Mummy, The: Ultimate Edition (US)

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The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed
Certificate: PG-13
Running Time: 250 mins
Retail Price: $29.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Deep in the Egyptian desert, a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3,000 year old legacy of terror. Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal`s legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy, Starring Brendan Fraser, is a true nonstop action epic, filled with dazzling visual effects, top-notch talent and superb storytelling.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access

Disc 1: Bonus Materials:
Feature Commentary with Director Stephen Sommers and Editor Bob Ducsay
Feature Commentary with Actor Brendan Fraser
Feature Commentary with Actors Oded Fehr, Kevin J. O`Connor and Arnold Vosloo
Building A Better Mummy Documentary
Egyptology 101
Production Notes
Cast And Filmmakers

Disc 2: Bonus Materials:
Deleted Scenes
Visual and Special Effects
Storyboard To Final Film Comparison
Photograph Montage
Pharaoh Lineage
Theatrical Trailer
The Mummy Returns Trailer
Highlights On The Mummy Returns

DVD-ROM Features:
Live Webcast from the Premiere of The Mummy Returns
Script To Scene
Screen Savers
The Mummy PC Game Demo
Link To The Mummy Returns Website

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Pan & Scan 1.33:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Spanish
DTS 5.1 English

Subtitle Tracks:
French
Spanish
CC: English

Directed By:
Stephen Sommers

Written By:
Kevin Jarre
Lloyd Fonvielle
Richard Schayer
Nina Wilcox Puttnam
Stephen Sommers

Starring:
Rachel Weisz
Arnold Vosloo
Kevin J. O`Connor
Jonathan Hyde
John Hannah
Brendan Fraser

Casting By:
Ros Hubbard
John Hubbard

Soundtrack By:
Jerry Goldsmith

Editor:
Bob Ducsay

Costume Designer:
John Bloomfield

Production Designer:
Allan Cameron

Producer:
Megan Moran
James Jacks
Sean Daniel
Patricia Carr

Executive Producer:
Kevin Jarre

Distributor:
Universal Pictures

Your Opinions and Comments

9 / 10

This is my 200th review for this site. :)
You can see just how much I liked the original disk in my review here: http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/reviews/comments.asp?DiscIndex=206 .
I was thrilled when I heard there`s a new ultimate edition out, so I pre-ordered it, and I`m so glad I did. It`s awesome. Absolutely fantastic.
The video transfer is excellent. There are no compression signs and the image is crystal clear. Disk 1 contains the widescreen version and disk 2 contains the full screen one. Both look great, but, naturally, the widescreen is superior.
The DTS and DD 5.1 soundtracks are awesome. The DTS excels in particular. The sound is clear, very well defined and the channel separation is superb. The surrounds and the sub get a great workout in this movie.
The menus are all beautifully animated with sound.
The extras include 3 commentaries (the one by Fraser is the best), a behind the scenes look, lots of information about ancient Egypt, some deleted scenes, stages in the CG animation, production notes, a picture gallery and some storyboards. The DVD-ROM section includes a demo of "The Mummy" game and some screen savers. All in all, the extras are superb.
Bottom line - a really great movie wrapped in an excellent 2-disk set. Highly recommended.

posted by Zvi Josef on 25/8/2001 22:48

9 / 10

A fantastic film - and this ultimate edition lives up to all expectations. Both the video transfer and audio quality are outstanding and we get some great extras as well.

The main highlights are the 3 commentaries and 47 minute making of "Building a Better Mummy" which mainly deals with the visual effects. We also get a couple of deleted scenes (while they don't amount to more than a couple of minutes in total, it would have been nice to be given some reason for there exclusion, although I expect it was for time reasons). Also, we get a lot of text based educational stuff, which while not all that exciting is a nice touch and worth a quick look through ("Egyptology 101" and "Pharaoh Lineage"). We also get the usual production notes, cast & director bios & filmographies, trailers (one for this film and one for the sequel), photo montage of well over 100 photos, as well as quite a good sneak peak at The Mummy Returns. The menus are also well designed and easy to navigate.

All in all an excellent purchase. Although I would advice getting the R2 Ultimate Mummy set (4 discs) that seems to be going cheap at the moment.

posted by Rich Davies on 21/11/2002 21:52

9 / 10

A simply fantastic movie by all accounts. Loosely based on the Boris Karloff classic, this movie sees a pair of British siblings, Jonathan and Evelyn, who team up with a cocky, rugged but good hearted American, Rick O` Connell, in a quest to find the mythical city of the dead, Hamunaptra. Unknowingly, they break the spell which was keeping the Mummified body of high priest Imhotep dead and so begins our adventure.
This is just superb stuff. A great script and excellent acting together with some marvellous scenery and special effects. An all out action epic on the scale of the Indiana Jones adventures.
Picture is a superb anamorphic widescreen one that is clean, sharp and colourful. Really looks stunningly beautiful. The sound also is a marvellous DD 5.1 that brings the movie alive.
This 2 disc set is loaded with lots of extras including making of featurettes, trailers, deleted scenes amongst other stuff.

posted by dicanio on 12/5/2003 15:38