Night at the Museum (2006)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ben Garant (screenplay) &
Thomas Lennon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Everything comes to life.

Plot:

A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

Plot Keywords:

General | Attila The Hun | Television News | Soldier | T Rex

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 3	8:40 AM	MAX
Sun. Aug. 3	6:40 PM	MAX

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Larry Daley
Carla Gugino	...	Rebecca
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
Rami Malek	...	Ahkmenrah
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Christopher Columbus
Charles Q. Murphy	...	Taxi Driver (as Charlie Murphy)
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	...	Lewis
Martin Sims	...	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 Cotta Soldier
Brad Garrett	...	Easter Island Head (voice)
Crystal the Monkey	...	Dexter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Chen	...	Voice Actor (voice)
Pedro U. Garcia	...	Voice Actor (voice)
Raymundo Magana	...	Voice Actor (voice)
Martin Poz Perez	...	Voice Actor (voice)
Richard Scobie	...	Voice Actor (voice)
Owen Wilson	...	Jedediah (uncredited)

Directed by
Shawn Levy

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Ben Garant		(screenplay) &
Thomas Lennon		(screenplay)
Robert Ben Garant		(screen story) &
Thomas Lennon		(screen story)
Milan Trenc		(book)

Produced by
Michael Barnathan	....	producer
Steven Brown	....	line producer: reshoots
Chris Columbus	....	producer
Thomas M. Hammel	....	executive producer
Shawn Levy	....	producer
Josh McLaglen	....	co-producer
Lorne Orleans	....	producer: IMAX
Mark Radcliffe	....	executive producer
Ira Shuman	....	executive producer
Ellen Somers	....	associate producer (as Ellen M. Sommers)

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Guillermo Navarro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Don Zimmerman

Casting by
Ilene Starger

Production Design by
Claude Paré

Art Direction by
Michael Diner		(as Michael A. Diner)
Helen Jarvis		(supervising art director)
Bridget McGuire

Set Decoration by
Lin MacDonald

Costume Design by
Renée April

Makeup Department
Gitte Axen	....	makeup artist
Kate Biscoe	....	makeup artist: Mr. Stiller
Michel Bougie	....	lead sculptor
Susan Boyd	....	hair stylist
Victoria Down	....	makeup artist
Joel Echallier	....	special makeup effects artist
Franck Gauthier	....	makeup effects artist (as François Gauthier)
Sarah Graham	....	special makeup effects artist
Michelle Johnson	....	key hair stylist: New York
Sherry Linder-Gygli	....	hair stylist (as Sherry Gygli)
Maryann Marchetti	....	key makeup artist: New York
Teresa A. Meyer	....	assistant makeup artist
Cheri Minns	....	hair stylist: Mr. Williams
Cheri Minns	....	makeup artist: Mr. Williams
Adrien Morot	....	key special makeup effects supervisor
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair stylist: Mr. Stiller
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Wendy Snowdon	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Mark Unterberger	....	makeup effects lab technician
Sylvania Yau	....	special makeup effects coordinator

Production Management
Thomas M. Hammel	....	unit production manager
Ray Quinlan	....	production manager
Ira Shuman	....	unit production manager
Anne M. Simonet	....	production manager (as Anne Simonet)
Michael Williams	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Misha Bukowski	....	second assistant director
Allison Chretien	....	additional assistant director
Michael Collins	....	third assistant director: second unit
Douglas Dean III	....	additional first assistant director
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sam Harris	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gary Hawes	....	third assistant director: second unit
Deanna Leslie	....	second second assistant director: New York (as Deanna Leslie Kelly)
Dan Mansfield	....	second second assistant director (as Daniel Mansfield)
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Christo Morse	....	second assistant director: USA
Jim Rygiel	....	additional second unit director
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director
Ivana Siska	....	second assistant director: second unit
Brian Smrz	....	second unit director
Brian Smrz	....	stagecoach action unit director
Rhonda Taylor	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Joseph Alfieri	....	construction coordinator
Kenneth Bailey	....	texture painter
Marc Baird	....	storyboard artist
Tom Baleshta	....	assistant property master
Chris Beach	....	set designer
Brent Bennett	....	set buyer
Michael A. Billings	....	assistant set decorator
Ea Birkett	....	props
Peter Bodnarus	....	set designer
Glenn Bydwell	....	set designer
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
John Chaschowy	....	greensman
John Dale	....	general foreman
Dave Emmonds	....	head greensman
Warren Flanagan	....	concept illustrator
Ellen Freund	....	property master
Jack Gauvreau	....	head sculptor
Alain Giguère	....	supervising scenic painter
Mathieu Giguère	....	model maker
Doug Girling	....	set designer
Brent Godek	....	props
Paul Goodwin	....	set dresser
Seth Goulden	....	set dresser: re-shoot
Geoff Hilliard	....	carpenter
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator: reshoots
Michael Anthony Jackson	....	storyboard artist
Zoe Jirik	....	set decoration buyer
Patrick Kearns	....	set dresser
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter
Jan Kobylka	....	construction coordinator
John Kobylka	....	on-set carpenter
Ray Lai	....	graphic illustrator
Janis Lee	....	scenic artist
Andrew Li	....	assistant art director
Lydia Marks	....	set decorator: New York
Max Matsuoka	....	weapons and props
Dale Menzies	....	construction foreman
Sheila Millar	....	assistant art director
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer
Trong-Kim Nguyen	....	preliminary designs
Hamish Purdy	....	set buyer
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Jay Robinson	....	paint lead
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Andrew Semple	....	miniatures
Dean Sherriff	....	concept artist
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Rodney Sterbenz	....	on-set dresser: New York
John Wright Stevens	....	art director: New York
Sharon Thompson	....	art department coordinator
Michael Toby	....	set designer
Mario Tomas-Niedworok	....	paint coordinator
Alex Touikan	....	set designer
Grant Van Der Slagt	....	set designer
Dave Weinman	....	lead man
Loree Wershler	....	graphic designer
Lori West	....	props buyer
Sean Will	....	autospray painter
Barbara Wilson	....	assistant art director
Tracey Wilson	....	storyboard artist
Milena Zdravkovic	....	conceptual illustrator
Jean-François Merlot	....	scenic painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Atwell	....	digital recordist
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Susan Dawes	....	dialogue editor
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
Warren Hendriks	....	first assistant sound editor
Craig Henighan	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Craig Henighan	....	co-supervising sound editor
Craig Henighan	....	sound designer
Michael Hibberson	....	boom operator
Mildred Iatrou	....	adr editor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Dave Kulczycki	....	sound effects editor (as David Kulczycki)
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Skip Longfellow	....	assistant sound editor
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Murray	....	foley supervisor (as John M. Murray)
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer
Trent Stewart	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Donald Sylvester	....	foley editor
Jason Tuttle	....	sound post-production assistant
Rob Young	....	production sound mixer
Jerry Yuen	....	boom operator: New York
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Phillip Beck	....	special effects technician
Michael Bird	....	special effects coordinator: New York
Dennis Briest	....	special effects technician
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
André Dominguez	....	special effects
Gilbert Gertsen	....	special effects foreman: New York (as Gilbert H. Gertsen)
Steve Hepworth	....	special effects (as Stephen Hepworth)
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects coordinator: New York (as Steve Kirshoff)
Ian Korver	....	special effects buyer
William H. Orr	....	special effects (as William 'Bill' Orr)
Stefan Rambousek	....	model maker: Cinema Production Services
W.A. Andrew Sculthorp	....	special effects (as Andrew Sculthorpe)
Fred Simon	....	systems administrator
Grant Smith	....	special effects
Scott R. Treliving	....	special effects (as Scott Treliving)
Gene Turnbow	....	technical animator
Andrew Verhoeven	....	special effects
Shraga Weiss	....	lighting
John Wilkinson	....	special effects (as John A. Wilkinson)
Teresa Wilkinson	....	special effects
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Tony Abejuro	....	matchmove artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Anthony Abejuro)
Simon Ager	....	digital compositing artist
Imran Ahmed	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues India
Imran Ahmed	....	matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues India
Amit Aidasani	....	matchmove lead
Shish Aikat	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Shish Aikat	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan record manager
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist
Jeff Allen	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Ray Arnett	....	character animator
Ronald Arredondo	....	visual effects gaffer: Cinema Production Services
Kenneth Au	....	Inferno artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Ken Au)
Rob Au	....	digital artist
Rob Au	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Derrick Auyoung	....	lead animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Kunal Ayer	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Backauskas	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
Randall Bahnsen	....	lead technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Kenneth Bailey	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Kenneth Bailey	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Kevin Baillie	....	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
Graeme Baitz	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Yusong Bai	....	technical director
Pankaj Bajaj	....	matchmove technical director
Bhavika Bajpai	....	lighting technical director
Adam Balentine	....	digital compositor
Scott Ballard	....	lead character technical director
Tony Barraza	....	Inferno artist: Rhythm & Hues
Simeon Bassett	....	lead lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Corey Bastiaans	....	visual effects
Brian Bell	....	lighting supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Belyea	....	on-set compositor
Riley Benard	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Philip Benn	....	3D artist: Lola Visual Effects
Lee Berger	....	visual effects executive producer
Chris Bergman	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Les Bernstien	....	motion control operator
Jeetendra G. Bhagtani	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues, India
Abhishek Bharadwaj	....	matchmove technical director
Renee Binkowski	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Edu Black	....	visual effects production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Bloom	....	IMAX DMR compositor
Tiffany Borchardt	....	lighting technical director
Nicholas Boughen	....	CG artist
Jennifer Bourne	....	compositor
Tom Bradley	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Ravinder Brar	....	previs artist
David M. Breaux Jr.	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues (as David Breaux)
Matthew Brown	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Sue Brunell-Edwards	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Nathan Brunskill	....	Inferno assistant: Rhythm & Hues
Josh Bryer	....	look development supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (as Josh Breyer)
Alexandra Bryman	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Jud Bumpas	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jose Burgos	....	visual effects
Brian Burks	....	animator
Craig Calvert	....	visual effects artist: Rainmaker
Paul Campion	....	texture painter: Weta Digital
Jessika Canizalez	....	visual effects production assistant
Craig Cannon	....	rotoscope artist: Rhythm & Hues
Pete Capelluto	....	lead pipeline technical director
Kevin Carney	....	lighting technical director
Damien Carr	....	visual effects production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
M.B. Chaitanya	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm and Hues (as Mamidanna B. Chaitanya)
Shyam Chand	....	rotoscope artist
Serena Chang	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Chapin	....	visual effects
Chris Chapman	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Aaron Chen	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues (as Aaron 'Ty' Chen)
Yeen-Shi Chen	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Simon Cheung	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Raymond Chih	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Hitesh Chikate	....	matchmover
Das Chinmay	....	digital compositor
Vikas Chirate	....	systems admistrator
Jung-Yoon Choi	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Jung-Yoon Choi	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Sandesh Chonkar	....	modeler
Craig Chun	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Lisa Clarity	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Abdul Rahman Coatwala	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Seth Cobb	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Brendan Condit	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Chris Consani	....	art director: Rhythm & Hues
J. Todd Constantine	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues (as Todd Constantine)
Rosmary Conte	....	visual effects production assistant
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Brian Covalt	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Crane	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Sheri Cruz	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Tim T. Cunningham	....	visual effects production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (as Tim Cunningham)
Scott Dace	....	character animator
Jai Dadlani	....	lighter
Umesh Dalvi	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Umesh Dalvi	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Ruth Daly	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Payal Dani	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Julie D'Antoni	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jubin Dave	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Nirmal David	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Bryan Davies	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Chris Dawson	....	miniatures motion control camera operator
Chris Dawson	....	motion control: Cinema Production Services
Stephen Deane	....	animation layout
Erik De Boer	....	senior animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (as Erik-Jan De Boer)
Adam de Bosch Kemper	....	previs supervisor
Paresh Dedhia	....	background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Jose L. De Juan	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues (as Jose De Juan)
Hector de la Torre	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Dan Deleeuw	....	visual effects supervisor
Michelle Deniaud	....	lead texture painter
Matt Derksen	....	character rigging supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Pallavi Devabhaktuni	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Jenny Dias	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues (as Jenny Aveline Dias)
Ben Dishart	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Matthew Doll	....	digital compositor
David Joseph Dominic	....	match move technical director
Ryan Donoghue	....	lead animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jason Dowdeswell	....	visual effects production supervisor
John Dowell	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Dowrick	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Miller Drake	....	visual effects editor
Tim Drnec	....	Spydercam coordinator
Giovanni Dulay	....	model maker: Cinema Production Services
Philip Duncan	....	technical animator
Avedis Ekmekjian	....	lighting technical director
Colin Elliott	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Richard Enders	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues (as Rich Enders)
Jelena Erceg	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Anders Ericson	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Tony Etienne	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Rich Fallat	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Eric Farrar	....	character rigger
Colbert Fennelly	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Edwin Fong	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Karl Formander	....	title artist
Ben Forster	....	animator: Weta Digital
Jackie Fortin	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Chad Lee Fox	....	visual effects artist (as Chad Fox)
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Elisabeth Franklin	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Patricia Frazier	....	lead lighter: Rhythm & Hues (as Patricia Helene Frazier)
Janet Freedland	....	background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Mike Frevert	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Maki Fukumoto	....	motion capture editor: Giant Studios
Jack Fulmer	....	lead lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Paul Furminger	....	visual effects editor: Rainmaker
Vinod Gaitonde	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Vinod Dayanand Gaitonde)
Jigesh Gajjar	....	matchmove lead
Nicole Galaz	....	systems operator
Jay Gambell	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Shannon Blake Gans	....	visual effects executive producer: New Deal Studios Inc.
Alex Garcia	....	lighting technical director
Andy Garcia	....	lead lighting artist
Bertha Garcia	....	lead background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Gastellu	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Jack Geckler	....	character technical director: Rainmaker
Bill Georgiou	....	lead compositor
Divakar Ghodake	....	digital artist (modeling technical director)
Daniel Gonzalez	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Jimmy Gordon	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues (as James Gordon)
Namita Gotephode	....	digital production coordinator
Brent Greening	....	digital effects artist: Rainmaker
Mugdha Gupte	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Travis Guthrie	....	digital effects artist
Varun Hadkar	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Betsy Asher Hall	....	prelighter: Rhythm & Hues
Keith Hamakawa	....	visual effects coordinator
Paul Haman	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Geoffrey Hancock	....	visual effects: Rainmaker (as Geoff Hancock)
Greg Hansen	....	previz artist
Gael Harlow	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jonathan Harman	....	computer graphics supervisor: The Orphanage
Anthony Harris	....	digital color timer
Audie Harrison	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
John Lake Harvey	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as John Harvey)
Harrison Hays	....	render I/O lead: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Helms	....	character rigger
Micah Henrie	....	lighting research and development
Alan Hernandez	....	visual effects
Tulio Hernandez	....	senior lighter
Paul Hettler	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Hans Heymans	....	animation director: Rainmaker
Todd Edward James Hill	....	lead technical animator: Rhythm & Hues (as Todd Hill)
Pamela Hobbs	....	matte painter
Alan Hodges	....	motion capture editor: Giant Studios
Timothy Hoffman	....	digital artist
Allen Holbrook	....	animator
Phil Holland	....	scan-, record-, color coordinator
Mark Hopper	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Brian Howald	....	digital effects artist
Nick Hsieh	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Shih Chiang Kenny Huang	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Kenny Shih Chiang Huang)
Shih-hao Jason Huang	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues (as Jason Shih Hao Huang)
Jamie Huey	....	pre-lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Ian Hunter	....	prop fabricator: New Deal Studios Inc.
Peter Hunt	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Bob Hurrie	....	visual effects producer: Cinema Production Services
Sean Hyun-In Lee	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Sean Lee)
Chris Ingersoll	....	Flame artist: Lola Visual Effects
Neeraj Ingle	....	rotoscope artist: Rhythm & Hues, India
Yukiko Ishiwata	....	Inferno artist: Rhythm & Hues
Vinita Iyer	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Montu Jariwala	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Peter Vaughn Jervis	....	visual effects production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (as Pete Jervis)
Mabel John	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Christopher Johnson	....	model maker: Cinema Production Services
Heather Jones-Pryor	....	digital compositor
John Joyce	....	miniature effects coordinator: Cinema Production Services
Michael Joyce	....	model shop supervisor: Cinema Production Services
Tex Kadonaga	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Alla Kalachnikova	....	lighting technical director
Terry Kalinich	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Apirak Kamjan	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Perry Kass	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Prabhav Katdare	....	digital production coordinator
Jason Kaufman	....	model maker: Cinema Production Services
Yogesh Kaushal	....	matchmove artist
Sean Kennedy	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues