Night at the Museum: Book vs. Movie
Shawn Levy's 2006 film Night at the Museum is based on Milan Trenc's 1993 illustrated book. Ben Stiller plays a new night guard who discovers that the exhibits come to life after the museum closes.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Milan Trenc
- Year
- 1993
- Pages
- 32Buy book
A new night guard expects his job at the natural history museum to be uneventful, until the dinosaur skeletons disappear from their displays. Searching the galleries and the surrounding city, he discovers that the exhibits have an after-hours life of their own. Keeping the museum secure turns out to mean getting its wandering inhabitants back where they belong.
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Writer
- Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 1 hr 45 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney
- Genre
- action comedy, Fantasy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Larry Daley takes a museum security job hoping steady work will reassure his young son. His first night instead brings a dinosaur skeleton, feuding miniature armies, and a collection of historical figures to life. With help from Theodore Roosevelt, Larry tries to keep the exhibits under control and learn the rules of a workplace that becomes something entirely different after closing.
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