Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-05-20

Country

United States, Canada

Production

Dune Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment, Moving Picture Company, 1492 Pictures, Museum Canada Productions

Genre

Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family

Budget

$150 000 000

Revenue

$413 106 170

Website

https://family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian

Director

Shawn Levy

Actors

Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Bill Hader
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Scenario

Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant

Producer

Chris Columbus, Shawn Levy, Michael Barnathan, Josh McLaglen, Mark Radcliffe, Thomas M. Hammel

Operator

John Schwartzman

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Audition

Donna Isaacson

Editing

Don Zimmerman, Dean Zimmerman, Eric Hedayat
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• Director Shawn Levy also appeared in the film, playing a cameo role as the father from the commercial who is looking for a flashlight.
• The first film was shot at the Smithsonian Institution.
• Many exhibits present in the Smithsonian Institution's archives are not part of its collection and are actually located in various museums in America and Europe. For example, the Thinker statue is on display at the Rodin Museum in Paris, and Degas's ballerina is at the Royal Academy in London.
• Reese Witherspoon was originally slated to play the role of Amelia Earhart.
• Clint Howard, brother of renowned director Ron Howard, appears in a cameo as the flight control center director at the Aeronautics Center.
• Screenwriters Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon appear in cameos as aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright.
• “Night at the Museum 2” is the second film to feature Abraham Lincoln and Napoleon Bonaparte together on screen. The first was “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989), twenty years prior.
• After the toy Einsteins help Larry decipher the plate's combination, they sing "That’s The Way" by KC & The Sunshine Band. Ben Stiller's character danced to this song at a disco in the film "Starsky & Hutch" (2004).
• A giant squid is indeed present as one of the exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution, although in the film it is transformed into a huge octopus.
• The motorcycle Larry uses during his escape is a rare 1942 Harley Davidson XA Military Side Valve 750cc Flat Twin with a sidecar. It was an American copy of the BMW/Zundapp motorcycles used by the German army.