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Night at the Museum

Year:

2006

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Shawn Levy

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-12-22

Filming Locations: American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West at 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $110,000,000

Opening Weekend: $42,212,651 (USA) (24 December 2006)

Gross: $250,863,268 (USA) (24 June 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Carla Gugino

Night at the Museum

Rami Malek

Night at the Museum

Ben Stiller

Larry Daley

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

Pierfrancesco Favino

Christopher Columbus

Charlie Murphy

Taxi Driver

Steve Coogan

Octavius

Mizuo Peck

Sacajawea

Kerry van der Griend

Neanderthal #1

Dan Rizzuto

Neanderthal #2

Matthew Harrison

Neanderthal #3

Jody Racicot

Neanderthal #4

Paul Rudd

Don

Anne Meara

Debbie

Martin Christopher

Merriweather Lewis

Martin Sims

William Clark

Randy Lee

Hun #1

Darryl Quon

Hun #2

Gerald Wong

Hun #3

Paul Chih-Ping Cheng

Hun #4

Teagle F. Bougere

Teacher - Mike

Pat Kiernan

TV News Anchor

Nico McEown

Friend #1

Meshach Peters

Friend #2

Matthew Walker

Politician

Jason McKinnon

Irish Worker

Jono Lee

Chinese Rail Worker (as Jonathan Lee)

Jason Vaisvila

Viking

Cade Wagar

Viking

Cory Martin

Chinese Terra Cota Soldier

Brad Garrett

Easter Island Head

Crystal the Monkey

Dexter

Ian Duffy

Irish Worker #1 (uncredited)

Che Landon

Pretty Tourist Girl (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

Viking Warrior (uncredited)

Owen Wilson

Jedediah

Did you know?

Trivia

The coin trick that Larry performs for Attila the Hun is the French Drop.

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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.

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When the night guards chase Nick up the stairs, only Dick Van Dyke performed the stunt himself. The other two actors required younger stunt doubles.

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Goofs

Anything relating to what the magically-enlivened museum pieces can or cannot do. Since they are fantasy beings, they can do whatever the writers say they can do, even when the logic appears contradictory.

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Theodore Roosevelt was known to have a high-pitched, squeaky voice due to being a severe asthmatic. However, as was later established, he was only a wax figurine of Roosevelt, made to appear very heroic, so it's not unreasonable that he'd have a deeper, more resonant voice, not unlike Robin Williams.

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When Dexter tries to steal the keys for the second time and ends up with plastic toy keys, Larry puts the real keys in his shirt pocket. In the very next shot they are back hanging on his pants.

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Quotes

Larry: [showing lighter to cavemen] Hey guys. Quest for fire, over.

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Octavius: We expand or die!

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Larry: [to the monkey, Dexter] Oh, hey, Dexter. I'm just locking up. Do you want in?

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Faq

So who cleaned up the mess in the Museum lobby?

In some versions, Cecil, Gus, and Reginald were forced to clean up the lobby, seen in the end credits. 'We're nightwatchmen, not janitors!' says Gus during these end credits.

What song was playing when everyone was partying at the end?

'September by Earth, Wind & Fire.

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Night at the Museum can be found here.

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