Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast

This week on the podcast, Nathan and Clint go it alone for this double feature about AmErIcAn HeRoEs - National Treasure and Ladder 49! First is National Treasure, one of Disney's most successful post-Pirates bids to chase the big-budget family-friendly adventure dragon. This time, the theme is America, with Cage as a boy-scout adventurer determined to steal the Declaration of Independence so he can find a secret treasure trove of riches with ties to America's origins. It's rollicking good, dumb fun, and has Sean Bean betraying someone. What more do you want? On the other side of the spectrum, we've got Travolta's weepy firefighter drama Ladder 49, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a whitebread firefighter navigating the risks and stressors of life in the service, with Travolta as his sage mentor. It's all very po-faced and sincere, the kind of movie you can definitely watch with your dad who flies a Thin Blue Line flag outside his house.  Pledge to our Patreon at patreon.com/travoltacage Follow us on Twitter @trav