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This is not a review, but a question- Is there any difference between this version of the mummy or either of the other versions that Universal has released(the original in 2001, and the Legacy released a few years ago).
Does anyone know if there are any additional documentaries or special features not previously included ?
I'm about to buy this and basically want to know if there's any reason to
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The Mummy is one of the great horror films from the early days of sound pictures. It began with an excellent story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. It was a mystery and adventure set in the exotic location of Egypt, a present day romance in a tug of war with a supernatural love story. The results are a screen classic.
The story opens at a dig by the British Museum in 1921 as Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Bryon) and his team uncover an ancient sarcophagus. It becomes clear, however, that there is something quite different and disturbing about the mummy inside. His name was Imhotep, a High Priest, and the sacred spells etched into his coffin meant to make his journey to the afterlife smooth have been scratched out. And rather than being embalmed as was the custom in ancient Egypt, he was buried alive!
A small casket is also found with him that warns of death for anyone opening it. It seems it contains the ancient scrolls of the Egyptian god Isis, which hold the key to the afterlife. Try as he may, and in spite of warnings about the curse and its power from Dr. Muller (Edward van Sloan), Sir Joseph's assistant Ralph (Bramwell Fletcher) not only opens the small casket, but whispers the ancient Egyptian words of the scroll inside, bringing Imhotep back to life. Ralph Norton goes insane and Imhotep disappears.
Eleven years later, in 1932, a new field expedition of the British Museum headed by Frank Whemple, Sir Joseph's son, is led by a tall and stiff Egyptian with hypnotic eyes named Ardeth Bay (Boris Karloff) to the tomb of an ancient princess. There are equally dire markers surrounding her resting place, the Seals of Seven Jackels from over 3,700 years prior left as a warning to all who enter.
A battle of wills ensues for the love of big-eyed and beautiful Helen Grosvernor (Zita Johann) between Frank and Ardeth Bay/Imhotep as Imhotep wants to use the scrolls to bring back Princess Anck-Es-En-Amon from the dead and give her Helen's soul. Imhotep's spell is poweful, but perhaps not as strong as Frank and Helen's love for each other. And one must not forget how Isis feels about Imhotep's past and present transgressions against ancient things held sacred.
This is old-fashioned fun in every sense of the word. It does not seem creaky at all but is very entertaining, director Karl Freund keeping this Carl Laemmle Jr. production moving along at a nice pace. Karloff, Manners and Zita Johann are especially good in creating a memorable film that began the legend we all have come to know as, The Mummy. A true classic of the genre.
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If you prefer your horror the old-fashioned way with atmosphere, implication, and imagination versus explicit special effects, this is your kind of movie. Everyone already knows the tale, and everyone has already seen the movie. It is worth ownng though. It was made in the precode era when horror movies could still have a dash of the shocking. Plus movies were still learning to talk, so much experimentation could go on. The director of "The Mummy", Karl Freund, had worked with Fritz Lang and so hints of German expressionism can be seen in this film as well. The year before, "Frankenstein" had made Boris Karloff a star at age 44. It is here Karloff gets to use the power of speech to add to his presence in horror films.
DISC 1:
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Feature Commentary by Film Historian Paul M. Jenson
Feature Commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong**
Posters & Stills**
Trailer Gallery
DISC 2
He Who Made Monsters: Life and Legacy of Jack Pierce**
Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy**
Universal Horror Documentary**
**New Bonus Features not on previous releases.
Note that "Production Notes" and "Cast and Filmmakers" were bonus Features in the 2007 single disc release. "The Mummy Archives" was in the 2004 release "The Mummy: The Legacy Collection". These may or may not be encompassed in the new release. Thus is the chaos that is the Universal Classic DVD department.
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Imhotep (Boris Karloff) is found in his coffin with the spells to guide him to the underworld scratched off. He was buried alive for attempting to bring his true love Anuksunamun back from the dead. Archaeologists take interest in this strange find, and one's curiosity gets the best of him when he begins to read the ancient scroll that brings mummies back to life. Of course, the revivication brings about death for those involved. The mummy's long-buried love is still on his mind, so he does all he can to find her body and the modern equivalent to her (Zita Johann) to rekindle thier flame.
The 1920s King Tut discovery was still all the rage when this film was made, so it draws heavily on superstitions about Tuts tomb. The story here is reminicent of the more modern film with the same title, and so much so, it is sometimes jolting to watch. Why? Because despite the similar story, the method with which it is told is completely different. Here, we have absolute restraint and slow progress, whereas the modern version is non-stop action. This movie has basically no humor, but the remake is peppered with it. These descriptions might make this version seem dull and lifeless, but that is absolutely not the case. Its understatedness makes it ominous and leaves the viewer to fill in the gaps. Unfortunately, these differences might make this version far less appealing to modern audiences who have seen the remake, but give it a few tries in order to differentiate the two.
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I recently bought the DVD for the Mummy, one of Karloffs greatest roles. I wasnt sure what to expect of such an old film. But i was pleasantly surprised at how well the film was made, acted and directed, and how well it conveyed the sense of creepy menace.
The story is well known, of Imhoteps revivication and quest for his love of 3700 years before.
The film employs german expressionistic techniques to create menace that more than match modern special effects. Understated performances also help to create the mood and Karloffs deliberatly stiff performance helps convey that the Svengalian Ardeth Bey is really an animated corpse with the power of hypotism..
The music is the films weak point, with the film opening with strains of Tchaikovskys Swan lake!
AN interesting aside: Boris karloff looks as tho he could be from the same part of europe as his co-star Hungaria born Zita Johann. In reality, he was born a very plain William Henry Pratt, and whose paternal grandmother was Eliza Julia (Edwards) Pratt, a sister of Anna Leonowens of King and I fame.....
Its a small world!
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