Connections

Reviewed.

A clip shown for the "Now in Theaters" segment. Two thumbs down.

reviewed + footage used

clips shown

Clips, snippets of interviews and behind-the-scenes

Referenced during the "Sahara" review.

Masons and the Templar Knights references

poster seen in front window of video store

DVD is shown in a video store.

Lorelai says, "Did you steal me the Declaration of Independence? 'Cause that would be the start of a really dumb movie."

In the treasure room, a large statue of a falcon can be seen.

After Ben Gates jumps off the stern of the U.S.S. Intrepid, Sadusky says "Smart fish" like Quint does while hunting the shark.

They have to wait for the sun to be at a certain spot to be able to figure out where the glasses are hidden. This is the same in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana is in the map room

The Crusades are mentioned near the beginning of the movie, and then just a few moments later, Ben's older male companion places a black fedora on his head, and then the "time passing from boyhood to a grown man" progression-shot of Young Ben's head lowering and then Adult Ben's head rising again is seen, just as the cave-looter gives Indy his broad-brimmed hat and then Indy's "maturing sequence" is shown.

Benjamin Franklin's special glasses, with one red and one blue lens, resemble Dr. Jacoby's glasses.

movie spoofs scenes from this movie

Spoofs Nat.Treas.'s race through major American historical monuments, mostly in D.C., in pursuit of treasure hidden by founding fathers (here by Lincoln and others), being members of secret (like freemason) society.

The backstory of the origin of the gem, in the Revolutionary War, spoofs the backstory of "National Treasure."

Music from National Treasure is played when Larry is seeking the National Archives.

Jirad does a Ben Gates impression