La mummia

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In one scene, Beni is shown with a sackful of gold which he is trying to load onto a camel. Beni pul [...]	D
Rachel Weisz was the only actress offered her part.	D
Some cast members actually thought the movie was cursed when the film broke at the premiere.	D
Production designer Allan Cameron found a dormant volcano near Erfoud where the entire set for Hamun [...]	D
The library disaster was done in one take. It would have taken an entire day to re-shoot if a mistak [...]	D
The scene in which the scarabs come from the sands to chase the explorers was done by using an air c [...]	D
Stephen Dunham auditioned for the role of Rick O'Connell. He was rejected, but Stephen Sommers liked [...]	D
The name of Oded Fehr's character, Ardeth Bay, isn't used once throughout the entire movie until the [...]	D
The crew could not shoot in Egypt because of the unstable political conditions.	D
To create the Mummy, John Andrew Berton Jr. used a combination of live action and computer graphics. [...]	D
Beni uses a Colt M1917 revolver, he also wielded but never used it a Lebel M1886 rifle during the Fr [...]	D
At 1h 44m 57s Imhotep appears to grab Jonathan Carnahan by the throat and lift him up the wall. In r [...]	D
The production had the official support of the Moroccan army, and the cast members had kidnapping in [...]	D
Despite being fresh off the success of George of the Jungle, Brendan Fraser was far cheaper than the [...]	D
Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr have both played Mossad officers on the TV series NCIS.	D
The locusts shown in the scene at Hamunaptra were mostly computer-generated, but a number of live gr [...]	D
In January 24, 2023, during a double feature showing of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (2001) in Lo [...]	D
According to Stephen Sommers, the hardest thing about the movie was the blend of humour and horror: [...]	D
Stephen Sommers was inspired by the films of Michael Curtiz.	D
The original script and the movie novelization provide an explanation as to why Imhotep's corpse is [...]	D
Imhotep is a real historic figure, but he wasn't the High Priest of Pharaoh Seti I; he was the archi [...]	D
Actor Jonathan Hyde, who, in this film, portrays a British Egyptologist is, in fact, an Australian. [...]	D
For the television broadcast version of the film, a small bikini was painted onto Anck-su-namun's bo [...]	D
The scenes showing the Cairo streets were shots of a souk in Marrakesh that was so expansive that th [...]	D
Fort Brydon is an homage to Mowgli - Il libro della giungla (1994), another film directed by Stephen [...]	D
A scene deleted from the film showed Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan crossing a field full of skeletons (b [...]	D
In Hamunaptra, Gad Hassan says he "hates bugs", foreshadowing when he gets killed by a scarab beetle [...]	D
In some scenes, characters who speak Arabic can be heard saying the same lines with different subtit [...]	D
Rachel Weisz was not a big fan of horror films but did not see this film as such. As she said in an [...]	D
the scarabs were created with a computer simulation, each insect created individually. While filming [...]	D
While the film made extensive use of computer generated imagery, many scenes, including ones where E [...]	D
The novelization gives some details that probably would have been difficult to convey in the movie, [...]	D
Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris O'Donnell and Matthew McConaughey were conside [...]	D
A mix of both lion and bear roars were used for the yells/screams of Imhotep and the soldier mummies [...]	D
When Anck su namun died she had her organs removed and placed in 5 Canopic jars. The Egyptians only [...]	D
An Egyptologist was brought in to phonetically render what Ancient Egyptian might have sounded like [...]	D
Imhotep's first appearance since La mummia (1932). The Mummy films were unique among the Universal C [...]	D
The character Ardeth Bay was originally scripted to die at the end of the film. This was changed by [...]	D
The lever-triggered slowly settling stone megaliths with sand pouring out like water, from which the [...]	D
While filming, John Hannah sprained his wrist and had to wear a brace on it, which shows up during h [...]	D
After Jonathan has a scarab beetle cut from his arm he is seen in the next scene with a bandage made [...]	D
Blixa Bargeld, of the German industrial band EinstÃ¼rzende Neubauten, is credited as having provid [...]	D
Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Rachel Weisz remembered, "H [...]	D
In 2004, Universal Studios theme parks (Hollywood and Orlando) opened their "Revenge of the Mummy" r [...]	D
The line "think of my children!" given by Beni in the scene aboard the riverboat was ad-libbed by Ke [...]	D
Anck-Su-Namun's second death is shot almost exactly like her first; her shadow is cast upon the wall [...]	D
One of the unforeseen problems with shooting in the desert was that the sand would cause all the gun [...]	D
The zombified townspeople in the movie are a sly nod to the angry villagers in classic horror films.	D
While Evy is fighting Anuk-Su-Namun, Jonathan is trying to read the spell and gets hung up on the sy [...]	D
Stephen Sommers described his vision of the film as "as a kind of Indiana Jones or Gli Argonauti (19 [...]	D
The collapsing bookshelves in the library set up the destruction of Hamunaptra at the end, espe [...]	D
The scene where Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) has Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) chained to a sacrificial slab to r [...]	D
To avoid dehydration in the scorching heat of the Sahara, the production's medical team created a dr [...]	D
For Omid Djalili scene where the scarab kills him by tunneling through his flesh and eating his brai [...]	D
With the exception of a loin cloth, a few pieces of jewelry, and pasties, Patricia Velasquez was nud [...]	D
The second film to feature Brendan Fraser and Erick Avari together. They were both previously in the [...]	D
The white nightgown Evelyn wore when the ship was attacked became transparent when it got wet and ha [...]	D
During the filming of the scene with scarab crawling under his skin, Omid Djalili chose not to wear [...]	D
When Evelyn reads the inscription "He who shall not be named" on Imhotep's sarcophagus, the hierogly [...]	D
This was Oded Fehr's first big screen role.	D
Stephen Sommers cast Rachel Weisz after seeing her performance in The land girls - Le ragazze di cam [...]	D
Kevin J. O'Connor had a dimmer switch in his wardrobe to put the torch he holds out.	D
When Clive Barker was attached to the project, the film was intended to be a low budget horror film. [...]	D
Jonathan Hyde and Bernard Fox had previously worked together in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic [...]	D
According to director Stephen Sommers, Universal phoned him the morning after this movie was release [...]	D
When Rick jumps off the boat after telling the Egyptian warden "Wait here! I'll go get help!" was ad [...]	D
The tattoos on Ardeth Bay's forehead are the Egyptian Hieroglyphs that spell "Underworld", and the o [...]	D
In the original script, Evy was supposed to say, "He's gorgeous" when she first sees the fully resur [...]	D
Brendan Fraser whittled a desert canoe between scenes.	D
The sound of the scampering beetles was made in part by using a rain stick - a hollow tube with baff [...]	D
Clive Barker, Joe Dante and George A. Romero were each attached to direct at different points. Wes C [...]	D
The prison warden showing awe at the scarabs and wondering what they are, sets up how Jonathan, whil [...]	D
Ardeth Bay, an anagram of Death By Ra, is the name of a sworn protector of mankind from the mummy Im [...]	D
In the scene on the riverboat, Beni is thrown overboard and into the river by O'Connell; during film [...]	D
Sam Raimi was considered for directing the film.	D
Ardeth Bey is an anagram of Death by Ra	D
The scene where O'Connell saves Evelyn from the sacrificial slab was filmed with Brendan Fraser figh [...]	D
The shots of Giza port were shot in England and edited digitally to show the pyramids and Nile.	D
The revolvers O'Connell carries throughout the movie are model 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne 11mm often dua [...]	D
The prison scene was shot entirely at an apartment complex in Marrakech.	D
Despite the name, the title character was never mummified. His followers were, but he was subjected [...]	D
Rick tells Evelyn that his military garrison reached Hamunaptra in 1923 by marching across Libya. Th [...]	D
Rick O'Connell holds a Jezail musket on one of the movie posters, although this particular rifle doe [...]	D
Terence Bey deliberately burns the map, which hints at his true allegiance later in the film.	D
The team encounters an underground preparation chamber for preparing mummies. Archaeologists recentl [...]	D
Winston's biplane is a Stampe SV4A (modified) marked B5539.	D
Burns' first line on the steamer when he is playing poker is that he needs his glasses or he can't s [...]	D
When King Tutankhamen's tomb was found on November 4, 1922, the person in charge was Howard Carter, [...]	D
The effects team was told "no gore" when designing the look of the Mummy. They actually did tests fo [...]	D
Jonathan's car is a Humber 16/50.	D
In the captions for the film, it was revealed that Daniels' first name is "Dave".	D
Kevin J. O'Connor had been roughed up so much during the filming of the scene with Beni in the Egypt [...]	D
The role of Imhotep was played by Arnold Vosloo, a South African actor of Dutch and German ancestry. [...]	D
Before Brendan Fraser, the role of Rick O'Connell was offered to Sylvester Stallone.	D
Kevin J. O'Connor, who plays Beni, previously appeared in Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia: [...]	D
When Jonathan accidentally brings the army of mummies to life and they go after O'Connell, Brendan F [...]	D
The opening voice-over was originally intended to be read by Imhotep. Director Stephen Sommers later [...]	D
This was the first theatrical film to be broadcast on the WB television network.	D
Stephen Sommers has said that La mummia (1932) was the one movie that scared him as a kid. He was on [...]	D
At one point Bruce Campbell and Kurt Russell were considered for the role of Rick O'Connell.	D
The sword Imhotep takes from Pharaoh Seti I, and uses to kill him, is the same sword Rick uses at th [...]	D
The Medjai were originally supposed to be tattooed from head to toe, but Stephen Sommers vetoed it b [...]	D
In 1999's The Mummy, Brendan Fraser plays a character that is part of a group that accidentally brin [...]	D
During the scene when Imhotep is raising the sandstorm in the desert, the camera had to quickly pan [...]	D
The plastic dummies used as dessicated corpses in the film to represent the Mummy's victims are the [...]	D
Stephen Sommers toyed with the idea of opening the film with the old Universal film logo, which woul [...]	D
Jonathan identifies the plague of boils as the final plague. Biblically, the final plague was the de [...]	D
The filmmakers reportedly spent $15 million of the $80 million budget on special effects, provided b [...]	D
John Sayles did an uncredited rewrite.	D
The scene in the beginning where Imhotep is mummified freaked out actor Arnold Vosloo. He had to be [...]	D
When Evy and Jonathan show Terence Bey the map, lines of dialogue from Jonathan refer to the treasur [...]	D
According to the audio commentary with Stephen Sommers and his editor Bob Duscay, Sommers had a hard [...]	D
Leonardo DiCaprio was rumored to have been offered the role of Rick O'Connell. It's believed DiCapri [...]	D
Joe Dante's version would have cast Daniel Day-Lewis as the mummy. This version (co-written by John [...]	D
The bronze sword that Rick wields during the climax of the movie, as well as the bronze khopesh used [...]	D
Brendan Fraser's camel during filming was named Barney.	D
It took 14 hours to apply Patricia Velasquez's body paint,	D
Some of the Americans mock the heroes' discovering of Imhotep's "juicy" mummy by saying that maybe i [...]	D
The prison warden, Gad Hassan, is portrayed by Omid Dajili, who is British. He is a comedian who mad [...]	D
The Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra are both made to look like a bunch of black stone and g [...]	D
The scene of the Cairo Prison was shot on the very first day of filming in Marrakesh.	D
According to Stephen Sommers, the average special effect cost was $125K per shot.	D
the supporting artists began to change what they were chanting from the correct Egyptian phrase to " [...]	D
Jonathan Hyde's close-up scene during the locust swarm had to be re-shot several times; he could not [...]	D
The weapons the Americans use are the following: Daniels- dual Colt M1917 revolvers, Henderson- dual [...]	D
As the effects team designed the Mummy, they liked his transparency so they "removed" his organs.	D
In the original script, Jonathan's attempts to read the Book of the Living unwittingly caused the hu [...]	D
It took three months for the animation supervisor to complete the musculature for Imhotep's body.	D
Terence Bey refers to the plagues of Egypt when scolding Evy for destroying the library, and she her [...]	D
The scarab's design was achieved by taking the "worst" traits of certain insect species, such as pin [...]	D
From the beginning, Stephen Sommers didn't want a guy shuffling around in bandages. Motion capture w [...]	D
The location shown in the scene where Imhotep and his minions corner the protagonists was an actual [...]	D
A cloak lent by the British costume rental company Angels and worn by an extra in this film was disc [...]	D
Rick says "Goodbye Beni" three times, first when he throws him off the boat, during the camel race, [...]	D
Brendan Fraser was cast due to the success of George re della giungla..? (1997). Stephen Sommers als [...]	D
Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr both played evil beings on the series "Charmed." Vosloo was a Darklighte [...]	D
During the filming of the scene in which hail and fire fall down on Cairo, dried dog food was painte [...]	D
Jerry Goldsmith composed both this movie's music and the Universal fanfare.	D
Arnold Vosloo understood the approach that Stephen Sommers was going for in his screenplay, but only [...]	D
George A. Romero's version was a vision of a zombie-style horror movie similar to La notte dei morti [...]	D
At one point, Jonathan uses a Remington Model 95 Double Derringer.	D
The white cat seen in Evelyn's apartment is given no name in the film, but in the movie novelisation [...]	D
Stephen Sommers came up with the gag of Evelyn saving Rick from two gunshots on the burning boat the [...]	D
The children shown in the shots of the Bedouin trading outpost, as well as the shots of the Royal Ai [...]	D
The role of Captain Havelock may be a nod to Porco Rosso. Firstly both lament on the loss of all the [...]	D
The building used for the Cairo Museum was an actual government building in Marrakesh.	D
Since the actors, who interacted with the mummy's first form, had no idea what it looked like, they [...]	D
$20 million of the film's budget was set aside for the elaborate special effects.	D
In the prologue, Anck-su-Namun stabs herself in the stomach. Imhotep gets killed at the end by being [...]	D
The last cinema film of Bernard Fox.	D
During the opening battle, Rick loads individual rounds into his rifle despite its eight round capac [...]	D
A different take of Ardeth Bay's introduction scene on top of the mountain was used later in the fil [...]	D
It was originally planned to open the film with the old black and white Universal logo that had been [...]	D
British chat show host Jonathan Ross described the film as "Raiders of the Lost Ark meets The Termin [...]	D
Anna Friel was considered for the role of Evelyn Carnahan.	D
Brendan Fraser did the hanging scene for real and passed out during filming. According to him, Steph [...]	D

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