The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006) (TV)

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers:

Marco Schnabel (written by)
David N. Titcher (characters)

Release Date:

3 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

New Continent. New Adventure. Still No Clue.

Plot:

Librarian-turned-adventurer Flynn Carsen endeavors to find King Solomon's mines.

Plot Keywords:

King Solomon | Mine | Beach | Tribal Dance | Skull

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Noah Wyle	...	Flynn Carsen
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Emily Davenport
Bob Newhart	...	Judson
Jane Curtin	...	Charlene
Olympia Dukakis	...	Margie Carsen
Erick Avari	...	General Samir
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Jomo
Robert Foxworth	...	Uncle Jerry
Zahn McClarnon	...	Tommy Yellow Hawk
Lisa Brenner	...	Debra
Jonathan Frakes	...	Debra's Husband
Peter Butler	...	Ahjmed
Tertius Meintjes	...	Rogan (as Tertius Meintjies)
Dawie Ackermann	...	Arthur Dawson (as David Ackermann)
Mehboob Bawa	...	Moroccan Taxi Driver

Also Known As:

The Librarian II: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Arabic

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Trivia:

Vampire bats are native only to Central and South America.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The scroll leading to King Solomon's mines is supposedly 3000+ years old, however Carson uses modern music notes and a five line staff to interpret it. The five line staff and modern music notes (like those shown on the scroll) weren't used until the early Baroque music period (mid 1600s).

Quotes:

Jomo: Hippos like chocolate...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Leverage: The Mile High Job (#1.8)" (2009)

Bad but good

Simply put, this move tracks the adventures of a man named Flynn Carsen to find the riches of King Solomon and protect their secrets. He meets Emily Davenport, a brilliant, beautiful woman, who is obsessed with the Queen of Sheeba, and the two go off together to find the "Mines" where the treasure, and a very dangerous book of spells, is hidden.

OK, this movie is very cliché. If Harrison Ford was in it and the script, acting, and special effects were slightly better, it could be Indiana Jones. The acting is fairly bad and the plot jumps from place to place, never really certain who feels what and who does what.

That said, it is one of those movies that is so bad, that it's good. Even though the acting is goofy, it is still funny, and despite the plot holes, it is still fun. It's the kind of movie to watch on a Tuesday night when there's nothing to do. And, it's a TV movie. It's not going to be theater worthy. Think of it as cute and a good family movie (except for maybe one scene).

So watch this knowing that you won't be awed by it, only relatively amused.