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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Turner Home Ent
Salesrank: 1992
Released: August 30, 2005 |
| Our Price: $12.55 |
| Used Price: $14.42 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
To be a librarian, you must master the Dewey Decimal System, ace internet research and, if you're new librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), save the world! Wyle (ER) heads a sterling cast in a fun, fantastical, special effects-laden adventure that soars around the world from the Metropolitan Library to the Amazon jungle to the Himalayas. Geeky Carsen lands a job as the Librarian, keeper of such top-secret Met treasures as Excalibur and Pandora's Box. Then the Serpent Brotherhood, seeking world domination, steals one of three parts of the magical Spear of Destiny from the library. Only Flynn, aided by a gorgeous bodyguard, has the knowhow to thwart their plan. But does he know how to be a hero? He will - even if he has to gouge, kick, punch, brave Mayan death traps and plunge off icy precipices every inch of the way!
DVD Features:
Additional Scenes:15 minutes of unaired bonus footage and special effects
Easter Eggs:Hidden interviews with cast
Featurette:Behind-the-scenes featurette including never-before-aired interviews with cast and crew Special effects featurette narrated by director Peter Winther
Introduction:Introduction by Noah Wyle
Photo gallery
Description of The Librarian - Quest for the Spear:
Broadcast to record ratings on the TNT cable network, this Raiders-esque adventure does not go by the book, staring with its atypical action hero and his decidedly uncool profession. Flynn Carsen (Noah Wylie from E.R.) is a thirtysomething perpetual student who still lives with his mother (Olympia Dukakis). When his exasperated professor finally ejects him into the real world, Carsen's Holmesian deductive acumen lands him a job as the librarian at the Metropolitan Library. This is not an ordinary library. It houses history's most mythic artifacts, including the Ark of the Covenant, Pandora's Box, and the sword Excalibur. The fate of the world is in Carsen's hands ("That's so sad," he observes) when the dread Serpent Brotherhood steals the library's Spear of Destiny, and Carsen must retrieve it. His reluctant, and antagonistic, partner is Nicole (Sonya Walger), who is as skilled in martial arts as Carsen is schooled in the Dewey Decimal System. Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin add welcome comic relief, with Newhart, of all people, getting into the action by film's end. The humble hero (who would rather be known as "Flynn, the rather pleasant at parties"), somewhat cheesy special effects, and corny comedy make The Librarian a fun guilty pleasure. As Carsen proclaims, "Being a librarian is actually a cool job." This looks like the beginning of a beautiful franchise. --Donald Liebenson
The Librarian - Quest for the Spear Reviews:
Great TV Movie 
2009-12-11 - I haven't watched the DVD yet; however, I saw it on TV and it is a great movie and can't wait to watch it again.
Great Family (older kids) Fare!
2009-12-07 - My whole family loved this movie - especially my 12 year old son. It's Nancy Drew or the Hardy Brothers for the whole family. Good story, good cast and fun-filled adventure that leaves you smiling. Sure, it's a little campy and a little slow in the beginning, but hang in there, it's worth it. Right when it finished, my son asked me if we could rent the others. I hope they make more.
Loved it
2009-10-30 - I loved this movie so much. It was so cool and funny. I enjoyed watching it. The visual effects are not bad and not the best. Let's say they are just good. The story line is good. Fun to watch.
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2009-08-28 - This is the first and best adventure purchased in the series. It is suitable for children of all ages. I highly recommend this movie! From disappointment to elation with position of Librarian and the result of learning is amazing. Excellent characters, acting, and suspense.
Great action/adventure spoof 
2009-08-15 - You know that nerd chic has made its mark when a globe-hopping search for the mystic amulet stars a librarian. Glasses, no girlfriend, the whole geeky stereotype. But, the number of academic degrees add up close to room temperature, and this quest uses every bit of his encyclopedic knowledge.
Noah Wyle (played by Flynn Carson) isn't an Indiana Jones, who becomes a hero by violating the nerdy image. He wins by his wiles, completely embracing his inner geek. And outer one, for that matter. Nicole (Sonya Walger) plays his gorgeous guide/guard, who alternates between pulling his helpless hide out of danger and following him as he deciphers clues from an ancient book.
[Spoiler!]
The one scene in the movie that might best characterize its spirit comes near the end. It has Bob Newhart going all Chuck Norris on a roomful of heavily armed badguys. Talk about tongue in cheek!
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The adventure is chaste and bloodless, mostly, and keeps a humorous tone throughout. And, although he's inept in many ways, the movie never descends to the nerd-bashing that seems so culturally ingrained. In fact, a high point of the flick comes when Nicole starts the beatdown on the female badguy with the challenge "Find your own geek!" It's good silly fun, with a reminder that bravery goes with brains as easily as with brawn. And maybe, just maybe, the babe goes for the brains.
-- wiredweird
