Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan and a host of fun new characters all return in this wild comedy adventure where everything comes back to life in ways you've never imagined.
Like James Bond--but without the high-tech gadgets--Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is one of those rare beings who can avert any crisis without mussing a hair. (The rest of us should be so lucky.) In the pilot alone, the secret agent dismantles a missile using a paper clip and fashions a rocket thruster out of a pistol. Is there anything MacGyver can't do? As the first season of ABC's long-running adventure series proves, the answer is a resounding no. MacGyver's secret: the everyday items he "finds along the way," like matches or gum wrappers, and the ingenuity to put them to a myriad of uses (a background in physics and chemistry doesn't hurt). Unlike Alias' Sidney Bristow, he isn't a multi-linguist, a martial artist, or a master of disguises. Wits are MacGyver's weapon of choice. Produced by Henry Winkler (Arrested Development), The Complete First Season includes all 22 episodes from 1985-1986 (alas, there are no extras). MacGyver is joined by Phoenix Foundation director of operations Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), who is introduced in "Nightmares." Also, his grandfather, Harry Jackson (John Anderson), makes his first appearance in "Target MacGyver," while friend Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives) makes hers in "Every Time She Smiles" (they will appear more frequently in future seasons). Other notable guest stars include Joan Chen (The Last Emperor) in "The Golden Triangle," Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) in "Hellfire," and John De Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation) in "The Escape." MacGyver ran for seven seasons and was followed by two made-for-TV movies in 1994, Lost Treasure of Atlantis and Trail to Doomsday. In 1997, after a short-lived series for UPN (1995's Legend), Anderson landed the lead in an even longer-running series, Stargate SG-1, based on the sci-fi extravaganza with Kurt Russell. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Night has fallen on the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. The guides have gone home the lights are out the school kids are tucked in their beds... yet something incredible is stirring as former night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) finds himself lured into his biggest most imagination-boggling adventure yet in which history truly comes alive. In this second installment of the Night at the Museum saga Larry faces a battle so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the world's largest museum. Now Larry must try to save his formerly inanimate friends from what could be their last stand amid the wonders of the Smithsonian all of which from the famous paintings on the walls to the rocket ships in the halls suddenly have a mind of their own. The first ever film shot in the Smithsonian complex the fun begins as Larry has left behind the low-paying world of guarding museums to become a sought-after inventor of Daley Devices infomercial products. He seems to have it all - but something is missing in his life something that draws him back to his old haunt the Museum of Natural History where he once had the magical night of a lifetime. There he makes an unsettling discovery. His favourite exhibits indeed some of his truest friends have been deemed out-of-date. Packed into crates they await shipment to the vast archives of the Smithsonian. Their fate is unknown - that is until Larry recieves a distress call from the miniature cowboy Jebediah (Owen Wilson) who informs him of an impending disaster. It seems the newcomers have awoken their new digs including the Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) who's in a particularly nasty mood after 3 000 years of slumber. Now he and a trio of history's most heinous henchmen - namely Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest) Napoleon Bonaparte (Alain Chabat) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal) - are plotting to take over the museum (and then the globe) as they unleash the Army of the Underworld. Speeding to the nation's capital larry is clearly in over his head. But he's got some impressive new friends - from the brilliant Albert Einstein to honest Abe Lincoln to the one exhibit who takes his breath away - the irrepressible Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) who spurs Larry to rediscover his missing sense of fun adventure. Along with his old buddies including Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) Octavious (Steve Coogan) Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck) Attila The Hun (Patrick Gallagher) and the Neanderthals - Larry will stop at nothing to regain his friends and restore order to the National Mall from the Lincoln Memorial to the Air and Space Museum before the stroke of dawn.
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