The Mummy

The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and 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 with supernatural powers.
Development took years, with multiple screenplays and directors attached. In 1997, 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 the titular monster. Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score.
The Mummy was theatrically released on May 7, 1999. Despite mixed critical reviews, it was a commercial success and grossed over $416.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $80 million. The film's success spawned two direct sequels, The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). It also led to spinoffs such as an animated series and the prequel The Scorpion King (2002), which generated its own sequels.
== Cast ==
* Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell
* Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan
* John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan
* Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep
* Kevin J. O'Connor as Beni Gabor
* Jonathan Hyde as Dr. Allen Chamberlain
* Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay
* Erick Avari as Dr. Terence Bey
* Stephen Dunham as Isaac Henderson
* Corey Johnson as David Daniels
* Tuc Watkins as Bernard Burns
* Omid Djalili as Warden Gad Hassan
* Aharon Ipalé as Pharaoh Seti I
* Bernard Fox as Captain Winston Havelock
* Patricia Velásquez as Anck-su-namun
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Category:The Mummy
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