The Librarian

Mi pare quasi ora che abbia una discussione tutta sua....

Trama:
THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR.

The Librarian: alla ricerca della lancia del destino, si apre con un brillante studente di 30 anni, Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) che viene cacciato dall'università dal suo professore che crede che Carsen, dopo aver ottenuto 22 lauree, sia carente quanto ad esperienze di vita e pensa che sarebbe dannoso per lui continuare così. Mentre la madre di Carsen, Margie(Olympia Dukakis) discute con lui perché cerchi l'amore e cominci ad uscire con delle ragazze, Carsen riceve un misterioso invito per un colloquio di lavoro alla Metropolitan Pubblic Library, la biblioteca Pubblica di New York.
Dopo un bizzarro ma efficace colloquio, Charlene (Jane Curtin) and il capo della Biblioteca Judson (Bob Newhart) rivelano a Carsen la vera natura del suo lavoro, un lavoro segreto che è stato portato avanti per secoli.
Lui è pagato per proteggere i più grandi tesori della storia, che sono stati custoditi in un'area segreta della Biblioteca. Tra i tesori custoditi nella biblioteca ci sono l'arca dell'Alleanza, la Mona Lisa (essendo quella nel museo di Louvre una copia), il vaso di Pandora ed Exalibur, per citarne alcune.
Carsen scopre che il lavoro è molto più impegnativo di quello su cui si era accordato quando membri della malevola fratellanza del Serpente (Fishe and Hu) irrompono nella biblioteca e si appropiano di una delle tre parti della lancia del destino, una antica sacra reliquia in grado di dare al suo possessore il controllo sul destino del mondo.
Carsen deve allora partire alla ricerca delle altre due parti per impedire che cadano nelle mani sbagliate.
Con la fratellanza del Serpente sulle sue tracce, Carsen si dirige in Amazonia con Nicole Noone (Sonia Walger), un agente della biblioteca che condanna se stessa per la morte dell'ultimo bibliotecario(Kyle MacLachan). Le loro avventure - cacciatori di teste,cadute dalle cascate, ponti traballanti, trappole Maya mortali, una sana dose di comica presa in giro e forse anche un tocco di romanticismo, -infine li fanno finire nelle mani della fratellanza, che li costringe ad mettere insieme gli altri pezzi della Lancia del destino. Le tracce li conducono all'altro capo del mondo, nel favoloso mondo dello Shangri-La, sulle cime del Himalaya. Proprio quando sembra che la fratellanza sia sul punto di prendere possesso di tutti i tre pezzi della Lancia del Destino e usare il suo potere per dominare il mondo, Carsen prova che i suoi anni di studio lo hanno ripagato. E' ora pronto per affrontare qualsiasi avventura gli capiti a tiro.

Intervista a Noah sul suo personaggio (gentilmente tradotta in italiano da Silvia![1ami] )

A Conversation with Noah Wyle ("Flynn Carsen")

Q: qual'è stata la sua reazione dopo aver letto THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR?
A: questo progetto mi è arrivato al momento giusto.Cercavo qualcosa di diverso dal sottore che interpreto ogni giorno.Avevo appena firmato con un anuova agenzia e stavo per fare un ruolo come"Agent Steel" (Agente d'acciaio) nel nuovo film XX X "e il duro McClusky" in un altro film e per qualche ragione questi ruoli d'azione .Quando questa sceneggiatura mi è arrivata suulla scrivania ho pensato di avere davvero una grossa possibilità.La sceneggiatura era una di quelle cose talmente buone che ti arriva troppo raramente.L'ho letta e mi ha preso subito ed ho passato un sacco di tempo a pensare. Fa che finisca bene. E' davvero ottima
Q: Ci descriva il suo personaggio, Flynn Carsen.
A: Flynn è un trentenne che ha passato metà della sua vità neglia mbienti letterari.E' molto intelligente ma non ha mai affrontato il mondo reale.E' un eterno studente e ha preso 22 master,4 soltanto in egittologia.Si sewnte a suo agio in questo ambiente.E' un ambiente del quale lui è il re ed il prospetto di andare fuori,nel mondo e cercarsi un lavoro lo terrorizza.Non è un secchione del genere Revenge of the Nerds ( La vendetta dei secchioni) ma piuttosto un ragazzio la cui testa è talmente piena di conoscenza da eliminare ogni conoscenza sociale. E' molto onesto e dolce

ERa li la sera che Bob Newhart ha fatto la sua prima scena di combattimento?
A: ERo li con la mia videocamera personale.volevo assicurarmi che quando avessero ripetuto la scena,che io ho registrato,fossi il primo a registrare Bob Newhart che dava calci nel sedere per la prima volta nella sua carriera

come è stato lavorare con questo eletrizzante cast?
A: includeva alcune delle mie persone preferite Bob Newhart, Olympia Dukakis, Jane Curtin, Kyle MacLachlan, Sonya Walger and Kelly Hu. Gente meravigliosa è venuita con noi in messico per tanto tempo e ha recitato in questa divertente storia

Q: Se avesse potuto prendere qualunque cosa dal set cosa sarebbe stato?
C'erano due cose che avevo adocchiato,il libro che fdanno al mio personaggio per decifrare gli indizi che lo condurranno lungo il suo viaggio.Il libro è scritto nel linguaggio degli uccelli,un alingua morta che si suppone fosse la lingua parlata nel giardino dell'eden.L'altro è un enorme ritratto del mio personaggio che tiene in mano la lancia del destino che è un ogetto che lui prende dalla biblioteca

Q: Come spera che il pubblico reagirà a questo film?
A: questo film è un originale miscuglio di dramma,azione,divertimeneto e avventura che non capita di vedere molto spesso in televisione.Non ho mai visto un film così per la televisione prima.Penso anche che questo film parli di TNT e delle cose originali che stanno producendo.Parla anche di Dean Devlin, che fa dei film per il cinema di straordinario successo ma non ne hai mai fatti per la televisione.E un grande sforzo fare film per la televisione con un budget televisivo piuttosto che con un budget cinematografico.Spero che il pubblico saprà cogliere come è stato girato-con molto divertimento.Inoltre è molto bello,una volta tanto,che è davvero intelligente e a cui piace impararence e non è lo zimbello di tutti.E' l'eroe di questo film. Le cose dui cui parliamo,i posti che visitermo,spero interesseeranno le persone che ne vorranno sapere di più

BATTUTE

Flynn Carsen: I just want to get to know the Nicole beneath the surface arrogance. Peel back the layers.
Nicole Noone: What do you think is below the surface arrogance?
Flynn Carsen: More arrogance. And then perhaps a few delicious layers of flaky disdain. All around a creamy sweet center of homicidal rage.

Nicole Noone: You only live once.
Flynn Carsen: Unless you believe in Buddhism...
Nicole Noone: I hate you so much.

Flynn Carsen: These books speak to me.
Margie Carsen: They speak to you? What do the say? Do they tell you to do things? Do they tell you to start fires? You shouldn't listen to what they tell you, especially if they have you do bad things or hurt animals.

Flynn Carsen: The fate of the world is in my hands. That's just so...sad.

Flynn Carsen: I hate it when you smile.That means you're about to do something incredibly dangerous.

Nicole Noone:Get your own geek!

Flynn Carsen:I don't even have a parking space. I really think you should get a parking place before you're assigned to fight an evil conspiracy

Nicole Noone:I am so far out of your league that if your league exploded, I wouldn't hear it for three days.

Flynn Carsen:I don't want to go if I'm not coming back


Judson:"Who else wants a piece'a me?"


Flynn Carsen:What is this, Slap the Librarian Day?"


Charlene (coldly): What makes you think you could be the Librarian?
Flynn Carsen : I know the Dewey decimal system, Library of Congress, research paper orthodoxy, web searching, I can set up a RSS feed...
Charlene (stifling a sigh): Everybody can do that. They're librarians.

Flynn Carsen:I should have known he was evil. He gave me an A-.

Judson:That box belonged to a gal named Pandora. Maybe it is best we don't open it?


Flynn Carsen(?):Twit tweet tweet brrr bip bop bip twit. In the language of the birds that means "You're up a creek, and I've got the paddle."

Nicole Noone: Nobody questions the Librarian - not even the Librarian.

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>>The Librarian is a new series of adventure
films from Dean Devlin (Independence Day,
Stargate, Godzilla) staring Noah Wyle (from TV's
ER) as the curator of the most fabulous mythic
memorabilia in the world. The first movie, Return
of the Spear of Destiny, takes Noah to the
Amazon, the Himalayas and other exotic locale to
recover the spear that pierced Jesus on the
cross. The Librarian costars Kyle MacLachlan,
Olympia Dukakis, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtain and
Sonya Walger and will air on TNT in December
2004.>>

and

>>* iBooks is creating a novelization of The Librarian, starring Noah Wyle.
The first movie in this series for TNT is The Librarian: Return of the Spear
of Destiny which will be aired December 5, 2004>>

Belle le foto e pure l'intervista...certo che ci hanno messo una bonmona vicino a Noah!

Nella foto sembra....ma io ho visto le video clip....ed è molto più normal...secondo me hanno ritoccato
Anzi devo dire che non mi dispiacciono insieme, perchè lei nel genere tosta e dura ci rientra e....siccome lui rientra nel genere dolce, imbranato e comico...l'accopiata sarà classica, ma almeno a prima impressione funziona

Nuova clip sul sito della TNT: http://www.tnt.tv/Title/View4/0,5878,543783|5929|6068,00.html

Battutona finale del personaggio di Noah...
The fate of the world is in my hands...scena di Noah che sbatte contro una porta per aprila(non la apre ma se fa solo male ) and it's just so.....SAD!

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The fate of the world is in my hands

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Ahhhh Anche Noah è stato preso dalla sindrome di Schwarznegger

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and it's just so.....SAD!

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La conclusione della frase è tutto dire su quanto lui si prenda sul serio come protettore del destino del mondo ....Silvia è molto sull'humor e lui tutto sembra uno Schwarznegger....dovresti vedere il promo, è molto divertente...

Ok, provo a fare una descrezione per chi non lo può vedere....

Scena: Si vede il personaggio di Noah camminare penso davanti alla biblioteca e poi legere un libro
Commento: Flyn Carsen ha speso la sua intera a vita a studiare antiche leggende..
Scena: Flyn e un altro personaggio che gli tiene il braccio intorno al collo e gli dice: "Amico, tu sei uno studente professionista.....! "
Scena: Una ragazza nella camera penso di Flyn che gli dice "Ti piace imparare?" e lui "Yesssss" con un sorriso soddisfatto come a dire "Hai capito?"
Scena: Ancora il personaggio con il braccio attorno al collo....ma non ho capito che dice...qualcosa come in avoiding life...
Scena: Olympia Dukakys (la mamma di Flynn) che gli dice "Io voglio solo che il mio ragazzo trovi l'amore..."
Scena: ancora la ragazza nella sua camera....ma non riesco a capire il senso....dice.....comunque lei dice una cosa sulla madre di Flynn e lui prima ridice yessss e poi fa mente locale e di NOOOOO!
Scena: Flyn seduto a terra ai piedi della sua libreria.
Poi sempre nella stessa scena cadono dei libri dall libreria sulla testa di Flyn e lui poi fa in mano questa specie di invito da parte della biblioteca di Newyork....con le lettere in ora che luccicano ovviamenteE si sente la sua voce che dice "Io devo cambiare la mia vita".
Scena: Corridoio della biblioteca, Flyn sposta un libro e si aprono le porte sulla area nascosta della biblioteca faccia attonita di Flyn
COmmento: Ora la conoscenza sta aprendo la porta
Scena: Il personaggio di Bob Newhart dice a Flyn..."questo è il tuo destino". Flyn che apre il vaso di Pandora ma il personaggio di Bob Newhart lo richiude prima dell'ireparabile e Flyn che si ritira indietro con faccia che sta a dire "Ooops". Flyn che prende in mano una spada...che presuno sia Excalibur...sempre il personaggio di Bob continua dicendo..."Ora tu sei il guardiano di tutti questi grandi tesori"

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>>Listen up, HBO. I've got your next guest star right here. Chatting up his latest project, TNT original "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear", Noah Wyle divulges that while his wife, makeup artist Tracy Warbin, has joined the masses of "Desperate Housewives" devotees, his TV loyalties lie with HBO's "Deadwood". When I suggest that he consider a guest-starring role on the gritty western series, the Emmy nominee almost gushes, "From your lips to God's ears!".

Until the call comes down from God or HBO, though, Wyle will keep himself busy with the Dec. 5 premiere of "The Librarian". In this adventure story, Wyle stars as Flynn Carsen, a thirtysomething bookworm desperate to stay in grad school -- he's got to earn his 23rd degree, after all. When he's finally booted from his university, fate brings Flynn to the New York Public Library and and job as "the librarian". Under the tutelage of Judson (Bob Newhart, who, with Jane Curtin, turns in the film's funniest performance), Flynn learns that he is now the protector of the world's greatest secrets. Just how secret? When he gets a little too curious, Judson stops him and calmly explains, "This box belonged to a girl named Pandora..."

When the Spear of Destiny is stolen from the library by the nefarious Serpent Brotherhood, Flynn goes on an adventure he never dreamed possible. Taking on an action role was a dream of Indiana Jones proportions come true for the ER veteran. "It's a genre I've always enjoyed watching," he says. "And it was definitely different from the last 11 years!".

Eleven years as an ER doctor, a stint as a librarian and an adventurer -- can Deadwood cowboy be far behind?>>


FOtoooooooooo!!!

Una fortunata è entrata in possesso del kit che hanno datto alla prima per la stampa, kit che comprende anche il dvd del film (sono verde livida ).
Fortunatamente ha provveduto a fare una bella descrizione....

So I have the press kit and a dvd of The Librarian. Really amazing presentation: they've packaged the whole thing in a box that looks like an old-fashioned leather suitcase, with all the stickers from around the world. Lots of gorgeous photos, some Q&A, etc., are contained.

Something of note: the press materials make mention that Noah is leaving ER this season, and making the transition to this role, saying it's a new phase in his career. I don't think we can get much more official than this, folks.

As far as the movie, first of all I want to take back every negative word I said about Sonya Walger's casting. Every single one. She's *so* good, and she looks stunning. They've got great chemistry together (it was essential that they do for the movie to work). There's a subplot where Flynn's mother keeps trying to set him up on blind dates, and it's a hoot.

Noah looks better than we've seen him in ages. It's amazing what a shirt and pants, rather than a baggy scrubs, will do for a person's looks. He gets to show off his comedic skills, and they're still sharp, even after not being used for years. Remember all the physical comedy he used to have on ER back in the first season? He even juggles.

I get a sense of the more irreverent S1 Carter out of this character, but with more edge (shoutout to Noah's character in Beggars and Choosers!), more humor, far less approval-seeking. There's even a tiny little echo of Benton/Carter in the relationship he has with Jane Curtin's character.

Flynn and Nicole are good together without being forced. There's a nice chemistry between them, but there aren't any anvils or any secondary character pointing out that there are fireworks, etc. Fancy that...good writing and good performances! The actors are all professionals -- no scenery chewing, no mugging, no inappropriate expressions.

Noah's excellent. I don't hesitate to point out when he's bad (Enough, anyone?) but he's really comfortable with this role, and he's at his best when he's relaxed.

Kyle McLachlan's a sort of comic book villain, but it fits the tone of the movie. No one's taking themselves too seriously.

It really comes across that they were having a blast making this film, and that makes it all the more entertaining. And did I mention that Noah and Sonya are pretty hot together?

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Raffy ti posto la traduzione anche qui

Ho il press kit e il dvd di The Librarian. davverp stupenda presentazione il tutto è racchiuso in una scatola che sembra una vecchia valigia con adesivi da tutto il mondo.Tanbte foto bellissime,un pò di Q&Ad.

Per quel che riguarda il film devo ritirare ogni cosa newgativa che abbia mai detto su Sonya Walger E' bravissima e bellissima.Hanno una grande affinità,ed era una cosa essenziale per il film.C'è una sotto trama in cui la mamma di Flynn cerca di organizzargli appuntamenti al buio ed è divertente

Noah è bello come non lo vedevo da anni.E' sorprendetne cosa possano fare maglietta e pantoloni invece che uno scrub per l'aspetto di una persona inoltra mostra la sua abilità nella commedia che sono ancora eccazionali pur non essendo state usate per anni.Ricordate tutti i momenti divertenti di ER nelle prime stagioni? Fa pure il giocoliere

questo personaggio assomiglia al piuù irriverente Cartere della prima stagione ma con più personalità ( simile al personaggio di Noah in Beggars and Chooser)c'è una piccola eco della relazione Carter/Benton in quella che ha col personaggio di Jane Curtin

Flynn e Nicole stanno bene insieme senza che la cosa sia forzata,il feeling tra di loro è buono ma non è sottolineato da nessun personaggio esterno.Inoltre mi piace che le performances siano buone come pure la sceneggiatura.Gli attori sono tutti dei professionisti,nessuna scena mangiata.nessun borbottio,nessuna espressione inappropriata

Noah è eccellente,non esisterei a sottolinerare quando non lo è ma è davvero a suo agio con questo ruolo e è al suo meglio quandfo è rilassato

Kyle McLachlan è una sorta di cattivo da fumetti ma si adegua al tono del film.Nessuno si prende troppo sul serio

Si nota davvero che si sono divertiti molto facendo il film e rende il tutto pèiù divertente.E ho detto che Noah e Sonya sono davvero bollenti insieme?

Raffy immagino che dopo una recensione del genere sarai al settimo cielo![:)] Ma Kyle Mclachlan è quello di Judging Amy?

E io ribadisco anche qui: come ti amo[1amo]
La ragazza del commento è una criticona....critica Noah senza problemi se trova che non sia in parte o che il film cui partecipa fa schifo.Insomma non è una faziosa come la sottoscritta
Il fatto che a lei il film sia piaciuto, mi fa ben pensare:ovviamente è chiaro che, schifezza o meno, io me lo sarei vista lo stesso.

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Si nota davvero che si sono divertiti molto facendo il film e rende il tutto pèiù divertente.E ho detto che Noah e Sonya sono davvero bollenti insieme?

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Questa cosa poi mi fa ridere, perchè appena è uscito fuori il nome di questa attrice, Sonia Walger, la critcona (che a quanto ho capito lavora nell'ambiente, se non è anche lei attrice....) ha cominciato a dire che era inadeguata, che non la vedeva per niente nella parte, che sicuramente con Noah avrebbe avuto una pessima chimica.....mai giudicare senza guardare
A me una delle prime cose che mi ha colpito positivamente guardando le clip è stata lei e la chimica con Noah....quindi.

raffy secondo me la criticona è statra invitata alla prima per la stampa e addetti ai lavori e non vuole fare figure dim... cmq ben le sta,mai guidicare prima di vedere....come sto facendo io con un SW nella 11

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Scritto da: silvia wildfower 24/11/2004 11.00
raffy secondo me la criticona è statra invitata alla prima per la stampa e addetti ai lavori e non vuole fare figure dim... cmq ben le sta,mai guidicare prima di vedere....come sto facendo io con un SW nella 11

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Ecco allora diamoci una moderata....anche se io qualcosa ho visto
La criticona.....dovrebbe essere meno saccente

www.scifi.com/sfw/current/screen.html

An excerpt:

>>TNT's action-adventure movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear is Raiders of the Lost Arc lite, but it still manages plenty of substance. The film is filled with action, good performances and a light comic touch. The silliness quotient never ruins the entertainment value, largely due to Noah Wyle's refreshing performance as Flynn.

Wyle, a veteran of the much more serious-minded ER, fills Flynn with a childlike enthusiasm that gives The Librarian a charming and endearing quality, allowing us to sit back and enjoy the ride. Jane Curtin, Sonya Walger and Olympia Dukakis offer plenty of wonderful backup, with Bob Newhart and Kelly Hu giving standout performances. It makes you wonder why we don't see Newhart and Hu in more films. Only Kyle MacLachlan gets short-sheeted by the script, as the one-dimensional Big Bad.

Buone cose, buone cose

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1147&dept_id=483441&newsid=13455737&PAG=461&rfi=9

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Sunday, 8 p.m., TNT) makes good on its droll title. A satire of Raiders of the Lost Ark-style adventure, the film begins as a nerdy graduate student named Flynn (Noah Wyle) works on his 22nd degree. His professor accuses him of staying in school to hide from life and kicks him out of the program for his own good. Shattered, Flynn is forced onto the job market, but what kind of career is available to a guy who's mastered all the world's knowledge?

He lands an interview for a mysterious librarian position, gets the job after a semi-supernatural interview, and learns to his dismay that he's been put in charge of a secret collection of artifacts. The Ark of the Covenant, Excalibur, Pandora's Box - no, Toto, we're not in the Dewey Decimal System anymore.

Who knew that Wyle, late of E.R., is a comic master from the Woody Allen school? Step aside Jason Alexander and Tony Shalhoub - Wyle does bumbling incompetence as well as any TV actor now working. He's perfectly cast as a boob who gets in way over his head when, on his first day of work, he's asked to save the world. The Serpent Brotherhood has stolen a magical sword from the library's collection and plans to use it to rule all creation. Flynn's stone-faced supervisors (Jane Curtin and Bob Newhart) inform him that retrieving the sword is, in fact, part of his job description.

"You know," Flynn says, scrambling to back out of the assignment, "this is my first day, and I don't even have a parking place. I really think you should have a parking place before you get assigned to fight an evil conspiracy."
He's probably right: I'm sure Indiana Jones had parking covered before he began his own magical quest.

Traduzione in italiano della prima review sul film.....GRAZIE SILVIA[5amo]

Flynn Carsen (Wyle) è uno studente brillante che ha studiato tutta la vita e dopo aver preso 22 lauree non ha altra aspirazione che comtinuare a studiare. Sfortunatamente il suo ultimo professore pensa che Flynn dovrebbe affrontare il mondo reale e vivere la vita.Quando il professore lo liquida sei mesi prima della sua ultima laurea eè costretto a cercarsi un lavoro

Nel mezzo di una frustrante ricerca di lavoro,Flynn riceve una proposta di colloquio dalla biblioteca nazionale pubblica di New York.E' il lavoro perfetto per lui e contento si avvia al colloquio.Ma,quandoa rriva,trova dozzine di latre paersone che aspettano pazientemente in fila.Quando finalmente arriva il suo turno,è assunto dopo un colloquio bizzarro e gli viene presentata Charlene (Curtin) ed il capo della biblioteca Judson (Newhart)

Judson illustra a Flynn il genre di lavoro che dovrà fare e gli dice che ora è responsabile della protezione dei più grandi tesori della storia,che sono al sicuro nelle profondità delle biblioteca.Dopo aver seguito Judson nei labirinti della sicurezza,Flynn si ritrova davanti all'Arca dell'Alleanza,Il vaso di Pandora e Excalibur

Eccitato all'idea di essere circondato improvvisamente da tutta quella storia,Flynn arriva per il suo primo giorno di lavoro e scopre che Judson è stato colpito fino a svenire.La biblioteca è stata vittima di un iintrusione di dei ladri che sembra conoscano chi vi lavora all'interno nel sistema di sicurezza.Flynn,Judson e Charlene scoprono che i ladri sono membri della malefica fratellanza del serpente e che da al suo capo il controllo sul destino del mondo

Ora c'è solo una cosa da fare.Judson dice a Flynn che deve cercare i due pezzi mancanti della lancia e metterli al sicuro prima che la fratellanza ci metta le mani sopra
Il destino del mondo è nelle mani del bibliotecario sia che sia pronto per il compito o no.Armato solo con un libro di indizi scritto in una lingua mortache nessun essere umano sulla terra sa come interpretare,Flynn parte per fermare i cattivi e salvare il mondo

Più di un semplice predatore

Il film di azione e di avventura di TNT The Librarian: Quest for the Spear prende dai predatori dell'arca perduta ma c'è molta sostanza.Il film è pieno d'azione,buone interpretazioni ed un leggero tocco comico.La percentuale di strupidaggini non rovina mai il valore dello spettacolo,maggiornmente grazie alla fresca interpratazione di Noah Wyle nei panni di Flynn

Wyle, un veterano del molto più serio ER,dona a Flynn un entusiasmo infantile che da al bibliotecario un tocco di fascino ee spavalderia,permettendoci di rilassarci e di goderci lo spettacolo. Jane Curtin, Sonya Walger e Olympia Dukakis offrono un buon sottofondo con Bob Newhart e Kelly Hu le cui interpretazioni risaltano. Ci fa domandare prechè non vediamo Newhart e la Hu in più film.Solo Kyle MacLachlan viene tagliato dalla sceneggiatura,come il cattivo ad una sola dimensione

Per quanto riguarda la sceneggiatura di David Titcher,insieme al dialogo frizzante e situazioni divertenti,c'è una grande trama di sottofondo sui tesori nazionali per far continuare a cammin are la storia.Se,per esempio,i cattivi hanno un pezzo della lancia,perchè correre il rischio e guidarli verso gli altri pezzi invece che inseguire l'unico pezzo rubato?
la risposta è,naturalmente,è che prendere il pezzo rubato non renderebbe molto come storia.Invece l'intricata rete della trama che presenta molti buchi,l'azione passa così velocemente da una scena all'altra che non avrete il tempo di notarlo

The Librarian non è un film sulla logica.E' un film sulla risoluzione di antichi indizi,ricerche di tesori e la salvezza del mondo,anche se farlo vuol dire mettere il mondo in una situazione di rischio.Oltre a ciò è un film dove il 75enne Bob Newhart bastona un gruppo di cattivi ragazzi.La Walger e la Hu danno una dimensione totalmente nuova alla sfida femminile scontrandosi sul personaggio un pò secchione interpretato da Wyle e si godono lo stupore e gli occhi spalancati di Wyle nel suo ruolo

Il più grande problema che The Librarian: Quest for the Spear affronta,al di fuori del titolo,non è la promoziopne del film da parte di TNT,che ignora il tono divertente e va dritta verso una noiosa promozione della parrte di 'azione' del film.TNT ha una scarsa considerazione di The Librarian.Ma è un prodotto divertente e più di un altro predatori dell'arca perduta irrealizzato

AS A CARD-CARRYING LIBRARY FAN, let me say that the TV movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (also this Sunday, December 5, at 8 p.m. on TNT) is long overdue. It’s about time that professional book nerds were hailed as the true superheroes they are. Organizers of knowledge, guardians of freedom, librarians get little respect in these days of Google, bookstore/coffee warehouses, and the Patriot Act. There’s a whole generation of young people who think Starbucks is a suitable place to do homework, who think nothing of downloading music yet couldn’t find their way to a library (psst, that’s a place where you can take books home for free) with MapQuest.

Anyway, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear is exactly what the title suggests — a fantasy/action movie with a librarian as the hero. There isn’t a trick in it that Indiana Jones hasn’t pulled, but it has some unexpected pleasures. (There are plans to make other Librarian movies if this one pulls decent ratings.) Noah Wyle’s Flynn Carsen is a perpetual grad who is 30 years old, holds 22 degrees, and lives with his mommy (Olympia Dukakis). Flynn needs to get a life, and one appears in the form of an invitation to interview for a position at the Metropolitan Public Library. It turns out that Flynn is, by destiny, the Librarian, protector of all the greatest treasures of myth and history. The Ark of the Covenant, Pandora’s Box, Excalibur — they all exist, and they all reside in the basement of the library. The library is run by a mysterious stoop-shouldered man named Judson and his no-nonsense assistant, Charlene. Wait, here’s the good part: Charlene is played by Jane Curtin, snippy as ever, and Judson is Bob Newhart. Yes! Bob Newhart! And Newhart’s phlegmatic, stammered readings of florid lines like, "Trust me. This is . . . is . . . your destiny," give The Librarian its amiable, self-depreciating tone.

Flynn’s first mission is to retrieve the Spear of Destiny (pierced Jesus’s side, gives unlimited power to those who possess it), which has been stolen by the evil Serpent Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is headed by Edward Wilde (a very silly Kyle MacLachlan), the previous Librarian, who has gone over to the dark side. Wimpy Flynn is assisted by Library operative Nicole Noone (Sonja Walger), a tough-talking babe in regulation Old Navy tank top and cargo pants. Their pursuit of the Spear takes them from the Amazon to the Himalaya, leaving no special effect unturned, especially the ones we’ve seen a zillion times before (the disintegrating bridge, the jinxed pyramid). But Wyle’s geeky charm and the story’s glorification of book learnin’ are enough to keep the good vibes aloft and (please read this next part in the voice of Bob Newhart) prevent viewers from, uh, from check-checking out.

The Librarian: Quest For The Spear (2004)
by Sandra Ray
TNT's latest stars Noah Wylie in an Indiana Jones style caper.

I think every woman in America would jump at the chance to review a movie starring Noah Wyle (ER). Since it's his last season with the television hit, plenty of people are wondering just where he'll end up next.
TNT snapped him up for their television movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. Although the plot's been overdone with other action films, it has its own funny quirks. Ever since the Indiana Jones movies made action flicks famous for the "good guys," everyone has their own version of this popular plot. Librarians aren't high on the list of professions that I would give the title of "Hero," yet there is something to the overall storyline that makes it funny enough to pass the test.

Wyle plays Flynn Carsen, a bit of an oddball who still lives at home with mother while earning 22 college degrees. When a professor unceremoniously kicks him out of school and tells him to get a job, an invitation to apply at the Metropolitan Public Library appears. This library, however, doesn't just house your everyday books. A few artifacts, such as the Ark of the Covenant and Pandora's Box, are housed in the underground archives.

Other stars add comic relief, such as Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show) with his first-ever fight scenes. Jane Curtin (Third Rock from the Sun) works at the library too and is the perfect addition to Newhart's sense of humor. Kyle Machlachlan (Sex in the City) and Olympia Dukakis round out the cast. Even though Wyle's co-star Sonya Walger isn't a stranger to television, most of her work is overseas and relatively unknown to the crowd expected by TNT. I wish Walger's and Wyle's chemistry would have shown up a little more during the action parts of the movie, but they still complement each other nicely.

Parents of older children will be pleased that this movie contains little profanity, and none of it on the lewd side. The fight scenes are relatively benign also. I don't know that I would classify The Librarian as a family show, but it's much better than most of what's out there today.

Even though the plot was a little too predictable for me, it would make for a nice jumping off point to a series. I'm not sure if Wyle's ready for another series after finishing up with ER, but this one could fit his style nicely. His boyish charm and looks fit the clueless librarian perfectly. Overall, I have to mark this one in the win column.

What to watch this weekend Robert Bianco Usa Today
Never mind National Treasure. TV has a tiny treasure hunter of its own: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (* * * out of four, TNT, Sunday, 8 p.m. ET/PT).

Flimsily built but easy to like, Librarian is a spoofy gender-twist on The Mummy, with Sonya Walger as the brawn and ER's Noah Wyle as the previously cloistered brains, translating ancient texts and taking goofy delight in his own geeky cleverness. If it's very silly, watching Wyle be silly is a large part of the film's appeal. Heaven knows we've seen him suffer enough.

Wyle is Flynn Carson, a professional student who is hired by two semi-magical curators (Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin) to guard the Metropolitan Public Library's secret stash of ancient relics. When part of the "Spear of Destiny" is stolen, Flynn must find the other hidden sections before the bad guys can put them all together and rule the world.

So it's a race through secret doors, Mayan ruins and Asian mountains, leading to a girl fight launched by the immortal words "Get your own geek." Some of it feels forced, but there is fun to be had in the clever dialogue, the complicated plot and Wyle's doofus-on-the-loose performance. Moderate your expectations — and enjoy.

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from the Detroit Free Press:

www.freep.com/entertainment/tvandra...3e_20041203.htm

Wyle shrugs off white coat for a snappy safari jacket

December 3, 2004

BY MIKE DUFFY
FREE PRESS TV CRITIC

Jump back, evildoers. Nerd is the word.

'The Librarian: Quest for the Spear'
***
out of four stars
8 p.m. Sunday
TNT

A wily bookworm is coming to beat you bad boys down, save the world and give "ER" star Noah Wyle a playful new acting persona in "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear." The witty, lighthearted adventure drama, a breezy, B-movie pastiche of everything from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Romancing the Stone," premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday on TNT.

Wyle, who usually sports hospital scrubs and emotional angst as Dr. John Carter on "ER," seems to be having a grand time as the reluctant action hero Flynn Carsen. Still living at home with his mother (Olympia Dukakis), Carsen's a slightly dithering, 30-year-old intellectual freak with 22 degrees and a mad obsession for books.

But fate slaps this perpetual grad student upside his high IQ with a job offer he can't refuse.

Interviewing for a position at the Metropolitan Public Library, run by a mysterious old guy named Judson (Bob Newhart), Carsen is tapped for a job that Indiana Jones would love -- protecting the greatest treasures of history, such epic relics as the Ark of the Covenant, the sword Excalibur and Pandora's Box, all of which are housed in the vast subterranean stacks of the library.

But first, an emergency mission. Carsen is dispatched on a globe-trotting odyssey to recover the Spear of Destiny, an ancient and powerful holy relic that's been stolen by the sinister Serpent Brotherhood.

And since our brainiac nebbish needs some protection, fabulous action babe Nicole Noone (Sonya Walger, "Mind of the Married Man") is sent along to provide tough-cookie security as they journey from the Amazon to the Himalayas. While coping with Mayan death traps, collapsing bridges, humongous waterfalls and deadly headhunters, Wyle and Walger also share odd-couple banter and a zingy romantic chemistry.

Does our dizzily dynamic duo foil the Serpent Brotherhood, recover the Spear of Destiny and save the world? Well, duh!

Not only that, Wyle proves that he's not just a one-trick medical drama doctor. And "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear" supplies a happy slice of old-fashioned Saturday matinee escapism. It's fast, loose and fun. Sequel please.

from The Houston Chronicle:

www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/tv/2928889

Wyle trades scrubs for role as adventurer in 'Librarian'
By MIKE MlccucDANIEL


There's no mistaking Noah Wyle for Harrison Ford, but the doctor of NBC's ER proves there's a bit of Indiana Jones in him in the television movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. The adventure story -- the first of what could be a series of Librarian movies -- debuts 7 p.m. Sunday on TNT.

"Quest for the Spear is something you really haven't seen on television before, which is feature-quality, action-adventure, romantic escapist entertainment," said Wyle. "We set out to serialize this character and if the movie is received well, TNT has already put in three more stories, the best of which we'll hopefully shoot next year."

Wyle plays Flynn Carsen, a 30-year-old student kicked out of school because his professor believes Flynn -- after earning 22 degrees -- lacks life experience. "The things that make life worth living can't be taught here," the professor tells Flynn, pointing to his head. "They must be felt here," he says, pointing to his heart.

Though disturbed to be out of his academic element, Flynn is nonetheless intrigued when he receives a mysterious invitation to interview for a job at the Metropolitan Public Library. There he is hired by two other-worldly beings (Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin), who tell him his job will be to protect the greatest treasures of history, including such mythical objects as the Ark of the Covenant, Pandora's Box and the Golden Goose.

Ah, but there's a problem. Members of a group called the Serpent Brotherhood want access to one of those goodies for malevolent purposes. If they can obtain all three portions of the Spear of Destiny, they can control the future of the world. Already the brotherhood has one piece of the spear. It will be up to Flynn, with the help of a tough-as-nails library operative named Nicole (Sonya Walger), to prevent the brotherhood from obtaining the other two portions.

Their mission takes them to the world's most magical and mysterious places, from the Amazon to Shangri-La. Along the way, they encounter all manner of mischief, from deadly headhunters to collapsing bridges. Flynn must exhibit skills more common to Indiana Jones than the bookworm he is. These moments provide comic relief to the otherwise standard action-adventure film.
Wyle, who practiced pratfalls as well as medicine in his first season on ER, was up to the comedic tasks.

"A lot of times it's easier to play (in storylines with) cancer and infectious disease than it is to try and figure out what's funny," he said, "but it presents a really fun challenge, and you get to go to work with a whole different sense of sensibilities. I felt very much as if I were going over to my friend's back yard and playing dress-up."

Wyle falls a lot in the movie and takes a few punches from his attractive co-star.

"Sonya Walger can pack a punch," he said. "We had done about 12 takes of one scene (in which Walger pokes him in the jaw), and she really let me have it.

"(Producer) Dean Devlin said he hadn't quite heard the right smack sound and wanted to go a couple more times. I kept telling him, the smack is something he could add (in post-production) and he said, 'No, No, we'll feel it, we'll feel it.' Sure enough, she walloped me with a left hook and my whole face ballooned up red. I was reactionless for about three seconds, it hurt so much."

Wyle said that working with Newhart and Curtin was a priceless (and less physically tortuous) opportunity he hopes to revisit in sequels.

"Off camera, they are two of the best storytellers I've ever had the pleasure of listening to," he said. "On camera, they are two of the most specific and focused performers I've ever worked with. Bob Newhart's deliveries should be copyrighted; they are so specific to him. Working with a rhythm like that is both exciting and challenging because you have to find a way to complement and engage it without hindering it. That's really a trick when you're working with someone as good as he is

Intervista con Devlin:
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Estratti che riguardano Noah....e la possibilità che di questo plot si facciano più film:

Were they instrumental in choosing Noah Wyle, or was that your choice?
From day one, TNT said that they saw Noah Wyle in the part. I had always thought that Noah was a brilliant actor but I didn't know if he could do comedy, because I had seen him do drama. But my feeling has always been, if you go with a really talented actor you can never go wrong. So we went with Noah, and then to my shock, I found that he was a brilliant comedian. That his comic timing was impeccable. We were all kind of shocked and blown away. I think it's a really interesting thing, especially for people who have seen him play Dr. Carter for 11 years now. When they see him in this part, you literally forget about that other character. It's one of the few times I've seen an actor really transcend the character you've fallen in love with and become a brand new character. And he does that, really successfully. I think this will change the way people think about him forever.

Will there be any more "The Librarian" TV movies?

Well that all depends on how well we do this Sunday. If the audiences respond, if they show up to watch it, our plan is to do one of these a year for the next couple of years. And then assuming that the audiences respond to it I'd like to take it out and actually do it as a series of feature films.


Has that been done before?

The only thing I can think of that's similar is Star Trek, which started as a television series and then became a series of movies. Of course there's been other movies based on series'. But not taking the original cast and expanding it. I think we live in a time now when studios want some assurances that there is an audience for a film before they make it. Which is why so many films are either sequels, or remakes, or based on television properties, or children's novels, or video games. So our hope is that we can develop the audience on television, and be able to show that there's a loyal following for "The Librarian." We've also released a series of books from ibooks, which is available in stores now. The first book is this story, but we're going to do a series of Librarian stories in novels. So our hope is to develop the property on multiple platforms, and develop that audience so that when the time comes to do a feature film, we already know that there's a loyal following.

Oakland Tribune

EARLIER this year, Noah Wyle chatted with reporters about his last season on "ER" and how odd it was to be the old man of the series after starting out as the green, new guy.
We wondered what the future held for the affable actor.

Well, he said, he was going to do a movie for TNT and had the title role of ... the librarian?

We'll brush those earlier doubts aside and let you know that this is a charming, self-deprecating tale of professional student Flynn Carsen, whose first job out in the world is to, well, save the world.

Flynn is forced by a professor to get a j-o-b, which proves more difficult than he imagined. Living with his mother (Olympia Dukakis), he realizes just how pathetic he is when mom fixes him up with yet another daughter-of-a-friend who asks him about himself and his life.

So when an offer to interview for a job at the Metropolitan Public Library magically appears, he jumps at it. He meets the mysterious library head Judson (Bob Newhart) and his assistant Charlene (Jane Curtin) and passes the test.

Turns out the librarian guards the world's treasures, from Pandora's Box to Excalibur. When bad guy (Kyle MacLachlan) threatens to wreak havoc on the world by stealing the Spear of Destiny, it's up to Flynn to solve a series of mysteries and come to the rescue. He's aided by the beautiful Nicole (Sonya Walger).

Producer Dean Devlin ("Independence Day") brings to the small screen a thoroughly entertaining production that's part "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and part "Romancing the Stone," with the adventure, romance and humor of both.

And where else will you find Newhart making like Chuck Norris?

Now he's a globe-trotting nerd

Friday, December 3, 2004

By VIRGINIA ROHAN
STAFF WRITER



Noah Wyle says his newest TV project is "just pure escapist entertainment."

THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR

8 p.m. Sunday, TNT

Imagine an action-adventure with Indiana Jones-like challenges and Joan Wilder-watt romantic sparks - only it doesn't involve a swashbuckling archaeology professor or a famous novelist, but a nerdy 30-year-old mama's boy and perpetual student.

What you get is Noah Wyle's newest TV project - "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear"- and it's good, old-fashioned, unadult fun.

"That's exactly what drew me to this," Wyle says, on the phone. "It's just pure escapist entertainment. You can't read that script and not get a sense of the spirit behind it. It's just a really good throwback to Saturday matinee-type movies, in the tradition of 'Indiana Jones.'Ÿ" The kind, he adds, that kids watch "with a bag of popcorn and a big smile on their face."

Wyle's character, Flynn Carsen, is a big departure from his Dr. John Carter on "ER," a competent physician and smooth ladies' man. Flynn still lives at home with Mom (Olympia Dukakis), who tries to set him up on blind dates. He has earned 22 master's degrees, four in Egyptology, but has never put any to practical use. When a professor bars him from taking more courses, insisting that Flynn needs to brave the real world, he's at a loss.

But then, Flynn gets a mysterious invitation to apply for a job at the Metropolitan Public Library. One of many hopefuls, he faces a no-nonsense interviewer (Jane Curtin), but impresses her with not only his vast trove of knowledge - the guy could give Ken Jennings a run for his money - but his deductive reasoning. Soon, he's being trained by the equally humorless library head, played by the wonderfully deadpan Bob Newhart.

Only after he has the post does Flynn learn its centuries-old secret: A secret wing of the library building houses history's greatest treasures - including the Ark of the Covenant, Pandora's Box and Excalibur - and the Librarian must protect them, at all costs.

After members of the malevolent Serpent Brotherhood break in and steal one portion of the Spear of Destiny - an ancient holy relic that bestows control of the world's fate - Flynn has to track down the other two sections and keep them from falling into the wrong hands. This mission takes him to the Amazon with a gutsy library operative named Nicole Noone (Sonya Walger), who is charged with keeping him safe. Flynn's not encouraged to hear that the last librarian (Kyle MacLachlan) died on her watch.

With the Serpent brotherhood in pursuit, this odd couple contends with deadly headhunters, rushing waterfalls, collapsing bridges and Mayan death traps. Ultimately, their journey takes them across the globe, to the fabled kingdom of Shangri-La.

"The Librarian," written and co-produced by David Titcher, was filmed in Mexico.

"It was a very physical job - shooting in the jungle, running and jumping and leaping, and then, simulating Mayan death chambers, collapsing temples, collapsing bridges," he says. "I felt honestly like I was going over to my best friends' yard to play. ... I can't overstate how much fun I had doing the job."

The actor liked playing the character's dichotomy - "he's very smart, but he's not very strong" - and says it was an "intimidating thrill" to have worked with Curtin and Newhart, comedy pros he has long admired.

"Being thrown in the scene where I was supposed to be acting between them was terrifying. You're talking about two people who have the most specific rhythms," says Wyle. (He did not appear in the three "ER" episodes in which Newhart guest-starred in 2003.)

If ratings for "The Librarian" are good, Flynn may return. "We made it with the hope and intent of making a series of films," says Wyle, who expects to have more time for such projects.

Though he has said that this 11th "ER" season will likely be his last as Dr. Carter - at least his final full season - Wyle still has not tired of the guy, who has evolved from naïve intern to seasoned doctor.

"I will always have a good time playing him. He is and always will be very much a part of me," Wyle says. "I'm very proud of the arc that we've presented with him. I think very few characters on television have the trajectory he has. ... It's really gratifying."

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From Variety

Sports cabler edged TNT for the 18-49 crown last week, though the Turner-owned channel delivered a whopping 7 million viewers for its original adventure movie "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear."

The 8 p.m. telepic beat CBS and WB in 18-49 rankings, posting a 2.8/6 in the time period. Movie also posted strong 25-54 numbers (3.3/7) and drew an additional 2. 9 million viewers to the 10 p.m. encore.

"Librarian" ranks as the most-watched movie year-to-date on ad-supported cable; it's tops in adults 18-49, 25-54 and total viewers. Made-for, exec produced by Dean Devlin, stars Noah Wyle as a bookworm called upon to save the world.

From USA Today.

Noah scores. TNT's The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, starring ER's Noah Wyle, averaged a healthy 7 million viewers and is the season's top basic-cable movie.

From the Washington Post.

"The Librarian: Quest for the Spear." Noah Wyle is a hot nerdy librarian who's put in charge of humanity's greatest secrets -- Pandora's box, the goose that laid the golden egg, the Bill O'Reilly phone tapes -- hidden under the New York Metropolitan Library, and when the Serpent Brotherhood snatches part of the Spear of Destiny (look it up) he has to retrieve it before they gain control of the world. If you're among the nearly 7 million who tuned in on TNT, you helped make it basic cable's No. 1 flick of the year.


Ed il produttore dice...

Devlin (Devlin)
Monday, December 06, 2004 - 07:16 pm
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Well, thankfully, we did spectacularly well in the ratings on Saturday, so it is very likely that you will see The Adventures of The Librarian continue!!

The Librarian: Quest For The Spear
By Aaman Lamba


TNT's "The Librarian", an original, made-for-television film turned out to be a fun watch, pitching a smart, young Noah Wyle(ER, A Few Good Men) as the person responsible for managing a cornucopia of secret treasures hidden under the New York Metropolitan Library. These treasures include some of humanity's greatest secrets, such as Pandora's Box and the Spear of Destiny, which is stolen by the bad guys. The rest of the film is the boyish, intellectual action hero cum Librarian's quest for the parts of the spear, aided by the requisite female interest, played by Sonya Walger (Coupling, Mind of the Married Man). Bob Newhart appears in an entertaining bit part.

The film's music is it's failing - the canned variety and inappropriate at times. The adventures are predictable with convenient saves out of a video game, such as jumping off a collapsing bridge and being taken hostage by pygmies who turn friendly. Some of the scenes are quite entertaining, as when the hero dances the Blue Danube with his sidekick to get through a torrent of arrows. The hero is very well read and solves most puzzles by dint of his knowledge of topics like ancient Portuguese, the language of the Birds and sheer deduction a la Holmes. Of course, Jimmy Neutron displays similar depth of knowledge, albeit in a different setting.

A few mistakes in the intricate story are evident, like the reference to a language called 'Indian' and linen sheets in a hut in the Amazonian jungle. The story switches from New York to the Amazon jungle, and to the Himalayas in the quest, all depicted visually well, if too set-like. The twists are the usual kind - one will not give them away only so that the reruns are not upset.

Overall, the film is derivative and predictable but a good, entertaining Sunday evening television adventure with good acting by Noah Wyle and an interesting premise that could well derive a few sequels.

By: ANN ZIVOTSKY - For the North County Times

On the list of unlikely action heroes, which includes the actors Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, add Noah Wyle, who is the perfect lead for TNT's new adventure, "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," airing at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Bravo to TNT for coming up with a fun, adventure movie for the holiday television season, an antidote to the sickeningly sweet, sentimental fare on most channels. Wyle plays 30-year-old Flynn Carsen, who has dozens of college degrees, lives at home with his mother (the great Olympia Dukakis) and is afraid to leave the world of academia.

Forced out into the real world, Flynn is recruited for a job at the Metropolitan Public Library. But this job doesn't involve shelving books but, instead, protecting the world's greatest treasures ---- including Excalibur and Pandora's box. As "The Librarian," Flynn is assigned to bring back the Spear of Destiny, the legendary spear used to pierce Jesus Christ's side during the crucifixion, which has fallen into the hands of an evil cult leader.

Flynn's development as The Librarian is watched over by Charlene (Jane Curtain) and Judson (Bob Newhart in a very new role for him), both of whom have both street smarts and mystical abilities to give Flynn a hand in his adventures. Watching over Flynn's physical life is Sonya Walger as Nicole, a butt-kicking bodyguard for Flynn. She's the brawn, and he's the brains, which is a nice twist.

Wyle and the supporting cast play wonderfully off each other. Great expressions come across Wyle's face, while Newhart delivers lines with his famous dry wit. Wyle is the perfect absent-minded professor ---- he trips in the Amazon and then is distracted by a species of flower he's landed next to. And when he realizes the fate of the world is in his hands, his only response is, "That is so sad."

The only actor who can't strike the right balance in this retro-adventure is Kyle MacLachlan as the evil cult leader. Instead of playing the part over the top, MacLachlan just overacts.

TNT has set up "The Librarian" to be a continuing series and let's hope there are enough viewers to make that happen because this "Librarian" is worth renewing again and again.

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The Librarian breaks ratings records, sequel is on the way

Arclight Films is proud to announce the overwhelming success of the TNT broadcast of The Librarian, the highest rated movie shown on cable television this year, beating out both made for television films as well as all theatrical motion pictures shown.

This success marks an auspicious beginning for the trilogy, making it the benchmark franchise for television in the years to come, especially with the next two films right around the corner. Production for the second instalment is scheduled for spring 2005 and to be broadcasted in the US the following December.

The Librarian stars the five time Emmy nominated and three time Golden Globe nominated Noah Wyle (ER), Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, Olympia Dukakis, Sonia Walger, Jane Curtain and Bob Newhart. The $10M effects packed television movie in the style of Indiana Jones is Devlin’s first venture into television movies, with the idea of creating a franchise similar to the theatrical event movies Devlin made with Roland Emmerich.

Devlin quotes 'It’s a challenge to bring the kind of scale and FX we feel this franchise deserves, but that’s the real fun of it. The first film was shot in HD and had over 300 digital FX shots in it. The next one will have to top it!' Devlin and his Electric producing team Marc Roskin and Kearie Peak aim to make two or three movies in the next few years with TNT and a theatrical feature film in three years.

The film tells the story of a repository for humanity’s greatest secrets, all hidden beneath the monolithic New York Metropolitan Library. From the Golden Fleece to the Ark of the Covenant, every enigma and artefact from every known and unknown civilization is protected from the forces of Evil who, if given the chance, would use the priceless treasures for their nefarious plans. Only one man can keep them safe: The Librarian.

Under his Electric Entertainment banner, Devlin is already working on a video game for next year and a novelization has just been released in the US by Simon & Schuster to coincide with the US television premiere and overseas television and DVD premieres. Devlin says “Of course, distributors who get the first film will have first look on the next movies in the series”.

International sales are brisk on the film. 'We presold the movie a lot. We’re finishing the sales right now in the last countries and and are readying ourselves for the sequel' said Nicolas Chartier, from Arclight Films.

NOAH RULES

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THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR (TNT) - A whopping 7.0 million
viewers tuned into Sunday's premiere of the telefilm, making it the
most-watched original movie thus far in 2004 on basic cable. Among
adults 18-49, "Librarian" averaged a 2.8 rating/6 share, good enough
to beat CBS and the WB in said demographic. The series also fared well
among adults 25-54 (3.3 rating/7 share) while its 10:00/9:00c encore
earned a respectable 2.9 million viewers.