The Mummy Page #19

Synopsis: The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
1999
124 min
Website
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EVELYN:

You better think of something,

because if he turns me into a

mummy, your the first one I'm

coming after.

O'Connell almost smiles

O'CONNELL

Got guts, lady.

EVELYN:

Yes, I know, and I'd like to

keep them.

Imhotep suddenly notices something. He reaches forward and--

RIPS THE KEY/BOX OUT OF JONATHAN'S UPPER JACKET POCKET.

JONATHAN:

Hey that's mine--!

Ardeth Bay holds Jonathan back. Imhotep pulls Evelyn away.

O'Connell can't take it anymore, he tries to break free of

Ardeth Bay's grip.

O'CONNELL

Evelyn!

The huge, powerful man holds him tight.

ARDETH BAY:

Be calm. There is still time.

we can stop him yet.

The crowd parts for Imhotep and Evelyn. And then Imhotep

stops and looks back at O'Connell.

IMHOTEP:

Pared oos.

Evelyn SCREAMS.

EVELYN:

NOOO!!

Beni smiles.

BENI:

Kill them.

Imhotep pulls her away. O'Connell breaks free of Ardeth Bay's

grip and stumbles forward.

O'CONNELL

EVELYN!

But the rabid vultures are already moving in for the kill.

O'Connell quickly bends down, pulls open a CISTERN/MANHOLE

COVER and shoves Jonathan down inside it, then jumps in after

him. The Curator pushes Ardeth Bay towards the cistern hole.

CURATOR:

Go! Find a way! Kill the creature!

The Curator turns and throws himself at the mob as Ardeth Bay

crawls down into the hole. The mob tears the Curator apart.

INT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT

O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay slosh their way down the

watery catacomb, crazies pouring in behind them. Up ahead, a

LIGHT suddenly shines in from another cistern hole, and then

more of the infected crowd drop down, SCREECHING like rats.

O'Connell jags right, pushing Jonathan and Ardeth Bay ahead

of him, he strikes a match off the wall, lights the nubby

fuse on a stick of dynamite, throws it, and runs like hell.

FIRE BLAST incinerates a bunch of crazies.

STREET - ALLEY - NIGHT

The EXPLOSION blows a cistern cover fifty feet into the air,

followed by a mass of FLAMMAGE ..............

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

A sewer grate is kicked out of a wall. O'Connell, Jonathan

and Ardeth Bay climb out of the hole and into AN ALLEY.

O'CONNELL

We gotta get her back.

JONATHAN:

I'm with you, old man. No one

touches my sister like that and

gets away with it.

O'Connell looks at Ardeth Bay,

O'CONNELL

You know where he's taking her?

ARDETH BAY:

Yes. To Hamunaptra. To perform

the ritual.

Jonathan looks worried.

JONATHAN:

And what ritual would that be?

ARDETH BAY:

The ritual to bring the body of

Anck-su-namun back to life.

JONATHAN:

And how does one do that?

ARDETH BAY:

By reading the Book Of The Dead.

JONATHAN:

Oh yes, of course.

ARDETH BAY:

And then killing your sister.

JONATHAN:

Excuse me?

Ardeth Bay looks at O'Connell,

ARDETH BAY:

Imhotep is now able to cross the

desert with great haste.

Jonathan taps him in the shoulder,

JONATHAN:

Begging your pardon, but I wasn't

quite clear on that last part.

Ardeth Bay ignores him,

ARDETH BAY:

If he arrives before us, it will

be too late.

JONATHAN:

Did you say 'kill' my sister?

O'Connell smiles

O'CONNELL

I know how to beat him to it.

And on that WE SMASH CUT TO-- THE ERFOUD DUNES - DAWN

Jonathan's bashed-in convertible steams it's way up to a set

of semi-abandoned Quonset huts. A single WWI BIPLANE with

R.A.F. INSIGNIAS sits in the sand beside them. A SIGN READS:

HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL AIR CORP

EXT. QUONSET HUT - DUNES - MINUTES LATER

O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay stand before Winston

Havlock, the massive dunes of Erfoud as our background.

WINSTON:

So what's your little problem

got to do with His Majesty's

Royal Air Corp?

O'CONNELL

Not a god-damned thing.

Winston looks intrigued.

WINSTON:

is it dangerous?

O'CONNELL

You probably won't live through it,

This really interests him.

WINSTON:

By Jove, do you really think so?

JONATHAN:

Everybody else we've bumped into

has died, why not you?

Winston nods his head, he's hooked.

WINSTON:

So what's the challenge then?

O'CONNELL

To save the damsel in distress,

kill the bad guy and steal his

treasure.

A slow grin spreads across Winston's face, then he gives them

a snappy salute.

WINSTON:

Winston Havlock at your service, sir!

SAHARA - DAY

Way off across the desert, a large SAND-DEVIL races over the

dunes. The SANDY WHIRLWIND comes to a stop and starts to

dissipate. Evelyn and Beni are suddenly ejected out of it,

they land in a dune. The SWIRLING SAND CONDENSES AND FORMS

INTO IMHOTEP. He looks up into the sky, listening carefully.

Evelyn shakes the sand out of her hair and looks at Beni.

EVELYN:

what just happened?

BENI:

All I remember is him turning

into a blast of sand, ....and

then I remember nothing.

then they hear a plane in the sky and look up.

INT. BIPLANE - DAY

The WIND whips at Winston in the cockpit. O'Connell sits in

the gunner's compartment. Jonathan is strapped spread-eagle

across the left wing, Ardeth Bay is tied tight to the right.

Both men are scared out of their wits and SCREAMING in fear.

EXT. SAHARA - DAY

Imhotep's jaw UNHINGES, his mouth opens to an inhuman size,

he lets fly with another one of his horrible SHRIEKS. --And

a massive WALL OF SAND rises up out of the desert

BIPLANE - DAY

O'Connell watches the desert below him come alive and rise

up towards the plane. Winston looks over the side and sees

what's coming. He laughs, throws the throttle, and puts the

plane into a dive.

WINSTON:

Hang on, men!

WE GO WIDE AS:
The sandstorm chases the diving, twisting

biplane. Getting closer and closer, about to engulf it.

O'Connell looks back into the blinding sand and sees a GIANT

FACE forming inside the sandstorm. It's Imhotep. Grinning.

O'Connell grabs the Lewis machine-gun, c*cks the bracket and

FIRES, blasting away at Imhotep's giant face inside the

sandstorm. Imhotep's face begins to laugh, then his jaw

unhinges, his mouth opens wide, and he ENGULFS the plane.

Winston blindly fights for control, elated.

WINSTON:

We're going down!

The biplane SPINS inside the BLOWING SAND. Engines ROARING.

Wind HOWLING. Jonathan and Ardeth Bay SCREAMING. Winston

Havlock LAUGHING.

WINSTON:

Here I come, laddies!

O'Connell braces himself for impact,

SAHARA - DAY

Evelyn leaps to her feet and runs over to Imhotep.

EVELYN:

Stop it! You'll kill them!

Imhotep grabs her, pulls her close, her beautiful eyes stare

into his shockingly intense ones. Then he kisses her, hard.

Evelyn's eyes widen, stunned and mesmerized, then she pushes

herself away and falls back into the sand. Imhotep laughs.

EXT. BIPLANE - DUNES - DAY

The biplane SMASHES over a dune, ROLLS OVER and CRASHES

upside-down into another dune. The SAND SWIRLS as O'Connell

falls out of the gunner's compartment. The left wing is

jammed into the dune, Jonathan hangs upside down.

JONATHAN:

Excuse me. ...A little help

would be useful. ...IF IT'S

NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE!!

O'Connell goes to help Jonathan. Ardeth Bay stumbles over to

the gunner's compartment and tears the Lewis gun off it's

mount. He throws the machine-gun over one shoulder, a

cartridge belt over the other and staggers away. O'Connell

and Jonathan look into the cockpit. Winston Havlock is dead.

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Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommers is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. more…

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