Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - DVD

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Cast

• Gerald Wong - Hun #3
• Jon Bernthal - Al Capone
• Hank Azaria - Kah Mun Rah
• Hank Azaria - Kahmunrah
• Hank Azaria - The Thinker
• Hank Azaria - Abe Lincoln
• George Foreman - Himself
• Brad Garrett - Easter Island Head
• Clint Howard - Air and Space Mission Control Tech #1
• Shawn Levy - Infomercial Father
• Samuel Patrick Chu - Teenage Boy #1
• Rami Malek - Ankmenrah
• Jake Cherry - Nicky
• Clifton Murray - Kissing Sailor
• Robin Williams - Teddy Roosevelt
• Bill Hader - Gen. George Armstrong Custer
• Bill Hader - General Custer
• Carroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch
• Robert Thurston - 'American Gothic' Farmer
• Christopher Guest - Ivan the Terrible
• Matthew Harrison - Neanderthal #2
• Eugene Levy - Einstein
• Mindy Kaling - Docent
• Mizuo Peck - Sacajawea
• Kerry Van Der Griend - Neanderthal #1
• Paul Chih-Ping Cheng - Hun #4
• Regina Taufen - New York Reporter
• Keith Powell - Tuskegee Airman #1
• Ben Stiller - Larry Daley
• Thomas Morley - Darth Vader
• Matty Finochio - Air and Space Mission Control Tech #2
• Augustus Oicle - Teenage Boy #2
• Kai James - Teenage Boy #3
• Sophie Levy - Young Girl #1
• Tess Levy - Young Girl #2
• Christina Schild - 'American Gothic' Woman
• Alberta Mayne - Kissing Nurse
• Joe Jonas - Cherub
• Nick Jonas - Cherub
• Kevin Jonas - Cherub
• Steve Coogan - Octavius
• Patrick Gallagher - Attila the Hun
• Alain Chabat - Napoleon
• Alain Chabat - Napoleon Bonaparte
• Owen Wilson
• Owen Wilson - Jedediah
• Amy Adams
• Amy Adams - Amelia Earhart
• Dan Joffre - Town Car Driver
• Jay Baruchel - Sailor Joey Motorola
• Dave Hospes - Astronaut
• Randy Lee - Hun #1
• Craig Robinson - Tuskegee Airman #2
• Josh Byer - Capone Gangster #1
• Rick Dobran - Neanderthal #3
• Ricky Gervais - Dr. McPhee
• Darryl Quon - Hun #2
• Ed Helms

Crew

• Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Deleeuw
• Fights Choreographer: Jeffrey C. Robinson
• Director: Shawn Levy
• Producer: Shawn Levy
• Editor: Don Zimmerman
• Producer: Chris Columbus
• Screenwriter: Scott Frank
• Stunts Coordinator: J.J. Makaro
• Unit Production Manager: Anne Simonet
• Producer: Mark A. Radcliffe
• Executive Producer: Mark A. Radcliffe
• Cinematographer: John Schwartzman
• Composer (Music Score): Alan Silvestri
• Costume Designer: Marlene Stewart
• Executive Producer: Josh McLaglen
• First Assistant Director: Josh McLaglen
• Production Designer: Claude Pare
• Casting: Donna Isaacson
• Supervising Art Director: Helen Veronica Jarvis
• Unit Production Manager: Thomas M. Hammel
• Executive Producer: Thomas M. Hammel
• Producer: Michael Barnathan
• Second Unit Director: Gary Capo
• Set Decorator: Lin MacDonald
• Associate Producer: Ellen M. Somers
• Art Director: Grant Van Der Slagt ,Michael Diner
• Properties Master: Dean Eilertson
• Stunts Coordinator: Garrett Warren
• Screenwriter: Thomas Lennon ,Robert Ben Garant
• Second Assistant Director: Misha Bukowski
• Editor: Dean Zimmerman
• Production Supervisor: Eric Hedayat

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: AMG Review
Perry Seibert , AMG

With its savvy mix of kid-friendly special effects and parent-friendly comedy, Night at the Museum became a box-office smash. Sadly, the uninspired sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, manages to offer fewer joys on either of those fronts. Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, who has left his night watchman gig at the Natural History Museum to become the CEO of a successful company that sells his quirky inventions, such as a glow-in-the-dark flashlight. On a return visit to the museum, he learns that most of the exhibits are being shipped to deep storage at the Smithsonian. This news disappoints his young son, but not until Larry gets an alarming call from miniature cowboy Jed (Owen Wilson) does he set off to help his old friends, who are engaged in a battle with the ancient leader Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria). Unfortunately -- thanks to the magical tablet from the first movie -- the power-hungry pharaoh has sprung back to life with a thirst for world domination. What follows is a collection of loud, mostly pointless effects sequences occasionally offset by a laugh, often thanks to Azaria, a master of comic timing. His grandiose, yet slightly fey bad guy is equally funny when he's chewing out minions as he is when deliberating if Oscar the Grouch and Darth Vader are evil enough to join his team. Without Azaria's comedic gifts, the movie would be close to unendurable since Larry is utterly blasé about the spectacular events going on around him. There is no sense of wonder or amazement in our hero, not even when The Lincoln Memorial comes back to life; it's just another obstacle for him to overcome on his adventure. And since Larry is our guide into this magical realm, his failure to stop and go "WOW!" drains the wonder and fun right out of the movie. Sure, there are some funny moments in Battle of the Smithsonian, but without that sense of childhood glee, the whole thing becomes nothing more than a stale would-be summer blockbuster, devoid of the playful innocence that made the first one so appealing. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide