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A Larger-Than-Life Cross-Country Trek -- Night At The Museum's "T-Rex Trek" Celebrates DVD Release.


Film's "Rexy" on 7-Day Road Trip From NYC NYC
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New York City


NYC New York City
 To LA - April 17-24

CENTURY CITY, Calif. -- Night At The Museum's hysterical historical figures send-off the playful T-Rex REXY on a seven-day cross-country game of fetch from New York to Los Angeles, just in time to celebrate Fox Home Entertainment's April 24th DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and Blu-ray Disc release. All the fun-filled after-hours antics will be available to take home and with the fun-loving fossil coming to towns across America, the nightly ritual becomes a party that's not to be missed!

REXY's pals from Night At The Museum including Attila the Hun, Enuits, Jebediah, Octavius, the Neanderthals, and others will bid REXY farewell with a huge celebration in New York on the evening of April 17th. Journeying down New York's great Broadway, through the nation's Capitol, then blowing through the Windy City and across the Mighty Mississippi, through the Gateway to the West and over the Rocky Mountains, to the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B.  and hitting the Vegas Strip, the two-ton, 13 foot tall and 21 foot long REXY will travel over 3,000 miles on his trek across the country. During his journey, REXY will be seen from all angles traveling America's highways on a huge flatbed truck chasing his beloved bone carried by a yellow HUMMER H2. REXY will be visiting several local history museums in various cities along the way, finally arriving at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910.  on April 24th.

After departing New York, REXY will make scheduled stops in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Las Vegas and San Francisco before landing in Los Angeles. Fans can follow REXY's trek via Yahoo! Maps and will be featured on Yahoo! Movies with event footage from the daily stops and exclusives from the upcoming DVD, allowing Night At The Museum fans around the world a glimpse into life on the road with REXY.

A LARGER THAN LIFE largĀ·er than life
adj.
Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. 
 TOUR:

The Night At The Museum Rexy Tour will make stops at the following locations, creating a Rexy frenzy in celebration of the upcoming DVD launch.

* New York, NY - American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877.  / Broadway - April 17(th)

* Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Natural Sciences - April 18(th)

* Washington D.C. - Robert Brent Elementary Museum Magnet School - April 18(th)

* Detroit, MI - The Henry Ford Museum - April 19(th)

* Chicago, IL - The Field Museum - April 19(th)

* St. Louis, MO - Missouri History Museum The Missouri History Museum is located in St. Louis, Missouri in Forest Park. The museum is operated by the Missouri Historical Society and was founded in 1866. Its campus includes the Jefferson Memorial Building, built in 1913 as a museum with profits from the Louisiana Purchase  - April 20(th)

* Kansas City, KS - Science City at Union Station - April 20

* Denver, CO - Starfest Sci-Fi Convention - April 21st

* Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Natural History Museum / Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road.  - April 22(nd)

* San Francisco, CA - April 23(rd)

* Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - April 24th

Night At The Museum arrives on DVD in a two-disc Special Edition full of bonus features including deleted and extended scenes with optional commentary by director Shawn Levy (Cheaper By The Dozen, The Pink Panther) and Ben Stiller, an alternate opening, a hilarious gag-reel, behind the scenes featurettes, and a DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc.


A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc.
 Explorer Game, as well as on Blu-ray and single disc widescreen and pan-and-scan versions, which also include commentary by Shawn Levy and Ben Stiller as well as film writer's Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. The Night At The Museum Special Edition DVD will retail for $34.98 U.S./$46.48 Canada, the single disc versions will be available for $29.98 U.S./$43.48 Canada and the BD will be priced at $39.98 U.S.

Night At The Museum Synopsis:

Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast, including Robin Williams, in this hilarious blockbuster hit. When Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as Museum night watchman, he soon discovers that all the exhibits come to life after the sun sets. Suddenly, Larry finds himself face to face with frisky T-Rex skeleton, tiny armies of Romans and Cowboys and a mischievous monkey who taunts him to the breaking point. But Larry may just figure out a way to control the chaos and become a hero in his son's eyes. Boasting jaw-dropping special effects and big laughs, Night at the Museum is your ticket to non-stop fun!

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 Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.

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