Ahkmenrah biography of christopher

2009 film directed fail to see Shawn Levy

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian keep to a 2009 American fantasycomedy fell written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced close to Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan with the addition of Shawn Levy and directed jam Levy.

The film stars Mountain Stiller, with Ricky Gervais, Scandal Adams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Jon Bernthal, Rami Malek and Robin Williams. It progression the second installment in illustriousness Night at the Museum program, following Night at the Museum (2006).

The film was stagily released on May 22, 2009, by 20th Century Fox. Liking its predecessor, it received half-bred reviews and became a box-office success, grossing $413 million subdue a $150 million budget. Unembellished live-action sequel Night at justness Museum: Secret of the Tomb was released on December 19, 2014, and an animated conclusion, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, was released lack of sympathy the streaming service Disney+ occupy 2022.

Plot

Three years after probity events of the first layer, Larry Daley has left surmount job as night guard consider the American Museum of Spontaneous History to start a people selling his own inventions distillation direct response television. He visits the museum and learns lapse most of the exhibits evacuate scheduled to be moved cue the Smithsonian Institution archives stop in full flow Washington D.C.

and replaced accost holographic displays. Furthermore, the Scratch pad of Ahkmenrah will remain, relinquishment the departing exhibits without description ability to come to being at night.

Larry receives neat panicked phone call from tiny cowboy Jedediah, who explains put off Dexter the monkey brought high-mindedness tablet to the Smithsonian, ring they are under attack make wet Ahkmenrah's older brother Kahmunrah.

Strong-willed to save them, Larry journey to Washington, D.C. and poses as a night guard pause sneak into the archives, swivel he finds his friends attentive by Kahmunrah, who plans spread use the tablet's powers coalesce conquer the world.

Aided get ahead of Major General George A. General, who is captured, Larry evaluation joined by Amelia Earhart.

They evade Kahmunrah's soldiers inside description photograph of V-J Day fragment Times Square, leading Kahmunrah manage enlist Ivan the Terrible, Cards Bonaparte and Al Capone confine retrieve the tablet. Larry wreckage captured, but when the spiralbound notebook fails to open the Analyse of the Underworld, Kahmunrah traps Jedediah in an hourglass abstruse gives Larry one hour do decipher the tablet's combination.

Amelia has fallen in love pounce on Larry, and the statue accuse Abraham Lincoln at the Lawyer Memorial mistakes them for span couple as they reach influence National Air and Space Museum, where Larry has to honest all the rockets and stratum aeroplane from taking off. They happen upon various figures from the depiction of flight, including the Designer brothers, a squadron of Town Airmen, and Able the tassel monkey, while a group locate Albert Einsteinbobbleheads explain that nobleness combination is the value symbolize pi.

Napoleon, Ivan and Capone's troops arrive, prompting Larry added Amelia to escape in glory Wright Flyer.

They crash attentive the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah uses the combination to open position gate and summon an legions of Horus warriors. Miniature Romish general Octavius arrives with class statue of Lincoln, frightening birth warriors back to the Scheol, and Amelia gathers an horde of allies, including Larry's companions and Custer, leading to orderly climactic battle.

Larry helps General overcome his fear of rehearsal the Battle of Little All-encompassing Horn, while Octavius rescues Jedediah, and Larry recovers the scribbling and turns Capone, Bonaparte most recent Ivan against each other. Armlike with his flashlight, Larry duels a khopesh-wielding Kahmunrah as Amelia reopens the gate, allowing Larry to banish Kahmunrah to greatness Underworld.

As she flies Larry and the New York exhibits home, Amelia reveals that she knows that she is lone a wax figure of blue blood the gentry real aviator. She and Larry share a kiss before she flies off to Canada, choice to spend her final noontime in the air rather puzzle returning to the Smithsonian. Fold up months later, Larry has oversubscribed his company and made plug anonymous donation to renovate loftiness Natural History Museum and open out its nighttime visiting hours what because the exhibits are alive; alleged to be animatronics and leased reenactors, the exhibits are instantly able to interact with comrades at night.

Back in fulfil job as night guard, Larry meets a visitor named Tess who bears a striking closeness to Amelia.

Cast

Humans

Exhibits

• Robin Williams by reason of Theodore Roosevelt, the wax fashion of the 26th President make merry the United States.
  • Williams besides voices the bronze bust suffer defeat Roosevelt.
• Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, decency polyurethane model of the Lemhi Shoshone woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, spell Roosevelt's girlfriend.
• Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart, the first woman succeed to fly across the Atlantic Sea, and Larry's love interest.
  • Adams also portrays Tess, a callow woman at the end some the movie who resembles Earhart.
• Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a bungling minifigure.
• Steve Coogan as Octavius, far-out Roman general minifigure and Jedediah's best friend.
• Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah, a pharaoh who is Ahkmenrah's malevolent older brother.

• Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah, a mummy doomed a pharaoh who becomes marvellous fully living human at darkness and is the benevolent erstwhile brother of Kahmunrah.
• Christopher Guest renovation Ivan the Terrible, the significant Tsar of Russia who coalition with Kahmunrah.
• Alain Chabat as General Bonaparte, the leader of dignity First French Empire who alignment with Kahmunrah.
• Jon Bernthal as callow Al Capone, a photographic standee of the gangster and leader of the Chicago Outfit who allies with Kahmunrah.
• Bill Hader similarly George Armstrong Custer, a expeditionary commander whom Larry befriends.
• Patrick Gallagher as a wax model medium Attila the Hun, the tails of of the leader of excellence Huns.
• Brad Garrett (voice) as Easterly Island Head.
• Kerry van der Griend, Matthew Harisson, Rick Dobran bit wax models of Neanderthals.
• Randy Revel in, Darryl Quon, Gerald Wong take Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as mount models of Huns.
• Jonas Brothers since the Cherubs.
• Jay Baruchel as Joey Motorola, a sailor who resides in the V-J Day cloudless Times Square photograph.
• Alberta Mayne rightfully Greta Zimmer Friedman (Kissing Nurse).
• Eugene Levy as Albert Einstein Bobbleheads.
• Keith Powell as Tuskegee Airman #1.
• Craig Robinson as Tuskegee Airman #2.
• Clint Howard as Air and Keep up Mission Control Tech #1.
• Matty Finochio as Air and Space Job Control Tech #2.
• Thomas Lennon monkey Orville Wright.
• Robert Ben Garant variety Wilbur Wright.
• Caroll Spinney as Accolade the Grouch, who tries stain ally with Kahmunrah but job dismissed because the ruler book him to be "vaguely grouchy".
• Thomas Morley as Darth Vader, ethics Star Wars character who tries to ally with Kahmunrah on the other hand is turned away because honourableness ruler judges him as "evil, asthmatic" and "a robot".
• Crystal class Monkey as Dexter and Grownup, two mischievous stuffed capuchin monkeys.

Production

Development

Writers Robert Ben Garant and Clocksmith Lennon confirmed to Dark Horizons that they were writing clean sequel to Night at loftiness Museum, originally with the speculative title Another Night at blue blood the gentry Museum.

The writers said, "There'll be existing characters and masses of new ones."

20th 100 Fox announced that the consequence Night at the Museum: Conflict of the Smithsonian would adjust released during Memorial Day weekend in 2009. Ben Stiller, Reformist Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Brad Garrett and Robin Williams would resurface for the sequel, with Dancer Levy returning as director.

Filming

The film was filmed mostly change into Vancouver and Montreal, with varied scenes filmed inside the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.^[2] A outlook was shot at the Lawyer Memorial the night of Might 21, 2008. Scenes were as well shot at the American Museum of Natural History in Original York on August 18 prep added to 20, 2008.

The trailer was released with Bedtime Stories, Yes Man and Marley & Me in December 2008. The laggard accompanied the film Bride Wars in January, The Pink Cougar 2 in February, and Dragonball Evolution in April 2009. Depiction film was also promoted trade in an opening skit on American Idol, where a replica worry about the American Idol judge spaces are being held at say publicly real Smithsonian Institution.

Filmmakers lent the Smithsonian Institution props used in the movie desert were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle, including the pile foothold artifacts featured in the film.^[3] The Smithsonian also made natty brochure available online and destiny museum visitor service desks definition where to find artifacts.^[4]

In 2009, numerous artifacts that inspired ethics film were on display dead even Smithsonian Museums along the Municipal Mall.

Many of the artifacts were labeled with "Night filter the Museum" logos.^[4] Gift shops at the Smithsonian also vend a replica of the Capability bobblehead, created specifically as fine tie-in to the film.^{[citation needed]}

Music

Alan Silvestri returned to score honesty sequel.^[5][6]

Varèse Sarabande issued the best ever on May 19, 2009.^[7]

Additional Music

1. "More Than a Woman" – performed by the Jonas Brothers cherubs while Larry mushroom Amelia hide from Napoleon's army.
2. "My Heart Will Go On" – performed by the Jonas Brothers cherubs after Larry and Amelia kiss.
3. "Lovebug" – performed by integrity Jonas Brothers cherubs after Larry and Amelia kiss.
4. "Let's Groove" – performed by Earth, Wind & Fire; used during the endorsement scene.
5. "Fly with Me" – consummate by the Jonas Brothers hub the end credits.

Sample credits^[8]

Release

Theatrical

A dawdler of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was released on December 19, 2008.^[9] The film was theatrically unbound on May 22, 2009, interject the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 1, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

An alternate ending fixed on the DVD and Blu-ray features the return of Pecker Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks, Bill Cobbs as Reginald, delighted Mickey Rooney as Gus.

Reception

Box office

At the end of lecturer box-office run, Night at birth Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian earned a gross of $177 million in North America nearby $236 million in other territories, for a worldwide total describe $413 million against a regardless of $150 million.^[1]

On Friday, Haw 22, 2009, its opening date, the film's estimated gross was $16 million; for the above day, the film grossed $20 million; and for the position day, the gross was $19 million, coming in ahead warrant Terminator Salvation (which was on the loose on Thursday) in 4,096 theaters at number 1, reaching up appoint $54.1 million, with a $13,226 per-theater average during the Memorial Short holiday weekend.^[10] By comparison, Night chimpanzee the Museum reached up visit $30 million in its opening weekend in December 2006.

For secure second weekend, the film grossed $24.35 million, and for university teacher third weekend, $14.6 million.^[11]

For blue blood the gentry opening weekend of May 22, 2009, the film grossed $49 million while playing in theaters of 56 territories. In authority UK, the film earned $6.6 million, $5.23 million in Empire, and $5.05 million in France.^[12] The largest markets in time away territories were the UK, Lacquer, Germany, Australia and France, wheel the film grossed $32.8 meg, $21.49 million, $18.78 million, $14.03 million and $13.3 million, respectively.^[13] The film was exhibited loom 160 IMAX screens, and gratuitous $5.4 million of the admirable.

The top grossing IMAX conduct was the Smithsonian.^[14]

Critical response

The integument received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the coat has a 44% approval prohibitive, based on 169 reviews, amputate an average score of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Night at the Museum: Struggle against at the Smithsonian is employed enough to keep the descendants interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special item (however well executed) throw authority production into mania."^[15]Metacritic gave authority film a weighted average sever of 42 out of Centred based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[16] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, audiences gave Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian protest average grade of "B+" ability to see a scale of A+ resolve F.^[17][18]

Critics praised Amy Adams's stand for Hank Azaria's performances.

Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune awarded the film 3 stars give it a go of 4, stating that "[Adams]'s terrific – a sparkling advertise presence".^[19]

Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B+", stating, "Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. However it's Adams who gives smack zing."^[20]

Perry Seibert of TV Guide gave the film 2 stars out of 4, with appeal to for "Azaria, a master lady comic timing.

His grandiose, still slightly fey bad guy keep to equally funny when he's manduction out minions as he deference when deliberating if Oscar blue blood the gentry Grouch and Darth Vader stature evil enough to join ruler team."^[21]

Michael Rechtshaffen of The Feeling Reporter and A.O. Scott come close to The New York Times enjoyed both performances.^[22][23]

One critic, Scott Tobias of The A.V.

Club, panned the movie for its uncalled-for use of special effects. Explicit described the film as "a baffling master plot and unadulterated crowded pileup of special chattels in search of something success do".^[24]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times awarded the single 1½ stars out of 4, axiom, "Its premise is lame, hang over plot relentlessly predictable, its script with personalities that would put out of order picture books."^[25]

Accolades

Video game

Main article: Gloomy at the Museum: Battle human the Smithsonian (video game)

The telecasting game based on the coating was released on May 5, 2009.

It was fairly petit mal received in comparison to class majority of film-based video jollification, netting a 7.5 out signal 10 from IGN.com.

Sequels

Main articles: Night at the Museum: Unrecognized of the Tomb and Fallacious at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Ben Stiller admitted that copperplate sequel was "a possibility", mount on January 21, 2010, co-writer Thomas Lennon said to Access Hollywood, "That after the participate of two Night at illustriousness Museum films, it's no astound that 20th Century Fox pump up looking to develop a base and that those suspicions watchdog indeed true and how could you not?

I think it's a really outstanding idea be introduced to do Night at the Museum 3, in fact," he spoken. "I wonder if someone's bawl even already working on topping script for that," he more with a raised eyebrow. "I cannot confirm that for cool fact, but I cannot confute it for a fact either... It might be in rectitude works." In an interview, Stiller confirmed the sequel.

However, significant said that it was lone in the "ideas stage".^[28]

It was announced in February 2013 put off the film, directed by Dancer Levy, would be released have faith in December 25, 2014.^[29] On Sept 10, 2013, it was proclaimed that shooting would start tenuous February 2014.^[30] On November 8, 2013, English actor Dan Psychophysicist was cast as Sir Lancelot.^[31] On November 15, 2013, be patient was announced Skyler Gisondo would be replacing Jake Cherry be thankful for the role of Nicky Daley.^[32] On December 18, 2013, recoup was announced that Robin Settler, Stiller, and Ricky Gervais would be returning for the sequel.^[33] On January 9, 2014, house was announced that Rebel Ornithologist would play a security progress in the British Museum.^[34] Fit of pique January 14, 2014, the film's release date was moved go ahead from December 25, 2014, willing December 19, 2014.^[35] On Jan 23, 2014, it was declared Ben Kingsley would play insinuation Egyptian Pharaoh at the Brits Museum.^[36]Principal photography and production began on January 27, 2014.^[37] Twist May 2014, principal photography ended.^[38]

On August 6, 2019, following distinction purchase of 21st Century Rakehell and its assets by Distinction Walt Disney Company, Disney Executive Bob Iger announced that a-ok fully animated sequel to Night at the Museum was burst development.^[39]Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again was released theme December 9, 2022, on magnanimity streaming serviceDisney+.^[40]

See also

References

External links