In a few months a new us president will begin to chart a course through a complex set of national security issues. Book of secrets on the dvdbluray disc release is a 2007 adventure film. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents kindle edition by priess, david, bush, george h. Sefer harazim the book of secrets, a jewish mystical. Whats on page 47 of the presidents book in the movie.
A black market antiquities dealer, mitch wilkinson, shows one of the 18 missing pages of john wilkes booths diary. As noted in the blog post, it is a fictitious prop created for the movie national treasure. Presidents have responded to the pdb with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Obama in august 20, 2009 claims that he saw this secret book. Page 47 is one of the many pages in the book of secrets, which contains all the secrets of the. Book of secrets ended with the characters looking into page 47 of a secret book owned by the president of the united states. The references toa mysterious page 47 made by the president of the united states played by bruce greenwood to the titular book of secrets from the second film meant the table has already been set for a new adventure. Page 47 production talks have begun for installment 3 of the movie franchise national treasure, based on the president asking ben gates whats on page 47.
This movie prop was loaned to the library of congress by disney and displayed from july 1 to september 27, 2008, in the south orientation gallery on the first floor of the thomas. National treasure 3 is currently in development with no release. The secret of page 47 in the presidents book is unrevealed. The presidents book of secrets takes viewers on a journey inside white house history to unveil staggering information about secrets known only to. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents. With nicolas cage, diane kruger, justin bartha, jon voight. Starring nicholas cage, jon voight, diane kruger, and justin bartha, national. Book of secrets, and claims that the presidents of the united states have passed down a book from washington to obama, in which some or all have added facts and histories earthshattering in scope and implications, and that this book s location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. Kennedy, every president has received a short, personalized daily report from the intelligence community.
What is on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets in. The book had been burned in 1831, and had been lost during john f. W download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates goes after the president of the united states book of secrets, an unofficial. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas.
She cofounded and codirects the transparency policy project at the harvard kennedy. Book of secrets, the president asks gates if he can help on what is written on page 47 of the presidents secret book, and that plot will be the main idea of. Books of secrets, compilations of technical and medicinal recipes and magic formulae, published in the 16th18th centuries. Rileys introduction of the book of secrets builds towards his assertion that. The president made sure to reward riley with getting his car back. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates is after the president of the united states book of secrets, an unofficial book which contains the answers for the. Abigail calls it an urban legend and riley responds. Uncovering presidential secrets, from washington to trump.
The president of the united states asks ben to read page 47 in the book of secrets after the kidnap in mount vernon and when hes freed. Somehow the president cannot be directly tied to whatever is on page 47 of a book that has been explained as a book by presidents for presidents, for presidents eyes only. The page numbers which contains of the jfk assassination and area 51 is entirely not true, it contain the nations secrets, and for the presidents eyes only. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates goes after the president of the united states book of secrets. We were asked to start there when writing the third film, so that is where well start.
I have, obama said, going along with the radio hosts reference to the fictional book of secrets from the movie. Book of secrets is the 2007 sequel to the 2004 film national treasure. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure. The book of mysteries, also known as the book of secrets, an ancient essene text found in fragmentary form among the dead sea scrolls. Page 47 is one of the many pages in the book of secrets, which contains all the secrets of the history to the united states. Book of secrets, and claims that the presidents of the united states have passed down a book from washington to obama, in which some or all have added facts and histories earthshattering in scope and implications, and that this books location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. It was directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. Book of secrets, at the end and in between, the president asks ben a favor, something which was mentioned in page 47 in the presidents book of secrets. Its thoroughly setup that the content on page 47 concerns area 51. Unfortunately, since most of the info contained in the presidents book of secrets the presidential daily brief remains classified, there arent too many secrets revealed. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents from kennedy to obama, about the. This topsecret document is known as the presidents daily brief. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents from kennedy to obama.
The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents priess, david, bush, george h. In in this conjectural national treasure 3, nicholas cage follows the clue from page 47, which leads him to travel back in time. What is on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets. Richard nixon distrusted the cia and often ignored it, while george h. Request what is on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets in national treasure 2. Book of secrets ended with the characters looking into page 47 of a secret book owned by the. Well we going to know whats on that famous page in national treasure 3. The mystical book as told in the movie national treasure, probably doesnt exist. David priess talked about his book, the presidents book of secrets. Photo of page 47 revealed for fans of national treasure 2 835729. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents from kennedy to obama hardcover march 1 2016 by david priess author, george h.
The book of secrets is not an authentic historical book. Book of secrets page 47 revealed, algebra 2 houghton mifflin harcourt teacher edition pdf, in national treasure. Whats on page 47 in the presidents book of secrets. The page 47 idea was created to keep the audience in suspense for a next national treasure movie. 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. I wonder if it has something to do with something riley stumbled into. Perhaps, on page 47, is a message from nicholas cages character, predicting that nicholas cages character would ask the president for access to the book of secrets and also providing some clue to the next quest. After finding out the location of the presidents book of secrets, the president asks ben gates nicolas cage to take a look at page 47, to see if. So the puzzle to be solved is the gettysburg address. Ben gates needed to have a look at the book in order to find the city of gold and thereby restore his ancestor thomas gates good name, but the only. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates is after the president of the united states book of secrets. The other information of the book are still to be identified. Mary graham is the author of the new book presidents secrets. The wibberleys also wrote the screenplay for national treasure.
We have an idea of what national treasure 3s story could be about. Im pretty sure production for the next film has already started or the producers will begin production next year. A book about the presidents from kennedy to obama and how they viewed and received the cia daily intelligence report would seem to fit the bill. Will we finally learn whats on page 47 in national treasure 3. Excia officer david priess dishes about president s book of secrets posted to politics may 31, 2016 by graham vyse email. Excia officer david priess dishes about presidents book.
Third film or not, lets imagine what could logically be on those pages that would serve as the basis for national treasure 3. Released in 2004, national treasure was a promising movie with an inviting premise that certainly had the potential to develop into a longrunning, profitable franchise for disney. But what about this mysterious page 47 of the book of secrets. Thus, david priesss unprecedented history of the presidents daily brief pdb, the presidents book of secrets, is a welcome change of pace from the traditional spy. Request what is on page 47 of the presidents book of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the presidents book of secrets. It has recently been speculated that certain presidents have wanted to disclose. The central intelligence agency has many missions, of which keeping the president americas top national security decision maker well informed is one, if not the, most important. Book of secrets is the sequel to national treasure 2004 2004, a disney production that was cowritten by numerous screenwriters, including american screenwriting team marianne and cormac wibberley. Benjamin gates must follow a clue left in john wilkes booths diary to prove his ancestors innocence in the assassination of abraham lincoln. Bush, a former director of central intelligence, devoured it every morning in the.
National treasure 3 page 47 with nicholas cage and bruce greenwood. I guess we can assume its not the jfk assassination or area 51 since those were mentioned moments before. And that there is some sort of presidential briefing for incomi. Benjamin gates said the content of page 47 of the book of secrets a book kept by us presidents for us presidents eyes only was lifealtering. The book that doesnt officially exist, 222 pages of the secret musings, confessions, and accusations of u. Presidents from washington to the present day, too outrageous to ever be made public. The topic of area 51 then conspicuously highjacks the whole dialogue. From the dialogue and from the movie we can assess a few things.
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