The Mummy
The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name. The film follows adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother Jonathan, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers.
Plot
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep has an affair with Pharaoh Seti I's mistress Anck-su-namun. The pair kill the Pharaoh after he discovers the affair. When the Pharaoh's bodyguards, the Medjai, arrive, Anck-su-namun commits suicide while Imhotep flees in the hope of resurrecting her. Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, to conduct the ritual but are halted by the Medjai. As punishment Imhotep's priests are mummified alive, while Imhotep himself is cursed to being buried alive with flesh-eating scarabs. Resultingly the Medjai are sworn to prevent Imhotep's return, as his resurrection would unleash an unstoppable evil.
More details
| author | John L. Balderston Kevin Jarre Stephen Sommers |
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| contentLocation | Cairo Thebes |
| director | Stephen Sommers |
| editor | Bob Ducsay |
| events | adventurer http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17312585 resurrection romantic love treasure hunting |
| genre | action adventure fantasy horror |
| keywords | ancient egyptian funerary practices attack awaken being followed beni gabor biblical plagues booby trap book of the dead buried alive canopic jar curse egyptologist egyptology evelyn evelyn carnahan-o'connell explore fight follow foreign legion french foreign legion high priest human form human sacrifice hunt imhotep jonathan carnahan kill loot medjai medjay mummified alive museum only way pharaoh plagues of egypt prison warden rick o'connell scarab scarab beetle seti i supernatural power survive trap treasure hunter warn |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | James Jacks Sean Daniel |
| productionCompany | Variety |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Egypt Morocco |