Re: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

[Jeff Hecht <jeff.hecht@sff.net>]

At 7:19 PM -0500 12/1/06, Danvarner@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/1/2006 5:44:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
>dinoboygraphics@aol.com writes:
>
><< That'd be cool, but I don't think that the AMNH played any  role at all 
>in it.  In fact, some of the shots are actually of the  Field Museum, if 
>I'm not mistaken (which was also featured in The Relic, a  scifi horror 
>flick from the mid 90's). >>
>
>The sets were built on a soundstage either in  Hollywood or, more likely, 
>Vancouver, based on the AMNH. The exteriors were shot  at the AMNH. Robin 
>Williams appears as Teddy Roosevelt. This fits in with the TR  memorial on the 
>Central Park West entrance of the AMNH. DV
> 
The trailer scenes sure look based on AMNH to me, all the way to it being 
called the "Museum of Natural History," which was what my family called it. I 
wonder if they shot any scenes in the areas not open to the public, which are 
neat to visit and probably could be made to look really spooky. 
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