The Mummy is a 1999 American action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is a remake of 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 title 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 older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the Pharaoh Seti I of 1290 B.C. Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks.
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The Mummy (1999 film)
The Mummy (1999 film) | Introduction
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who played the mummy in the old movies
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Boris Karloff
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has he also acted in any other film?
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Yes - Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
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where is he from?
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Surrey (now London), England.
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what is the 1999 version of the film about?
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The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the Pharaoh Seti I of 1290 B.C.
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what is the genre of this film?
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Action horror film
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is the place where the character travels to a real place?
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No -It is a fictional Egyptian city in the film.
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who released this film?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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who is the director of this film?
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After several meetings, Barker and Universal lost interest and parted company. Director Joe Dante was the next choice, increasing the budget for his idea of Daniel Day-Lewis as a brooding Mummy. This version's draft was written by Alan Ormsby, and was later re-written by John Sayles. It was set in contemporary times and focused on reincarnation with elements of a love story. It came close to being made with some elements, like the flesh-eating scarabs, making it to the final product. However, at that point, the studio wanted a film with a budget of $15 million and rejected Dante's version.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Origins
The Mummy is a 1999 American action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is a remake of 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 title 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 older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the Pharaoh Seti I of 1290 B.C. Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Introduction
In 1992, producers James Jacks and Sean Daniel decided to update the original 1932 "Mummy" film for the 1990s. Universal Studios gave them the go-ahead, but only if they kept the budget around $10 million. Jacks remembers that the studio "essentially wanted a low-budget horror franchise"; in response, Jacks and Daniel recruited horror filmmaker/writer Clive Barker on board to direct. Barker's vision for the film was violent, with the story revolving around the head of a contemporary art museum who turns out to be a cultist trying to reanimate mummies. Jacks recalls that Barker's take was "dark, sexual and filled with mysticism", and that, "it would have been a great low-budget movie".
The Mummy (1999 film) | Origins
Tale of the Mummy (also known as Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy and Talos – the Mummy) is a 1998 British-American horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Jason Scott Lee, Jack Davenport, Louise Lombard and Christopher Lee. The film received a theatrical wide release on February 13, 1999.
Tale of the Mummy | Introduction
Filmmaker George A. Romero was brought in with a vision of a zombie-style horror film similar to "Night of the Living Dead", but which also relied heavily upon elements of tragic romance and ambivalence of identity. Romero completed a draft in October 1994, co-written with Ormsby and Sayles, that revolved around female archaeologist Helen Grover and her discovery of the tomb of Imhotep, an Egyptian general who lived in the time of Ramesses II. Unfolding in a nameless American city in modern times, events are set into motion when Imhotep inadvertently awakens as a result of his preserved cadaver having been exposed to rays from an MRI scan in a high-tech forensic archaeology lab.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Origins
Originally a proposed remake of "The Mummy" would have been directed by horror filmmaker/writer Clive Barker. Barker's vision for the film was violent, with the story revolving around the head of a contemporary art museum who turns out to be a cultist trying to reanimate mummies. Barker's take was "dark, sexual and filled with mysticism", and that, "it would have been a great low-budget movie". In 1999, Stephen Sommers wrote and directed a remake of "The Mummy", loosely based on the original film of 1932. This film switches genres from the emphasis on horror to adventure, concentrating more on action sequences, special effects, comedy, and a higher element of Egyptian lore.
The Mummy (franchise) | Stephen Sommers series (1999–2008)
A lot of the time I was walking around the set looking like a Christmas tree." Make-Up Effects Supervisor Nick Dudman produced the physical creature effects in the film, including three-dimensional make-up and prosthetics. He also designed all of the animatronic effects. While the film made extensive use of computer-generated imagery, many scenes, including ones where Rachel Weisz's character is covered with rats and locusts, were real, using live animals.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Special effects
After escaping into the city sewer system, Karis embarks on a vengeful rampage against the various criminal fences and high society antiquarians who had acquired stolen relics from his tomb. Romero's script was considered too dark and violent by Jacks and the studio, who wanted a more accessible picture. Romero was unable to extricate himself from another contract he had in negotiation with MGM, and so his involvement with the film was severed and the development of an entirely new script was commissioned.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Origins
The Mummy, Aged 19 () is a 2002 Hong Kong film. It was directed by Wilson Yip and produced by Joe Ma Wai-Ho, Y.Y. Kong.
The Mummy, Aged 19 | Introduction
On the other hand, some critics found the score lacked cohesion, and that the constant heavy action lent itself to annoying repetition. Roderick Scott off CineMusic.net summed up the score as "representative of both Goldsmith's absolute best and his most mediocre. Thankfully […] his favourable work on this release wins out."
The Mummy (1999 film) | Music
The film is presumed to be lost.
The Mummy (1911 film) | Introduction
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. Industrial Light & Magic provided visual effects and blended film and computer-generated imagery to create the mummy. Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score. "The Mummy" was theatrically released on May 7, 1999 and grossed over $416.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $80 million. The film's success spawned the sequels, "The Mummy Returns" (2001) and "" (2008), as well as an animated series and the prequel/spin-off film "The Scorpion King" (2002), which generated its own sequels.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Introduction
Sandstorms were daily inconveniences. Snakes, spiders and scorpions were a major problem, with many crew members having to be airlifted out after being bitten. Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Weisz remembered, "He [Fraser] stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated." The production had the official support of the Royal Moroccan Army, and the cast members had kidnapping insurance taken out on them, a fact Sommers disclosed to the cast only after shooting had finished. Production designer Allan Cameron found a dormant volcano near Erfoud where the entire set for Hamunaptra could be constructed.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Principal photography
Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco on May 4, 1998, and lasted 17 weeks. Photography moved to the Sahara desert outside the small town of Erfoud, and to the United Kingdom before completion of shooting on August 29, 1998. At the geological formation Gara Medouar, a concrete ramp was built to allow access into the horseshoe-shaped formation, where the city of Hamunaptra was constructed. The crew could not shoot in Egypt because of unstable political conditions. To avoid dehydration in the scorching heat of the Sahara, the production's medical team created a drink that the cast and crew had to consume every two hours.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Principal photography
In 1971, he took over directing "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" after director Seth Holt died partway through filming.
Michael Carreras | Introduction
Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for big-budget movies, such as "The Mummy" (1999), its sequel, "The Mummy Returns" (2001), "Van Helsing" (2004), and "" (2009). He also directed "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (1993), Disney's live action version of "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" (1994) and the cult classic horror film "Deep Rising" (1998).
Stephen Sommers | Introduction
In September 2013, news reported that "Mama"'s director Andrés Muschietti was in talks to direct the film. In October 2013, Orci hinted that both "The Mummy" and "Van Helsing" reboots would have a shared universe. November of 2013, Universal set the film to release on April 22, 2016. On May 6, 2014, director Muschetti left the film due to creative differences. On July 16, 2014, Universal announced that they had tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to develop all classic movie monsters which include Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy.
The Mummy (franchise) | "The Mummy" (2017)
The Mummy is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It was written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys for Hammer Film Productions. The film was distributed in the U.S. in 1959 on a double bill with either the Vincent Price film "The Bat" or the Universal film "Curse of the Undead". Though the title suggests Universal Pictures' 1932 film of the same title, the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two 1940s Universal films, "The Mummy's Hand" and "The Mummy's Tomb", with the climax borrowed directly from "The Mummy's Ghost".
The Mummy (1959 film) | Introduction
In November 2001, director Stephen Sommers, who directed the previous "Mummy" films, said about directing a third film, "There is a demand for it, but most of the gang would only be up for it again if we could find a way to make it bigger and better." In May 2004, he expressed his doubts about having the energy to make a third film, though the cast of previous films had expressed interest in returning. In December 2005, he reviewed a script written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar was about a Chinese mummy (China's first emperor, who wants to take over the world with his army of accursed warriors in 1940).
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Development
Another large set was constructed in the United Kingdom on the dockyard at Chatham which doubled for the Giza Port on the river Nile. This set was in length and featured "a steam train, an Ajax traction engine, three cranes, an open two-horse carriage, four horse-drawn carts, five dressing horses and grooms, nine pack donkeys and mules, as well as market stalls, Arab-clad vendors and room for 300 costumed extras".
The Mummy (1999 film) | Principal photography
Dawn of the Mummy is a 1981 Italian-American horror film directed by Frank Agrama, who also served as writer and producer on the film. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
Dawn of the Mummy | Introduction
Sommers liked the location because, "A city hidden in the crater of an extinct volcano made perfect sense. Out in the middle of the desert you would never see it. You would never think of entering the crater unless you knew what was inside that volcano." A survey of the volcano was conducted so that an accurate model and scale models of the columns and statues could be replicated back at Shepperton Studios, where all of the scenes involving the underground passageways of the City of the Dead were shot. These sets took 16 weeks to build, and included fiberglass columns rigged with special effects for the movie's final scenes.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Principal photography
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. In 1926, Jonathan Carnahan presents his sister Evelyn—a librarian and aspiring Egyptologist—with an intricate box and map that lead to Hamunaptra. Jonathan reveals he stole the box from an American adventurer, Rick O'Connell, who discovered the city three years earlier while in the French Foreign Legion. Evelyn and Jonathan find Rick and make a deal with him to lead them to the city. Rick guides Evelyn and her party to the city, where the group encounters a band of American treasure hunters led by Rick's cowardly acquaintance Beni Gabor, who'd previously left him to die at Hamunaptra.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Plot
The Night of Counting the Years, also released in Arabic as The Mummy (Arabic: "Al-Mummia" المومياء), is a 1969 Egyptian film and the only feature film directed by Shadi Abdel Salam. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The Night of Counting the Years | Introduction
"USA Today" gave the film two out of four stars and felt that it was "not free of stereotypes", a sentiment with which the BFI concurred. "If someone complains of a foul odor, you can be sure an Arab stooge is about to enter a scene. Fraser, equally quick with weapon, fist or quip, may save the day, but even he can't save the picture", "USA Today" wrote.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Critical response
The first film they developed together was "The Mummy", for which they had begun the meetings. So on July 30, Kurtzman was set to direct the film. Next day, the film's release date was pushed back to March 27, 2017, when Universal announced the April 22 for its new film "The Huntsman". The film's plot is set in Iraq and follows a Navy SEAL and his team that battle mummies led by Ashurbanipal. On October 14, 2015, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that Kurtzman and Spaihts has two scripts with a male and a female mummy villain. On November 24, 2015, Variety reports that Tom Cruise is in talks to star in the film.
The Mummy (franchise) | "The Mummy" (2017)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb is a British horror film produced, written and directed by Michael Carreras, starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark and introducing Jeanne Roland.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | Introduction
Sommers went on to achieve success directing the 1999 film "The Mummy" and its 2001 sequel "The Mummy Returns".
Catch Me If You Can (1989 film) | Production
It is the year 1923 and Richard “Rick” O'Connell, an American explorer, has discovered Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. Three years later, he meets with a beautiful librarian, Evelyn "Evy" Carnahan and her brother, Jonathan. When Evy accidentally revives the mummified corpse of an Egyptian priest, Imhotep, the pair must find a way to kill him before he rises back into power and destroys the world.
The Mummy (franchise) | "The Mummy" (1999)
I’m no longer involved in that and have no idea what’s going on with it. I look back on it now [and] what felt painful at the time ended up being an incredible blessing for me."
The Mummy (2017 film) | Development
The Mummy is a 1911 American short silent film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film details the story of Jack Thornton, a businessman, who is in love with Professor Dix's daughter. Jack purchases a mummy and plans to win his respect as an Egyptologist, but the mummy is reanimated in Jack's room by a live electrical wire. The mummy takes immediate interest in Jack, but is rejected and mummifies him. Before Professor Dix can cut up the now-mummified Jack, she returns and saves him. Jack explains everything and the film concludes with Professor Dix marrying the mummy. The production was one of several films of the same name produced in 1911 and was met with favorable reviews.
The Mummy (1911 film) | Introduction
Since 1988 Sawiris has worked behind the camera as a director and producer on many Film & TV Productions. She was assistant director (1st AD/2nd Unit) on The Mummy Returns (2001). She was also Production Secretary on 12 episodes of The Wire in 2003. She is currently working on a selection of projects and films, some written, directed and starring herself.
Jackie Sawiris | Producer/Director
The filmmakers reportedly spent $15 million of the $80 million budget on special effects, provided by Industrial Light & Magic; the producers wanted a new look for the Mummy so that they would avoid comparisons to past movies. John Andrew Berton, Jr., Industrial Light & Magic's Visual Effects Supervisor on "The Mummy", started developing the look three months before filming started. He said that he wanted the Mummy "to be mean, tough, nasty, something that had never been seen by audiences before". Berton used motion capture in order to achieve "a menacing and very realistic Mummy". Specific photography was conducted on actor Arnold Vosloo so that the special effects crew could see exactly how he moved and replicate it.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Special effects
I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased." Likewise, Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a "B−" grade and said, ""The Mummy" would like to make you shudder, but it tries to do so without ever letting go of its jocular inconsequentiality." Bob Graham of the "San Francisco Chronicle" gave the film high marks for the acting as well as the special effects. Stephen Holden from "The New York Times" wrote, "This version of "The Mummy" has no pretenses to be anything other than a gaudy comic video game splashed onto the screen.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Critical response
However, upon release it was a box office disaster and was heavily criticised. As well as copying his own 1970s films, the film copied scenes from "The Matrix", "", "" and "The Mummy". He has not directed any film since then.
Rajkumar Kohli | Introduction
The Mummy is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film directed by Karl Freund. The screenplay by John L. Balderston was from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Released by Universal Studios, the film stars Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan and Arthur Byron. The film is about an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep who is discovered by a team of archaeologists and inadvertently brought back to life through a magic scroll. Disguised as a modern Egyptian named Ardeth Bay, Imhotep searches for his lost love, whom he believes has been reincarnated into a modern girl.
The Mummy (1932 film) | Introduction
The Mummy is a 2017 American action-adventure film directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie, and Dylan Kussman, with a story by Kurtzman, Jon Spaihts, and Jenny Lumet. It is a reboot of "The Mummy" franchise and is the first installment in Universal's Dark Universe franchise. The film stars Tom Cruise as U.S. Army Sergeant Nick Morton, a soldier of fortune who accidentally unearths the ancient tomb of entrapped Egyptian princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, and Russell Crowe also star. "The Mummy" premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on May 22, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 9, 2017, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Introduction
Hammer Studios originally offered the project to Universal Pictures in 1963. The film credits Henry Younger as the screenwriter, while the screenplay was written by Michael Carreras and Alvin Rakoff.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | Production
Ormsby returned to directing with "Popcorn" (1991). Written by Ormsby, the film production saw him leave the director's chair early on, to be replaced by "Porky's" actor Mark Herrier. In the early 90s, he was brought on board to write the screenplay for a remake of "The Mummy" for Joe Dante, who praised it, but later hired John Sayles to rewrite the script in November 1993. In 1996, he co-wrote "The Substitute", which became a successful series of films.
Alan Ormsby | Film career
The script progresses to a fish-out-of-water story when Imhotep, having regained his youthful appearance, recognizes the need to adapt to a contemporary society that is three thousand years removed from the one he came from. Assuming at first that he is a representative from the Bureau of Antiquities, Helen finds herself drawn into a tentative relationship with Imhotep while also experiencing clairvoyant flashbacks to a previous life in the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt as a priestess of Isis. Summoning mystical powers through incantation, Imhotep later resurrects the mummy of Karis, a loyal slave whose body had been resting alongside his master's in the same tomb but is now held in the local museum.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Origins
"Dawn of the Mummy" has been released on VHS and DVD format. The film was released on region 1 by Madacy Entertainment, as a VHS transfer. The packaging is said to list the film's Theatrical Trailer and other Theatrical Trailers, although there is only one on the disc, it is not for the main feature, it is of a 1997 film, "Road Ends". It does however feature an audio commentary track by director Frank Agrama. The film was released uncut in the UK by Anchor Bay Entertainment. It features an anamorphic widescreen transfer, plus the full screen transfer, DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 Surround.
Dawn of the Mummy | Home media
The writer of the scenario is unknown, but it was most likely Lloyd Lonergan. He was an experienced newspaperman employed by "The New York Evening World" while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions. The film director is unknown, but it may have been Barry O'Neil or Lucius J. Henderson. Cameramen employed by the company during this era included Blair Smith, Carl Louis Gregory, and Alfred H. Moses, Jr. though none are specifically credited. The role of the cameraman was uncredited in 1910 productions. According to Bowers the cast credits are unknown, but many Thanhouser productions are fragmentary. Though a production still shows William Russell in the film.
The Mummy (1911 film) | Production
Composer Brian Tyler started work on the music for the movie early, writing about a half hour of music before filming even began. Working on the film for a year and half, Tyler recorded with an 84-piece orchestra and 32-voice choir at London's Abbey Road. He ultimately wrote and recorded over two hours of music, which, given the length of the film (110 minutes), resulted in a soundtrack album longer than the film itself.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Music
Think "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with cartoon characters, no coherent story line and lavish but cheesy special effects. Think "Night of the Living Dead" stripped of genuine horror and restaged as an Egyptian-theme Halloween pageant. Think "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" grafted onto a Bing Crosby-Bob Hope road picture ("The Road to Hamunaptra"?) and pumped up into an epic-size genre spoof." Publications like "The Austin Chronicle" and "Dallas Observer" came to the conclusion that despite good acting and special effects, the movie lacked cohesion; talking about the special effects, the "Observer" lamented "If only generating a soul for the film itself were so easy." Other publications such as "Jump Cut" felt that Industrial Light and Magic's lock on special effects proved detrimental to "The Mummy"; "The mummy", Ernest Larson wrote for the "Jump Cut", "is standard-issue I.L.&M." Kim Newman of the British Film Institute (BFI) judged the picture inferior to the original, as all the time was spent on special effects, instead of creating the atmosphere which made the original film such a classic.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Critical response
The Tophar Mummy (German:Die Tophar-Mumie) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Johannes Guter. The film's art direction was by Franz Seemann.
The Tophar Mummy | Introduction
Mummy Mee Aayanochadu () is a 1995 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by B. Vanaja and C. Kalyan under the Sri Ammulya Art Productions banner and directed by K. Ajay Kumar. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Indraja, Keerthana in the lead roles and music composed by Vidyasagar. The film was recorded as a "flop" at the box office.
Mummy Mee Aayanochadu | Introduction
In May 1996, 20th Century Studios acquired the film rights to Anne Rice's "The Mummy" from Carolco with Cameron set to direct before the rights lapsed.
James Cameron's unrealized projects | Anne Rice's "The Mummy"
Furthermore, if one follows the continuity of the "Kharis" series, this film would have to take place in the late 1990s.
The Mummy's Curse | Introduction
Anthony Hickox wrote 2012 the script of the remake "Prisoners of the Sun", which directed by Roger Christian and stars Joss Ackland, Carmen Chaplin, Nick Moran and John Rhys-Davies. The film will release in April 2015 in the United Kingdom on DVD and Blu-ray.
Dawn of the Mummy | Remake
In present-day London, construction workers discover the tomb of a crusader knight who was buried with an Egyptian ruby in 1127 AD. In Iraq, U.S. Army soldiers Sergeant Nick Morton and Corporal Chris Vail discover the tomb of Princess Ahmanet, who attempted to summon the deity Set; she was caught and mummified alive. They and archaeologist Jenny Halsey fly Ahmanet's sarcophagus to Britain. During the flight, Chris is possessed by Ahmanet through a spider that bit him in the tomb and attacks the others, and is killed by Nick. Many crows attack the plane, causing it to crash, killing the crew except Jenny, who escapes by a parachute Nick gives her.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Plot
The film received generally negative reviews from critics and despite grossing $410 million worldwide, it was considered a box-office bomb, losing the studio as much as $95 million.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Introduction
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American action-adventure fantasy film, directed by Rob Cohen, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and produced by Stephen Sommers (director of the first two films), Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, and James Jacks. The film is set in China, departing from the Egyptian setting, and focusses on the origins of the Terracotta Army. It is the sequel to "The Mummy" (1999) and "The Mummy Returns" (2001), and the final installment in "The Mummy" trilogy. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Anthony Wong and Michelle Yeoh.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Introduction
The Mummy's Tomb is a 1942 American horror film produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Pictures Co., directed by Harold Young, and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis the mummy. It is the first of three sequels to that company's "The Mummy's Hand" of 1940.
The Mummy's Tomb | Introduction
"The Invisible Man" was never produced. Principal photography for "The Mummy" began on 23 February 1959 and lasted until 16 April 1959. Once again it starred both Peter Cushing (as John Banning) and Christopher Lee (as the Mummy, Kharis), and was directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay from Jimmy Sangster. "The Mummy" went into general release on 23 October 1959 and broke the box-office records set by "Dracula" the previous year, both in Britain and the U.S. when it was released there in December.
Hammer Film Productions | "The Mummy"
The expeditions are confronted several times by the Medjai, led by the warrior Ardeth Bay. Despite being warned to leave, the two expeditions continue to excavate. Evelyn searches for the famous Book of Amun-Ra, a book made of pure gold. However, instead of finding the book, she stumbles upon Imhotep's remains. The team of Americans, meanwhile, discover the black Book of the Dead, accompanied by canopic jars carrying Anck-su-namun's preserved organs.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Plot
The film was released straight to video in 1998 by A-Pix Entertainment on VHS and by Simitar Entertainment on DVD.
Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | Release
The film was adapted into a 12-page comic strip for the July 1978 issue of the magazine "Hammer's Halls of Horror". It was drawn by David Jackson from a script by Steve Moore. The cover of the issue featured a painting by Brian Lewis of Christopher Lee as Kharis. The film is cited as a particular influence on the "Doctor Who" serial "Pyramids of Mars" (1975).
The Mummy (1959 film) | In other media
In late 1910, the Thanhouser company released a list of the important personalities in their films. The list includes G.W. Abbe, Justus D. Barnes, Frank H. Crane, Irene Crane, Marie Eline, Violet Heming, Martin J. Faust, Thomas Fortune, George Middleton, Grace Moore, John W. Noble, Anna Rosemond, Mrs. George Walters. The film was given the production code number 191 and had a code word of "Mum". A catalog listed the film's length at 995 feet. The film's expected run-time was fifteen minutes and was billed by the Thanhouser Company as having many novelties and being of a comedic nature. It was released on March 7, 1911 and listed as a drama by the "Moving Picture World".
The Mummy (1911 film) | Production
A bulldozer was brought in to remove sections of fill beyond the drip line of the shelter. The 1966 season was directed by Wilfred M. Husted. Results of the Mummy Cave investigations were published in "Science" in 1968.
Mummy Cave | Archeological investigation
Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy is a 2000 horror film directed by David DeCoteau. Also known as "Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy 2", it was followed by a sequel, "Ancient Evil 2: Guardian of the Underworld", released in 2005. In England, the film was the subject of a consumer complaint regarding its BBFC classification which gave it a 15-rating. The film was shot in Mexico in four days.
Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy | Introduction
Mummy, also known as Mummy - Save Me, is a 2016 Indian Kannada language supernatural horror film starring Priyanka Upendra, written and directed by Lohith H. The Kannada film is produced by K Ravikumar under KRK Productions and distributed by Horizon Studio. The film was dubbed in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil as "Chinnari", "Mummy", and "Mummy - Save Me" , respectively.
Mummy (2016 film) | Introduction
The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American action-adventure fantasy horror film, written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, and Dwayne Johnson. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film "The Mummy". It was distributed by Universal Pictures. "The Mummy Returns" inspired the 2002 prequel film "The Scorpion King", a spin-off which is set 5,000 years prior and whose eponymous character, played by Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), was introduced in this film. "The Mummy Returns" was a commercial success despite mixed reviews. It was followed by the 2008 sequel "".
The Mummy Returns | Introduction
in 1963 by producer Jerry Warren as "Attack of the Mayan Mummy".
The Aztec Mummy | Introduction
In Egypt in 1895, archaeologists John Banning (Cushing), his father Stephen (Felix Aylmer) and his uncle Joseph Whemple (Raymond Huntley) are searching for the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak. John has a broken leg and cannot accompany his father and uncle when they open the tomb. Before they enter, an Egyptian named Mehemet Bey (George Pastell) warns them not to go in, lest they face the fatal curse against desecrators. Stephen and Joseph ignore him, and discover within the sarcophagus of Ananka. After Joseph leaves to tell John the good news, Stephen finds the Scroll of Life and reads from it.
The Mummy (1959 film) | Plot
Youssef Hesham (, , born 27 July 1985) is an Egyptian film director.
Youssef Hesham | Introduction
The following is a list of mummy films.
List of mummy films | Introduction
A glass fiber replica of a sarcophagus created for the film is in the collection of the Perth Museum and Art Gallery.
The Mummy (1959 film) | Surviving props
Principal photography on the film began on April 3, 2016, in Oxford, United Kingdom. Filming on the movie concluded on July 17, 2016, in London. Production then moved to Namibia for two weeks, with principal photography wrapping up on August 13, 2016. For the filming of the plane crash the production made use of The Vomit Comet and parabolic flight to simulate the illusion of weightlessness. The crew did a total of 64 takes with many of the crew becoming sick to their stomachs. Initially Kurtzman planned to shoot the scene entirely using wires and a rotating set, however Cruise's insistence changed his mind.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Filming
Nick returns to life in a morgue. Chris's ghost appears and tells him he has been cursed by Ahmanet, who seeks to use him as a vessel for Set. Ahmanet's mummy escapes from the sarcophagus and begins feeding on people to regenerate her body; she recovers the Dagger of Set and turns workers into zombies. They trap Nick and Jenny.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Plot
The Mummy's Shroud is a 1967 British DeLuxe colour horror film made by Hammer Film Productions which was directed by John Gilling. It stars André Morell and David Buck as explorers who uncover the tomb of an ancient Egyptian mummy. It also starred John Phillips, Maggie Kimberly, Elizabeth Sellars and Michael Ripper as Longbarrow. Stuntman Eddie Powell (Christopher Lee's regular stunt double) played the Mummy, brought back to life to wreak revenge on his enemies. The uncredited narrator in the prologue, sometimes incorrectly assumed to be Peter Cushing, is British actor Tim Turner. It was the third of Hammer's four Mummy films, a cycle which began with "The Mummy" (1959), continued with "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" (1964), and ended with "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971).
The Mummy's Shroud | Introduction
The original synopsis of the film was published in the "Moving Picture World" as follows: "Professor Dix has won fame as a scientist and has collected many objects of Egyptian ware, centuries old, that arouse the enthusiasm of his associates. Even Jack Thornton, an active, go-ahead young businessman, is interested in the professor's home, but although he tries to pretend it is Egyptology which interests him, the professor's fair young daughter is really the lodestone. Jack decides to win the old man's respect by posing as an Egyptologist himself. To start his collection, he purchases a mummy at an auction sale, and takes it home expecting that later he can make a great hit with his sweetheart's father, by presenting it to him as a gift.
The Mummy (1911 film) | Plot
With the city sinking back into the sand at the end of "The Mummy", in the sequel viewers see excavation attempts near the beginning of the film. Characters Meela Nais, the museum curator Hafez, and Lock-Nah oversee the excavation of Imhotep's resin-covered corpse, which they then reanimate.
Hamunaptra | "The Mummy Returns" (2001)
The Secret of the Mummy () is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ferdinand von Alten, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Magnus Stifter. It is part of the Joe Deebs detective series. Originally shot in 1916, it did not go on general release until 1921. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.
The Secret of the Mummy | Introduction
While there, he worked on a script called "Tentacle", which he later directed under the title "Deep Rising" in 1998. In 1999, he wrote and directed Universal Studios' big-budget remake of "The Mummy". The film was a smash hit, and Sommers received two Saturn Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writer in 2000 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. A successful sequel, "The Mummy Returns", followed two years later, and he also co-wrote and produced 2002's "The Scorpion King", a prequel/spin-off of "The Mummy Returns".
Stephen Sommers | Career
Originally the scenes of Kharis's tongue being cut out and shotgun demise were more graphic, but were trimmed for the British censor. In the video, "Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror", Peter Cushing claims that he suggested the scene in which he drives a spear through the mummy. He was inspired by the pre-release poster (see image above) which shows the mummy with a shaft of light passing through it.
The Mummy (1959 film) | Production
Hammer Films hired Holt to direct "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971). "I haven't been directing because I haven't been offered anything to direct," he said at the time. he said he had been developing scripts about the anarchist Bakunin as well as an adaptation of "Lady Into a Fox". He died on the film's set at Elstree Studios during production from a heart attack five weeks into the six-week shoot, collapsing with cast member Aubrey Morris preventing him from falling. His death is believed to have been alcohol related. TCM's Ben Mankiewicz says it received better reviews than Hammer's other Mummy movies, which suffered from "The curse of the Mummy Movie," and he gave credit to Holt for the improvement.
Seth Holt | Death
In 2012, Universal announced a reboot of the film, more in-line with the horror films, from the Universal Monsters film franchise. The reboot was directed by Alex Kurtzman. "The Mummy" was planned as the first film in a series of interconnected monster films, as Universal has planned to build a shared universe film series out of its vault of classic monster movies. On January 21, 2016 it was announced that Tom Cruise would be starring in the film. Sofia Boutella was cast to portray Princess Ahmunet / The Mummy for the film, while Russell Crowe would appear as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr.
The Mummy (1932 film) | Reboot
Universal Pictures first announced plans for a modern reboot of "The Mummy" franchise in 2012. The project went through multiple directors, with Len Wiseman leaving the project in 2013, and a second director, Andrés Muschietti, in 2014. Tom Cruise began talks about playing the lead in November 2015, with Sofia Boutella beginning talks that December. Gwen Stefani, Jamie Chung, Lindsey Stirling and Brooke Shields were also considered. Kurtzman cast Boutella after seeing and being impressed by her largely mute performance in "". Kurtzman noted that "if you look at her eyes, and this is what I got from watching "Kingsman", there's a whole performance going on here.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Development
"Mummy and Me", although it took close to three years in the making, marked a turning point in his career as director. "My first film was easy compared to the struggle I had to go through for my second, "Mummy and Me"." There were offers to make films like "Detective", but Jeethu declined. "I wanted to do a different film" It was for this reason that, though he had one line scripts of "Mummy and Me" and "Memories" ready in 2008, he chose to make "Mummy and Me". His third film "My Boss" was also a success in theatres. Jeethu's fourth movie "Memories", a suspense thriller, was released in 2013 which did well in box office.
Jeethu Joseph | Early works
The Mummy's Ghost is a 1944 American Universal Studios horror film, directed by Reginald Le Borg. It is the second of three sequels to that company's "The Mummy's Hand" of 1940. The film is the sequel to "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942). Lon Chaney, Jr. again takes on the role of Kharis the mummy. The story was continued in the 1944 sequel "The Mummy's Curse".
The Mummy's Ghost | Introduction
On April 4, 2012, Universal announced their plans to reboot the franchise. "The Mummy" was released in June 2017.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Reboot
The score for "The Mummy" was composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith, with orchestrations provided by Alexander Courage. The soundtrack was released by Decca Records on May 4, 1999. Like many Goldsmith scores, the main theme uses extensive brass and percussion elements; Goldsmith also used sparing amounts of vocals, highly unusual for most of his work. Overall, Goldsmith's score was well received. AllMusic described it as a "grand, melodramatic score" which delivered the expected highlights. Other reviews positively noted the dark, percussive sound meshed well with the plot, as well as the raw power of the music. The limited but masterful use of the chorus was also lauded, and most critics found the final track on the CD to be the best overall.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Music
In April 2012, Universal Studios announced they were developing a reboot of the series with writer Jon Spaihts, and with Sean Daniel returning as producer. In May 2012, Universal also signed a two-year deal to produce the film with K/O Paper Products. In September 2012, Universal announced it hired Len Wiseman to direct the film. In December 2012, it was reported the film would use different mythology and would be set in the present. In February 2013, Universal asked "The Hunger Games'" writer Billy Ray to write a competing draft against Spaihts written script. July of 2013, Wiseman left the film project due to schedule conflicts.
The Mummy (franchise) | "The Mummy" (2017)
Writer Chris Wicking says the film was one of the last projects that James Carreras brought to Hammer. Wicking wanted to use the title of the book but Carreras did not. They brainstormed titles and came up with "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" which Wicking thought they would never use but they did. The job of directing went to Seth Holt, whose films were admired by produced Howard Brandy. Holt had a strong critical reputation for making such films as "The Nanny" but had not made a movie in two years. "I haven't been directing because I haven't been offered anything to direct," said Holt in January 1971.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Development
In 1921, an archaeological expedition led by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron) finds the mummy of an ancient Egyptian high priest named Imhotep (Boris Karloff). An inspection of the mummy by Whemple's friend Dr. Muller (Edward Van Sloan) reveals that the viscera were not removed, and from the signs of struggling Muller deduces that although Imhotep had been wrapped like a traditional mummy, he had been buried alive. Also buried with Imhotep is a casket with a curse on it. Despite Muller's warning, Sir Joseph's assistant Ralph Norton (Bramwell Fletcher) opens it and finds an ancient life-giving scroll, the "Scroll of Thoth".
The Mummy (1932 film) | Plot
The character name Joseph Whemple, the use of a sacred scroll, and a few minor plot elements are the only connections with the 1932 version.
The Mummy (1959 film) | Introduction
It was distributed by the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company. The production came during a time of renewed interest in Egyptology in which Pathé and Urban Films would release their own films titled "The Mummy". This would be followed by Essanay Studios in 1912 with the release of "When Soul Meets Soul" and Gaumont Film Company "The Vengeance of Egypt". The film had a unique special effect in which the bodies of the cast dissolve and take an aerial flight to Egypt at the end of the film.
The Mummy (1911 film) | Production
The director of each film is indicated within the parentheses.
Peter Taylor (editor) | Selected filmography
Universal contractually guaranteed Cruise control of most aspects of the project, from script approval to post-production decisions. In a statement, Universal denied that Cruise had a negative influence on the production, “Tom approaches every project with a level of commitment and dedication that is unmatched by most working in our business today,” the statement read. “He has been a true partner and creative collaborator, and his goal with any project he works on is to provide audiences with a truly cinematic moviegoing experience.” Kurtzman said about the movie in a 2019 interview that, "The Mummy wasn’t what I wanted it to be.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Development
Muller, Frank calls Helen back to the world of the living while the Scroll of Thoth continues to burn.
The Mummy (1932 film) | Plot
Initially scheduled for a 2016 release, the film was released in the United States and Canada on June 9, 2017, with international roll out beginning the same day. The film was screened in various formats, such as 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D. On December 20, 2016, IMAX released a trailer with the wrong audio track attached; this unintentionally prompted the creation of memes and video montages featuring the mistakenly included audio track, which was missing most of the sound effects and instead featured Tom Cruise's grunts and screams. IMAX reacted by taking down the trailer and issuing DMCA takedown notices in an attempt to stop it from spreading.
The Mummy (2017 film) | Release
The Mummy's Hand is a 1940 American black-and-white horror film directed by Christy Cabanne and produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. The film is about an Egyptian mystic named Andoheb (George Zucco) who is ordered by his High Priest (Eduardo Ciannelli) to guard over the mummy of Kharis (Tom Tyler), who can be revived or neutralized by burning a handful of tanna leaves. Meanwhile, archeologists Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson (Wallace Ford) try to persuade magician Solvani (Cecil Kellaway) to finance an expedition in search of Ananka's sarcophagus. They are joined by Solvani's daughter Marta (Peggy Moran) and Andoheb disguised as the professor of Egyptology at the Cairo Museum.
The Mummy's Hand | Introduction
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep has a love affair with Anck-su-namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. Imhotep and Anck-su-namun kill the 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.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Plot
To create the Mummy, Berton used a combination of live action and computer graphics. He matched the digital prosthetic make-up pieces on Vosloo's face during filming. Berton said, "When you see his film image, that's him. When he turns his head and half of his face is missing and you can see right through on to his teeth, that's really his face. And that's why it was so hard to do." Vosloo described the filming as a "whole new thing" for him; "They had to put these little red tracking lights all over my face so they could map in the special effects.
The Mummy (1999 film) | Special effects
"Egypt in the year 1900". A mummy is discovered by three Egyptologists: Englishmen John Bray (Ronald Howard) and Sir Giles Dalrymple (Jack Gwillim) as well as French Professor Eugene Dubois (unbilled Bernard Rebel, who died three weeks before the film's UK premiere). Assisting in the expedition is Professor Dubois' daughter, and Bray's fiancée, Annette (Jeanne Roland), herself an Egyptology expert. All the artifacts are brought back to London by the project's backer, American showman Alexander King (Fred Clark), who plans to recoup his investment by staging luridly sensational public exhibits of the Egyptian treasures. Soon after arrival, however, the mummy revives and starts to kill various members of the expedition, while it becomes evident that sinister Adam Beauchamp (Terence Morgan), a wealthy arts patron whom members of the expedition meet on the ship returning to England, harbors a crucial revelation of the mummy's past and future.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | Plot
He served as editor for "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" (1970).
Peter Curran (director) | Introduction
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James Cullingham | Selected filmography
The story was continued in the 1944 film, "The Mummy's Ghost". The film was released on October 23, 1942 by Universal Pictures on a double bill with "Night Monster". It was re-released in February, 1948 by Universal through Realart Pictures and went to television as part of the original "Shock Theater" package of 52 Universal titles syndicated in 1957.
The Mummy's Tomb | Production and release
Mummy Punjabi ()is the 2011 film written and directed by Pammi Somal starring Kiron Kher, Kanwaljit Singh and Jackie Shroff in lead roles.
Mummy Punjabi | Introduction
Originally announcing plans for a reboot of "The Mummy" franchise in 2012, Universal marketed "The Mummy" as the first film in the Dark Universe. Alex Kurtzman served as director and co-writer, "The Mummy" was released on June 9, 2017. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Universal deemed the domestic ticket sales to be, underwhelming box office returns. Due to the mixed reception, Universal removed additional films from their scheduled release dates, while the future of the franchise was reassessed. As of June 2020, it remains as the only installment of the Dark Universe.
Universal Classic Monsters | "The Mummy" (2017)