The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed.
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 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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Resolved, classical in form, epic and unpretentious.
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Brendan FraserRick O'Connell
- Rachel WeiszEvelyn Carnahan
- John HannahJonathan Carnahan
- Arnold VoslooImhotep
- Patricia VelásquezAnck-Su-Namun
- Oded FehrArdeth Bay
- Kevin J. O'ConnorBeni Gabor
- Jonathan HydeAllen Chamberlain
- Erick AvariTerence Bey
- Stephen DunhamIsaac Henderson
Crew
- Stephen SommersDirector
- Stephen SommersScreenplay
- Adrian BiddleDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Bob DucsayEditor
- Kelly MatsumotoEditor
- James JacksProducer
- Sean DanielProducer
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