The reason they give Imotep the 'power' of immortality is to prolong his suffering. The scarabs would eat him quickly. The punishment was to have him constantly alive and awake, devoured over and over forever. Should he be freed, he would be able to act, and he was already a powerful sorcerer. Immortality was just the cherry on top.

@FreddieHg37

2 жыл бұрын

It's also to keep anyone willing to 'resurrect' these evil-doers from doing it, I mean, who would knowing mess with a figure like that? Same as with the "cursed" Emperor's tombs, they were place to detract tomb raiders and thieves from entering them, those curses have a reason to be.

@captin3149

2 жыл бұрын

Also it prevents him entering the afterlife in Egyptian lore....forbidding someone from entering the afterlife was a BIG deal.

@chardtomp

2 жыл бұрын

The thing about that though is Scarab Beetles aren't flesh eating. They're actually dung eaters.

@FreddieHg37

2 жыл бұрын

@@chardtomp well in this universe there's apparently an African dwelling evolved sub-species which does.

@versetripn6631

2 жыл бұрын

similar to Wade Deadpool Wilson's capsule weekend. Sorta stuck in the middle...boo hoo

I've had cats my whole life and I've never been attacked by a mummy. Coincidence?

@oneill765

9 ай бұрын

What about a mommy ? 😉

Anck-Su-Namun was the concubine/mistress of the pharaoh. And because of this, it was forbidden for anyone but him to touch her at all. Once you see The Mummy Returns, it will add more context to the first film.

@antoineporche-rideaux4841

2 жыл бұрын

she was a dumbass and Imhotep was a even bigger dumbass for falling for her because if she wasn't loyal to a pharaoh then why would she be loyal to him

@susanstorm7910

2 жыл бұрын

Ohbhhhh

@iniuram8231

2 жыл бұрын

not allowed to touch her is impossible. she is irresistible. the eyes, the hair, the body.

@TheNocturnal1

2 жыл бұрын

@@iniuram8231 the ballistics…

@ALJ9000

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNocturnal1 They didn’t have guns back in Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians actually used 4 jars for internal organs: stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver. The heart was where the soul was so it was left in the body. The brain wasn't really considered important, so it was chopped up and taken out through the nose in little pieces!

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

my goodness

"What is place like me doing, in a girl like this"😄she pulled off that scene perfectly 😄gets me everytime

Interesting fact about that hanging scene it wasn't suppose to go that way for Brendan (and yes that was Brendan doing his own stunt) and he actually did end up hurting his neck and back and was almost really hanged, one of many stunts during this franchise he did that wrecked his body beyond repair.

@jamesanderson6373

2 жыл бұрын

*supposed

@johnnymoreno5065

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard about that too honesty crazy

@3DJapan

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Michael J Fox in Back to the Future III.

@SaRENRampaiger

2 жыл бұрын

Very similar incident to Michael J Fox getting hanged in BTTF 3.

@FreddieHg37

2 жыл бұрын

@@3DJapan it's basically the same, he was hung for real and passed out, they had to stop filming for a bit, but yeah in both cases it was quite impressive how they hold themselves for a while there and both shots ended up in their respective movies, at least partially.

I'll never stop laughing at "What is a place like me doing in a girl like this?"

This movie brings back so many good childhood memories🥲 me and my dad would always sit down and watch whenever it was on tv. RIP Dad

My (now deceased) wife, Debbie, and I viewed this one upon its original theatrical release, and since I currently own the DVD trilogy along w/ the Tom Cruise version and all of the 1930s through '50s franchise issues, this probably bewrays my strong interest in the series. Incidentally, my spouse worked for a time @ a CPA firm in which Brendan Fraser was a client and she acquired his autograph, so that's one of my inherited (and somewhat prized) possessions of hers.

Btw Rachel didn’t know that there was going to be a live rat on her. That was a 100 % realistic reaction.

Fun Fact: The Egyption Book of the Dead is a real thing. Well, sorta. It's a series of inscriptions telling the reader what rituals and spells they must do in order to pass through the various trials on the way to the afterlife. And it's not actually a bound tome or collection of scrolls. It's actually carved and painted directly onto the tomb walls.

"The CGI wasn't that bad for 1999" - those who have seen Mummy 2 "Just wait...."

@alucard624

2 жыл бұрын

Don't remind me of that godawful finale...

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

@@alucard624 😂😂😂😂 just don’t get me started cause CGI never works out in a movie

You wouldn't think a name like "The Mummy" would have so much well-written and beautifully-timed humor in the film that makes you smile, but it does! I always laugh whenever Brendan Frazor roars back at the first encounter with Imhotep. And TV networks have actually aired this largely uncut and uncensored with a TV-PG rating, violence and all.

@alypha737

Жыл бұрын

but not to her tho, shes too cool for everything. she even has a problem with the name rick. like who even cares

This is one of those movies that is always re-watchable for me. Plus Brendan and Rachel Weisz are both nice to look at 😆

@samanthanickson6478

2 жыл бұрын

they had fantastic chemistry. all of the main actors did; great acting cohesion.

@leonardofacchin1452

Жыл бұрын

I underestimated John Hannah at the time, maybe because in this movie he plays the typical clumsy but funny sidekick. But then I saw him playing Batiatus in the first season of Spartacus (and in the Gods of the Arena prequel) and I realized how good he actually is as a dramatic actor.

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

@@leonardofacchin1452 Same here and Spartacus Blood And Sand are my favorite As Well Gods Of The Arena is my favorite too

Still very enjoyable, even after all these years, and far better than the Tom Cruise mess.

@klingkong9790

2 жыл бұрын

I liked the Tom cruise one

@riveraharper8166

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Movie reboots took themselves too seriously to be enjoyable nowadays. (Mummy. Tomb raider)

@GoodSteve123

2 жыл бұрын

@@klingkong9790 I really wanted to. The whole idea of bringing back all the Universal classic monsters in their own movies sounded awesome to me. The problem with The Mummy and the Dark Universe as a whole is that they dumped so much money into them. You don't need $200,000,000 budget and Tom Cruise to make good movies. Horror movies are notoriously easy to make for a small budget which is one of the reasons why it's the most profitable genre of movies. If they had made them into smaller HORROR movies instead of big dumb action movies with immense budgets than it probably would have worked out. I mean, that's precisely what they did with The Invisible Man shortly after The Mummy flopped, it made money and was a critical success.

@BRIANOCONNOR2003

2 жыл бұрын

It's a movie I can't watch it whole I don't know what it is though

@Packard63

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoodSteve123 Was an expensive missed opportunity.......maybe!

Cleopatra's Secret was a brilliant line and that needs to be acknowledged.

That jump scare! 😂👌❤️

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

7:17 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂 Hilarious Jump Scares From The Movie Never Gets Old

Brendan Fraser actualy hurt himself during the prison hanging scene. Rachel Weiz is also in Constatine, with Keanu Reeves.

@IndyCrewInNYC

2 жыл бұрын

He nearly died, even turned blue and had to be resuscitated.

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

@@IndyCrewInNYC yeah I heard about that incident bless his heart that he was saved by the film crews

This was my childhood. Im 30 now. I had seen Indiana Jones. but i was too young to appreciate those as much at the time, but one day when I was around 10 my dad came home from Blockbuster with the first two mummy movies. Me and my sister watched them over and over and over again. truely my generation's Indiana Jones films.

@FreddieHg37

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I'm 27 and I got to watch them both in theaters back when they were released, here in my hometown in Mexico, I fell in love with them, every time I went with someone to a Blockbuster back then I'd ask if we could rent The Mummy movies and I've watched them multiple times ever since. I also watched the Dragon Emperor's Tombs when they released it in theaters, I think in West Virginia when it was released but it didn't have quite the same feel to it as the other two and I felt very disappointed by it, the quality, the story, the spark just wasn't there… But yeah, as a kid my to go movies were those two Mummy movies, 2002's The Time Machine and the Back To The Future trilogy, absolutely loved them and still.

@CarloisBuriedAlive

2 жыл бұрын

At the end of the day, Indiana Jones takes a lot from movies like The Mummy’s Hand which had more action and humor than the original ‘32 Mummy, so it comes full circle lol

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

7:18 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂 Hilarious Jump Scares From The Movie

5:40 A lot of reactors seem confused by this plot point. The point of "cursing" him with immortality is that he's been sealed in his coffin with a bunch of flesh eating scarabs. He's doomed to be eaten alive for all time. A better plot hole question is where did the scarabs go when they open his coffin?

@My-Name-Isnt-Important

2 жыл бұрын

The beetles should eventually die though, the scarabs aren't immortal.

@tau-5794

2 жыл бұрын

Probably ran out of food or oxygen and died sometime in the 3000 years since.

@Logan_Baron

2 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that with a different perspective people accept the concept without question. From the more familiar side we have Christianity with the belief of an eternal hell. By the same concept that is God cursing people with immortality for eternal punishment. Why doesn't he just actually end their existence?

@brownstarslots

2 жыл бұрын

The scarabs were on the bottom of the coffin, dried up like chips

@theshade6176

2 жыл бұрын

@@Logan_Baron That concept isn't really part of tradition though, the "God cursing people with immortality" thing is mostly modern concept.

They wanted him to suffer unending torment. They made him immortal so the scarabs would eat him for eternity but he would never die. The bug power is a side effect of the immortality. Couldn't do the eternal torment without also giving him that, but they thought it wouldn't matter since he would be buried forever.

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

21:13 😂😂😂😂

the curse was a punishment because by making him immortal, his agony was prolonged, and he would be unable to cross over to the other side, where the pharos mistress (not wife or daughter) was, thereby keeping them apart forever.

I love The Mummy. It's still one of my all-time favorite action, adventure films. I've been having a fairly stressful few weeks, and it's going to get a lot more stressful over the next few months, so I really needed to see this today! Edit: Also, the soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith, and the really cool end-title sequence, is still one of the most beautiful and romantic call backs to the Golden Age of Hollywood I've ever seen!

@w1975b

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen John Carter (2012)? It has a similar end title sequence.

@cuylshepherdton7437

2 жыл бұрын

This movie was great. Probably one of the best action movie experiences to ever happen during my teen years.

@TheHylden

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, Jerry Goldsmith is a legend 👍

My own explanation for the weird "granting" of power is this: Imhotep needed to be punished in the extreme because he attempted to resurrect the dead, which is dangerous to the living, and blasphemous to the gods of the dead. Because balance must always be maintained, the extreme punishment had to balanced with a dangerous set of caveats; and because the punishers are themselves transgressing in order to inflict punishment, they have to condemn themselves.

@tararocksong5085

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but in Egyptian mythology Anubis wasn’t the bad guy, it was Set, the god of chaos and destruction.

When you said the brother has a “ hittable “ face I had to laugh. My son calls it a “ punchable” face. And you are so right, death is the beginning and I’m a lot closer than you.😊

The Egyptians thought the brain was like that annoying foam padding you get electronic appliances shipped in.

Mrs. Movies reminding me of Anakin with her hate for deserts.

Fun fact: The Medjai (the group that Ardeth Bay is part of) are actually based on a real-life group form ancient Egypt called the Medjoi (hope I spelled that right). They weren't the bodyguards of the Pharaoh like in this film, but they WERE a police force in Egyptian society.

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

Awesome I always wanted to go to Egypt to see what it is like

Found out I have the flu. My ass is bedridden laughing my ass off. You guys giving me life lol.

"She performed Sodoku on herself" 😂😂😂

I love that more people are starting to react to these films. They truly are gems. Plus, Brendan Frazier is fantastic

"Why does he look so familiar?" I always think he looks like Billy Zane, so that might be why he looks familiar, even though it isn't him.

Brendan Fraser in the movie, "George of the Jungle".

Fun movie. Benny and Rick were the best 'fenemies'. good reaction!

This is more like a 90's Indiana Jones movie than a horror movie.

Actually Rachel Weisz did all of her own stunts according to her including training to ride the Camels especially at high speeds. Even in The return of the Mummy, Except one jump". (Re-edit; )After watching the Mummy part 2, I think it was more then a jump she didn't do. Unless she was on cables..I don't think she was completely forth coming in her interview.xx

“Howdy folks” just feels so inviting .. love it

This movie is pure popcorn fun. Not high art, complex plots, and ground breaking cinematography. Just fun to watch.

I kinda felt bad for Benny at the end of the movie and i like that O'Connell tried his best to save him.

@rodgill9376

2 жыл бұрын

But why would you feel bad for Benny when he has done so much bad shit? He got what was coming to him.

@fjparasite1172

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodgill9376 i mean Evie did awaken an immortal monster hellbent on destruction and got off scott free.

@rodgill9376

2 жыл бұрын

@@fjparasite1172 the difference is that she didn't betray everyone at every given turn just to save their own skin and have them all be killed. Benny did that. Also doesn't help that he did it for gold too, which makes him extra scummy. But yes, that was dumb on her part bringing Imhotep back.

@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606

Жыл бұрын

“Goodbye Benny” 😂😂😂😂

It’s my all time fav movie. Rachel did such a great job and made us love the character. And the CGI was pretty good for 1999.

Aharon Ipale went on to play Seti I again in both "The Ten Commandments: the Musical" and "The Bible miniseries episode: Exodus". Arnold Vosloo's fear while being wrapped up was genuine. One of the extra's cloaks happened to be worn by Alec Guinness in "A New Hope". "Wait here. I'll get help" was a last minute addition when Sommers realized they never established how the Warden left the ship. "Think of my children" was also an ad-libbed conversation.

Saw this in the cinema as a 17 year old with a bunch of friends, we went to see it at the biggest cinema in the city, unfortunately the 8pm session we went to was sold out lol so we had to get tickets for the next showing (which was almost completely sold out too)... so we spent an hour walking up and down the main street for an hour just talking and taking in the sights and smells until our showing started. Then it turned out my seat was middle column far left seat row 1 right at the front... my neck still has nightmares about it, but still one of the funnest movies ive seen. And it was quite popular, saw the 2nd movie in the cinema as well, not as good but still a good example of fun 90's movies. Camels are actually pretty damn fast (there is actual Camel racing)... especially on sand.

@w1975b

2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience seeing Jurassic Park (1993) in theater, very close to the front so had to look up.

One thing I have always said to friends and family when they watch this movie with me and ask "why did they give him superpowers" my response has always been "because movie, now be quiet" haha.

Husband or Dad... Well it was ancient Egypt! They did like keeping it in the family.

"I hate bugs." "Welcome to You, Me, and the Movies. Today we're watching Starship Troopers."

One of my favorites lines in this movie is right after the boat sinks and the guy says "Isn't this a messed up country?!" It just cracks me up every time I hear it, right up there with Brendan Fraser using Oded Fehr's face to light the match for the stick of dynamite to blow up Imhotep's mummified priests. There are so many great moments in this film.

Cool Factoid: The guy that burned part of the map was also in Stargate. His name is Eric Avery he was also in the Stargate TV show as well. The main Maji was also in the Resident Evil movies starting at number 2 in the series.. Oh the guy Winston was also in Bewitched as Dr. Bombay the Family Witch Doctor.

Since you dove into the Mummy(1999), which by the way is a spectacular movie, would you guys be interested in reviewing some of the original Universal Monster movies? Drac, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy...etc

I love the first two movies. I'll mostly watch them if they pop on TV depending on what's going on. I miss Brendan fraiser. Don't forget everyones favourite baddie Arnold vosloo. Save that time he played dark man in a sequel...

@cuylshepherdton7437

2 жыл бұрын

Brendan Fraser is Robotman on Doom Patrol on HBOmax. The first 2 seasons were extremely good. Cannot say the same for season 3...

Ohhhh this is a national treasure ❤️❤️❤️❤️ enjoy!

Love this movie! The sequel is great and Brendan Fraiser is always a win!

I watched this movie Twenty three years ago and the scene IV always remembered. "Hey Benny! you're on the wrong side of the river!"

New business idea! I'm going to design a cat holster in case of mummies.

In Egyptian mummification, there were actually only four canopic jars, as the brain wasn't considered vital to them. Back then, the Egyptians believed that everything we were laid in the heart, not the brain. When they removed the brain (which Evelyn so viscerally describes, which was actually a lot more "surgical" than what she describes), they just tossed it aside.

We need bugs in movies because Mrs Movies loves them so much 💗

the beginning "why do that, wouldn't it be easier to kill him?" By doing that ritual to him his body/soul would never be able to rest, he would be in torment forever (assuming he never awoke), which what is punishment

@sweetcinnamonpnchkin

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. He couldn’t get to the afterlife

That first jumpscare 🤣🤣🤣

"She's performed Sudoku on herself" LMAO. I was wondering what all those painted symbols down her arm were.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Brendan Fraser sold as Rick O'Connell

7:05 I love how you're just dying over this jump scare while your wife is totally freaked out over this. You totally knew it was coming & looking forward to her reaction.

And Brendan's other role: George of the Jungle

Absolute classic. The 90's were a different time for movies. Wish we were still there!

The First Two are excellent and just so much fun! Wait here... I'll go for help! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

This would be the movie that I fell totally, and irrevocably, in love with Rachel Weisz.

@w1975b

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen The Bourne Legacy?

This is one of my all time favorites. "Death is only the beginning". 🖤🖤

The real weapon they should have brought along is the crazy cat lady from the simpsons. She could hold off the mummy with waves of thrown cats for hours

You guys are great, truly. This is one of the best movies ever made. Also, about the why they cursed him. His powers are a consequence of the punishment, this is why it was never done. They knew if they ever punished someone in this horrible way and the individual were ever resurrected, the curse would happen. The Medji took this risk as they felt Imhotep deserved such torment before death for killing the pharo and trying to bring back Anck-Su-Namun. Fun fact: Brenden did all of his own stunts. However, this also includes the hanging scene, which sadly was not a stunt per say. The stunt went wrong and he was actually hung for a few moments until someone realized what was happening. Edit reason: spelling corrections and fun fact.

This movie is such a classic.

Mrs "I hope a scarab gets him" Me "Oh a lot of scarabs are gon get him" 😄 The beetles were the only thing in the movie I didn't like. Creepy ugh

“Bennnnyyyyy, you’re on the wrong side of the river!”

The part when they come out of the river, there is some very discrete CGI on Rachel Weisz's nightie. It was a little see-through when they saw the dailies

Brendan Fraser is also in Bedazzled (2000).

"You don't like sand?" Come on Mrs. Movies! That was the perfect lay-up.

I didn't expect this to be a movie that would get a good scare in, but 7:15 delivered 😆 Sorry, Mrs Movies

LOVE the library scene!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 "Give me flies! Frogs! Locusts!!! Anything but YOU!!! Compared to you the other plagues were a JOY!!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Also, 💘 Rachel Weisz 😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💗💗💗💗💗💗

@michaelriddick7116

2 жыл бұрын

RiP Winston 😭😭😭

The actress who played the Pharaohs mistress was a supermodel in the 90’s.

An extra thumb for the sudoku.

Hmm.. this is like, the 3rd reaction to The Mummy I've watched this week... and they've all been awesome

so the jailer was played by Omid Djalili, a British based Iranian comedian and his routines are well worth checking out

4:18 Canopic jars stored the intestines, the liver, the stomach, and the lungs. They depict five in the movie, but there were only ever four(one for each of the four sons of the god Horus, whose roles were to protect these particular organs). The heart was always left in place, since they believed it was the seat of intelligence and the personality. The brain was believed to have no important function at all, so it was simply discarded!

Cats were sacred in Ancient Egypt, I read that in the event of a household fire they would save the cats first and then the people.

It's so simple, but the scene where Rick throws the chair and hits Beni is one of my favorite scenes in any action movie. Oh, have you guys watched Darkman?

@MrsMovies

2 жыл бұрын

Haven’t seen Darkman yet

@WolfHreda

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsMovies it's one of Sam Raimi's early ones. Post-Evil Dead, but Pre-Spider-Man. And it starts Liam Neeson. You guys would probably enjoy it.

@FatiFleur-jn7ky

Жыл бұрын

@@WolfHreda The pink elephant scene is legendary 🤣🤣🤣

@36:58 I like how you knew to clarify that she wasn't talking about the first or the second Alien film. lol

- *CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002)* - *WIND RIVER (2017)*

The actual stunt with the noose is done with a harness using a double for the wide shots. The close ups are Fraser but the rope got too tight for too long and he got choked out. He was not seriously injured nor did he require CPR. It was just a simple blood choke, very common, however, he did get fed up and walked off set for the day.

The actor who played the mummy, Arnold Vosloo, was in both G.I. Joe movies, Hard Target, Darkman 2, Darkman 3, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Blood Diamond. You should any of those to your watch list, if you haven't seen them yet.

@donovanbradford8231

6 ай бұрын

Also memory serves he played the first Dark Lighter in Charmed which is cool because our friend in these Audit Bi also played the major villain Zankou in Charmed.

Funny fact , Egyptian Scarab eats undigested stuff from herbivores poop , it's not a meat eater . Looks similar and has some same actors than Stargate , both movies had same guy as Egypt expert and all texts were correct in those books , only not written in correct direction from right to left , also mummies had only 4 jars , 5th one with lion head does not belong to the group .

That's my favorite part "hahaha .. goodbye Benni ahhhhhh!" 🤣

I'm honestly always surprised when folks say they've never seen this classic before. Then again, their reactions are always great too 😄

@azazello1784

2 жыл бұрын

This movie is a disgrace of cinema. Brendan Fraser is pathetic trying to be a Rambo

@generic_sauce

2 жыл бұрын

@@azazello1784 yeah, well that's just like, your opinion man.

@-M0LE

2 жыл бұрын

@@azazello1784 wow …firstly he’s a 1920’s American hire for money action person not a Rambo he owned this role Your deluded Maybe reconsider your current existence

@TheHierophantGreen

2 жыл бұрын

You’re such a bad troll dude

@s1lm4r1l6

2 жыл бұрын

@@azazello1784 Obvious troll is obvious.

The fact that the meji dude is the gigolo from deuce bigalo is too funny to me i can't take him seriously anymore

I remember seeing this film in theaters when it came out. Probably one of my fondest theater going experiences growing up. Perfect popcorn flick!

I absolutely loved this movie as a kid! I remember my Mom dropping me and 3 friends to go see this in the Cinema for my 13th birthday

I have a theory that Anuck Sa Namun (I think that's how you spell it) planned to have Imhotep go through this mummification so he can have this power when he comes back to life. He would then bring her back and they would rule the world together. Side note, my manager loves this movie so much she gave me a nametag with this quote, "I've got all the horses!"

@zimvader25

2 жыл бұрын

Except imhotep was already a powerful sorcerer. Dumbass just got busted before he could actually act out his rebellion.

My favorite Brandon Frazier movie was George of the Jungle!

4:02 It's easy to mistake 'seppeku' for 'sudoku' since they also sound pretty interchangeable! 😁

Good choice. This arguably is one of the more enjoyable films featuring a classic horror character. Young Frankenstein for me, is still the best.

@JB-wy8fc

2 жыл бұрын

The original mummy was also pretty decent

@cuylshepherdton7437

2 жыл бұрын

This movie is a classic. Seriously one of the best action movies of the era which 100% still hold up today.

"The only good bug, is a dead bug!" -Starship Troopers

Fun fact: Imhotep was a true historical person. He built the first pyramid.

@redmoonbloodmoon3161

2 жыл бұрын

the discovery or made-public of akhenatun, who gave/caused egypt's brief period of monotheism, was a big thing back when this movie was made (as it was taught within the US and the US' gov school system), so, in the movie, imhotep is "based" upon him, and not the real/historical imhotep en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten

Little known fact: Before John Hughes made it big, he wrote a screenplay, "16 Camels". Casablanca was based on a play entitled, "Everyone Comes to Rick's."

"She's performed sudoku on herself..." OMG, I must have ruptured something... Seppuku.