All the Buzz

By Chen Nan (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-31 09:18

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin appears in F ly Me to the Moon, the story of three spirited and curious pre-teen flies who live across from Cape Canaveral in 1969 and dream of going into space.

This animated 3D feature film will give both a new generation of children and their parents the chance to relive the adventure and excitement of space exploration, enhanced by stunning visuals that draw upon one of mankind's most memorable moments: man's historic moon landing in 1969. The family film is voiced by Kelly Ripa, Christopher Lloyd, Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry. Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon after Neil Armstrong, has a live action/animation cameo. Fly Me to the Moon opened this week.

Ben Stiller and several others return in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, another star-packed sequel. There are also new characters from history, including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as evil Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah and Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt.

The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items, ranging from the plane Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker's lounge chair.

Battle of the Smithsonian also opened this week.

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