes
- as the timely shadow crosses
- in front of the house of Pass and Stow."
- Now, "Pass and Stow," of course,
- referring to...
- - (both) The Liberty Bell.
- - Why do you have to do that?
- Well, John Pass and John Stow
- cast the bell.
- OK. Well, then, what does
- the rest of this mean?
- Wait..."The vision to see the treasured
- past" must refer to a way to read the map.
- Well, I thought the cipher was the map.
- No, the cipher was a way
- to find the way to read the map.
- And the way to read the map can be found
- where the "timely shadow" crosses
- in front of the Liberty Bell.
- Crosses in front of the "house"
- of the Liberty Bell. Independence Hall.
- Right, so "timely shadow" -
- it's a specific time.
- - Right.
- - Uh, what time?
- What time? What time?
- Wait a minute, wait.
- You're gonna love this.
- Excuse me, can I see one of those
- hundred-dollar bills I paid you with?
- No.
- Oh. Well, uh, here,
- I have this diver's watch.
- It's called a Submariner. I dive with it.
- It's actually quite valuable.
- - You can use it as collateral.
- - Whatever.
- Thank you.
- On the back of a hundred-dollar bill
- is an etching of Independence Hall
- - based on a painting done in...
- - Hello.
- Thank you.
- ...in the 1780s, who...
- The artist was actually a friend
- of Benjamin Franklin's. It's wonderful.
- - (clerk) Fascinating.
- - Hold this.
- OK.
- I'm not going anywhere.
- Now, I think that if we look
- at this clock tower...
- ...we may find the specific time.
- - (Abigail) What do you see?
- - 2:22.
- - What time is it now?
- - Almost three.
- - We missed it.
- - No, we didn't.
- We didn't miss it because... uh...
- You don't know this? I-I know something
- about history that you don't know.
- I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley.
- Well, hold on one second, let me just...
- let me just take in this moment.
- This is... this is cool.
- Is this how you feel all the time? Because,
- you know... Except for now, of course.
- - Riley!
- - All right.
- What I know is that daylight savings
- wasn't established until World War I.
- If it's 3pm now, OK, that means
- in 1776, it would be 2pm.
- - Let's go.
- - Riley, you're a genius.
- Yeah.
- Do you actually know who the first person
- to suggest daylight savings was?
- - (Ben) Benjamin Franklin.
- - (Abigail) Benjamin Franklin.
- Is this real?
- Just tell me what you told my friend.
- Just a bunch of letters.
- I can't remember.
- Can you remember which ones
- you were gonna tell him next?
- Yeah, here. S-T-O-W.
- (man) Top results: Liberty Bell
- and Independence Hall.
- (guide) Imagine its impact
- back in the 18th century.
- It could have been seen for miles around,
- which was exactly its purpose,
- because it served as a beacon, as it were,
- for people to collect and hear...
- Good stuff.
- (guide) It was in 1846,
- on George Washington's birthday,
- that the final expansion
- of the crack occurred,
- retiring the Liberty Bell permanently.
- Eventually, it was moved from its place
- in Independence Hall steeple
- and given its own...
- - Idiot.
- - (Shaw) Who?
- - Me.
- - What?
- It's not here. It's there.
- Come on.
- - What bell is this?
- - It's the Centennial Bell.
- It replaced the Liberty Bell in 1876.
- (Abigail) There it is.
- All right. I'm gonna go down there,
- and you meet me in the signing room.
- - OK? All right.
- - OK.
- All right, let's go.
- Hey. What'd you score?
- I found this.
- Some kind of ocular device.
- "The vision to see the treasured past."
- Let me take this.
- Aw, they're like early American
- X-ray specs.
- Benjamin Franklin invented
- something like these.
- Uh...
- I think he invented these.
- So, what do we do with them?
- We look through it.
- - (Abigail) Here, help me.
- - Uh-huh.
- - (Ben) Careful.
- - (Abigail) You think?
- Whoo...
- - What?
- - It's just that the last time this was here
- it was being signed.
- - Ben, there's another tour coming.
- - Turn it over.
- - Careful.
- - Spectacles.
- (gasps)
- (gasps)
- What do you see?
- What is it? Is it a treasure map?
- It says, "Heere at the wall,"
- spelled with two E's.
- Take a look.
- (Abigail) Ah.
- (gasps)
- Wow.
- Why can't they just say, "Go to this place,
- and here's the treasure, spend it wisely?"
- (Ben) Oh, no.
- - Oh, no.
- - Oh, no.
- How'd they find us?
- Well, Ian has nearly unlimited resources.
- And he's smart.
- (Abigail) I don't think we can get out
- of here without being spotted.
- Well, we don't want them to have
- the Declaration, or the glasses.
- But we especially don't want them
- to have them both together.
- - So what do we do?
- - We separate the lock from the key.
- - We're splitting up.
- - Good idea.
- Really?
- I'll take this.
- And those. You keep that. Meet me at the
- car and call me if you have any problems.
- Like if we get caught and killed?
- Yeah. That would be a big problem.
- Take care of her.
- - I will.
- - I will.
- We're on him.
- (Ian) There he is.
- - Let's walk this way.
- - Wait up.
- - Shaw, look. There's the others.
- - I got it.
- Viktor, meet me at Fifth and Chestnut. Fifth
- and Chestnut. They're heading your way.
- (car horn)
- - (Shaw) Look out! Look out!
- - Riley!
- - (Shaw) There they are! Move!
- - Move!
- - Time to run.
- - Keep up, Viktor! Move. Come on.
- In here.
- - Come on.
- - Follow me.
- That way.
- If you're not a steak,
- you don't belong here.
- (whispers) I'm just trying to hide
- from my ex-husband.
- - Who, baldy?
- - Yes.
- Honey, stay as long as you like.
- Oh, thank you. Thank you.
- You want something?
- - Do you want something?
- - Shut up.
- I see why you left him.
- Go around. Go around.
- Gates!
- Ow!
- Aw, come on!
- - (yelps)
- - Shh-shh-shh.
- - Where were you?
- - Hiding.
- Come on. Let's go, let's go.
- Ian. Ian, I've got 'em.
- They're heading toward City Hall.
- - OK, I'm on my way.
- - Out of the way!
- Ow!
- (car horn)
- Whoa!
- They're headed for the breezeway
- on the north side.
- I'll be right there.
- Hey, Gates!
- Enough, man! Give me the document.
- All right, Phil.
- Watch out! Get out of my way!
- (cyclist) Watch it!
- (horn)
- (shouting)
- Leave them! Let 'em go.
- We've got it.
- - (woman) FBI. Have you seen this guy?
- - (man) No.
- Nope, I haven't seen him.
- Ted. Philadelphia police
- found Gates's car.
- It's close.
- We got surveillance there now.
- Let's go. Tell the boss
- we got the car.
- (cell phone rings)
- - What?
- - (Riley) We lost it.
- - What?
- - We lost the Declaration. Ian took it.
- Yeah, uh, OK. You all right?
- You both all right?
- Yeah, yeah, we're all right.
- - Ben, I'm sorry.
- - We'll be fine.
- Meet me at the car.
- Suspect has arrived.
- Hello, Mr. Gates.
- Mr. Gates, face your father's car and
- put your hands behind your back, please.
- - (agent) We got one in custody.
- - Gates, you're a hard man to find.
- Could you please be careful?
- Riley, do you know
- how to get in touch with Ian?
- Excuse me?
- That's some story.
- Well, it's the same story I tried to tell you
- guys before the Declaration was stolen.
- - By you.
- - No, by Ian. I stole it to stop him.
- I did it alone.
- Dr. Chase was not involved.
- And Ian still ended up with
- the Declaration of Independence.
- Because of you.
- So here's your options.
- Door number one,
- you go to prison for a very long time.
- Door number two, we are going to get back
- the Declaration of Independence,
- you help us find it, and you still
- go to prison for a very long time,
- but you feel better inside.
- Is there a door that doesn't lead to prison?
- - Someone's got to go to prison, Ben.
- - Yeah.
- So what are these for?
- It's a way to read the map.
- Right.
- Knights Templar.
- Freemasons.
- Invisible treasure map.
- - So what'd it say?
- - "Heere at the wall."
- Nothing else.
- It's just another clue.
- (agent) It looks like Ian Howe
- could be a false identity.
- (Sadusky) Follow up with ATF and INS.
- - There's more to it.
- - (cell phone rings)
- - Standard tap procedure.
- - Let's check the signal, folks.
- - Lock it in.
- - Are we set?
- - Checking source.
- - Unknown number.
- (cell phone rings)
- Yes.
- (Ian) Hello. Ben. How are you?
- - Um, chained to a desk.
- - Sorry to hear that.
- I want you to meet me on the flight deck
- of the USS Intrepid.
- - You know where that is?
- - New York.
- Meet me there at ten o'clock
- tomorrow morning.
- And bring those glasses
- you found at Independence Hall.
- Yeah. I know about the glasses.
- We can take a look at the Declaration,
- and then you can be on your way.
- And I'm supposed to believe that.
- I told you from the start.
- I only wanted to borrow it.
- You can have it. And the glasses.
- I'll even throw in the pipe
- from the Charlotte.
- I'll be there.
- And tell the FBI agents
- listening in on this call
- if they want the Declaration back.
- And not just a box of confetti.
- Then you'll come alone.
- - (Sadusky on radio) Take positions.
- - Perimeter looks normal.
- - (man) Can I get a status report?
- - Crow's nest in position. Port side is quiet.
- (man) Copy that.
- - Gates is on the flight deck.
- - Eyes on Gates.
- - Do not lose sight of primary mark.
- - Brian. You're clear with N YPD.
- - I have a visual.
- - Gates.
- Stay with the program.
- I hope your agents are all under four feet
- tall and wearing little scarves.
- Otherwise Ian's gonna know they're here.
- As soon as he shows you the Declaration.
- We'll move in.
- Don't try anything.
- Just let us handle it.
- You know, Agent Sadusky,
- something I've noticed about fishing:
- It never works out so well for the bait.
- Sir, we've got some traffic incoming.
- Looks like a sightseeing helicopter.
- Unit two,
- get an eyeball on that chopper.
- Agent Michaels, get FAA flight plans
- and authorization records on that craft.
- If that's not Mr. Howe,
- I want to know who it is.
- - I got him. He's coming from the north.
- - Gates. Are you with me?
- Well, I'm sure not against you,
- if that's what you're asking.
- (white noise)
- (Gates drowned out by interference)
- We've got some interference
- on Gates's mike, sir.
- This I know.
- (Shaw) Hello, Ben.
- Thomas Edison needed only one way
- to make a light bulb.
- Sound familiar?
- - Keep sightlines clear.
- - (Sadusky) What's the devil's going on?
- There's a lot of commotion.
- We can't see Gates.
- Go to the starboard observation point
- behind the F-16 and here's what you do.
- (heavy interference)
- Gates? Gates?
- (over PA) Air Tour helicopter.
- You are in controlled airspace.
- Vacate immediately.
- (Sadusky) Who's got Gates?
- - All agents. Report in.
- - (agent) I can't see anything.
- - (Sadusky) Did Gates speak to anybody?
- - Target is moving.
- - He's heading towards the stern.
- - I've got him. He's coming this way.
- Anyone got a view of our friend Ian Howe?
- Ian Howe is not at the stern, sir.
- Then why is he heading there?
- He's at the observation deck.
- Sadusky.
- I'm still not against you.
- But I found door number three.
- And I'm taking it.
- - What's he talking about?
- - Move in!
- Move in! Move in on Gates!
- Divers are a go.
- - Snipers, go to action zebra.
- - All teams, move in. Pursue at own risk.
- - I repeat. Pursue at own risk.
- - You first.
- Holy mackerel. He set us up.
- (Sadusky) Agent Dawes. Do you have
- a visual? Can you see Gates in the water?
- Sir, it's the Hudson. Nothing is visible.
- Smart fish.
- Hello, Ben. Welcome to New Jersey.
- - What'd you do with Abigail and Riley?
- - Hope these fit.
- We had to guess your sizes.
- I said, what'd you do
- with Abigail and Riley?
- He's the only one who could've
- told you that line about Edison.
- Did you bring the glasses?
- I don't know.
- Tell me what's happening here.
- Ask your girlfriend.
- She's the one calling all the shots now.
- She won't shut up.
- (cell phone rings)
- Yeah, hello.
- It's for you.
- - Hello.
- - Hi, sweetie. How's your day going?
- Uh. Interesting. Dear.
- So, what, you working with Ian now?
- It turns out helping someone escape
- from FBI custody is a criminal act.
- And he's the only criminal we knew.
- - So we called him and made a deal.
- - Well, you're, um...
- (coughs)
- You're... you're... you're all right, yeah?
- I mean you're safe?
- Yeah, we both are.
- Riley's right here, doing
- something clever with a computer.
- I'm tracking him through the... Hey!
- I'm tracking you through the GPS
- in Shaw's phone.
- They take a turn anywhere we don't want,
- we'll know it. So don't worry.
- If Ian tries to double-cross us, we can call
- the FBI and tell them right where you are.
- - And where to find Ian.
- - And where is that?
- Right across the street
- from where we're hiding,
- at the intersection
- of Wall Street and Broadway.
- Well, you figured out the clue.
- Simple. "Heere at the wall."
- Wall Street and Broadway.
- Ben, there is a catch.
- We made Ian believe
- he could have the treasure.
- It was the only way
- we could get this far.
- He's here.
- (Riley) Here we go.
- Ben.
- You all right? No broken bones?
- A jump like that could kill a man.
- Naw, it was cool.
- You should try it sometime.
- The Declaration of Independence.
- And the meerschaum pipe.
- All yours.
- - That's it?
- - That's it.
- I knew you'd keep your promise.
- Now, where is it? Where's my treasure?
- It's right here.
- The map said "Heere at the wall,"
- spelled with two E's.
- Wall Street follows the path
- of an actual wall
- that the original Dutch settlers built
- as a defense to keep the British out.
- The main gate was located at a street
- called De Heere, also two E's.
- Later De Heere Street was renamed
- Broadway after the British got in.
- So, "Heere at the wall."
- Broadway, Wall Street.
- (English accent) Cheerio.
- Just a moment, Ben.
- Ian, if you break our deal, the FBI
- will be only a few minutes behind you.
- You might get away, you might not.
- Is that all the map said?
- Every word.
- Oh, Ben.
- You know the key
- to running a convincing bluff?
- Every once in a while
- you've got to be holding all the cards.
- Dad.
- Is there anything else you want to tell me?
- Trinity Church. We have to go
- inside Trinity Church.
- Good. Excellent.
- Well, why don't you ask Dr. Chase
- and Riley to join us?
- I'm sure they're around here somewhere.
- Are you all right?
- What do you think? I'm a hostage.
- Sit. Sit down.
- - Let him go, Ian.
- - When we find the treasure.
- No, now. Or you can figure out
- the clues for yourself.
- Good luck.
- Ben.
- I don't think you fully appreciate
- the gravity of the situation.
- Let's have a look at that map.
- It's, uh...
- It's... it's really quite something. It's, uh...
- It really is remarkable. Take a look.
- - (Ian) "Parkington Lane."
- - "Beneath Parkington Lane."
- But why would the map lead us here,
- then take us somewhere else?
- - What's the purpose?
- - (Patrick) Just another clue.
- Dad. No, you're right. Parkington Lane
- has to be here somewhere.
- A street inside the church?
- Not inside. Beneath.
- Beneath the church.
- - I'm so sorry, Ben.
- - None of this is your fault.
- - I co...
- - Come on.
- Look.
- Cooperation only lasts as long
- as the status quo is unchanged.
- As soon as this guy gets to wherever this
- thing ends, he won't need you anymore.
- Or... or any of us.
- So we find a way to make sure
- the status quo changes in our favor.
- - How?
- - I'm still working on it.
- Well, I guess I better
- work on it too, then.
- Hey! Par... Hey, I found it!
- - Him!
- - Ben!
- It's a name.
- Parkington Lane.
- He was a third-degree master mason
- of the Blue Lo...
- Hey! Stop!
- Easy.
- - Whoa!
- - Oh!
- Careful no one steps in him.
- All right, put it down.
- OK. Who wants to go down
- the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?
- Right. McGregor, Viktor, you stay here.
- And if anyone should come out without me,
- well... use your imagination.
- Shall we?
- You got a light?
- (Ben) Careful.
- Watch your step.
- Come here.
- Why does that never happen to me?
- What's this?
- It's a chandelier.
- Here.
- - (Riley) Wow.
- - (Ben) Look at the elevators.
- (Patrick) A dumbwaiter system.
- How do a bunch of guys with hand tools
- build all this?
- Same way they built the pyramids
- and the Great Wall of China.
- Yeah. The aliens helped them.
- Right, let's go. What are we waiting for?
- I'm not going out on that thing.
- Dad, do what he says.
- (Patrick) Watch your step.
- We're right under the Trinity graveyard.
- That's probably why
- no one ever found this.
- (rumbling)
- What is that?
- (rumbling fades)
- Subway.
- Shaw! Oh, God, Shaw!
- (yells)
- (Abigail) Oh, my God.
- Hold on! Hold on!
- OK, get on the elevator. Jump!
- (Abigail) Ben! Grab my hand.
- - Come on.
- - Ian!
- Abigail! Get on!
- Jump!
- Here.
- (screaming)
- Ben!
- Get down there.
- Get down there!
- The Declaration.
- - Do you trust me?
- - Yes.
- Oh, no! Ben!
- Oh!
- Hang on!
- Son!
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry I dropped you.
- I had to save the Declaration.
- No, don't be. I would have done
- exactly the same thing to you.
- Really?
- I would have dropped you both.
- Freaks.
- Get on.
- Ian...
- it's not worth it.
- Do you imagine any one of your lives
- is more valuable to me than Shaw's?
- We go on.
- The status quo.
- Keep the status quo.
- - (Riley) Now what?
- - (Patrick) This is...
- This is where it all leads.
- OK, let's go.
- What is this?
- So where's the treasure?
- Well?
- This is it?
- We came all this way
- for a dead end?
- Yes.
- (laughs)
- - There's gotta be something more.
- - Riley, there's nothing more.
- - Another clue, or...
- - No, there are no more clues!
- That's it, OK? It's over!
- End of the road. The treasure's gone.
- Moved. Taken somewhere else.
- You're not playing games with me,
- are you, Ben? Hm?
- You know where it is.
- No.
- OK, go.
- Hey, wait a minute.
- - (Riley) Hey! Ian, wait!
- - (Patrick) Wait, wait, wait!
- - (Abigail) Ian...
- - (Riley) We'll be trapped.
- - (Ben) Don't do this.
- - You can't just leave us here.
- Yes, I can.
- Unless Ben tells me the next clue.
- There isn't another clue.
- Ian, why don't you come back down here
- and we can talk through this together?
- - Don't speak again.
- - OK.
- The clue. Where's the treasure?
- Ben?
- - The lantern.
- - Dad...
- The status quo has changed, son.
- Don't.
- It's part of freemason teachings.
- In King Solomon's temple
- there was a winding staircase.
- It signified the journey that had to be made
- to find the light of truth.
- - The lantern is the clue.
- - And what does it mean?
- Boston. It's Boston.
- The Old North Church in Boston,
- where Thomas Newton
- hung a lantern in the steeple,
- to signal Paul Revere that the British
- were coming. One if by land, two if by sea.
- One lantern. Under the winding staircase
- of the steeple, that's where we have to look.
- - Thank you.
- - Hey, you have to take us with you.
- Why? So you can escape in Boston?
- Besides, with you out of the picture
- there's less baggage to carry.
- What if we lied?
- Did you?
- What if there's another clue?
- Then I'll know right where to find you.
- See you, Ben.
- - No!
- - (Riley) There's no other way out!
- - (Abigail) Come back!
- - You're gonna need us, Ian!
- We're all gonna die.
- It's gonna be OK, Riley.
- I'm sorry I yelled at you.
- It's OK, kiddo.
- OK, boys, what's going on? The British
- came by sea. It was two lanterns, not one.
- Ian needed another clue,
- so we gave it to him.
- It was a fake.
- It was a fake clue.
- The all-seeing eye.
- "Through the all-seeing eye."
- That means... by the time Ian
- figures it out and comes back here,
- we'll still be trapped,
- and he'll shoot us then.
- Either way, we're gonna die.
- Nobody's gonna die.
- There's another way out.
- Where?
- Through the treasure room.
- Here.
- Riley.
- Looks like someone got here first.
- I'm sorry, Ben.
- It's gone.
- - Listen, Ben...
- - It may have even been gone
- before Charles Carroll
- told the story to Thomas Gates.
- It doesn't matter.
- I know. 'Cause you were right.
- No, I wasn't right.
- This room is real, Ben.
- And that means the treasure is real.
- We're in the company of
- some of the most brilliant minds in history,
- because you found
- what they left behind for us to find
- and understood the meaning of it.
- You did it, Ben. For all of us.
- Your grandfather, and all of us.
- And I've never been so happy
- to be proven wrong.
- I just...
- really thought
- I was gonna find the treasure.
- OK.
- Then we just keep looking for it.
- I'm in.
- OK.
- Not to be Johnny Rain Cloud here,
- but that's not gonna happen.
- Because as far as I can see,
- we're still trapped down here.
- (Abigail) Yeah.
- (Riley) Now, Ben,
- where is this other way out?
- Well, that's it.
- It doesn't make any sense,
- because the first thing the builders
- would have done after getting down here
- was cut a secondary shaft back out for air...
- - Right.
- ...and in case of cave-ins.
- Could it really be that simple?
- "The secret lies with Charlotte."
- (gasps)
- Scrolls from the library at Alexandria.
- Could this be possible?
- (gasps)
- It's a big... bluish-green man,
- with a strange-looking goatee.
- I'm guessing that's significant.
- Yes!
- Riley, are you crying?
- Look.
- Stairs.
- (thud)
- (coughs)
- Hi.
- Do you have a cell phone I could borrow?
- - Just like that?
- - Just like that.
- You do know you just handed me
- your biggest bargaining chip?
- The Declaration of Independence
- is not a bargaining chip.
- Not to me.
- Have a seat.
- - So what's your offer?
- - Oh...
- How about a bribe? Say, uh...
- ten billion dollars?
- I take it you found the treasure?
- It's about five stories
- beneath your shoes.
- Hm.
- You know, the Templars
- and the Freemasons believed
- that the treasure was too great
- for any one man to have, not even a king.
- That's why they went to such lengths
- to keep it hidden.
- That's right.
- The Founding Fathers believed
- the same thing about government.
- I figure their solution
- will work for the treasure too.
- Give it to the people.
- Divide it amongst the Smithsonian,
- the Louvre, the Cairo museum...
- There's thousands of years
- of world history down there.
- And it belongs to the world,
- and everybody in it.
- You really don't understand
- the concept of a bargaining chip.
- OK, here's what I want.
- Dr. Chase gets off completely clean,
- not even a little Post-it
- on her service record.
- OK.
- I want the credit for the find
- to go to the entire Gates family,
- with the assistance of Mr. Riley Poole.
- And what about you?
- I'd really love not to go to prison.
- I can't even begin to describe
- how much I would love not to go to prison.
- Someone's got to go to prison, Ben.
- Well, if you've got a helicopter,
- I think I can help with that.
- - (man) Freeze! FBI!
- - (sirens)
- - Freeze! Don't move!
- - Show me your hands!
- - Put your hands up.
- - Move, move, move.
- You're under arrest, Mr. Howe.
- We've got you on kidnapping,
- attempted murder...
- and trespassing on government property.
- Yeah. You got it, chief.
- Thank you. Bye.
- They want us in Cairo next week
- for the opening of the exhibit.
- They're sending a private jet.
- That's fun.
- Yeah, big whoop. We could have had
- a whole fleet of private jets.
- Ten percent, Ben. They offered you
- ten percent and you turned it down.
- Riley, we've been over this.
- It was too much. I couldn't accept it.
- I still have this splinter that's been festering
- for three months from an old piece of wood.
- OK, I'll tell you what.
- Next time we find a treasure
- that redefines history for all mankind,
- you make the call on the finder's fee.
- That's not as funny.
- What do you care?
- You got the girl.
- - It's true.
- - It's true.
- Rub it in.
- Enjoy your spoils...
- while I sit on one percent.
- One stinkin' percent.
- Half of one percent, actually.
- One percent. Unbelievable.
- I'm sorry for your suffering, Riley.
- For the record, Ben,
- I like the house.
- You know, I chose this estate
- because in 1812 Charles Carroll met...
- Yeah, someone that did something
- in history and had fun. Great. Wonderful.
- Could have had a bigger house.
- (crunches gears)
- - I made something for you.
- - You did? What?
- - A map.
- - A map?
- Where does it lead to?
- You'll figure it out.
- (she laughs)
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