[Movie Script]Mummy, The

"THE MUMMY"

by
Stephen Sommers




The UNIVERSAL PICTURES globe spins. Then comes to a stop on

the African continent. A golden papyrus MAP of ANCIENT EGYPT

rises up. WE PUSH IN on it, towards a CITY along the Nile,

it's name written in hierarchic. WE KEEP PUSHING IN until

the golden map turns to golden sand and we find ourselves

DESCENDING on this ancient Egyptian city. Only it's not

ancient.
SUPERIMPOSED across the SCREEN are the WORDS.
                                    THEBES - 2,134 B.C



Accompanied by a NARRATOR with a very thick Egyptian accent:
                                     NARRATOR

                         Thebes. City of the Living. Crown

jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First.
The CAMERA sets-down in an open plaza. An Arabian horse-drawn

CHARIOT comes barreling right at us, driven by PHARAOH SETI;

an aristocratic, virile old man. The chariot WIPES FRAME.
               INT. ANCK-SU-NAMUN'S BALCONY WINDOW - PALACE - DUSK


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