Robert madison, kasya zurakowska, gyorgy szabados director. The eyes of the mummy works in individual scenes and fans of negri, jannings or lubitsch will all want to see it but it definitely deserves its reputation as a lesser film. I really enjoyed the restoration alpha did on this film. Nick morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. With pola negri, harry liedtke, emil jannings, max laurence. Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring boris karloff, the mummy is set in egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest imhotep played by arnold vosloo was given the allimportant assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. The mummy trailer 2017 nick morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. Balderston was from a story by nina wilcox putnam and richard schayer. In this imax featurette, the cast of the mummy unwraps the ancient mystery behind performing thrilling feats with hollywoods favorite stuntman. Nevertheless, i still found the eyes of the mummy intriguing and entertaining. If only for historical reasons, the film should be cleaned up and preserved. The mummy this reboot of the mummy, starring tom cruise, unravels, says kate muir. The eyes of the mummy silent, 1922 video dailymotion. Approved 1h 3min drama, horror 25 june 1922 usa the eyes of.
The lack of any real budget is quite obvious in the depictions of egypt and the like, but the story packs plenty of incident into the running time and the characters are well drawn. Why the mummy is the most important bad movie of the year the lousiness of the mummy isnt the stars fault its the storytelling. The film the mummy 1932 is used as evidence of the desire to become the first victim. The cool way the mummy totally references brendan frasers.
The film slightly suffers from a slow middle section, but the finale is worth the wait. A huge brute man in egypt kidnaps a beautiful young woman who was washing clothes in the nile river. Thousands of years after his death he is accidently brought back to life by an archeological expedition and, disguised in modern dress, sets about locating his reincarnated lost love in this eerie, subtle film that works its scary. Based on the novella by stephen king, comes a new netflix film, 1922. Why universal is selling tom cruises the mummy as a horror movie. The eyes of the mummy has been released by various public domain outlets. Tomb of the dragon emperor, the last of the trilogy, was set in 1946, with the story taking place in china. The mummy 3 posted on wednesday, september 12th, 2007 by peter sciretta hack action director rob cohen has posted the first photo of the mummy. Lee is absolutely menacing as he was in frankenstein. The film stars pola negri as ma, emil jannings as radu, and harry liedtke as wendland. When nick and his partner come under attack in the. Now, he does all that in his latest project, the mummy but he doesnt quite manages to sell the movie.
A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient egyptian temple. It is the first collaboration between lubitsch and negri, a pairing that would go on to make worldwide successes such as carmen 1918, madame dubarry 1919, and. A farmer pens a confession admitting to his wifes murder, but her death is. Frankenstein, dracula, the mummy, and the wolf man helped build a golden age for horror movies at universal studios. Both the book of the dead and the book of life from the previous mummy film look close to identical. This 1922 mute film is an impressive masterpiece of cinema and possibly the best vampire movie ever. It is genuinely discomforting to have a female mummy who, in the hands of sofia boutella, manages some semblance of soulfulness she murdered her family to be queen because it was the only way to guarantee power in a patriarchal world, only to be bizarrely and brazenly fetishized by the camera, and chained and tortured throughout the film. Emil jannings and pola negri in the eyes of the mummy 1918 the eyes of the mummy 1918. When evy accidentally revives the mummified corpse of an egyptian priest, imhotep, the pair must find a way to kill him before he rises back into power and destroys the. It stars brendan fraser, rachel weisz, john hannah, and kevin j. The mummy it is the year 1924 and richard rick oconnell, an american explorer, has discovered hamunaptra, the city of the dead. See the full list of the eyes of the mummy cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Tom cruise stars in the first installment in a planned shared monster universe, starting with the classic egyptian entity of evil.
English, spanish, french, simplified chinese, traditional chinese. Later, he meets with a beautiful librarian, evelyn evy carnahan and her brother, jonathan. Cruise brings little daring and less charm to the film, though to be fair to the actor, his characters a. The mummy awakens in imax 3d on june 9th for tickets and information about the imax presentation of the. Son of a welltodo jewish tailor in berlin, lubitsch displayed an early aptitude for the theater, becoming an apprentice to the prestigious company of max reinhardt in 1911. The eyes of the mummy 1918 this film directed by the great ernst lubitsch is alleged to be the first mummy horror film although, except for the title, there is no mummy. Boris karloffs shuffling mummy must be spinning in his sarcophagus. Released by universal studios, the film stars boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, edward van sloan and arthur byron. Given that it would be essentially impossible for rick o. Il a ete tourne en 1918, mais sorti sur les ecrans en aux usa en juin 1922. Watch the trailer, download the poster, and read movie news. Battleship potemkin with bonus sergei eisenstein documentary. He later focuses on the white female that almost becomes the female mummy. The eyes of the mummy or the eyes of the mummy ma is a 1918 german silent film directed by ernst lubitsch.
Lego group construct fiveyear exclusive film partnership to create new movie franchises. I also enjoyed the new musical score, composed by rachel gutches, it was dramatic and serious. She is rescued and flees to england, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her. The third film in the the mummy series freshens the franchise up by setting the action. Why the mummy is the most important bad movie of the. What they actually find is the undead mummy imhotep and once. Why brendan fraser didnt show up in the mummy reboot. Set in the 1920s, this lively action film follows the exploits of american adventurer rick who, along with british librarian evelyn and her brother jonathan, sets out to uncover the mysteries and treasures of the ancient egyptians.
The film is about an ancient egyptian mummy named imhotep who is discovered by a team of. The eyes of the mummy 1918 cast and crew moviefone. Ever wonder what its like to defy gravity with tom cruise. The story is perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the film, and the plot moves along very quickly in this version which is just under one hour in length. The films second act practically rips the main characters out of the mummy film youve been watching for a jarring pit stop to introduce the rest of the dark universe, complete with. Find where to watch the mummy 3d 2017 in new zealand.
In this action adventure comedy, a group of treasure hunters accidentally unleashes an ancient horror when theyre looking for valuable stuff in egypt. In fact, if you miss the first half an hour of the film, youd have no idea this film had anything to do with the 1932 classic. The mummy film article about the mummy film by the. An art student in egypt goes to an ancient tomb to find the priestess ma, played by pola negri. Its not entirely his fault, to be honest, but in the mummy franchise reboot of and the first installment in the dark universe film series, he is nick morton. The large star shaped lock is hard to miss, so its clear that the easter egg is intentional. The mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that. The eyes of the mummy silent dvdr 1922 alpha video.
The eyes of the mummy 1918 the eyes of the mummy 1918. A better script might have saved the day but it is what it is. The eyes of the mummy is available on dvd in an unrestored version. As is, the viewer can still discern some of the care that went into set and costume design during the silent era.
The mummy stars one of the kings of the genre, boris karloff, as the entombed ancient egyptian priest imhotep. The farmer and his wife posses corn as far as the eye can see. For a film made in 1918, the eyes of the mummy feels surprisingly fresh and relevant. The eyes of the mummy 1918, also known as the eyes of the mummy ma, was the first fulllength feature film of the great ernst lubitsch 18921947. He explains the myth of osiris as the first undead and then focuses on the narrative and the function of the mummy in the horror film. The mummy is a 1932 american precode romantic horror film directed by karl freund. The film moves slightly away from the universal film starring boris karloff and has the mummy as simply a walking weapon to destroy. Considering the poor quality of this ufaproduced melodrama starring pola negri and emil jannings, its quite likely the two actors played in it before doing passion and one arabian night known. Both jannings and negri put in a good performance, although for some it might appear overdramatic at times. Movies anywhere lets you seamlessly store your favorite movies in one place so you can watch them when and where you want. Battlelog is a free social platform that ties into battlefield 4 and battlefield 3 and lets you socialize, track stats, plan your next game, and more from your web browser. Even alisters tom cruise and russell crowe as dr jekyll no less cant bring this corpse back to life.