Running time 125 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $80 million Box office $415.9 million The Mummy is a 1999 American written and directed by and starring,,, and, with in the titular role as the reanimated. It is a loose remake of the 1932 film, which starred in the titular role. In this film, adventurer Rick O'Connell travels to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, with an archaeologist and her brother. There they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a high priest from the reign of the pharaoh Seti I who has been cursed for eternity. Filming began in,, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks; the crew had to endure dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes while filming in the.
The Mummy is a 1999 American action fantasy film. Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Weisz remembered, 'He. Directed by Alex Kurtzman. With Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe. An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the.
The visual effects were provided by, who blended film and to create the titular Mummy. Provided the orchestral score. The Mummy opened on May 7, 1999, and grossed $43 million in 3,210 theaters during its opening weekend in the United States; a, the film went on to gross $416 million worldwide. The box-office success led to a 2001 sequel,, as well as, and the / film.
Seven years later, the third installment,, opened on August 1, 2008. Also opened a,, in 2004.
Of the film and its sequels were written. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] In, 1290 BC, high priest has a love affair with Anck-su-Namun, the mistress of. When the Pharaoh discovers the affair, Imhotep and Anck-su-Namun assassinate him. Imhotep flees, while Anck-su-Namun kills herself, intending for Imhotep to resurrect her. Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to, the city of the dead, but the resurrection ritual is stopped by Seti's bodyguards, the. Imhotep's priests are all alive, while Imhotep himself is sentenced to suffer the Hom Dai, the worst of Egyptian curses, buried alive with flesh-eating.
Imhotep is sealed away in a at the feet of a statue of the Egyptian god and kept under strict surveillance by the Medjai to prevent Imhotep's return. In 1926, presents his sister,, a Cairo librarian and aspiring, with an intricate box and map, which leads to Hamunaptra. Jonathan reveals he stole the box from an American adventurer, Rick O'Connell, who discovered the city while in the. Rick makes a deal with Evelyn to lead them there if they release him from prison.
Rick leads Evelyn and her party to the city, where the group encounters a band of American treasure hunters guided by Rick's cowardly colleague. The expeditions are attacked by the Medjai, led by the warrior Ardeth Bay. Against Ardeth's advice to leave the city, the two expeditions continue to excavate. Evelyn searches for the famous Book of the Living, a book made of pure gold. Instead of finding the book, she, Rick, and Jonathan stumble upon the statue of Anubis and the remains of Imhotep buried underneath.
The team of Americans, meanwhile, discover the black, accompanied by carrying Anck-su-Namun's preserved organs. At night, Evelyn takes the Book of the Dead and reads a page aloud, accidentally awakening Imhotep. The expeditions return to Cairo, but Imhotep follows them with the help of Beni. Imhotep returns to full strength by killing the members of the American expedition one by one, and brings the back to Egypt. Seeking a way to stop Imhotep, Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan meet Ardeth at a museum. Ardeth hypothesizes that Imhotep wants to resurrect Anck-su-Namun again and plans to do so by sacrificing Evelyn.
Evelyn believes that if the Book of the Dead brought Imhotep back to life, the Book of the Living can kill him again, and deduces the book's whereabouts. Imhotep corners the group with an army of slaves. Evelyn agrees to accompany Imhotep if he spares the rest of the group. Imhotep, Evelyn, and Beni return to Hamunaptra, pursued by Rick, Jonathan, and Ardeth. Imhotep prepares to sacrifice Evelyn, but she is rescued after an intense battle with Imhotep's mummified priests. When Evelyn reads from the Book of Amun-Ra, Imhotep becomes mortal again, and Rick forces him into the River of Death.