Librarian, The: Quest for the Spear (DVD)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... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Flynn C-a-r--s-e-n (Noah Wyle) applies for an opening as a librarian. He does not have the background per se, but he nevertheless impresses the interviewer, Charlene (Jane Curtin), and gets the job. Guided through the library by Judson (Bob Newhart), we find that there is a lot more to the library than one would guess.
Flynn barely gets his feet wet when a mysterious evildoer has pilfered a vital spear (the Spear of Destiny) part. Now he must learn his job OJT with the help of an aloof, stoic female (as there ever was such a thing). The mission is to obtain the rest of the spear and not let the evildoer assemble it.
In September of 1912, Adolf H-i-t-l-e-r was at the Hofburg Museum. H-i-t-l-e-r later said, "... I felt as though I had held it before in some earlier century of history. That I had once claimed it as my talisman of power and held the destiny of the world in my hands……"
I had fun with this one. Could not believe they got so many people to do so many things. Bob Newhart makes an excellent ex-marine. How the ever-got Olympia Dukakis to say her lines with a straight face we will never know. I think this is a project for out-of-work actors, but it worked for me. Sonya Walger did a great job for someone without a long record of accomplishment.
This has been shown a few times on TV. However, the DVD contains scenes not broadcast.
I would say this is a fun way to pass time.
They made two more movies that are just as much fun:
The Librarian, Quest for the Spear (2004)
The Librarian, Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
The Librarian, The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
There is a TV series that is not worth the plastic it is burnt on:
The Librarians, Big Adventures! Bigger Secrets! (2013–2018)
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