The Mummy (1999)

Directed by

Stephen Sommers

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, action film, horror film, treasure hunt film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 10,151 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A librarian and her brother join a treasure hunter on an expedition to an ancient lost city. They accidentally awaken a cursed mummy who has supernatural powers and a thirst for revenge.

fast-pacedadventurousfunnylight-heartedsuspensefulexcitingepicsupernatural

What happens

The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo. A loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name, The Mummy follows adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell (Fraser) as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) and her older brother Jonathan (Hannah), where they accidentally awaken Imhotep (Vosloo), a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. Development took years, with multiple screenplays and directors attached. Sommers successfully pitched his version of a more adventurous and romantic take on the source material. Filming took place in Morocco and the United Kingdom; the crew endured dehydration, sandstorms and snakes shooting on location in the Sahara Desert. Industrial Light & Magic provided many of the visual effects, blending live-action footage and computer-generated imagery to create Imhotep, while Jerry Goldsmith composed the orchestral score. The Mummy was theatrically released on May 7, 1999 by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed critical reviews but grossed $422.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $80 million, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1999. The film started a new franchise, with two direct sequels, The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008, and various spinoffs such as an animated series, which ran from 2001 to 2003, and the prequel The Scorpion King in 2002, which led to sequels of its own. In 2017, an attempt was made to start another Universal Monsters franchise with The Mummy. An untitled fourth film is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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