The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
by Stephen Sommers

The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Arnold Vosloo, Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, Rachel Weisz
Director: Stephen Sommers
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
Writer: Stephen Sommers
Editor: Bob Ducsay
Producer: Kevin Jarre
Writer: Nina Wilcox Putnam
Writer: Richard Schayer
Writer: John L. Balderston
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Published)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Movie Reviews of The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Movie Review: The Mummy: the first in a series of three films, on dvd.
Summary: 4 Stars

Originally, The Mummy genre was typically a horror film, but this revised version, adds, action, adventure, with a blend of light hearted drama. The result, is a satisfying, and entertaining film, in the style of the Indiana Jones films. With good visual effects, and characterizations.

Summary of The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Deep in the egyptian desert, a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3,000 year old legacy of terror. Special features: feature-length audio commentary with director and editor: egyptology 101: deleted scenes: theatrical trailers and more.
If you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it "hokey," "cheesy," and "pallid." Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting is a bit of a stretch, and the characters occasionally slip into clich?, but who cares? When that action gets going, hold tight--those two hours just fly by.

The premise of the movie isn't that far off from the original. Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Despite the rather gory premise, this movie is fairly tame in terms of violence; most of the magic and surprise come from the special effects, which are glorious to watch, although Imhotep, before being fully reconstituted, is, as one explorer puts it, rather "juicy." Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want good old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999. --Jenny Brown

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