SYNOPSIS | REVIEW | PRODUCTION NOTES | TRIVIA | PRESS | QUOTES | KIM NEWMAN ARCHIVE | MEDIA

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times:
Format: colour     Panavision (anamorphic)      35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Alphaville Films / Imohotep Productions
Executive Producer: Bob Ducsay
Producers: Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Production Co-Ordinator: Judy Britten

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Stephen Sommers

DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Sommers

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Adrian Biddle
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison
A Camera Operator: David Worley
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Marc Atherfold
B Camera Focus Puller: Ashley Bond
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Mike Evans
Best Boy Electric: Andrew Watson
Electricians: Steve Casey, Neil Munro
Rigging Electricians: Graham Driscoll, Les Weighell, Richard Merrell
Rigging Gaffer: Simon Lucas
A Camera Grip: John Flemming
B Camera Grip: Derek Russell
Grip and Crane Rental: ARRI Media Grip
Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING
Editor: Bob Ducsay
Assistant Editors: Rus Ekkel, Kevin Holt
Assistant Editor (AVID): Mark Sanger
Trainee Editor: Jo Dixon

MUSIC
Music: Alan Silvestri

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: John Bloomfield

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Animatronic Model Designer: Karl Derrick

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Allan Cameron

MISCELLANEOUS
2nd Unit Continuity: Sharon Mansfield (uncredited)
Floor Runners: Ben Lanning, Rob Burgess
Location Accountant: Alistair Thompson

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bloomsbury, London, England, UK; British Museum, London, England, UK; Heath and Reach, England, UK; Morocco; Petra, Jordan; University College London, London, England, UK

STUNTS
Fight Co-Ordinator: Hiro Koda

CAST
Brendan Fraser (Rick O'Connell)
Rachel Weisz (Evelyn 'Evie' Carnahan O'Connell)
John Hannah (Jonathan Carnahan)
Arnold Vosloo (Im-Ho-Tep)
Freddie Boath (Alex O'Connell)
Oded Fehr (Ardeth Bay)
Dwayne Johnson (The Scorpion King)
Patricia Velazquez (Anck-Su-Namun)
Donna Air

DOUBLES
Double For Brendan Fraser: Christian Simpson

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 12 (the BBFC website notes that "Prior to submission, while the film was still in post-production, the company was given advice that a headbutt delivered by Rachel Weisz was unlikely to be acceptable at any category below 15. This action was not present when the film was submitted for classification."

USA
Rating: PG-13

AWARDS

2002
Orange Film Awards

Best Film of 2001 - nominated

TIMELINE

2001
May

4: UK - certified 12 by the BBFC (for theatrical release)
11: USA - theatrical release
17: Czech Republic - theatrical release
17: Netherlands - theatrical release
18: Sweden - theatrical release

June
28: Argentina - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

La momia regresa - Argentinean advertising title/ Colombian / Peruvian / Venezuelan title
Mumia powraca - Polish title
Mumia revine - Romanian title
A Múmia visszatér - Hungarian title
Die Mumie kehrt zurück - German title
Mumien - återkomsten - Swedish title
Mumien vender tilbake - Swedish title
La mummia: il ritorno - Italian title
Muumion paluu - Finnish title
El regreso de la momia - Spanish title
O Retorno da Múmia - Brazilian title
Le retour de la momie - French / French Canadian title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Mummy (1999)

KEYWORDS

mummies; egyptology

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


All text on this page © 2000 - 2008  EOFFTV