Night at the Museum (2006)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ben Garant (screenplay) &
Thomas Lennon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

22 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Everything comes to life.

Plot:

A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

Plot Keywords:

Museum | Night Watchman | Watchman | Cowboy | Skeleton

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Larry Daley
Carla Gugino	...	Rebecca
Dick Van Dyke	...	Cecil
Mickey Rooney	...	Gus
Bill Cobbs	...	Reginald
Jake Cherry	...	Nick Daley
Ricky Gervais	...	Dr. McPhee
Robin Williams	...	Teddy Roosevelt
Kim Raver	...	Erica Daley
Patrick Gallagher	...	Attila The Hun
Rami Malek	...	Ahkmenrah
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Christopher Columbus
Charles Q. Murphy	...	Taxi Driver (as Charlie Murphy)
Steve Coogan	...	Octavius
Mizuo Peck	...	Sacajawea

Also Known As:

Night at the Museum: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Una noche en el museo (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Ночь в музее (Russia) [ru]
Öö muuseumis (Estonia) [et]
La nuit au musée (France) [fr]
Müzede bir gece (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mia nyhta sto mouseio (Greece) [el]
Nachts im Museum (Germany) [de]
Natt på museet (Sweden) [sv]
Night Museum (Japan: English title) [en]
Night at the museum - yö museossa (Finland) [fi]
Noc w muzeum (Poland) [pl]
Noche en el museo (Spain) [es]
Uma noite no Museu (Brazil) [pt]
Una notte al museo (Italy) [it]
Une nuit au musée (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild action, language and brief rude humor.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Italian | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (uncredited)

Certification:

USA:PG (Approved No. 42837) | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | Australia:PG | UK:PG | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:I | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | France:U | Brazil:Livre | Greece:K | Portugal:M/6 | Sweden:7 | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating)

Filming Locations:

American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West and 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Owen Wilson's role as Jedediah was just supposed to be a cameo - but his character tested so well with the audience, they gave him a bigger part. He wasn't going to be credited either way.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Larry is trying to convince Rebecca that the exhibits at the museum come to life at night, they stop to talk directly in front of the Neanderthal exhibit, but when Rebecca walks away, they are next to Teddy Roosevelt.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Taxi Driver: [as Larry walks into the street] Hey, watch it!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Disaster Movie (2008)

Soundtrack:

September

Well... I laughed! So did everyone in the theater.

Don't go into this movie expecting a complex plot and deep insight into the human condition. The story and plot are lightweight but that doesn't matter too much. The characters are likable enough and the situation is definitely full of possibilities.

The humor is silly and well-done slapstick without much in the way of vulgarity. I especially enjoyed the antics and heroics of the miniature Cowboys, Mayans and Romans. (Though my inner stickler was a tad annoyed with slight shifts in their scale.)

I recommend it for family viewing. My 8-year-old was in stitches AND asking me questions about history after the movie.