Night at the museum

Resource Information

The work Night at the museum represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Night at the museum

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents a 1492 Pictures/21 Laps production ; produced by Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Bob Ducsay, Shawn Levy ; screen story and screenplay by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon ; directed by Shawn Levy

Contributor

• Malek, Rami
• Gugino, Carla, 1971-
• 21 Laps Entertainment (Firm)
• Columbus, Chris
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Gallagher, Patrick
• Favino, Pierfrancesco
• Garant, Robert Ben, 1970-
• 1492 Pictures
• Trenc, Milan
• Cobbs, Bill
• Gervais, Ricky
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Levy, Shawn
• Van Dyke, Dick
• Cherry, Jake
• Rooney, Mickey
• Ducsay, Bob
• Stiller, Ben, 1965-
• Peck, Mizuo
• Raver, Kim
• Barnathan, Michael
• Lennon, Thomas, 1970-
• Williams, Robin, 1952 July 21-

Subject

• Father-son relationship -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Divorced fathers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Fathers and sons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Museum of Natural History (U.S.) -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Museum exhibits -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Medidas de seguridad -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
• Comedy -- Feature
• Padres divorciados -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
• Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Watchmen -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Police, Private -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
• Comedy
• Videodiscs
• Teatro
• DVD-Video discs
• Comedy films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. He applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History and is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Alan Silvestri ; costume designer, Renée April ; production designer, Claude Paré ; visual effects supervisors, Dan Deleeuw, Jim Rygiel, Bruce Woloshyn

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for mild action, language and brief rude humor

Language note

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 DTS ; 5.1 Dolby Surround), French (Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish

LC call number

PN1995.9.C55

LC item number

N5448 2007

PerformerNote

Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Jake Cherry, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Carla Gugino, Mizuo Peck, Robin Williams, Kim Raver, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Pierfrancesco Favino

Runtime

110

Target audience

general

Technique

live action