The Mummy (1999)

Theatrical - Wide 1999-05-07

Cast Brendan Fraser Rachel Weisz John Hannah Arnold Vosloo Patricia Velasquez
Directed by Stephen Sommers
Written by Stephen Sommers

Box Office Gross: $415,885,488

Running Time: 124 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Alphaville Films

Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy

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Synopsis

Dashing legionnaire Rick O’Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse... See more than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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