Episode 159: The Mummy (1999) Retrospective

This month at The Film Club we’re talking about The Mummy Franchise! And this week we’re going back to Hamunaptra and talking about the 1999 classic The Mummy. The film tells the story of Imhotep a high priest in Ancient Egypt who falls in love with Anck-su-namun the fiancé of the Pharaoh Seti I and when caught the lovers kill the Pharaoh. Imoteph is put to death and cursed, this leaves the Medjai to protect Imhoteph’s resting place so he cannot be brought back to life. We jump to the 1920s when treasure hunters are pursuing the city of the dead Hamunaptra and they aren’t the only ones headed to the city of the dead Evelyn and her brother Jonathan Carnahan are also making the trek to Hamunaptra after Jonathan steals an accent key with a map to the cursed city. After the map is partially destroyed Jonathan knows who to contract to get him and his sister to Hamunaptra an adventurer named Rick O’ Connell who was the original owner of the key and has been to Hamunaptra before with the French Foreign Legion. Join us for this special guest episode as we dive into the world of The Mummy.