The Mummy (1999) R. 91 minutes. Cast & Credits Starring: Alison Elliott, Christopher Walken, Jared Harris Directed by: Michael Almereyda Synopsis: A full-scale re-imagining of Universal Pictures' seminal 1932 film, The Mummy is a rousing, humorous, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead. Released on: Friday, May 7, 1999