The Mummy (1999)
Coming Out at 16 April 1999 in theaters.
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Mummy is action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is a remake loosely based on the 1932 film of the same title and stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Kevin J. O’Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated mummy. The film follows adventurer Rick O’Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, with a librarian and her brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the pharaoh Seti I.
Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks. The crew endured dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes during work in the Sahara desert. The film was the first to use the natural crater formation Gara Medouar, which was later used in the Bond movie Spectre (2015) and others. Industrial Light & Magic provided visual effects and blended film and computer-generated imagery to create the mummy. Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score.
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BCE, high priest Imhotep has a love affair with Anck-su-namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. Imhotep and Anck-su-namun kill Pharaoh after he discovers their affair. Imhotep flees, while Anck-su-namun kills herself, believing that Imhotep would be able to resurrect her. Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, but the resurrection ritual is stopped by Seti’s bodyguards, the Medjai. Imhotep’s priests are all mummified alive, while Imhotep is sentenced to suffer the Hom Dai, the worst of Egyptian curses: his tongue is cut out, and he is buried alive with flesh-eating scarab beetles. He is sealed away in a sarcophagus at the feet of a statue of the Egyptian god Anubis and kept under strict surveillance by the Medjai, sworn to prevent Imhotep’s return.
Director: Stephen Sommers
Writers: Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle, Kevin Jarre, John L. Balderston (1932), Nina Wilcox Putnam, Richard Schayer
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O’Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr
Cast:
| Brendan Fraser | … | Rick O’Connell |
| Rachel Weisz | … | Evelyn Carnahan |
| John Hannah | … | Jonathan Carnahan |
| Arnold Vosloo | … | Imhotep |
| Kevin J. O’Connor | … | Beni Gabor |
| Jonathan Hyde | … | Dr. Allen Chamberlain |
| Oded Fehr | … | Ardeth Bay |
| Erick Avari | … | Dr. Terrence Bey |
| Stephen Dunham | … | Mr. Henderson |
| Corey Johnson | … | Mr. Daniels |
| Tuc Watkins | … | Mr. Burns |
| Omid Djalili | … | Warden Gad Hassan |
| Aharon Ipalé | … | Pharaoh Seti I |
| Bernard Fox | … | Captain Winston Havelock |
| Patricia Velasquez | … | Anck Su Namun |
| Carl Chase | … | Hook |
| Mohammed Afifi | … | Hangman |
| Abderrahim El Aadili | … | Camel Trader |
| Jake Arnott | … | Mummy |
| Mason Ball | … | Mummy |
| Isobel Brook | … | Mummy |
| James Traherne Burton | … | Mummy |
| Peter Chequer | … | Mummy |
| Porl Smith | … | Mummy |
| Ian Warner | … | Mummy |
| George Lane Cooper | … | Arab Assassin at the Boat |
| Sean Cronin | … | High Priest |
| Ray Donn | … | Soldier |
| Howie Dorough | … | Soldier |
| Andrew Elias | … | Priest |
| Lisa-Beth Harris | … | Party Guest |
| Alex Lorre | … | Imhotep Servant |
| João Costa Menezes | … | Stevedore |
| Taylor Murphy | … | Mummy #1 |
| Jim Templar | … | Soldier |
| Paul Woodadge | … | Soldier on dock |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia