Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007)

Director:

Keith Melton

Writer:

Arabella Cecil

Release Date:

25 May 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Drama | Family

Plot:

The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummies, which may lead to a cure for malaria. |

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Egypt | Pharaoh | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | Mummy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Elana Drago	...	Nefertari
William Hope	...	Charles Wilbour
Nasser Memarzia	...	Ahmed Abd El Rassoul
Crispin Redman	...	Emil Brugsch
Darwin Shaw	...	Mohammed Abd El Rassoul (as Daud Shah)
Boris Terral	...	Rameses
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brahim Boukhizzou
Bob Brier	...	Himself
Brahim Choukri	...	Brugsch's Batman
Angelique Corthals	...	Herself
Zahi Hawass	...	Himself
Mohammed Kacha	...	Anubis Priest
Abdellah Kloul	...	Khaemwaset
Erragragui Lakbir	...	Scribe
Christopher Lee	...	Narrator
Driss Ouabi	...	European husband
Laafou Ouadii	...	Travelling Priest
Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni	...	Paser
Nasser Ouji	...	Heqa Nakht
Patricia Remler	...	European Lady
Fdila Tabounout	...	Omm Rassoul

Directed by
Keith Melton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arabella Cecil

Produced by
Arabella Cecil	....	producer
Myles Connolly	....	line producer
Greg Eliason	....	line producer
Hamid Herraf	....	executive producer
Don Kempf	....	producer
Steve Kempf	....	producer

Original Music by
Sam Cardon

Cinematography by
Reed Smoot

Film Editing by
Harry B. Miller III

Casting by
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Art Direction by
Stephen Dobric
Mahmoud Habashy
John Zachary

Set Decoration by
Jessica Anderson
Simon Wakefield		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Lindsay Pugh

Makeup Department
Khadija Hamdan	....	key makeup artist: Morocco
Maria Jittou	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Anny Kim	....	key makeup artist: LA
Caroline Martini	....	key makeup artist
Kerin Parfitt	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Hala Galal	....	unit manager: Egypt
Rick Gordon	....	post-production supervisor
Hamid Herraf	....	unit manager: Morocco
James Manke	....	post-production manager
Mohammed Mostafa	....	production manager: Egypt

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarek Hassan Abdel Hamid	....	third assistant director
Alexandra Bouillon	....	third assistant director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Mick Ward	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mohammed Aabbi	....	prop labor: Morocco
Casey Cannon	....	lead set dresser
Abdelfattah El Attaoui	....	prop buyer: Morocco
Abdelaziz El Hlimi	....	prop labor: Morocco
Kevin Farrell	....	storyboard artist
Simon Wakefield	....	property master

Sound Department
Ahmed Adnan	....	sound mixer: Egypt
Meredith Campbell	....	contractor
Patrick Flynn	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Ted Hinckley	....	contractor
Michael L. McDonough	....	sound designer
Taoufik Mekraz	....	sound mixer: Morocco
George Meyer	....	adr mixer
Steve Morris	....	sound engineer
Ryan Purcell	....	foley artist
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karl Rosengren	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Sereno	....	sound mix technician
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Rodrigo Armendariz	....	compositor: stereoscopic conversion
Johnathan R. Banta	....	compositor (stereoscopic conversion)
Davina Bilow	....	digital artist (as Davina Sanchez)
Manuela Schmidt de Souza	....	visual effects artist
Kathryn Dowler	....	rotoscope artist
Colin Feist	....	compositing supervisor: stereoscopic conversion
Derry Frost	....	head of production
Javier Gallego	....	rotoscope artist
Lala Ghukasyan	....	rotoscope artist: stereoscopic conversion
Paul Haman	....	visual effects (stereoscopic conversion)
Jason Jue	....	digital compositor
Jason Jue	....	stereoscopic conversion
Mark A. Lasoff	....	compositor
Michael F. Le	....	rotoscope artist
Shira Mandel	....	rotoscope artist (stereoscopic conversion)
Roger Mocenigo	....	digital compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Michael Morreale	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	stereoscopic supervisor: Sassoon Film Design
Jeremy Oddo	....	senior animator
Phillip Palousek	....	manager
Brandon Perlow	....	modeling and animation
John Pierce	....	rotoscope supervisor
John Pierce	....	stereoscopic compositor
Mario Rosales	....	digital artist (2007)
Abe Saleh	....	digital artist
Lauren van Houten	....	animator
Jesse Wolfe	....	compositor (stereoscopic conversion)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Adams	....	key grip
Allen Dial	....	best boy electric
Marc Ehrenbold	....	camera operator
Lahcen Herraf	....	key grip
Elmaslouhi Mohamed	....	gaffer
Dennis L. Peterson	....	gaffer
Dominic Seal	....	gaffer
Brett Shumway	....	electrician
Seth Smoot	....	still photographer
Alan E. Stoddard	....	electrician

Casting Department
Jordan Bass	....	casting associate
Lauren Bass	....	casting: Los Angeles
Brahim Choukri	....	extras casting director: Morocco
Laurence Gormezano	....	casting assistant: Paris
Elodie Houndonougbo	....	casting assistant: Paris
Miloud Jghou	....	extras casting: Morocco

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Monia Fath Elbab	....	costume assistant: Egypt

Editorial Department
Raymond Akopyan	....	editorial supervisor
Wade Bartlett	....	editorial supervisor
Kent Hayward	....	assistant editor
Miya Lau	....	post-production coordinator
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer

Music Department
Kurt Bestor	....	conductor
Sam Cardon	....	music producer
Dan Carlisle	....	music recording engineer
Yoni Gileadi	....	electronic music programming
Ted Hinckley	....	score supervisor
Scott Johnson	....	music editor
Scott Johnson	....	music recording engineer
Mike Roskelley	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Ashraf Abd El Same'a	....	transportation captain: Egypt
Mohammed Arakaci	....	driver: Morocco
Chakir Assouri	....	driver: Morocco
Mohammed Ait Benali	....	driver: Morocco
Houcine Boulkhdadi	....	driver: Morocco
Mohammed El Idrysy	....	driver: Morocco
Abdellah Faouzi	....	driver: Morocco
Hassan Laaroui	....	driver: Morocco
Hassan Taer	....	driver: Morocco

Other crew
Amr Abdo	....	production assistant: Egypt
Azzam Adli	....	location assistant: Egypt
Said Amidrakh	....	swing gang: Morocco
Arthur Aufderheide	....	consultant scholar
Ehab Bahgat	....	location manager: Egypt
John Baines	....	consultant scholar: Oriental Institute, Oxford (as Professor John Baines)
Henk Beentje	....	consultant scholar: Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (as Dr. Henk Beentje)
Hamed Ait Ben Ali	....	warden: Morocco
Mohammed Chafki	....	warden: Morocco
Rosalie David	....	consultant scholar (as Professor Rosalie David)
Rabii El Bakki	....	location manager: Morocco
Rabii Elbakki	....	location manager
Edwin Escalante	....	quality control manager (as Ed Escalante)
Richard Evershed	....	consultant scholar (as Professor Richard Evershed)
Younes Falah	....	swing gang: Morocco
Mohammed Gaber	....	production assistant: Egypt
Victoria Goodall	....	production consultant
Khalid Guouram	....	construction coordinator
Yasmine Hadhoumi	....	production coordinator: Morocco
Mohammed Hamdy	....	location assistant: Egypt
Ayman Hussein	....	production coordinator: Egypt
Mbared Iken	....	warden: Morocco
Salima Ikram	....	consultant scholar
Brahim Kabbou	....	warden: Morocco
Ali Kamadou	....	warden: Morocco
Mecheal Makram	....	production secretary: Egypt
Mohammed Mezouari	....	swing gang: Morocco
Dan Muscarella	....	hazeltine timer
Ahmed Omar	....	script supervisor
Ana Luz Porzecanski	....	consultant scholar (as Dr. Ana Luz Porzecanski)
Abdelatif Regragui	....	assistant location manager: Morocco
Howard Reid	....	consultant scholar
Johan Reinhard	....	consultant scholar
Patricia Remler	....	consultant scholar
Brian Rogers	....	production consultant
Abderrahmane Sabili	....	warden: Morocco
Daniel Salas-Porras	....	production supervisor
Ahmed Sami	....	production consultant
Peter Spry-Leverton	....	consultant scholar
Peter Spry-Leverton	....	production consultant
Scott Swofford	....	production consultant
Phat Tran	....	consultant scholar (as Dr. Phat Tran)
Byron Turk	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Adrianna von Hagen	....	consultant scholar
Ronald S. Wade	....	consultant scholar: Maryland State Anatomy Board
Spencer Wells	....	consultant scholar
Helen Whitehouse	....	consultant scholar: Ashmolean Museum (as Dr. Helen Whitehouse)

Thanks
Nashwa Andel-Kader	....	special thanks
Vikram Jayanti	....	special thanks
John Lloyd	....	special thanks
Chah Mahfouz	....	special thanks
Agnieszka Moody	....	special thanks
Isabelle Nobio	....	special thanks
Andrew Oran	....	special thanks
Derek Plumbly	....	special thanks (as Sir Derek Plumbly)
Serena Prest	....	special thanks
Neris Thomas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Giant Screen Films
• Gravity Pictures

Distributors

• Omniversum, Den Haag (200?) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Giant Screen Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Pixels

Also Known As:

"Mummies 3-D: Secrets of the Pharaohs" - USA (reissue title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Abu Simbel, Egypt

Company:

Giant Screen Films

Watch and learn

This is a very enjoyable film and an experience which kids, in particular, will find captivating. It successfully gets across the sheer magnificence and sophistication of Ancient Egyptian society; the level of detail is extraordinary and the historical accuracy spot on - a feat which many films sadly fail to achieve. This is thoroughly worth watching, both intellectually and aesthetically. With the upswing of interest in all things Egyptian at the moment, the timing could not be more perfect. If you can get hold of the DVD, The Making of the Mummies, so much the better because it highlights what a feat it was to create this movie, with hundreds and hundreds of extras involved, incredibly harsh weather conditions in the desert and extremely complicated sets to create.