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Patti Kane-Vanni | 1 Dec 2006 05:33
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Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

I haven't seen this on the list as yet, but has anyone seen any trailers for 
the upcoming movie "Night at the Museum?  I saw a billboard today and there 
was a T-rex skeleton shown escaping from a crate.  Probably the 'slimmed 
down" version of JP.  So I found the official movie site for the picture, 
described as the "Official site for the movie Night at the Museum, starring 
Ben Stiller as a security guard at the Museum of Natural History who 
accidentally lets loose an ancient curse that causes the displays to come to 
life and wreak havoc." at: http://www.nightatthemuseum.com/ .  And on 
Yahoo... "Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually down 
on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never 
have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a 
graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. During 
Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman 
Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama..."   Some parts of the 
trailer show a requisite T-rex chase scene, as well as some scary, campy and 
funny diorama interaction scenes. 
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1809266172&cf=trailer
Evidently there's plenty of web traffic and trailers (over a million hits) 
in anticipation of a Dec. 22, 2006 release date. Seems like a fun night for 
the natural history museum crowd. Anyone involved in this? - Patti

Patti Kane-Vanni
Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004
pkv1 <at> erols.com  or paleopatti <at> hotmail.com
http://groups.msn.com/DinosaurandFossilDigs

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people 
always do that, but really great ones make you feel that you too, can become 
great." - Mark Twain
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Mike Hanson | 1 Dec 2006 17:55
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Arambourgiania citation

What is the citation for the paper in which the genus _Arambourgiania_ 
was first published as a replacement for the preoccupied _Titanopteryx_? 
I have seen three different citations floating around, one that I have a 
copy of does not contain any mention of this name, and I have some 
doubts on the existence

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Email: mhanson54 <at> comcast.net
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Raymond Ancog | 1 Dec 2006 23:06

Re: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

Patti Kane-Vanni wrote:
>I haven't seen this on the list as yet, but has anyone seen any trailers 
>for the upcoming movie "Night at the Museum?
Why yes, my folks and I caught it between screenings of Casino Royale. I'd 
likw to know whether Mark Norell et al have any cameos in this?

Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines
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dinoboygraphics | 1 Dec 2006 23:43
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>>I'd likw to know whether Mark Norell et al have any cameos in this? <<

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).

Scott Hartman
Science Director
Wyoming Dinosaur Center
110 Carter Ranch Rd.
Thermopolis, WY 82443
(800) 455-3466 ext. 230
Cell: (307) 921-8333

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Patti Kane-Vanni wrote: 
>I haven't seen this on the list as yet, but has anyone seen any 
trailers >for the upcoming movie "Night at the Museum? 
Why yes, my folks and I caught it between screenings of Casino Royale. 
I'd like to know whether Mark Norell et al have any cameos in this? 
 
Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog 
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Danvarner | 2 Dec 2006 01:19
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Re: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

In a message dated 12/1/2006 5:44:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
dinoboygraphics <at> 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
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birdbooker | 2 Dec 2006 01:45

Night at the Museum

HI:
 More movie details:
 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477347/

 The movie is based on the children's book by Milan Trenc.
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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA USA
A.K.A.:Birdbooker 
\"Rallidae all the way!\"
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Jeff Hecht | 2 Dec 2006 02:13
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At 7:19 PM -0500 12/1/06, Danvarner <at> aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/1/2006 5:44:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
>dinoboygraphics <at> 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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Jeff Hecht,    science and technology writer
525 Auburn St.,   Auburndale, MA 02466   USA
V 617-965-3834  F 617-332-4760  e-mail jeff <at> jeffhecht.com
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Carl Saconn | 2 Dec 2006 02:26
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Re: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

   I was visiting the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History several years 
ago while they were filming a scene for the first Spiderman movie. If you 
are familiar with that museum you will recognize the rotunda with it's 
marble columns as the place where Peter gets bit by the mutated spider. The 
movie mentions that it's the biggest facility of it's type on the East 
Coast!

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From: "Jeff Hecht" <jeff.hecht <at> sff.net>
To: <Danvarner <at> aol.com>; <dinosaur <at> usc.edu>
Cc: <DinoBoyGraphics <at> aol.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

> At 7:19 PM -0500 12/1/06, Danvarner <at> aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 12/1/2006 5:44:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>dinoboygraphics <at> 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
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Patti Kane-Vanni | 2 Dec 2006 04:05
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Fw: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patti Kane-Vanni" <pkv1 <at> erols.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur <at> usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:33 PM
Subject: Upcoming Movie "Night at the Museum"

>I haven't seen this on the list as yet, but has anyone seen any trailers 
>for the upcoming movie "Night at the Museum?  I saw a billboard today and 
>there was a T-rex skeleton shown escaping from a crate.  Probably the 
>'slimmed down" version of JP.  So I found the official movie site for the 
>picture, described as the "Official site for the movie Night at the Museum, 
>starring Ben Stiller as a security guard at the Museum of Natural History 
>who accidentally lets loose an ancient curse that causes the displays to 
>come to life and wreak havoc." at: http://www.nightatthemuseum.com/ .  And 
>on Yahoo... "Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually 
>down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could 
>never have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial 
>job as a graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. 
>During Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman 
>Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama..."   Some parts of the 
>trailer show a requisite T-rex chase scene, as well as some scary, campy 
>and funny diorama interaction scenes. 
>http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1809266172&cf=trailer
> Evidently there's plenty of web traffic and trailers (over a million hits) 
> in anticipation of a Dec. 22, 2006 release date. Seems like a fun night 
> for the natural history museum crowd. Anyone involved in this? - Patti
>
>
> Patti Kane-Vanni
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MKIRKALDY | 2 Dec 2006 06:10
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USNM fossils

Posted for Matt  Carrano.
--Mary
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Hello everyone, 

Greetings from  Washington. As a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's 
National Museum of  Natural History, I am writing to ask for your assistance. 

Two weeks ago  (November 15), we discovered that a major theft had occurred 
from the exhibit  halls of the NMNH. Someone had broken into five separate 
railing cases and  removed nine fossil mammal and reptile specimens (all Cenozoic) 
from them. These  cases were not under direct camera surveillance, so we do 
not have footage of  the theft. I am writing because we believe that the 
thieves have only two  options for these fossils. 

The first is to keep or hide them, in which  case we are probably going to 
have a hard time recovering them. 

The  second option is to sell them, by passing them off as their own finds or 
as  legitimately purchased fossils. 

In the event of the latter, I am  including information on our missing 
specimens, in the hope that you might  recognize them should they pass under your 
view. If you do see them, or have  them offered to you, please let me know or 
contact our collections manager (Jann  Thompson, thompsonj <at> si.edu). Several of 
these are important specimens, having  been published and illustrated 
previously. 

The specimens are:
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