Night at the Museum
Overview
Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy
adventure-comedy film
based on the 1993 children's book The Night at the Museum
by Milan Trenc
. It follows a divorce
d father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny. He applies for a job as a night watchman
at New York City's American Museum of Natural History
and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian
artifact, come to life at night.
Released on December 22, 2006 by 20th Century Fox
, which presented the 1492 Pictures
/21 Laps Entertainment Production in association with Ingenious Film Partners, the film was written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Comedy Central
's Reno 911!
and MTV
's The State
and produced and directed by Shawn Levy
.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
adventure-comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
based on the 1993 children's book The Night at the Museum
The Night at the Museum
The Night at the Museum, published in 1993, is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Milan Trenc. This book is Trenc's best known title, and in 2006 was produced as a feature film titled Night at the Museum...
by Milan Trenc
Milan Trenc
Milan Trenc is a Croatian illustrator, comics publisher, film director, novelist and educator.Born in Zagreb, there Trenc first went to the School of Applied Arts, which is a high school, then studied film direction at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts...
. It follows a divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
d father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny. He applies for a job as a night watchman
Security guard
A security guard is a person who is paid to protect property, assets, or people. Security guards are usually privately and formally employed personnel...
at New York City's American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
artifact, come to life at night.
Released on December 22, 2006 by 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
, which presented the 1492 Pictures
1492 Pictures
1492 Pictures is an American film production company founded by director Chris Columbus in 1995. The name is a play on Columbus's more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus, and his 1492 landing in the Americas....
/21 Laps Entertainment Production in association with Ingenious Film Partners, the film was written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
's Reno 911!
Reno 911!
Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the material is improvised, using a broad outline, and...
and MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's The State
The State (TV series)
The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience...
and produced and directed by Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Shawn Adam Levy is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer who directed the comedy films Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum, Date Night, and the sci-fi movie Real Steel...
.
Quotations
Oh, you in trouble, Dum-Dum. You'd better run-run from Attila the Hun-Hun!
I told you, I don't like to be manhandled!
We may be small, but our hearts are large... metaphorically speaking.
Good lord, Lawrence, why are you slapping a monkey?
This Christmas, It Won't Be A Silent Night.
When The Lights Go Off, It's On!
Where History Comes To Life.
At The Museum of Natural History, Something Unnatural Is Happening.
See The Side Of The Museum You Won't See On The Tour.