The Mummy Movie Quotes
Rick
Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the *river*!
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Rick
Well if it ain't my little buddy Beni. I think I'll kill you.
Beni
Think of my children.
Rick
You don't have any children.
Beni
Someday I might.
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Evelyn
Look, I... I may not be an explorer or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
Rick
And what is that?
Evelyn
I... am a librarian.
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Hangman
[Rick is about to be hanged]
Any last requests, pig?
Rick
Yeah. Loosen the knot and let me go.
[the hangman says something to the warden in Arabic]
Warden Gad Hassan
[angrily]
Of course we don't let him go!
[the hangman smacks Rick on the back of the head]
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Rick
I only gamble with my life, never my money.
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Dr. Bey
[stutters in disbelief]
What... How... Oh, look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs! Flies! Locusts! Anything but *you*! Compared to you, the other plagues were a joy!
Evelyn
I am so very sorry. It was an accident.
Dr. Bey
My girl, when Rameses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. You are a *catastrophe*!
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Evelyn
You were actually at Hamunaptra?
Rick
Yeah, I was there.
Evelyn
You swear?
Rick
Every damn day.
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Evelyn
[upon opening Imhotep's sarcophagus and he falls forward]
Oh, my God, I *hate* it when these things do that.
Rick
Is he supposed to look like that?
Evelyn
No, I've never seen a mummy look like this before. He-He's still... still...
Rick
Rick, Jonathan: ...juicy.
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Rick
You dream about dead guys?
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Rick
And unlike your brother, Miss, you, I just don't get.
Evelyn
[a little drunk]
Ah. I know. You're wondering... what is a place like me doing in a girl like this?
Rick
Yeah, something like that.
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Beni
As long as I serve him, I am immune.
Rick
Immune from what?
Rick
What did you say?
Beni
I don't wanna tell you. You'll just hurt me some more.
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Rick
Let me get this straight. They ripped out your guts and they stuffed them in jars?
Evelyn
And then they take out your heart as well. Oh, and you know how they took out your brains?
Jonathan
Evy, I don't think we need to know this.
Evelyn
They take a sharp, red-hot poker, stick it up your nose, scramble things about a bit, and then rip it all out through your nostrils.
Rick
Ooh, that's gotta hurt.
Evelyn
It's called mummification. You'll be dead when they do this.
Rick
For the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification.
Jonathan
Likewise.
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Dr. Bey
We are part of an ancient secret society. For over three thousand years, we have guarded the City of the Dead. We are sworn at manhood to do any and all in our power to stop the High Priest Imhotep from being reborn into this world.
Ardeth Bay
And now, because of you, we have failed.
Evelyn
And you think this justifies the killing of innocent people?
Dr. Bey
To stop this creature? Let me think...
Dr. Bey
Dr. Bey, Ardeth Bay: *Yes*!
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Evelyn
Um... by the way... why did you kiss me?
Rick
I was about to be hanged. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Evelyn
Ooh!
[gets up and walks away in a huff]
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Winston
So, what's your little problem got to do with His Majesty's Royal Air Corps?
Rick
Not a damn thing.
Winston
Is it dangerous?
Rick
Well, you probably won't live through it.
Winston
By Jove, do you really think so?
Jonathan
Well, everybody else we've bumped into has died. Why not you?
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Rick
That's called stealing, you know.
Evelyn
According to you and my brother, it's called borrowing.
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Rick
The Book of the Dead? Are you sure you want to be playing around with this thing?
Evelyn
It's just a book. No harm ever came from... reading a book.
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Evelyn
You lied to me.
Jonathan
I lie to everybody. What makes you so special?
Evelyn
I am your sister.
Jonathan
Yes, well, that just makes you more gullible.
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Warden Gad Hassan
O'Connell! O'Connell! What are we going to do? What are we going to do?
Rick
Wait here! I'll go get help!
Warden Gad Hassan
Right!
[Rick jumps overboard]
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Rick
Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you.
Evelyn
The only thing that scares me, Mr. O'Connell, are your manners.
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Evelyn
Have you got any bright ideas?
Rick
I'm thinking, I'm thinking...
Evelyn
You better think of something fast, because if he turns me into a mummy, you're the first one I'm coming after.
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[a scarab has just crawled under Jonathan's skin and he starts screaming]
Rick
What?
Jonathan
It's my arm! My arm!
Jonathan
Do something! Do something!
[Rick flicks a knife out]
Jonathan
Not that! Not that!
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Rick
You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn't you, Beni?
Beni
What friend? You are my only friend.
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Evelyn
You know, nasty little fellows such as yourself always get their comeuppance.
Evelyn
Oh, yes. Always.
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Beni
You never believed in Hamunaptra, O'Connell. Why are you going back?
Rick
You see that girl?
[points to Evelyn]
Rick
She saved my neck.
Beni
You always did have more balls than brains.
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Rick
[trying to pack Evelyn's things into a suitcase, but, as he's packing, she's taking her things back out again]
I thought you said you didn't believe in all this fairy tales and hokum stuff!
Evelyn
Well, having an encounter with a three thousand-year-old walking, talking corpse does tend to convert one.
Rick
Forget it! We're out the door, we're down the hall, and we're gone.
Evelyn
Oh, no, we are not!
Rick
Oh, yes, we are!
Evelyn
Oh, no, we are not! We woke him up, and we are going stop him!
Rick
We? What 'we'? We didn't read that book. I told you not to play around with that thing, didn't I tell you not to play around with that thing?
Evelyn
Yes, that's right, me, me, me, me, I, I, I woke him up and I intend to stop him.
Rick
Oh yeah? How? You heard the man, no mortal weapons can kill this guy.
Evelyn
Then we're just going to have to find some immortal ones!
Rick
There goes that 'we' again, y'know I wonder if-
[Evelyn slams the suitcase shut on Rick's fingers]
Rick
Ah!
Evelyn
Listen we've got to do something! Once the creature's been reborn, his curse is going to spread until the whole of the earth is destroyed!
Rick
And is that my problem?
Evelyn
Well, it is everybody's problem!
Rick
Evelyn, I appreciate you saving my life and all, but when I signed on, I agreed to take you out there and bring you back, end of job, end of story, contract terminated!
Evelyn
Oh, that's all I am to you, a contract?
Rick
Ok look, you can either tag along with me or stay here... and try to save the world! What's it gonna be?
Evelyn
I'm staying.
Rick
Fine!
Evelyn
Fine!
Rick
Fine.
Evelyn
Fine.
Rick
Fine.
[leaves and slams the door]
Evelyn
Ooh...
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Winston
What's the, uh, What's the challenge, then?
Rick
Rescue the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy, and save the world.
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Rick
So, what's the scam, Beni? You take them out into the middle of the desert and then you leave 'em to rot?
Beni
Unfortunately, no. These Americans are smart. They pay me only half now, half when I get them back to Cairo. So this time I must go all the way.
Rick
Them's the breaks, huh?
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Evelyn
Evelyn, Imhotep: Death is only the beginning.
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Mr. Daniels
I'm going downstairs, get me a drink. You want something?
Mr. Henderson
Yeah. Yeah, get me a glass of bourbon.
Mr. Daniels
Alright.
Mr. Henderson
A-And a shot of bourbon.
Mr. Daniels
Yeah, okay, okay.
Mr. Henderson
And a bourbon chaser!
Mr. Daniels
Yeah, yeah, I'll get your damn bourbon.
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Beni
It is better to be the right hand of the devil than in his path.
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Mr. Henderson
Right.
Mr. Daniels
Right.
Rick
Let's go, Jonathan.
Jonathan
Oh, uh, I thought I could just stay at the fort and, uh, reconnoiter.
Rick
Now!
Jonathan
Yeah. Right. We're just gonna rescue the... Egyptologist.
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Evelyn
Oh, my God. It's a... it's a sarcophagus. Buried at the base of Anubis. He must have been someone of great importance. Or he did something *very* naughty.
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Rick
Oh, yeah. This just keeps gettin' better and better.
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Winston
[as the plane spins through the sandstorm]
Here I come, laddies! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
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Jonathan
[Trying to buy some camels from a Bedouin]
I only want four! Four! I only want four, not a whole bloody herd! O'Connell! Can you believe the cheek?
Rick
Will you just pay the man!
Jonathan
Oh, for heaven's sake! Can't believe the price of these fleabags! Yes, happy. Very good.
Rick
You probably could've got 'em for free. All we had to do was give him your sister.
Jonathan
Yes. Awfully tempting, wasn't it?
Rick
[as Evelyn walks up looking beautiful in her new black clothes with a veil hiding her face except the eyes]
Awfully...
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Evelyn
We must stop him from regenerating. Who opened that chest?
Mr. Henderson
Well, there was me, and Daniels here. Oh, and Burns, of course.
Mr. Daniels
And that Egyptologist feller.
Rick
What about my buddy, Beni?
Mr. Daniels
Nah, he scrammed out of there 'fore we opened the damn thing.
Mr. Henderson
Yeah. He was the smart one.
Rick
Well, yeah, that sounds like Beni.
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[holds up the cat, Imhotep gasps, cat hisses, and Imhotep shrieks and flees in a dust storm]
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[first lines]
Ardeth Bay
[narrating]
Thebes, City of the Living, crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First. Home of Imhotep, Pharaoh's high priest, keeper of the dead. Birthplace of Anck Su Namun, Pharaoh's mistress. No other man was allowed to touch her. But for their love, they were willing to risk life itself.
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Evelyn
The map! The map! I forgot the map!
Rick
Relax. I'm the map. It's all up here.
[points to his head]
Evelyn
Oh, that's comforting.
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[last lines]
Jonathan
Well, I guess we go home empty-handed... again.
Rick
I wouldn't say that.
[looks at Evelyn]
Jonathan
Oh, please.
[Rick kisses Evelyn]
[the camel breathes on him]
Jonathan
Whew!
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Evelyn
Oh, for heaven's sake, girl, it wasn't that good of a kiss, anyway.
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Dr. Allen Chamberlain
[after Evelyn has spoken the incantation that awakens Imhotep]
*No*! You must not read from the book!
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Evelyn
[about O'Connell to Jonathan]
Well, personally, I think he's filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit.
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[after seeing their commander turn and flee]
Beni
You just got promoted.
Beni
Oh, your strength gives me strength.
[as the enemy continues to advance, Beni runs away]
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Jonathan
[Jonathan hands Evy a strange box]
My whole life, I've never found anything, Evy. *Please* tell me I've found something.
Jonathan
Yes?
Evelyn
I think you found something.
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Jonathan
Let's see what our friend the warden believed in.
[starts looking through the warden's pouch. Suddenly he cuts himself on something]
Rick
What?
Evelyn
My God, what is it?
Jonathan
A broken bottle. Glenlivet, twelve years old! Well, he may have been a stinky fellow, but he had good taste.
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Beni
Mr. Burns, Prince Imhotep thanks you for your hospitality.
Mr. Burns
No.
Beni
And for your eyes, and for your tongue.
Mr. Burns
Wha...
Beni
But I'm afraid more is needed. The prince must finish the job... and consummate the curse, which you and your friends have brought down upon yourselves.
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Evelyn
Mr. O'Connell, can you look me in the eye and guarantee me that this isn't all some kind of a flimflam?
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Evelyn
So, what exactly is this man in prison for?
Warden Gad Hassan
Well, this I did not know. But when I heard you were coming, I asked him that myself.
Warden Gad Hassan
[to workers in Arabic]
Hurry up!
Evelyn
And what did he say?
Warden Gad Hassan
He said he was just looking for a good time.
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Evelyn
I will give you one hundred pounds to save this man's life.
Warden Gad Hassan
Madame, I would *pay* one hundred pounds just to see him hang.
Evelyn
Two! Two hundred pounds!
Warden Gad Hassan
[to hangman]
Proceed.
Evelyn
Three hundred pounds!
[cut to scenes between Rick, the hangman, and the warden, then come back]
Evelyn
Five hundred pounds!
Warden Gad Hassan
[looks at her]
And what else?
[puts his hand on her thigh]
Warden Gad Hassan
I'm a very lonely man.
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[Imhotep, not fully regenerated yet, walks toward Beni. Beni fearfully speaks incantations in three languages, at last speaking one in Hebrew as he is backed against a wall, waving a Star of David]
Beni
Al tastir panech mimeni...
[= Do not fail to protect me]
[= I may have use for you. And the rewards...]
Imhotep
[Imhotep holds out a handful of gold to Beni]
[= will be great]
[= Where are the other sacred jars?]
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Ardeth Bay
Know this: this creature is the bringer of death. He will never eat, he will never sleep, and he will never stop.
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Evelyn
Where are they taking him?
Warden Gad Hassan
To be hanged. Apparently, he had a *very* good time.
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Rick
Hey! Get your ugly face off of her!
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Jonathan
Did you ever see him eat?
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Dr. Bey
LOOK AT MY LIBRARY!
[sighs in frustration]
Dr. Bey
WHY do I PUT UP WITH YOU?
Evelyn
W-Well you put up with me because I can... I can read and write Ancient Egyptian, and I can... I can decipher hieroglyphics and hieratic, and, well, I am the only person within 1,000 miles who knows how to properly code and-and catalog this library, that's why.
Dr. Bey
I put up with you because your father and mother were our finest patrons. That's why! Allah rest their souls.
[pause]
Dr. Bey
Now I don't care how you do it, I don't care how long it takes, STRAIGHTEN UP THIS MESHIVER!
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Jonathan
Never did like camels. Filthy buggers. They smell, they bite, they spit.
[the warden spits]
Jonathan
Disgusting.
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Rick
You're gonna get yours, Beni! You hear me? You're gonna get yours!
Beni
Oh, like I've never heard *that* before!
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Warden Gad Hassan
[Rick is hanging from the noose]
Ha, ha! His neck did not break! Oh, I'm so sorry. Now, we must watch him strangle to death.
Warden Gad Hassan
You lie.
Evelyn
I would never!
Warden Gad Hassan
Are you telling me this filthy, godless son of a pig knows where to find the City of the Dead?
Evelyn
Yes.
Warden Gad Hassan
Truly?
Evelyn
Yes! And if you cut him down, we will give you... ten percent.
Warden Gad Hassan
Fifty percent.
Evelyn
Twenty!
Warden Gad Hassan
Forty!
Evelyn
Thirty!
Warden Gad Hassan
Twenty-five!
Evelyn
Ah! Deal!
Warden Gad Hassan
[giving in]
Agh! Cut him down!
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Evelyn
There's only one person I know that can possibly give us any answers.
[sees Ardeth Bay with Dr. Bey]
Evelyn
You!
[the men draw their guns and point them at Ardeth]
Dr. Bey
Miss Carnahan. Gentlemen.
Dr. Bey
Do you really want to know, or would you prefer to just... shoot us?
Rick
After what I just saw, I'm willing to go on a little faith here.
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Mr. Daniels
Stupid superstitious bastard.
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[Imhotep, fully regenerated, and Beni walk through the possessed crowd towards Rick, Evelyn, Jonathan, Dr. Bey, and Ardeth]
Dr. Bey
It's the creature. He's fully regenerated.
[Imhotep speaks in ancient Arabic]
Evelyn
For all eternity, idiot.
[Imhotep speaks in ancient Arabic]
[Rick scoffs]
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Winston
You know, O'Connell, ever since the end of the Great War, there hasn't been a-a single challenge worthy of a man like me.
Rick
Yeah? We all got our little problems today. Don't we, Winston?
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Mr. Henderson
[when Hamunaptra is revealed in the morning]
Will you look at that?
Mr. Daniels
Can you believe it?
Mr. Burns
Hamunaptra.
Rick
Here we go again.
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Rick
[while brandishing a sword] Yaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
Mummy Soldiers
[Mouths opening wide] Rhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Rick
[Scared] Uh-uh.
[runs away]
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Mr. Henderson
Do they know something we don't?
Dr. Allen Chamberlain
They are led by a woman. What does a woman know?
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Rick
Time to close the door.
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Evelyn
Have you no respect for the dead?
Jonathan
Of course I do. But sometimes... I'd rather like to join them.
Evelyn
Well, I wish you would do it sooner rather than later before you ruin my career the way you've ruined yours.
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Rick
Sounds like... bugs.
Warden Gad Hassan
What do you mean, bugs? I hate bugs!
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Jonathan
[from deleted scene]
[as they are riding on camels, Jonathan accuses the Warden of things]
Jonathan
... and you snore.
Warden Gad Hassan
I do not snore.
Jonathan
All night you snored.
Warden Gad Hassan
Break wind, maybe, but snore? *Never*!
Jonathan
And then there was the drooling. Anyway, how would you know? You were asleep.
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Pharaoh Seti I
[speaking in Ancient Eygyptian]
What are you doing here?
Pharaoh Seti I
[approaches Anck Su Namun, staring, then points at her]
Who has touched you?
[She looks at her arm then looks at him in front of Imhotep, who has unsheathed his sword]
Pharaoh Seti I
[speaking Ancient Egyptian]
Imhotep? My Priest!
[Anck Su Namun stabs Pharaoh in the back. Imhotep swings and stabs Seti in the body. His priests look at the now-dead Pharaoh. A bang is heard on the door]
[the soldiers were banging on the door when they retreated inside]
[Pharaoh's soldiers break into the temple]
[to Pharaoh's soldiers]
Imhotep
Get away from me!
Imhotep
[his High Priest takes him away, and Imhotep continues speaking in Ancient Egyptian]
You shall live again!
Anck Su Namun
[sees Pharaoh's bodyguards and warns them in Ancient Egyptian]
My body is no longer his temple.
[she begins to stab herself while Imhotep watches her]
Ardeth Bay
[they begin riding into the desert at night]
To resurrect Anck Su Namun, Imhotep and his priest broke into her crypt and stole her body. They raced deep into the desert, taking Anck Su Namun's corpse to Hamunaptra, City of the Dead, ancient burial site for the sons of pharaohs and resting place for the wealthy of Egypt.
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Warden Gad Hassan
Come, come! Step over the threshold. Welcome to Cairo Prison, my humble home.
Evelyn
You told me that you got it on a dig down in Thebes.
Jonathan
Yeah, well, I was mistaken.
Evelyn
You lied to me.
Jonathan
I lie to everybody. What makes you so special?
Evelyn
I am your sister.
Jonathan
Well, that just makes you more gullible.
Evelyn
Jonathan, you stole it from a drunk at the local casbah.
Jonathan
Picked his pocket, actually. I don't think it's a very good...
Evelyn
Jonathan, will you stop being so ridiculous. Now what exactly is this man in prison for?
Warden Gad Hassan
Well, this I do not know, but when I heard you were coming, I asked him that myself.
Evelyn
And what did he say?
Warden Gad Hassan
He said he was just looking for a good time.
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Evelyn
Do you really think he's going to show up?
Jonathan
Yes, undoubtedly, knowing my luck. He may be a cowboy, but I know the breed. His word is his word.
Evelyn
Well, personally, I think he's filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit.
[Rick appears behind them well dressed and shaved]
Rick
Anyone I know?
Evelyn
Oh. Um, hello.
Jonathan
Smashing day for the start of an adventure, eh, O'Connell?
Rick
Yeah. Yeah, smashing.
Jonathan
Oh, no, no, I'd never steal from a partner, partner.
Rick
That reminds me. No hard feelings about the, uh...
Jonathan
Oh, no, no. Happens all the time.
Evelyn
Mr. O'Connell, can you look me in the eye and guarantee me that this isn't some kind of a filmflam? Because if it is, I am warning you...
Warden Gad Hassan
You're warning me? Lady, let me put it this way: my whole damn garrison believed in this so much that without orders, they marched halfway across Libya and into Egypt to find that city. And when we got there, all we found was sand and blood. Let me get your bags.
Jonathan
Yes, yes, you're right. Filthy, rude, complete scoundrel. Nothing to like there at all.
Warden Gad Hassan
A bright good morning to all.
Evelyn
Oh, no. What are you doing here?
Warden Gad Hassan
I'm here to protect my investment, thank you very much.
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[Rick drops his duffle bag on the table in front of Evelyn startling her]
Rick
Sorry. Didn't mean to scare ya.
Evelyn
The only thing that scares me, Mr. O'Connell, are your manners.
Rick
Still angry about that kiss, huh?
Evelyn
Well, if you call that a kiss.
[Rick unravels his duffle bag revealing his arsenal]
Evelyn
Um, did I miss something? Are we-- Are we going into battle?
Rick
Lady, there's something out there. Something underneath that sand.
Evelyn
Yes, well, I'm hoping to find a certain artifact. A book, actually. My brother thinks there's treasure. What do you think's out there?
Rick
In a word, evil. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed.
Evelyn
Oh, look, I don't believe in fairy tales and hokum, Mr. O'Connell, but I do believe that one of the most famous books in history is buried there. The book of Amun-Ra. It contains within it all the secrets and incantations of the Old Kingdom. It's what first interested me in Egypt when I was a child. It's why I came here-- sort of a life's pursuit.
Rick
And the fact that they say that it's made out of pure gold makes no never mind to you? Right?
Evelyn
You know your history.
Rick
I know my treasure
Evelyn
Um, by the way, why did you kiss me?
Rick
I don't know. I was about to be hanged. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Evelyn
Oh!
[She angrily walks off to his confusion]
Rick
What? What'd I say?
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Beni
Surprise! My good friend, you're alive! I was so very, very worried.
Rick
Well, if it ain't my little buddy Beni. I think I'll kill you.
Beni
Think of my children.
Rick
You don't have any children.
Beni
Someday I might.
Rick
Shut up. So you're the one who's leading the Americans. I might have known. So what's the scam, Beni? You take them out into the middle of the desert, and then you leave 'em to rot?
Beni
Unfortunately, no. These Americans are smart. They pay me only half now, half when I get them back to Cairo. So this time I must go all the way.
Rick
Them's the breaks, huh?
Beni
You never believed in Hamunaptra, O'Connell. Why are you going back?
[They both look at Evelyn who's petting a camel]
Rick
You see that girl? She saved my neck.
Beni
You always did have more balls than brains.
[They both start laughing]
Rick
Yeah. Good-bye, Beni.
[He throws Beni off the boat]
Beni
O'Connell!
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[Rick is left outside looking all rugged and disheveled]
Evelyn
This--This is the man that you stole it from?
Jonathan
Yes, exactly. So why don't we just go sniff out a spot of tiffin...
Rick
Who are you? And who's the broad?
Evelyn
Broad?
Jonathan
Well, I -I'm just a local sort of missionary chap, spreading the good word and all that. But this is my sister Evy.
Evelyn
How do you do?
Rick
Yeah, well, because she's not a total loss.
Evelyn
I beg your pardon.
[the warden walks off]
Warden Gad Hassan
I'll be back in a moment.
Jonathan
Ask him about the box.
Evelyn
Umm, we have found-- Hello. Excuse me. We both found your--your puzzle box, and we've come to ask you about it.
Rick
No.
Evelyn
No.
Rick
No. You came to ask me about Hamunaptra.
Evelyn
How--how do you know that the box pertains to Hamunaptra?
Rick
Cuz that's where I was when I found it. I was there.
Jonathan
But how do we know that's not a load of pig's wallow?
Rick
You know, do I know you?
Jonathan
No, no, no, no. I've just got one of those faces.
[Rick punches him in the face]
Rick
Casbah!
[the guard behind Rick smacks him with his club]
Evelyn
You were actually at Hamunaptra?
Rick
Yeah, I was there.
Evelyn
You swear?
Rick
Every damn day.
Evelyn
No, I didn't mean that...
Rick
I know what you meant. I was there. Seti's place. City of the Dead.
Evelyn
Could you tell me how to get there? I mean, the exact location.
Rick
You want to know?
Evelyn
Well--Well, yes.
Rick
Do you really want to know?
Evelyn
Yes.
[Rick pulls her face to the bars and kisses her]
Rick
Then get me the hell out of here!
[the guards beat him]
Rick
Do it, lady!
[the guards drag him off]
Evelyn
Where are they taking him?
Warden Gad Hassan
To be hanged. Apparently he had a very good time.
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Ardeth Bay
Imhotep's priests were condemned to be mummified alive.
High Priest
[groaning when he heard the priests screaming]
Ardeth Bay
As for Imhotep, he was condemned to endure the Hom-Dai, the worst of all ancient curses. One so horrible, it had never before been bestowed.
Imhotep
[screaming when his tongue was cut out]
Imhotep
[breathing heavily]
Imhotep
[grunting while Pharaoh's bodyguards put Imhotep in his sarcophagus after being mummified alive]
Ardeth Bay
[Imhotep watches, screaming, as Pharaoh's bodyguard pours a bucket of skittering scarab beetles over his body]
Ardeth Bay
[when Pharaoh's bodyguard locks Imhotep inside his sarcophagus]
He was to remain sealed inside his sarcophagus, undead for all of eternity. The Maji would never allow him to be released, for he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, an unholy flesh eater with a strength of ages, power over the sand, and the glory of invincibility.
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[smells the Warden climbing down right behind him]
Jonathan
Oh.
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Winston
[stepping into a fountain]
Some bloody idiot spilt his drink.
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Mr. Daniels
All the money we're payin' you, there better be something under that sand.
Mr. Henderson
Hamunaptra, Daniels. That's all you gotta keep telling yourself. Hamunaptra.
Mr. Burns
We're gonna find it, boys, and we're gonna make history.
Mr. Henderson
And get rich doin' it.
Dr. Allen Chamberlain
[to native workers loading equipment into the riverboat]
Let's load it up! Let's load it up! Everything's in order, gentlemen.
Mr. Burns
Thank you, Doctor.
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Mr. Henderson
[after finding the sacred jars]
Say, O'Connell, what do you think these babies'll fetch back home?
Mr. Burns
We hear you boys found yourselves a nice, gooey mummy. Well, congratulations.
Mr. Daniels
You know, if you dry that fellow out, you might be able to sell him for firewood.
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Jonathan Carnahan
Oh, yes. Always.
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Ardeth Bay
For his love, Imhotep dared the gods' anger by going deep into the city, where he took the black Book of the Dead from its holy resting place.
High Priest
[chanting with all the priests in Ancient Egyptian]
Ardeth Bay
Anck Su Namun's soul had been sent to the dark underworld, her vital organs removed and placed in five sacred Canopic Jars.
[Imhotep holds the Book of the Dead, and a dark, mysterious soul flies into his body]
Anck Su Namun
[gasping and wheezing]
Ardeth Bay
Anck Su Namun's soul had come back from the dead.
[Imhotep shouting in Ancient Egyptian to stab]
Ardeth Bay
, but Pharaoh's bodyguards had followed Imhotep and stopped him before the ritual could be completed.
Imhotep
[Imhotep watches Anck Su Namun's soul dying, flying off, diving into the water, and he shouts out]
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Evelyn
[to Dr. Bey about the map to Hamunaptra]
You see the cartouche there? It's the official royal seal of Seti the First, I'm sure of it.
Dr. Bey
Perhaps.
Jonathan
Two questions. Who the hell was Seti the First, *and* was he rich?
Evelyn
He was the second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, said to be the wealthiest pharaoh of them all.
Jonathan
Good. That's good. I like this fellow. I like him very much.
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Warden Gad Hassan
No more goat soup.
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Warden Gad Hassan
[as Rick is about to lower himself into a pit]
Hey, look for bugs. I *hate* bugs.
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Evelyn
I've already dated the map. It's almost 3,000 years old. And if you look at the hieratic just here, well, it's Hamunaptra.
Dr. Bey
Dear God, don't be ridiculous. We're scholars, not treasure hunters. Hamunaptra's a myth told by ancient Arab storytellers to amuse Greek and Roman tourists.
Evelyn
Yes! Yes! I know all the silly blather about the city being protected by the curse of a mummy nonsense, but my research has led me to believe that the city itself may have actually existed.
Jonathan
Are we talking about the Hamunaptra?
Evelyn
Yes. The City of the Dead. Where the earliest pharaohs were said to have hidden the wealth of Egypt.
Jonathan
Yes, yes, in-in-in-in a big, underground treasure chamber.
Dr. Bey
Heh!
Jonathan
Oh, come on. Everybody knows the story. The entire necropolis was rigged to sink into the sand on Pharaoh's command. A flick of a switch, and the whole place would disappear beneath the sand dunes, taking the treasure with it.
Dr. Bey
As the Americans would say, it's all fairy tales and hokum.
Dr. Bey
[lets the map on fire that made him shocked]
Oh, my goodness! Look at that!
Jonathan
[they got rid of the fire and looks at the map]
You've burnt it! You've burned off the part with the lost city.
Dr. Bey
It's for the best, I'm sure. Many men have wasted their lives in the foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra. No one's ever found it. Most have never returned.
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Jonathan
Well, whoever's in here sure wasn't getting out.
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[speaking Arabian] The Creature remains undiscovered.
Arabian Soldier
[speaking Arabian] And what of this one?
Rick
[runs up the hill and sees some strange Arabian Soldiers, then runs away]
Arabian Soldier
[speaking Arabian] Should we kill him?
Ardeth Bay
[speaking Arabian] No. The desert will kill him.
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