DVD Review: Night at the Museum Two-Disc Special Edition - Page 3

There are seventeen minutes of deleted scenes (with optional commentary by Levy). Aside from an alternate opening, little here is of any importance. A blooper reel around six minutes is worth checking out. Bringing the Museum to Life is a brief featurette looking at the special effects. Monkey Business continues a string of featurettes and this one focuses on working with the monkey.

Comedy Central’s Reel Comedy is a purely promotional piece that runs 21 minutes. Building the Museum is self explanatory, focusing on the set design. Historical Threads is brief five minute piece that looked at the costumes. Ten minutes of storyboard comparisons comes with an introduction by Levy.

Making Night at the Museum is 11 minutes of familiar territory by this part of the disc. A Fox Movie Channel feature provides generic information from those involved. A second Fox effort is an episode of Life After Film School. This is one of the better extras, with a nicely rounded conversation on the film and the process of getting it made and the final thing you’ll find in this set.

Shawn Levy’s prior massive success was the remake of Cheaper by the Dozen. His work before this included some dabbling in animated TV shows. Plans are in place for the rising director to handle the comic book adaptation The Flash in 2008.

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