Rating: 5.9/10 - 68821 votes
105 min - Action | Adventure | Comedy -
22 May 2009 (USA)
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for
upgrades and renovaitions, the museum pieces are
moved into federal storage at the famous Washington
Museums. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing
to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the
world's largest museum complex with more than 136
million items in its collections, ranging from the plane
Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo
flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's (Jon
Bernthal) rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby
slippers, Fonzie's jacket from Happy Days, the still
from M*A*S*H and Archie Bunker's lounge chair from
All in the Family. After stealing a security guard's ID
badge, Larry (Ben Stiller) slips into the Archives of the
Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh will
come to life with the reestablishing of a tablet as a
magical force in the museum bringing the old exhibits
(Such as Theodore Roosevelt and Dexter) and new
exhibits (like General Custer and Al Capone) back to
life, and in conflict with each other. Larry enlists the
help of Amelia Earheart, who he develops a romantic
interest in, and together they try to put everything
back in order. -sunshine-161 Two years after Larry
Daley (Ben Stiller) defeated the three night guards
plotting to steal The Tablet, he is now head of Daley
Devices, a company that he founded to manufacture
his inventions. These inventions, including the Glow-
in-the-Dark Flashlight, were created from his
experiences as a former night guard. He finds that the
American Museum of Natural History is closed for
upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum
pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms.
The actual exhibits are moved to the Federal Archives
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. On
the last night, Larry meets the museum pieces such as
Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Rexy the
Tyrannosaurus Skeleton, and Dexter the Capuchin
Monkey (Crystal the Monkey) and finds out that
several exhibits, including Teddy, Rexy, the Easter
Island Head (Brad Garrett), and good Pharoah
Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) and his Tablet are not
moving to The Smithsonian Institution - without the
Tablet of Ahkmenrah, the other exhibits will no longer
be animated. The next night, Larry gets a call from
Jedediah (Owen Wilson), saying that Dexter stole the
tablet last midnight and evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah
(Hank Azaria), Ahkmenrah's older brother, is attacking
them. Larry goes to Washington and visits the National
Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and
the Smithsonian Castle to find the Federal Archives
with the help of his son Nick (Jake Cherry). Larry
sneaks into the archives and locates the exhibits,
frozen in the middle of a battle with Kahmunrah and
his troops, who are trying to lock the exhibits in a
crate. Larry gets hold of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah,
which had been stolen by Dexter, just when the sun
sets and all the exhibits come alive again. Kahmunrah
and his troops lock the crate and take the Tablet from
Larry, and he tells Larry that bringing the exhibits to
life is just one of the tablet's powers - he intends to
use it to raise an army from the underworld and
conquer the world. Larry escapes with the help of
General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader), who
gets captured, and meets Amelia Earhart (Amy
Adams), who is thrilled at the prospect of adventure
and accompanies Larry.Larry and Amelia then go
through an assortment of paintings and trap
Kahmunrah's men in one. Meanwhile, Kahmunrah is
able to recruit black and white agent Al Capone (Jon
Bernthal), evil Russian emperor Ivan The Terrible
(Christopher Guest) and French Ruler/General
Napoleon Bonaparte (Alain Chabat) to help him
capture Larry in return for sharing the world with him
when he conquers it. Custer is locked up with the
other exhibits from the American Museum of Natural
History, and while he conceives a poor plan of attack
(he will scream "Attack!" and the exhibits will jump out
and attack), Jedediah and Octavius (Steve Coogan)
sneak out to help Larry. Larry and Amelia are
captured and taken to Kahmunrah. Kahmunrah then
attempts to activate the tablet to open the gates of
the underworld by pressing the symbols on the tablet,
only to find out that the combination has been
changed. He orders Larry to decipher the tablet's
riddle and figure out the new combination before
sunrise, and traps Jedediah in an hourglass to hasten
his attempts. Larry and Amelia consult a bust of Teddy
who says that the answer is in the heart of the
pharaoh's tomb. The duo then consult The Thinker,
but he gets distracted by a beautiful statue of a
woman. Finally, at the National Air and Space
Museum, they consult a group of Albert Einstein
bobbleheads who tell them that the answer to the
riddle (and hence the new combination) is pi. Larry
and Amelia fly the Wright Flyer back to the Museum of
Natural History, and Amelia goes for help while Larry
delays Kahmunrah. Capone, Napoleon and Ivan arrive
and tell him the code, and he opens the gates of the
underworld and summons an army of bird-men.
Suddenly, the statue of Abraham Lincoln from the
Lincoln Memorial bursts through the window,
frightening the bird-men back to the underworld.
Amelia arrives, having freed the other exhibits, and
Custer orders them to attack. Larry duels Kahmunrah
with his flashlight, defeating him and then pushing
him through the gate, which banishes him to the
underworld forever. Amelia flies Larry and the other
exhibits back to the American Museum of Natural
History, where Teddy welcomes him back, and Larry
assures him he has a way for them to remain there.
Larry and Amelia say goodbye and kiss before Amelia
flies away, leaving Larry outside the museum. Some
time later, it is revealed that Larry sold his company
and donated the money to the museum to pay for
Audio-Animatronics exhibits - since the museum now
opens late, the exhibits can come to life under the
guise of animatronically animated exhibits, including
Teddy as a tour guide, Ahkmenrah and Dexter
displaying the Tablet, and Attila as a storyteller. Larry
is rehired at the museum as the night guard, and
meets a young woman who looks just like Amelia. The
film concludes as they talk and walk off as Larry
guides her toward the hall of miniatures. During the
credits, a man from a black and white photo of V-J
day in Times Square is seen examining Larry's
Blackberry cell phone, which Larry left in the photo,
and makes a new discovery (for his time period). His
mother calls him, and it is revealed that his name is
Joey Motorola.
Directed by Shawn Levy
Produced by Shawn Levy
Chris Columbus
Michael Barnathan
Written by Thomas Lennon
Based on Characters created by
Robert Ben Garant
Starring Ben Stiller
Amy Adams
Owen Wilson
Hank Azaria
Christopher Guest
Alain Chabat
Robin Williams
Steve Coogan
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Editing by Don Zimmerman
Dean Zimmerman
Studio 21 Laps Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners
1492 Pictures
Sesame Workshop
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) May 22, 2009
Running time 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $150 million [1]
Box office $413,106,170
105 min - Action | Adventure | Comedy -
22 May 2009 (USA)
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for
upgrades and renovaitions, the museum pieces are
moved into federal storage at the famous Washington
Museums. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing
to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the
world's largest museum complex with more than 136
million items in its collections, ranging from the plane
Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo
flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's (Jon
Bernthal) rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby
slippers, Fonzie's jacket from Happy Days, the still
from M*A*S*H and Archie Bunker's lounge chair from
All in the Family. After stealing a security guard's ID
badge, Larry (Ben Stiller) slips into the Archives of the
Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh will
come to life with the reestablishing of a tablet as a
magical force in the museum bringing the old exhibits
(Such as Theodore Roosevelt and Dexter) and new
exhibits (like General Custer and Al Capone) back to
life, and in conflict with each other. Larry enlists the
help of Amelia Earheart, who he develops a romantic
interest in, and together they try to put everything
back in order. -sunshine-161 Two years after Larry
Daley (Ben Stiller) defeated the three night guards
plotting to steal The Tablet, he is now head of Daley
Devices, a company that he founded to manufacture
his inventions. These inventions, including the Glow-
in-the-Dark Flashlight, were created from his
experiences as a former night guard. He finds that the
American Museum of Natural History is closed for
upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum
pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms.
The actual exhibits are moved to the Federal Archives
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. On
the last night, Larry meets the museum pieces such as
Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Rexy the
Tyrannosaurus Skeleton, and Dexter the Capuchin
Monkey (Crystal the Monkey) and finds out that
several exhibits, including Teddy, Rexy, the Easter
Island Head (Brad Garrett), and good Pharoah
Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) and his Tablet are not
moving to The Smithsonian Institution - without the
Tablet of Ahkmenrah, the other exhibits will no longer
be animated. The next night, Larry gets a call from
Jedediah (Owen Wilson), saying that Dexter stole the
tablet last midnight and evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah
(Hank Azaria), Ahkmenrah's older brother, is attacking
them. Larry goes to Washington and visits the National
Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and
the Smithsonian Castle to find the Federal Archives
with the help of his son Nick (Jake Cherry). Larry
sneaks into the archives and locates the exhibits,
frozen in the middle of a battle with Kahmunrah and
his troops, who are trying to lock the exhibits in a
crate. Larry gets hold of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah,
which had been stolen by Dexter, just when the sun
sets and all the exhibits come alive again. Kahmunrah
and his troops lock the crate and take the Tablet from
Larry, and he tells Larry that bringing the exhibits to
life is just one of the tablet's powers - he intends to
use it to raise an army from the underworld and
conquer the world. Larry escapes with the help of
General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader), who
gets captured, and meets Amelia Earhart (Amy
Adams), who is thrilled at the prospect of adventure
and accompanies Larry.Larry and Amelia then go
through an assortment of paintings and trap
Kahmunrah's men in one. Meanwhile, Kahmunrah is
able to recruit black and white agent Al Capone (Jon
Bernthal), evil Russian emperor Ivan The Terrible
(Christopher Guest) and French Ruler/General
Napoleon Bonaparte (Alain Chabat) to help him
capture Larry in return for sharing the world with him
when he conquers it. Custer is locked up with the
other exhibits from the American Museum of Natural
History, and while he conceives a poor plan of attack
(he will scream "Attack!" and the exhibits will jump out
and attack), Jedediah and Octavius (Steve Coogan)
sneak out to help Larry. Larry and Amelia are
captured and taken to Kahmunrah. Kahmunrah then
attempts to activate the tablet to open the gates of
the underworld by pressing the symbols on the tablet,
only to find out that the combination has been
changed. He orders Larry to decipher the tablet's
riddle and figure out the new combination before
sunrise, and traps Jedediah in an hourglass to hasten
his attempts. Larry and Amelia consult a bust of Teddy
who says that the answer is in the heart of the
pharaoh's tomb. The duo then consult The Thinker,
but he gets distracted by a beautiful statue of a
woman. Finally, at the National Air and Space
Museum, they consult a group of Albert Einstein
bobbleheads who tell them that the answer to the
riddle (and hence the new combination) is pi. Larry
and Amelia fly the Wright Flyer back to the Museum of
Natural History, and Amelia goes for help while Larry
delays Kahmunrah. Capone, Napoleon and Ivan arrive
and tell him the code, and he opens the gates of the
underworld and summons an army of bird-men.
Suddenly, the statue of Abraham Lincoln from the
Lincoln Memorial bursts through the window,
frightening the bird-men back to the underworld.
Amelia arrives, having freed the other exhibits, and
Custer orders them to attack. Larry duels Kahmunrah
with his flashlight, defeating him and then pushing
him through the gate, which banishes him to the
underworld forever. Amelia flies Larry and the other
exhibits back to the American Museum of Natural
History, where Teddy welcomes him back, and Larry
assures him he has a way for them to remain there.
Larry and Amelia say goodbye and kiss before Amelia
flies away, leaving Larry outside the museum. Some
time later, it is revealed that Larry sold his company
and donated the money to the museum to pay for
Audio-Animatronics exhibits - since the museum now
opens late, the exhibits can come to life under the
guise of animatronically animated exhibits, including
Teddy as a tour guide, Ahkmenrah and Dexter
displaying the Tablet, and Attila as a storyteller. Larry
is rehired at the museum as the night guard, and
meets a young woman who looks just like Amelia. The
film concludes as they talk and walk off as Larry
guides her toward the hall of miniatures. During the
credits, a man from a black and white photo of V-J
day in Times Square is seen examining Larry's
Blackberry cell phone, which Larry left in the photo,
and makes a new discovery (for his time period). His
mother calls him, and it is revealed that his name is
Joey Motorola.
Directed by Shawn Levy
Produced by Shawn Levy
Chris Columbus
Michael Barnathan
Written by Thomas Lennon
Based on Characters created by
Robert Ben Garant
Starring Ben Stiller
Amy Adams
Owen Wilson
Hank Azaria
Christopher Guest
Alain Chabat
Robin Williams
Steve Coogan
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Editing by Don Zimmerman
Dean Zimmerman
Studio 21 Laps Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners
1492 Pictures
Sesame Workshop
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) May 22, 2009
Running time 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $150 million [1]
Box office $413,106,170
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