The Mummy (1999 movie)

The Mummy
Directed by	Stephen Sommers
Screenplay by	Stephen Sommers
Story by	Stephen Sommers Lloyd Fonvielle Kevin Jarre
Based on	The Mummy by John L. Balderston Nina Wilcox Putnam Richard Schayer
Produced by	Sean Daniel James Jacks
Starring	Brendan Fraser Rachel Weisz John Hannah Arnold Vosloo Jonathan Hyde Kevin J. O'Connor
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle
Edited by	Bob Ducsay
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies	Universal Pictures Alphaville Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 7, 1999 (United States}
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Arabic Egyptian
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$422.5 million

The Mummy is a 1999 American fantasy adventure horror movie. It is set in Egypt in 1926. Stephen Sommers wrote and directed it. The movie stars Brendan Fraser (acting as Rick O'Connell, who is a person who tries to find treasure so he can sell it), and Rachel Weisz (acting as Evelyn 'Evie' Carnahan, who is a person who learns about the history of Egypt) and Arnold Vosloo, acting as the Mummy. The movie has a lot of talking in the old Egyptian language, which was spoken with the help of a group of people who study it for a job. The movie was first going to be to be part of a few low-budget movies but was later given the money it needed to be made into a big Hollywood movie.

The Mummy was seen by people for the first time on May 7, 1999. It earned $43 million from being seen in 3,210 places that weekend. It went on to earn $415 million from being seen in total. Other movies were then made. The first was made in 2001. It is called The Mummy Returns. A TV programme was made called The Mummy: The Animated Series. A third movie was then first seen by people on August 1, 2008 and is called The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Cast

• Brendan Fraser as Richard "Rick" O'Connell
• Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan
• John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan
• Arnold Vosloo as High Priest Imhotep
• Kevin J. O'Connor as Beni Gabor
• Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay
• Jonathan Hyde as Dr. Allen Chamberlain
• Erick Avari as Dr. Terence Bey
• Stephen Dunham, Corey Johnson, and Tuc Watkins as Henderson, Daniels, and Burns
• Bernard Fox as Winston Havelock
• Patricia Velásquez as Anck-Su-Namun

Awards

The movie won Best Make-Up at Saturn Awards.

Other websites

• Official site

• The Mummy on IMDb
• The Mummy at AllMovie
• The Mummy at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Mummy at Metacritic
• The Mummy at Box Office Mojo