Set in Egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) was given the all-important assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. However, Imhotep made one terrible mistake - he became smitten with Anck-Su-Namun, the mistress of the Pharaoh himself. Driven mad by jealousy and love, Imhotep murdered the Pharaoh, and his punishment was to be buried alive and suffer the torment of an eternal life in his wretched tomb. In 1925, a band of adventurers seeking fame and fortune - led by Rick O'Connell, an American expatriate who has joined the foreign legion, and Evelyn Carnarvon, an amateur archeologist - find a previously unknown burial site in Egypt. The team starts to dig, hoping to find lost riches, but instead they disturb the tomb of Imhotep, and soon the cursed priest rises from his grave to wreck vengeance on humanity. starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Jonathan Hyde; also starring Oded Fehr, Erick Avari, Corey Johnson, Stephen Dunham, Tuc Watkins, Omid Djalili, Aharon Ipalé, Bernard Fox, and Patricia Velasquez. Stephen Sommers directs from his own screenplay; Screen Story by Sommers and Lloyd Fonvielle & Kevin Jarre; Based upon the 1932 classic film directly licensed from Universal Studios. Produced by James Jacks & Sean Daniel • Executive Producer: Kevin Jarre. Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith • Soundtrack on Decca Records. SVFX and Animation by Lucas Digital's ILM. an Alphaville production. a Stephen Sommers film. Photographed in Panavision® around Morocco, and at Shepperton Studios, England from May 4 - August 29, 1998. first released in Portugal • N.A.: 5/7/99 Approved [No. 36212]/rated PG-13 for pervasive adventure violence; and for some partial nudity. Copyright © 1999 Universal Studios All rights reserved.