The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (TV 2006)

Librarian-turned-adventurer Flynn Carsen endeavors to find King Solomon's mines.

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers:

Marco Schnabel, David N. Titcher (characters)

Stars:

Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noah Wyle	...	Flynn Carsen
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Emily Davenport
Bob Newhart	...	Judson
Jane Curtin	...	Charlene
Olympia Dukakis	...	Margie Carsen
Erick Avari	...	General Samir
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Jomo
Robert Foxworth	...	Uncle Jerry
Zahn McClarnon	...	Tommy Yellow Hawk
Lisa Brenner	...	Debra
Jonathan Frakes	...	Debra's Husband
Peter Butler	...	Ahjmed
Tertius Meintjes	...	Rogan (as Tertius Meintjies)
Dawie Ackermann	...	Arthur Dawson (as David Ackermann)
Mehboob Bawa	...	Moroccan Taxi Driver

Storyline

After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.

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Plot Keywords:

mine | king solomon | skull | scroll | betrayal | 

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Taglines:

New Continent. New Adventure. Still No Clue.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

TNT

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Arabic

Release Date:

3 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Librarian II: Return to King Solomon's Mines

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Turner Network Television (TNT), Electric Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jonathan Frakes:  Appears (briefly) as the ex-con husband on the "Honeymoon Bus".

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Goofs

When Flynn first sees the map, he says it has strange characters on it, when they are, in fact, hieroglyphics. Since he's got at least one degree in Ancient Egyptology (according to the first movie), shouldn't he have recognized the characters for what they were?

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Quotes

[Jomo is handing Flynn a chocolate bar at the airport]
Flynn Carsen: For the Hippos?
Jomo: For the Hippos!

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Connections

Followed by The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)

User Reviews

Flynn Carson is a seasoned Librarian after a year on the job.

While Carson has served a year a Librarian he still retains his delightfully nerdy quality. This made-for-TV movie is a film lover's spoof, not meant to be taken too seriously. The sequel holds up well thanks, in part, to the return of Jane Curtin, Bob Newhart and Olympia Dukakis, but Wyle is the heart of the film. His comic/dashing hero is in the same vein as Brandon Fraser in "The Mummy."

While a number of lines in "The Mummy Returns" came off as "lame" to me (an admittedly subjective judgment) I didn't really find any truly "lame" lines in this sequel and there were many really funny moments. I was afraid I might be disappointed, but my fears were groundless.