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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear poster
Directed by
Peter Winther
Genre
action film, treasure hunt film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 714 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A perpetual student gets a job as a librarian protecting powerful artifacts. He travels the world to stop a cult from getting a magical spear.

lightheartedwhimsicaladventurousplayfulfast-pacednerdyrompcampy

What happens

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear is a 2004 American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film and the first in the Librarian franchise of films and television series. It was originally released on American cable channel TNT on December 5, 2004, written by David Titcher, directed by Peter Winther and starring Noah Wyle as Flynn Carsen: a perpetual student who unknowingly gets a job safeguarding artifacts of untold power in the Library, an alternate dimension below the surface of the New York City Metropolitan Public Library, and embarks on a globe-trotting mission to retrieve and reassemble the Spear of Destiny before an evil cult can. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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