The Mummy [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Brendan Fraser Director: Stephen Sommers, Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Patricia Carr Stephen Sommers

Overview

Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring Boris Karloff, The Mummy is set in Egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) was given the all-important assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. However, Imhotep made one terrible mistake - he became smitten with Anck-Su-Namun, the mistress of the Pharaoh himself. Driven mad by jealousy and love, Imhotep murdered the Pharaoh, and his punishment was to be buried alive and suffer the torment of an eternal life in his wretched tomb. In 1925, a band of adventurers seeking fame and fortune - led by Rick O'Connel (Brendan Fraser), an American expatriate who has joined the foreign legion, and Evelyn Carnarvon (Rachel Weisz), an amateur archeologist - find a previously unknown burial site in Egypt. The team starts to dig, hoping to find lost riches, but instead they disturb the tomb of Imhotep, and soon the cursed priest rises from his grave to wreck vengeance on humanity. The Mummy was written and directed by Stephen Sommers, whose previous cinematic journeys into the past include The Jungle Book and The Adventures Of Huck Finn.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/07/2017
UPC:	0025192399817
Original Release:	1999
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Language:	English
Sales rank:	29,783

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brendan Fraser	Rick
Rachel Weisz	Evelyn
John Hannah	Jonathan
Arnold Vosloo	Imhotep
Patricia Velasquez	Anck-Su-Namun
Oded Fehr	Ardeth Bey
Erick Avari	Dr. Bey, the Curator
Stephen Dunham	Mr. Henderson
Corey Johnson	Mr. Daniels,Actor
Tuc Watkins	Mr. Burns
Jonathan Hyde	The Egyptologist
Omid Djalili	The Warden
Bernard Fox	Capt. Winston Havlock
Carl Chase	Hook
Mohammed Afifi	Hangman
Abderrahim El Aadili	Camel Trader
Aharon Ipalé	Pharaoh Seti
Patricia Velazquez	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer
Kevin J. O'Connor	Actor,Actor
Jake Arnott	Mumie
Howie Dorough	Soldier
Andrew Elias	Priest
Mason Ball	Mummy
Isobel Brook	Mummy
James Burton	Mummy
Peter Chequer	Mummy
Porl Smith	Mummy
Ian Warner McGilvray	Mummy
George Lane Cooper	Arab Assassin at the Boat
Sean Cronin	High Priest
Ray Donn	Soldier
João Costa Menezes	Stevedore

Technical Credits

Stephen Sommers

Kevin Jarre

Lloyd Fonvielle

John L. Balderston

Nina Wilcox Putnam

Richard Schayer

David Koepp

Christopher McQuarrie

Stephen Sommers	Director,Screenwriter
Sean Daniel	Producer,Director
James Jacks	Producer,Director
Kevin Jarre	Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Patricia Carr	Special Effects,Director
Simon Crane	Stunts
Chris Corbould	Special Effects Supervisor
Chris Munro	Sound Mixer
Chris Carpenter	Sound Mixer
Leslie Shatz	Sound/Sound Designer
Lloyd Fonvielle	Screenwriter
John Bateman	Sound Effects
John L. Balderston	Screenwriter
Mark Fiorenza	Special Effects
Mark Southworth	Stunts
Nina Wilcox Putnam	Screenwriter
Richard Schayer	Screenwriter
Jonathan Alvord	Special Effects
Andy Bennett	Stunts
David Koepp	Screenwriter
Christopher McQuarrie	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Packed with comic-book thrills and spills, this roller-coaster ride of an adventure has more in common with the Indiana Jones series than it does with the moody, Expressionistic 1930s horror classic starring Boris Karloff. In their scramble to unearth the legendary City of the Dead, a charmingly klutzy female archaeologist (Rachel Weisz) and a dashing American adventurer (Brendan Fraser) accidentally disturb the tomb of a vengeful, lovesick mummy. Forget the bandages -- this shape-shifting demon masquerades as a sandstorm, conjures up the plagues of Egypt, and has an army of carnivorous beetles at his beck and call. With its eye-popping special effects and lighthearted laughs, this blockbuster hit is a pure rush of high-adrenaline entertainment.

Barnes & Noble - Kryssa Schemmerling

More an uneasy amalgam of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Terminator 2 (1991) than an homage to Boris Karloff and Karl Freund, this big-budget, end-of-the-century Mummy nonetheless delivers the genre's requisite thrills.The film plods somewhat in its opening act, but as soon as writer- director Stephen Sommers and company establish their threadbare premise, the action is swift and unrelenting. And you can forget the bandages with this Mummy: Sommers forgoes atmosphere and suspense in favor of CGI special effects and gross-out horror. Better yet, hero Brendan Fraser brings a bright, self-mocking element to the somewhat ludicrous proceedings, making the gory shocks all the more surprising. The film's Achilles' heel is an undercurrent of mean-spiritedness towards Middle Easterners and women; the latter is evident in the central character of Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), a bumbling archaeologist whose ineptitude is used to further the plot and add ostensible comic relief.

All Movie Guide - Michael Hastings

A gaudy comic video game splashed onto the screen!

New York Times - Stephen Holden