National Treasure is a 2004 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written by Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Oren Aviv and Charles Segars. The movie is directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turteltaub under the banner of Walt Disney Pictures in collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Junction Entertainment and Saturn Films. A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries. National treasure stars Nicolas Cage in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha and Christopher Plummer. The screenplay is written by .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol, .mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li, .mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}, Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley. The music was composed by Trevor Rabin. Cinematography was done by Caleb Deschanel and editing by William Goldenberg. The film has a running time of 131 minutes. It was released on 9th December 2004. The Film was successful at box office. National Treasure was made on a budget of $100 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $347 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.