The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

2006 1h 32m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 651

FantasyActionAdventure

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writers: Marco Schnabel
Languages: French, Arabic, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Arabic, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Librarian Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Frakes, shot by Walt Lloyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph LoDuca. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Siegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Noah Wyle and Gabrielle Anwar and Bob Newhart carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0455596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan Frakes directs. Walt Lloyd behind the camera. Joseph LoDuca scores. David Siegel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, Arabic, English.

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1Released 20 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Arabic, English.
3Part of the "The Librarian Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Jonathan Frakes, shot by Walt Lloyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Joseph LoDuca. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor David Siegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Noah Wyle and Gabrielle Anwar and Bob Newhart carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0455596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "chase", "museum", "incantation", "treasure map".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Walt Lloyd
Original score: Joseph LoDuca
Editing: David Siegel
Production design: Robb Wilson King
Costume design: Diana Cilliers
Makeup / hair: Zanmarie Hanekom
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)

Part of

The Librarian Collection

The film series following the globe-spanning adventures of the Librarians, guardians of powerful and magical relics, as they recover items and store them in the Library.

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
"I don't want my mother to know why I'm really here so just play along, OK." This is still the Librarian and, despite the fact that Flynn has evolved between the films to be more confident, more Indian Jones, it is still the geek our of water that made the first film so fun. The down side is that Anwar isn't as much as the tough sidekick. Thats not a bad thing, but it takes away from the formulaic feel and some of the fun of Noah being all brains an no brawn. Still, she is an intellectual match and that is fun as well

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