The Mummy (1999)

An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a Mummy.

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Writers:

Stephen Sommers (screen story), Lloyd Fonvielle (screen story),

Stars:

Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Fraser	...	Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Rachel Weisz	...	Evelyn 'Evy' Carnahan
John Hannah	...	Jonathan 'Jon' Carnahan
Arnold Vosloo	...	High Priest Imhotep
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Beni Gabor
Oded Fehr	...	Ardeth Bay
Jonathan Hyde	...	Dr. Allen Chamberlain
Erick Avari	...	Dr. Terrence Bey
Bernard Fox	...	Captain Winston Havlock
Stephen Dunham	...	Mr. Henderson
Corey Johnson	...	Mr. Daniels
Tuc Watkins	...	Mr. Burns
Omid Djalili	...	Warden Gad Hassan
Aharon Ipalé	...	Pharaoh Seti I
Patricia Velasquez	...	Anck Su Namun

Storyline

An English librarian called Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O'Connell, after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and Rick are unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unleashing a curse which been laid on the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now 'The Mummy' is awake and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back from where he came from.

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Plot Keywords:

priest | mistress | mummy | treasure | tomb | 

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Taglines:

Prepare. Beware. Behold.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Egyptian (Ancient) Arabic

Release Date:

7 May 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

La momia

Filming Locations:

Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$197,100,000 (Non-US) (13 August 1999)

Gross:

ESP 2,222,069,457 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min 115 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell and Matthew McConaughey were considered for the role of Rick O'Connell.

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Goofs

When Imhotep holds up Rick by the neck, a wire is visible behind Rick holding him up.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ardeth Bay: [narrating] Thebes, City of the Living. Crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First. Home of Imhotep, Pharaoh's high priest, keeper of the dead. Birthplace of Anck Su Namun, Pharaoh's mistress. No other man was allowed to touch her. But for their love, they were willing to risk life itself.

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Crazy Credits

The Earth in the opening Universal logo flashes and dissolves into the sun.

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Connections

Spoofed in Scary Movie 2 (2001)

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Soundtracks

"'Al Nahla Al 'Ali (The Tall Palm Tree)"
Written by Metqal Qemawi Metqal, Yunis Al Hilali
Performed by The Musicians of the Nile
Courtesy of Real World Records Ltd.

User Reviews

Not much Horror, Just a Good Movie

Rick O'Connell (Brendan Frazer) leads the beautiful Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) to Hamunaptra (The City of the Dead) where reading from a book brings Imhotep (Pharaoh Seti I's High Priest) back to life.

Once revived Imhotep has only one purpose in this world, to bring his love 'Anck Su Namun' back from the dead to join him, and will kill anyone who gets in his way.

Although based on a Horror Theme, there is little horror on show here, but there are plenty of Great Action Moments, some brilliant visuals and some good humour.

The dialogue is well written and punchy, this combined with some great characters bring the story to life and it turns out to be a terrific Film that is more Action/Comedy than Horror.

8/10