Films about or with museums
There was an idea floating around to watch some films that were about museums or had museums in them as a central part of the action. It might be helpful to extend this to archaeology as well! Anyway I am trying to put together an informal list so if anyone has any ideas or favourites please list them here! If you want to put a review as well that could be helpful. Ones I can think from the top of my head include:
The Da Vinci Code - one word review = abysmal
Night at the Museum
Indiana Jones trilogy
The Mummy Parts 1 & 2
Of course there is Friends with Ross working in the museum as well so maybe we need to extend it to TV as well as film?
The Da Vinci Code - one word review = abysmal
Night at the Museum
Indiana Jones trilogy
The Mummy Parts 1 & 2
Of course there is Friends with Ross working in the museum as well so maybe we need to extend it to TV as well as film?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_featuring_museums
Of course there's also The Mask of Fu Manchu - the 1932 version with Boris Karloff in the lead role - which features museums and archaeologists.
http://www.tcm.com/movienews/index/?cid=154628
Dreadfully un-PC, hideously racist (there's a scene which perfectly encapsulates the 'Yellow Peril'; the contemporary fear, whipped up by populist politicians and the tabloid press, that hoards of 'orientals' were on the cusp of destroying western civilisation (hmmm- sounds familiar) - where Fu's daughter addresses an audience of racially stereotyped Chinese, Indians and Arabs, and outlines her father's plans for world domination).
I have to confess I watched it over Christmas when they showed it on TCM - my defence? It was research!
I like to watch it at home;-)