THE MUMMY SCRIPT EGYPTIAN MUSIC OPENS SCENE, WITH PYRAMID, SWEEP ACROSS CITY SHOWING STATUES WITH SCAFFOLDING AND PEOPLE WORKING. OBELISKS, MONUMENTS AND PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY TASKS. NARRATION FOR THE FIRST PART OF FILM. Thebes, city of the living SHOW PHAROAH RACING BACK TO CITY ON CHARIOT, GUARDS KNEELING AS HE PASSES. Crown jewel of pharaoh Seti 1, GO TO MAN ON BALCONY LOOKING OUT ON A DARKENING CITY. HE TURNS. Home of Imhotep, pharaohs high priest, keeper of the dead. GO TO WOMAN COMING THROUGH GREAT DOORS, BEAUTIFUL AND COVERED IN HENNA TATTOOS. Birth place of Anck-su-namun, pharaohs mistress. No other Man was allowed to touch her. SHE WALKS THROUGH THE LONG GALLERY OF STATUES AND PAST PRIESTS OF IMHOTEP. SHE GLANCES AT ONE OF THEM, HE LOOKS BACK. SEE HER FROM BEHIND AS SHE WALKS THROUGH URTAINS. PREISTS HURRY TO CLOSE DOORS BEHIND HER. THEY ARE COVERED IN GOLD PAINT. GO TO BEDCHAMBER WHERE SHE MEETS IMHOTEP. SHE RUNS HER HAND OVER HIS FACE. But for their love, they were willing to risk life itself. HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND KISSES HER. CLOSE UP OF HIS HAND SMUDGING PAINT ON HER SHOULDER AS HE HOLDS HER. BACK TO PREISTS CLOSING DOORS. THEY BURST OPEN AND PHAROAH WALKS IN. THEY BOW TO HIM. CLOSE UP OF PHAROAH AS HE LOOKS AROUND, SHOCKED TO SEE THEM. Pharoah � Narata ik iya (what are doing here) HE LOOKS TOWARDS CURTAINS AND WALKS TOWARDS THEM. PREISTS CLOSE AND BOLT DOOR BEHIND HIM. PHAROAH GOES THROUGH CURTAIN. SEE WOMAN STANDING BY STATUE OF BAST, THE CAT GOD. SHE SMILES AT HIM. CLOSE UP OF PHAROAHS FACE AS HE POINTS TO HER SHOULDER. Pharoah � who has touched you? WOMAN LOOKS AT HER SHOULDER AND IS SURPRISED TO SEE PAINT SMUDGED. SHE LOOKS BACK AT PHAROAH THEN BEYOND HIM. HE TURNS. Pharoah � Imhotep � my priest. HE SEES IMHOTEP STANDING THERE, IMHOTEP GRABS PHAROAHS SWORD, SETI LOOKS SHOCKED. SEE FACE OF SETI THEN IMHOTEP, BACK TO SETI WITH WOMAN BEHIND HIM RAISING A KNIFE. GO TO THREE OF THEM. WOMAN STABBING HIM IN BACK. TO IMHOTEP SWINGING SWORD AT HIM. SEE WOMANS FACE AS SETI STARTS TO FALL TO GROUND. SWITCH TO GALLERY AND PRIESTS AS THEY WALK FROM THE DOOR TO WATCH SCENE TAKING PLACE. GO BACK TO CURTAINS AND SHADOWS OF IMHOTEP AND WOMAN KILLING THE PHAROAH. BACK TO PRIESTS AS THEY HEAR BANGING ON THE DOORS. GO TO IMHOTEP AND WOMAN AS THEY STOP ON HEARING THE NOISE. SURPRISE AS THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. Imhotep � Pharoahs� bodyguards. Anck-su-namun � You must go � save yourself. Imhotep � No. Anck-su-namon � only you can ressurect me. Imhotep � I won�t leave, get away from me. GO TO PRIESTS AS THEY TRY TO GET IMHOTEP TO LEAVE. Imhotep � You shall live again, I will ressurect you. BACK TO DOORS AS THEY BURST OPEN AND THE GUARDS MARCH THROUGH. TO IMHOTEP AS HE IS LED AWAY, THE WOMAN TOUCHES HIS FACE. HIS PRIESTS DRAG HIM FROM THE ROOM. SEE WOMAN FACE THE GUARDS. THEY SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED. GO BACK TO WOMAN. Anck-su-namon � My body is no longer his temple. SEE IMHOTEP BEHIND CURTAIN AS HE SEES THE SHADOW OF WOMAN RAISING THE KNIFE AND KILLING HERSELF. CLOSE UP OF HIS FACE, CONTORTED WITH GRIEF THEN ANGER. FADE TO CHARIOTS RACING ACROSS DESERT. To resurrect Anck-su-namon, Imhotep and his priests broke into her crypt and stole her body, they raced deep into the desert. CLOSE UP OF CHARIOTS AND HORSES, THEN IMHOTEPS FACE THEN THE CHARIOTS AGAIN. To Hamunaptra, city of the dead, ancient burial site for the sons of pharaohs and resting place for the wealth of Egypt. SHOW CHARIOTS RACING INTO CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. NAME OF HAMUNAPTRA-1290BC COMES ON SCREEN. SEE CHARIOTS RACE DOWN SLOPE, FULL MOON IS ABOVE CITY LIT BY TORCHES. GO TO UNDERGROUND CHAMBER. IMHOTEP IN FRONT OF PRIESTS GOING DOWN SOME STAIRS. 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. SEE IMHOTEP IN FRONT CARRYING LARGE BLACK BOOK AND WALKING THROUGH ROOM. SCENE FROM ABOVE OF WOMAN LYING ON STONE TABLE WITH PRIESTS KNEELING AND BOWING ALL ROUND IT. Anck-su-namons� soul had been sent to the dark underworld, her vital organs removed and placed in 5 sacred canopic jars. IMHOTEP COMES THROUGH PRIESTS HOLDING BOOK OPEN. SCENE FROM BELOW TABLE LOOKING UP AT IMHOTEP READING FROM BOOK. MOVE IN WITH CAMERA FOR CLOSE UP. SWITCH TO BLACK POOL, BUBBLING. BLACK SHAPE COMES OUT OF POOL, FLOATS OVER PRIESTS AND FORMS OVER DEAD WOMAN LYING ON TABLE. CLOSE UP OF WOMAN AS SHE OPENS EYES AND SHAKES AS HER SOUL COMES BACK. Anck-su-namon soul had come back from the dead. But pharaohs bodyguards had followed Imhotep and stopped him before the ritual could be completed. IMHOTEP RAISES SWORD, ANGER ON FACE AS PHAROAHS GUARDS GRAB HIM. GO TO LONG SHOT OF GUARDS ARRESTING ALL THE PRIESTS AND THEN BACK TO IMHOTEPS FACE. CLOSE UP OF WOMAN AS BLACK SHAPE LEAVES HER BODY AGAIN. SEE IT FLOAT BACK OVER PRIESTS AND BACK INTO POOL. POOL EXPLODES IN BUBBLES. BACK TO IMHOTEP, BEING HELD BY GUARDS AND SCREAMING, CLOSE-UP. GO TO FIRE WITH FLAMES BURNING HIGH, SWING BACK TO SHOW PRIESTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ROOM WITH GUARDS. Imhoteps priests were condemned to be mummified alive. SWEEP ACROSS, THEN CLOSE UP OF IMHOTEP. HE LOOKS UP AND CLOSES HIS EYES IN TERROR. As for Imhotep, he was condemned to suffer the Hom-dai. SHOW HAND PICKING UP INSTRMENT OFF TABLE, ACROSS TO IMHOTEP BEING HELD BY HIS ARMS AND HIS TONGUE BEING HELD OUT AS MAN WITH INSTRUMENT GOES TO CUT IT OFF. The worst of all ancient curses, one so terrible that it had never before be bestowed. GO TO IMHOTEP BEING BOUND IN BANDAGES, ANOTHER MUMMY BEING CARRIED BEHIND HIM. GO TO CLOSE UP OF HIS FACE AS IT IS BANDAGED CONCEALING HIS EYES. FADE IN PICTURE OF IMHOTEP BEING LOWERED INTO COFFIN, STRUGGLING, COMPLETELY COVERED IN BANDAGES. SWEEP UP AS MAN IS SEEN IN JACKAL HEADDRESS CARRYING LARGE POT, WALKING TOWARDS COFFIN. GO TO SCENE BEHIND MAN AS HE POURS CONTENTS INTO COFFIN. CLOSE UP OF HUNDREDS OF SCARABS SEEN TO COVER IMHOTEP AS COFFIN LID IS PUT ON. SWITCH TO LITTLE PUZZLE BOX BEING OPENED AND FITTED INTO LOCK ON SIDE OF COFFIN. IT IS TURNED. He was to remain sealed inside his sarcoficus, the undead for all eternity. SHOW LID OF SARCOFICUS BEING PUT ON WITH SOME SORT OF LOCK IN VIEW. THAT IS TURNED WITH KEY TO SHOW SCARAB ON THE CENTRE OF STAR-SHAPED LOCK. GO TO VIEW FROM ABOVE WITH SARCOFICUS IN HOLE, PAN BACK SHOWING MEN FILLING IN HOLE WITH SAND. PAN UP TO SCAN STATUE OF ANUBIS STANDING IN THE DARK. The Ma-jei would never allow him to be released for he would arise a walking disease, a plague for all mankind, an unholy flesh-eater with the strength of ages, power over the sands and the glory of invincibility. THE LETTERS OF THE MUMMY APPEAR ON SCREEN, GOLD PEELS AWAY FROM THEM, THEN THE LETTERS PEEL AWAY SHOWING ANUBIS� HEAD TURNING. THE BLACK PAINT STRIPPING AWAY THROUGH TIME TOA SCENE OF SUNSHINE AND A SOLDIER RUNNING PAST. SWEEP ACROSS RUINED CITY OF HAMUNAPTRA WITH THE FOREIGN LEGION RUNNING ABOUT WITH RIFLES. HAMUNAPTRA 1923 ON SCREEN. For 300 years men and armies have fought over this land, never knowing what evil lay beneath it. PAN ABOVE CITY TO SHOW AN ARMY IN THE DISTANCE READY TO CHARGE AT MEN ALL OVER THE CITY AND ITS RUINS, CLOSE UP OF INDIAN TYPE MAN AND HORSE RACING TOWARDS CITY WITH HIS ARMY. SHOTS OF HORSES, CLOSE UP OF HORSES CHARGING AND ARIEL VIEW OF HORSES. SWITCH TO WALL OF CITY WITH SOLDIERS RUNNING TO LEAN ON IT WITH RIFLES AIMED. SHOW MEN FROM BEHIND WITH ARMY COMING TOWARDS THEM. GO TO 10 HORSES ON TOP OF HILL, WITH MEN DRESSED IN BLACK, PAN UP CLOSE TO GOOD-LOOKING LEADER AS THEY WATCH THE SCENE BELOW. And for 3000 years we, the ma-jei, the decendants of pharaohs sacred bodyguards keep watch. SHOW MEN GETTING READY, THEN ONE MAN ON HORSE BEHIND WALL, SHAKING HIS HEAD, BOLTS AWAY. SHOW CLOSE UP OF TWO MEN AS THEY LOOK SURPRISED AT WHAT THE MAN IS DOING. Beni � He just got promoted. THEY IGNORE HIM, TAKE AIM, GOT TO CHARGING HORSES WITH SAND FLYING AROUND. O�connell � Ready � you�re with me on this one right? Beni � Your strength gives me strength. O�connell � Ready, steady, fire. CLOSE UP OF BENI, WHO JUMPS UP, THROWS RIFLE DOWN AND HEADS IN DIRECTION OF WHERE MAN AND HORSE HAVE GONE. OTHER MAN TAKES AIM. SHOW ABOUT 2 MINUTES OF BATLE, WITH MEN FIRING, BEING KILLED, HORSES FALLING, VARIOUS SCENES. THEN SHOW O�CONNELL RUNNING TOWARDS BENI, WHO IS STILL THERE. LITTLE MAN RUNS INTO CRYPT TYPE BUILDING AND CLOSES DOOR. O�connell � Run Beni run, get inside, get inside. � Hey don�y you close that door, don�t you close that door. BENI SHUTS DOOR AS O�CONNELL GETS THERE AND LEANS ON IT. SHOW HIM TURN AND START TO FIRE AT MEN WHO HAVE FOLLOWED HIM ON HORSES. SHOW VARIOUS SCENES OF HIM BEING CHASED THROUGH RUINED CITY. HE STOPS AT STATUE AND TURNS TO FACE MEN. THEY STOP AND TAKE AIM. CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AS HE SHUTS HI S EYES READY TO DIE. MEN AND HORSES START TO REAR UP, STARTLED BY SOMETHING, MEN GET THROWN OFF. MAN OPENS EYES TO SEE MEN HAVE GONE. O�CONNELL STANDS THERE, SUDDENLY HEARING VOICES. HE TURNS TO LOOK AT STATUE, PAN UP TO REVEAL THE HEAD OF ANUBIS. Voices � You will die, you will die. O�CONNELL STARTS TO RUN AS SAND BLOWS UP BEHIND HIM, THEN IN FRONT, HE FALLS, GETS UP AND RUNS. PAN BACK TO REVEAL SHAPE OF MANS FACE IN THE SAND WHERE HE STOOD. GO TO WALL AS THE HORSEMEN JUMP OVER IT. O�CONNELL RUNS INTO DESERT. TO MEN STILL ON HILL. Ardeth � Ida stala eh bitta louw (The creature remains undiscovered) SEE O�CONNELL RUNNING THEN STOPS AND TURNS, CLOSE UP OF HIM LOOKING AT MEN ON HILL. LONG SHOT OF ARDETH AND HIS MEN. Other man � What of this one? BACK TO MAN RUNNING, TO ANOTHER RIDER ON HILL. Other man � Should we kill him? Ardeth � No � the desert will kill him, LONG SHOT OF ANOTHER SITY. CAIRO EGYPT AD �3 YEARS LATER APPEAR ON SCREEN. PAN IN FROM LION STATUE TO ENTRANCE OF BUILDING, PEOPLE WALKING ABOUT. CLOSE UP OF DOOR, WITH MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITITES ABOVE THE DOOR. SWEEP ROUND LIBRARY FULL OF BOOK SHELVES AND HEAR A WOMAN TALKING. PAN ROUND TO BOTTOM OF LADDER, MOVE UP TO SEE LADY PUTTING BOOKS ON SHELVES. Evelyn- Stone, sculpture and Asthetics, Socrates, Seth volume 1, volume 2 and volume 3. FINDS BOOK THAT DOESN�T BELONG AND SPOTS THE SHELF IT SHOULD BE ON. Evelyn � Tuthmosis, what are you doing here. T,T,T,T, ahh T. I�m going to put you where you belong. CLOSE UP OF HERE PUTTING BOOKS DOWN AND REACHING OUT TO OTHER SHELF. THEN TO ONE OF HER LOSING HER BALANCE AND IS PERCHED ON TOP OF UPRIGHT LADDER. Evelyn � ahh � Help! SEE HER TOTTERING ON TOP OF LADDER, THEN CLOSEUP, LONG SHOT THEN CLOSE UP AS SHE TOTALLY LOSES BALANCE. LADDER FALLS AGAINST SHELF, SHE SLIDS DOWN AND CAMERA PANS ROUND AS SHELF CREATES DOMINO EFFECT, EVERYTHING GOING EVERYWHERE TILL LAST SHELF HAS FALLEN. CLOSE UP OF EVELYN, TAKING OFF GLASSES AND SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. Evelyn � oops. NOISE BEHIND HER, CAMERA SHOWS CURATOR STANDING ON FALLEN SHELF UNABLE TO BELIEVE HIS EYES. Dr Bey � What? Who? How? HE SPOTS EVELYN Dr Bey � Look at this, sons of the pharaohs. Give me frogs, flies, locusts, anything but you. Compared to you the other plagues were a joy. CAMERA TO GIRL AS SHE PUTS HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH. CURATOR WALKS TOWARDS HER. BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO. Evelyn � I�m so very sorry, it was an accident. Dr Bey � My dear girl, when Rameses destroyed Syria, that was an accident, you are a catastrophe. Look at my library, why do I put up with you? Evelyn � Well you put up with me because I can read and write ancient Egyptian and I can decipher Heiroglypics and Heratic and well, I�m the only person within a 1000 miles who can properly code and catalogue 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. Now I don�t care how you do it, I don�t care how long it takes, straighten up this mushafa. HE LEAVES. EVELYN TURNS ROUND AS SHE HEARS NOISE IN MUSEUM. SHOW HER WALKING TOWARDS ARCH. GO TO MUSEUM WITH TORCHES LIT, FULL OF STATUES AND COFFINS. SHE COMES IN, CLOSE UP OF HER LOOKING ROUND, LONG SHOTOF HER PICKING UP TORCH. SLOWLY SHE WALKS ROUND ROOM TOWARDS ONE COFFIN. Evelyn � Hello, Mohamid, Bob, Mohamid. REACHES COFFIN AND MIMMY JUMPS UP AND SHE JUMPS BACK. Evelyn � Ahhh! SEE COFFIN AND HER BROTHER JONATHAN LAYING THERE PLAYING A TRICK. SHE PUTS DOWN TORCH AND TO HER HELPING HIM OUT, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE AS SHE REALIZES HE IS DRUNK. 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�d do it sooner rather than later before you ruin my career the way you have your own. Jonathan � My dear sweet baby sister, I�ll have you know that at this precise moment, my career is on a high note. CLOSE UP OF THE TWO TALKING. SHE LEAVES HIM TO LOOK BACK AT LIBRARY AND THEN SITS DOWN ON BASE OF STATUE. Evelyn � High note-hah. Oh Jonathan please, I�m really not in the mood, I�ve just made a bit of a mess in the library and the Bambridge Scholars have rejected my application form again, they say I don�t have enough experience in the field. CLOSE UP OF JONATHAN, THEN HE POPS DOWN IN FRONT OF EVELYN. Jonathan � You always have me ole mum. Besides I have just the thing to cheer you up. HE GETS UP AND GOES TO COFFIN AND RUMMAGES ABOUT, THEN CLOSE UP AS HE HOLDS HIS HAND UP WITH A BOX SITTING ON IT. Evelyn � Oh no Jonathan, not another worthless trinket, if I have to take one more piece of junk to the curator to try and sell for you. Where did you get this? Jonathan � On a dig down in thebes, My whole life I�ve never found anything Evie, please tell me I�ve found something. PAN OUT TO THE TWO OF THEM AS SHE FIDDLES WITH THE BOX. CLOSE UP OF BOX AS SHE TURNS IT ROUND. BACK TO HER AND THEN BACK TO THE BOX AS IT OPENS REVEALING PIECE OF PAPER. Evelyn � Jonathan, I think you�ve found something. GO TO TWO OF THEM AS SHE TAKES IT OUT AND OPENS IT. GO TO CLOSE UP OF MAP. WHILE STILL ON MAP GO TO EVELYN IN CURATORS OFFICE THEN TO CURATOR AS HE LOOKS AT IT. SHE MOVES BESIDE HIM. Evelyn � You see the cartoche there, it�s the official royal seal of seti 1, I�m sure of it. Dr Bey � perhaps. Jonathan � Two questions � who the hell was Seti 1 and was he rich? GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM. Evelyn � He was the second pharaoh in 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. Evelyn � I�ve already dated the map, it�s almost 3000 years old and if you look at the heratic just here, well, it�s Hamunaptra. SEE JONATHAN IN FRONT OF DESK THEN TO HIM AND GIRL AS THEY GO BEHIND CURATOR TO TALK. DR BEY LOOKS THROUGH MAGNIFYING GLASS THEN HOLDS IT UP TO LIGHT. Dr Bey � Don�t be ridiculus, we�re scholars not treasure hunters, Hamunaptra is a myth, told by Arab storytellers to Greek and Roman tourists. Evelyn � Yes I know all the silly blabber about the city being protected by the curse of the mummy nonsense, but my research has led me to believe that 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 in a big underground treasure chamber, everyone knows the story, the entire metropolis was set to sink into the sand at pharaohs command and the flick of a switch the whole place would disappear beneath the sand dunes, taking the treasure with it. CLOSE UP OF CURATOR, ACCIDENTLY SETTING FIRE TO THE MAP AND THROWING IT IN FRONT OF THE DESK. Dr Bey � As the Americans would say, its all fairy tales and hokum � Oh my goodness. JONATHAN AND EVELYN RACE ROUND TO TRY AND PUT IT OUT. PICK IT UP AND LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER THEN GO TO CLOSE UP OF CURATOR. Jonathan � You�ve burnt it, you�ve burnt off a part of 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-on has ever found it, most have never returned. SWITCH TO CLOSE UP OF PRISON WARDEN LOADING JONATHAN AND EVELYN INTO PRISON. Warden � Come, come, step over the threshold and welcome to Cairo prison, my humble home. SEE VIEW OF PRISON SQUARE, MAN ON A WHEEL AND OTHERS BEING MARCHED AROUND. PAN CAMERA ONTO JONATHAN AND EVELYN AS THEY GET CLOSER TO CELLS. Evelyn � You told me you got it on a dig down in Thebes. Jonathan � Well I was mistaken. Evelyn � You lied to me. Jonathan � I lie to everyone, what makes you so special? Evelyn � I�m your sister. Jonathan � That just makes you more gullable. Evelyn � Jonathan you got it from a drunk at the local casbar. Jonathan � Picked his pockets actually, so I don�t think it�s a very good idea. SEE BACK OF THEM AS GUARD STANDS IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE CELLS. CLOSE UP OF EVELYN AND JONATHAN THEN GUARD LEANING ON CELL. Evelyn � Now what exactly is this man in prison for? Warden � Well this I don�t know, but when I heard you were coming I ask him that myself. Evelyn � What did he say? Warden � He said he was just looking for a good time. DOOR OPENS AND MAN IS DRAGGED IN. Evelyn � Is this the man you stole it from? Jonathan � Yes exactly so why don�t we just go. CLOSE UP OF HIM AS HIS FACE GETS TO BARS. O�connell � Who are you? And who�s the broad? Evelyn � Broad! SHOTS OF A BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE 3 OF THEM. Jonathan � I�m just the local sort of missionary, spreading the good word and all that and this is my sister Evie. Evelyn � How do you do? O�connell � Oh well she�s not so lost. Evelyn � I beg your pardon. Warden � I�ll be back in a moment. Jonathan � Ask him about the box. Evelyn � We�ve found � hello � excuse me � we both found your puzzle box and we�ve come to ask you about it. O�connell � no. Evelyn �No? O�connell � No you�ve come to ask me about Hamunapptra. Evelyn � How do you know that the box comes from Hamunaptra. O�connell � Because that�s where I was when I found it, I was there. Jonathan � How do we know that�s not a load of pigs swallow. O�connell � Do I know you? Jonathan � No No No, I�ve just got one of those faces. CLOSE UP OF JONATHAN AND THEN O�CONNELL AS HE HITS HIM THROUGH THE BARS. TO �CONNELL AS GUARDS KICK HIM, THEN TO JONATHAN ON THE GROUND AND TO EVELYN. SEE HER MOVE CLOSER TO O�CONNELL. Evelyn � You were actually at Hamunaptra? O�connell � Yes I was there. Evelyn � You swear. O�connell � Every damn day. Evelyn � No I didn�t mean that. O�connell � I know what you mean, I was there, Seti�s place, city of the dead. Evelyn � Could you tell me how to get there, I mean the exact location. O�connell � You want to know. HE BECKONS HER CLOSER. Evelyn � well yes. O�connell � You really want to know? Evelyn � Yes. O�CONNELL GRABS HER AND KISSES HER. O�connell � then get me the hell outta here � do it lady. THE GUARDS DRAG HIM AWAY WHILE HITTING HIM. CLOSE UP OF HER AND THE WARDEN. Evelyn � Where are they taking him? Warden � To be hanged, apparently he had a very good time. SWITCH TO SCENE OF ARENA, WITH MANY PEOPLE SITING AND STANDING AROUND, PAN DOWN TO O�CONNELL HAVING A NOOSE PUT AROUND HIS NECK TO BE HANGED. SEE EVELYN SITTING NEXT TO WARDEN, CLOSE UP OF GUARD, THEN TO HER. Evelyn � I will give you �100 to save this mans life. Warden � Madam I would pay �100 just to see him hang. Evelyn - �200 Warden � proceed. GO TO O�CONNELL THEN EVELYN, THEN WARDEN, THEN BACK TO O�CONNELL AND HANGMAN. Evelyn - �300 Hangman � Any last requests ? pig. O�connell � Yeah, loosen the knot and let me go. FROM HANGMAN GO TO WARDEN. Warden � Of course you don�t let him go. Evelyn - �500. Warden � Stop � and what else. HE PUTS HIS HAND ON HER KNEE, SHE HITS ITWITH HER BAG. EVERYONE LAUGHS. TO SHOT OF CROWD. Warden � go. Evelyn � No GO TO O�CONNELL AS HANGMAN PULLS LEVER, HE FALLS THROUGH HOLE, DANGLES THERE. GO TO EVELYN, THEN CROWD, THEN WARDEN. Warden � Ha ha, his neck did not break, oh I�m sorry now we must watch him strangle to death. Evelyn � He knows the location of Hamunaptra. Warden � you lie. Evelyn � I would never. Warden � Truly. Evelyn � Yes and if you cut him down, we will give you � 10% Warden � 50% Evelyn � 20% Warden � 40% Evelyn � 30% Warden �25% Evelyn � deal Warden � Cut him down. GO TO MAN CUTTING ROPE AND O�CONNELL FALLING TO GROUND ALIVE. GO TO EVELYN STANDING UP, THEN CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AND BACK TO EVELYN/ SWITCH TO SCENE OF NILE, WITH PYRAMIDS NEARBY AND A RIVER BOAT. THE WORDS GIZA PORT � CAIRO APPEAR ON SCREEN. SEE JONATHAN AND EVELYN WALKING TWARDS GANGPLANK CARRYING CASES. Evelyn � Do you really think he�s going to show up? Jonathan � Yes, undoubtingly, knowing my luck � he maybe a cowboy but I know the breed, he�s as good as his words. Evelyn � Well I think he�s filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel. I don�t like him one bit. O�connell � Anyone I know? CLOSE UP OF EVELYN. SWITCH BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM. Evelyn � Oh � um � hello. Jonathan � Smashing day for the start of an adventure eh O�connell. O�connell � Yes smashing. Jonathan � Oh I never steal off a partner � partner. O�connell � That reminds me, no hard feelings about the �. 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 all some kind of flim-flam, because if it is, I am warning you I will�.. O�connell � 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 half way across lybia and into Egypt to find that city and when we got there all we found was sand and blood. Let me get your bags. SEE O�CONNELL GO UP THE GANGPLPANK WITH CASES. GO TO JONATHAN AND EVELYN Jonathan � Yes, yes, you�re right, filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel, nothing to like there at all. CLOSE UP OF EVELYN, SEE PRISON WARDEN COME INTO PICTURE. Warden � Right good morning to all. Evelyn � Oh no, what are you doing here/ SEE WARDEN GO UP GANGWAY WITH EVELYN AND JONATHAN IN BACKGROUND. Warden � I am here to protect my investment, thank you very much. SWITCHTO SCENE OF FULL MOON, PAN DOWN TO RIVER AND SMALL BOAT CARRYING MA-JEI WARRIORS, PADDLING TOWARDS BOAT, CLOSE UP OF MAN WITH HOOK, PAN TO SHOW BOAT IN BACKGROUND. GO TO BAR AND CLOSE UP OF TABLE WITH DECK OF CARDS. Henderson � Quit playing with ya glasses and cut the deck would you Burns. Burns � Without my glasses I can�t see the deck to cut it, can I. SEE THE AMERICANS AND JONATHAN, O�CONNELL COMES IN. Henderson � O�connell sit down, we could use another player. O�connell � I only gamble with my life, never my money. Daniels � Never, what if I was to bet you $500 says we get to Hamunaptra before you. O�connell � You looking for Hamunaptra? Henderson � Damn straight we are. O�connell � And who says we are? THEY ALL POINT TO JONATHAN. Together � He does. Daniels � Well how about it, is it a bet. O�connell � Alright you�re on. GO TO CHAMBELAIN, AN ARCHEOLOGIST WITH THE AMERICANS. Chambelain � What makes you so confident Sir? O�connell � What makes you? Henderson � We.ve got us a man whos actually been there. GO TO JONATHAN AND THEN TO O�CONNELL AS HE HITS HIM WITH HIS BAG. Jonathan � Well what a coincidence, O�co��. who�s play is it, my play O�connell � We.ve got us a wager, Jonathan. Jonathan � Night. GO TO RIVER AND SMALL BOAT COMING ALONG SIDE, PAN TO EVELYN SITTING AT TABLE ON DECK, READING, THEN FRONT VIEW AS A BAG IS SLAMMED ON TABLE, SHE JUMPS. GO BETWEEN EVELYN AND O�CONNELL. O�connell � Sorry, didn�t mean to scare you. Evelyn � The only thing that scares me Mr O�connell are your manners. O�connell � Still angry about that kiss eh. Eveyln If you can call that a kiss. SEE HIM ROLL OUT BAG ON TABLE TO REVEAL GUNS, KNIVES ETC. HE SITS DOWN, PAN UP TO EVELYN. Evelyn � Um did I miss something, are we going into battle. GO TO O�CONNELL LOADING A GUN AND PUTTING IT IN HIS POCKET. BACK TO EVELYN. O�connell � lady there�s something out there, something underneath that sand. EVELYN TAKES A HOOK OUT OF THE ROLL. SEE O�CONNELL TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER. BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO. Evelyn � Yes well, I�m hoping to find a certain artefact, a book actually � my brother thinks there� treasure what do you think is out there? O�connell � In a word � evil. The Bedouin and Tuareg believe that Hamunaptra is cursed. Evelyn � 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 out there, the book of Amun-ra, it contains within it all the secret incantations of the old kingdom, that�s what first interested me in Egypt when I was a child, it�s why I came here, a sort of lifes persuit. O�connell � And the fact that they say its made out of pure gold makes no nevermind to you right. Evelyn � You know your history. O�connell � I know my treasure. Evelyn � Um by the way, why did you kiss me? O�connell � I was about to be hanged, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Evelyn � Ohh. O�connell � What, what I say? EVELYN STORMS OFF AND O�CONNELL TURNS AND LOOKS AFTER HER. HE HEARS A NOISE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DECK, CLOSE UP OF HIS FACE THEN TO PILE OF BOXES WITH A SHADOW BEHIND IT. SEE O�CONNELL WALK OVER AND GRAB SOMEONE FROM BEHIND CRATES AND SHOVE HIM AGAINST THEM. CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AND BENI. Beni � What a surprise, my good friend, you�re alive, I was so very very worried. O�connell � We if it ain�t my little buddy Beni, I think I�ll kill ya. Beni � Think of my children. O�connell � You don�t have any children. Beni � Some day I might. O�connell � Shutup � so you�re the one who�s leading he Americans, I might have known � so what�s the scam Beni, you take them out into the middle of the desert, then leave them there to rot? Beni � Unfortunately no, these Americans are smart, they pay me only half now and half when I bring them back to Cairo, so this time I must go all the way. O�connell � Tough breaks eh. O�CONNELL PUTS THE GUN AWAY, NOISE OF CAMEL MAKES THEM BOTH TURNS ROUND. Beni � You never believed in Hamunaptra O�connell, why are you going back? O�connell � See that girl � she saved my neck. SEE EVELYN MAKING A FUSS OF CAMELS IN STABLE THEN SHE GOES BELOW DECK. BACK TO BENI AND O�CONNELL. Beni � You always did have more balls than brains. O�connell � Ha ha, hee hee, goodbye Beni. SEE O�CONNELL GRAB BENI AND THROW HIM OVERBOARD. Beni � O�connell. SEE O�CONNELL WALK OVER TO TABLE TO PUT AWAY GUN, SPOTS WET FOOTPRINTS ON DECK. PAN ALONG FOOTPRINTS TO WHERE EVELYN HAS GONE. HE GOES TO SIDE OF BOAT TO SEE IF HE CAN SEE ANYTHING. CLOSE UP OF HIM AS HE LOOKS TO THE DOOR EVELYN HAS JUST GONE THROUGH. GO TO EVELYNS ROOM WHERE SHE IS PACING ROUND ROOM READING A BOOK, MISSING THE HOOK WITH HER CLOTHES, THEY FALL ON FLOOR Evelyn � George Bambridge in 186 � in 1865 was � oh for heavens sake girl, it wasn�t that good a kiss anyway. WALKS OVER TO MIRROR, PUTS BOOK DOWN AND STARTS TO BRUSH HER HAIR, SOMETHING FALLS ON FLOOR, SHE PICKS IT UP. WHEN SHE STANDS UP, A MAN IS STANDING WITH HER WITH A HOOK IN HAND. HE GRABS HER AND PUSHS HER AGAINST THE WALL. Ma-jei � Where is the map? Evelyn � It�s � it�s there. CLOSE UP OF MAP THEN EVELYN Ma-jei � Where�s the key? Evelyn � Key, what key? O�connell � Evelyn. O�CONNELL BURSTS IN, MAN PUTS HOOK TO EVELYNS THROAT. O�CONNELL FIRES AT MAN THROUGH WINDOW, BULLETS KNOCK DOWN LANTERN WHICH SETS THE SETTEE ON FIRE. EVELYN GRABS A CANDLE AN SHOVES IT INTO THE MANS EYE. O�CONNELL SHOOTS ANOTHER MAN AT WINDOW. THEY BOTH ESCAPE BY THE DOOR, O�CONNELL STILL FIRING. EVELYN TRIES TO GO BACK FOR THE MAP. Evelyn � The map, I forgot the map. O�connell � relax, I�m the map, it�s all up here. Evelyn � That�s comforting. MA-JEI WANDERING ROUND ROOM, HOLDING EYE, THEN NOTICES IN FLAMES THE PUZZLE BOX ON FLOOR. Ma-jei � The key. HE BENDS DOWN TO PICK IT UP, JONATHAN COMES IN AND KNOCKS HIM INTO THE FLAMES. GO TO DECK AND GUN BATTLE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. O�CONNELL AND EVELYN REACH SIDE OF SHIP. SEE O�CONNELL PUTTING GUN IN POCKET, BATTLE STILL GOING ON. O�connell � Can you swim? Evelyn � Of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it. O�connell � trust me, it calls for it. SEE O�CONNELL PICK HER UP AND THROW HER OVER SIDE. SEE HER FALL INTO WATER. FURTHER BATTLE THEN WARDEN COMES UP TO O�CONNELL. Warden � O�connell, O�connell, what are we going to do, what are we going to do? O�connell � Wait here, I�ll go and get help. O�CONNELL JUMPS IN RIVER, FOLLOWED A FEW SECONDS LATER BY THE WARDEN. SEE JONATHAN WHO HAS THE BOX BACK. AMERICANS SHOOT SOMEONE AFTER JONATHAN. Jonathan � Americans � I say, bloody good show chaps and did I panick � I think not. SEE HIM JUMPING OVER SIDE THEN EVERYONE JUMPS. GO TO RIVER WITH PEOPLE SPLASHING ABOUT, THE BOAT TOTALLY ON FIRE. SWITCH TO THEM GOING ON SHORE, WITH PEOPLE WITH HORSES AND CAMELS. CLOSE UP OF HENDERSON AND DANIELS, THEN BURNS WHO EMPTIES HIS HAT. Henderson � Give them a smack would you. Daniels � This is a messed up country. GO TO SIDE OF RIVER AND O�CONNELL, EVELYN AND JONATHAN GETTING OUT. Evelyn � We�ve lost everything, all of our tools, all our equipment, all my clothes. SEE BENI ON OTHER SIDE OF RIVER JUMPING UP AND DOWN. Beni � O�connell, hey O�connell, it looks to be like I�ve got all the horses. TO O�CONNELL ON OTHER SIDE. O�connell � Hey Beni, looks to me like you�re on the wrong side of the river. Beni � oh, oh. GO TO SCENE OF BEDOUIN CAMP, PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, TENTS, CAMELS ETC. SEE WARDEN BEING CHASED OUT OF TENT BY WOMEN, THEN TO JONATHAN AND O�CONNELL BARTERING WITH MAN FOR SOME CAMELS. Jonathan � I only want 4, 4, I only want 4, not the whole bloody herd. O�connell � Will you just pay the man. Jonathan � For heavens sake, can�t believe the price of these flea-bags, yes, happy, yes, there you go. O�connell �You could have got them for free, all you had to do was give them your sister. Jonathan � Yes awfully tempting wasn�t it. THEY WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, EVELYN COMES OUT OF TENT LOOKING LOVELY IN BEDOUIN COSTUME. CLOSE UP OF HER, THEN O�CONNELL. O�connell � awfully. SWITCH TO SAND AS FEET OF CAMELS COME INTO VIEW, PAN BACK TO SEE JONATHAN, O�CONNELL, EVELYN AND WARDEN. GO BETWEEN THE LOT OF THEM. Jonathan � Never did like camels, filthy buggers, they smell, they bite, they spit, disgusting. Evelyn � I think they�re adorable. SCENE OF DESERT, WITH SAND STORM AND THE 4 IN DISTANCE, GO TO CLOSE SHOTS. FADE IN SAND, THEN VIEW OF CAMELS FEET, GO TO SAND DUNE THEN SUN IN CLOSE UP WITH SILHOETTES OF THEM ON SUN. SEE GRAVEL ON TOP OF HILL AND THE MA-JEI LOOKING OUT AT THE RIDERS. GO TO EVELYN FALLING ASLEEP ON CAMEL, THEN TO JONATHAN HITTING WARDEN WITH WHIP, BACK TO O�CONNELL WHO HEARS HORSES. SEE MA-JEI IN DISTANCE THEN CLOSE UP OF THEIR LEADER. Ardeth � This one is strong. BACK TO DESERT IN MORNING WITH RIDERS COMING IN FROM BOTH SIDES. SEE O�CONNELL STOP AND TURN, THEN TO BENI, HENDERSON AND DANIELS. Beni � Good morning my friends. Daniels � What the hell we doing? Beni � Patience my good barartum, patience. Henderson � Remember our bet O�connell, first one to the city. Daniels � 500 cash bucks, 100 of them bucks is yours if you help us win that bet. Beni � Oh my pleasure, hey o�connell, nice camel. O�connell � Get ready for it. Evelyn � Ready for what? O�connell � We�re about to be shown the way. SWITCH TO SUN RISING, THEN TO JONATHAN, CHAMBELAIN, THEN BEHIND SHOT OF THEM IN FRONT OF SUN. CITY SUDDENLY APPEARS AS MIRAGE. GO TO HENDERSON, DANIELS AND BURNS. Henderson � Will you look at that Daniels � Can you believe it. Burns � Hamunaptra. O�connell � Here we go again. CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AND BENI RACING AGAINST EACH OTHER, BENI STARTS TO HIT O�CONNELL WITH WHIP, O�CONNELL GRABS HIM AND PUSHS HIM OFF CAMEL. BENI GETS UP. SEE ALL OF THEM RACING TO THE CITY. EVELYN TAKES THE LEAD, THEN TO JONATHAN, THEN SEE EVELYN AND O�CONNELL RIDE INTO THE CITY FIRST. Jonathan � go Evie, go. SCENE OF THEM ALL IN CITY RUINS, PAN FROM MEN DIGGING AT A DOOR TO HENDERSON AND CHAMBELAIN GIVING ORDERS. HENDERSON LOOKS OVER TO OTHERS. Henderson � Do they know something we don�t. Chambelain � They�re led by a woman, what does a woman know. SEE O�CONNELL WINDING ROPE WHICH HITS WARDEN. GO TO HEAD OF ANUBIS PAN DOWN TO EVELYN MOVING LARGE MIRROR. Evelyn � That�s the statue of Anubis, his legs go deep underground. According to bambridge scholars, that�s where we�ll find the secret compartment containing the golden book of Amun-ra. Evelyn � Jonathan, you�re supposed to catch the sun with that. O�connell � So what are these old mirrors for? Evelyn � Ancient mirrors, it�s an ancient Egyptian trick you�ll see. O�CONNELL GIVES EVELYN A BUNDLE, THEN TO WARDEN, THE O�CONNELL DISAPPEARING DOWN HOLE. O�connell � Here this is for you, er it�s something I borrowed off our American brethren, I thought you might like it, might be able to use it, what are you looking at? Warden � Hey look for bugs, I hate bugs. NEXT SCENE OF THEM INSIDE ROOM UNDERGROUND, JONATHAN AND WARDEN STILL CLIMBING DOWN ROPE. CLOSE UP OF JONATHAN. Evelyn � Do you realise we�re standing inside a room that no-ones entered for over 3000 years. Jonathan � What is that God awful stench � oh GO TO EVELYN MOVING A MIRROR, THE ROOM LIGHTS UP, THE SUNS RAYS BOUNCING OFF EACH ONE. Evelyn � And then there was light. O�connell � That�s a neat trick. THEY LOOK AROUND, TO THE THREE OF THEM. Evelyn � Oh my God, it�s the sinametrix, a preparation room. O�connell � Preparation for what? Evelyn � For entering the afterlife. Jonathan _ Mummies, my good son, this is where they made the mummies. THEY MOVE INTO TUNNEL, A NOISE MAKES THEM ALL TURN ROUND. Jonathan � What was that? O�connell � Sounds like bugs. Evelyn � He said bugs. Warden � What do you mean bugs, I hate bugs. THEY MOVE INTO ANOTHER ROOM, SEE LEGS OF ANUBIS. O�CONNELL HAS GUN IN HIS HAND. Evelyn � The legs of Anubis, the secret compartment should be hidden somewhere inside here. THEY TURN AS THEY HEAR ANOTHER NOISE, BACKED AGAINST THE WALL, THEY CREEP ROUND AS NOISE GETS LOUDER. JUMP AS THEY COME FACE TO FACE WITH AMERICANS. Henderson � You scared the sweet Jesus out of us O�connell. O�connell � Likewise. Burns � That�s my tool kit. O�connell � No I don�t think so. Burns � Ok perhaps I was mistaken. Evelyn � Well have a nice day gentlemen, we have a lot of work to getting along with. Chambelain � Push off this is our dig site. Evelyn � We got here first. Daniels � This here�s our statue friend. O�connell � I don�t see your name written on it. Beni � Yes well there is only 4 of you and 15 of me. Your odds are not so great O�connell. O�connell � I�ve had worse. Jonathan � So have i. Evelyn � For goodness sake, let�s be nice children, if we�re going to play together we must learn to share. There are other places to dig. SHE PUTS HER HAND ON O�CONNELL ARM. NEXT SCENE IS OF ROOM BELOW ANUBIS, EVELYN WALKING ROUND AND O�CONNELL TRYING TO PRISE SOMETHIING FROM ROOF OF ROOM. JONATHAN STANDING THERE. Evelyn � According to these hieroglyphics, we�re underneath the statue, we should come up right between his legs. Jonathan � If those damn yanks go to sleep, no offence. O�connell � None taken. Jonathan � we�ll dig our way up and steal that book right from under them. O�connell � Are you sure we can find this secret compartment. Evelyn � Yes if those beastly Americans haven�t beaten us to it, no offence. O�connell � none taken. Jonathan � Hey where did our smelly friend get to. GO TO CORRIDOR AND WARDEN CRAWLING AROUND, HE STANDS UP TO LOOK AT PITURE ON WALL, ENCRUSTED WITH JEWELLED SCARABS. PUTS TORCH DOWN AND STARTS TO PUT THEM IN BAG. Warden � What have we here � bluegold, this will fetch a pretty fine price. GO BACK TO HENDERSON AND CHAMBELAIN PRYING AT BASE OF ANUBIS. Henderson � Lets get us some treasure. Chambelain � Careful, Seti was no fool, I think perhaps we should let the diggers open it, mmm. Daniels � I think we should listen to the good doctor, Henderson. Henderson � Yeah sure let them open it. Chambelain � Seada, seada, seada. SEE DIGGERS TRYING TO GET THE STONE OUT. SUDDENLY SPRAY COMES OUT AND THEY TURN ROUND THEIR FACES MELTING. EVERYONE SCREAMS. GO BACK TO JONATHAN PLAYING GOLF WITH A STONE. O�CONNELL AND EVELYN ARE SITTING DOWN. O�connell � Let me get this straight, they ripped out your guts and they stuffed them in jars. Evelyn � Then they take out your heart as well � oh and you know how they took out your brain. Jonathan � Evie I don�t think we want to hear about that. Evelyn � They took a sharp red hot poker, stuck it up your nose, scrambled things about a bit then ripped it out through your nostrils. O�connell � Ow that's gonna hurt. Evelyn � it�s called mummification, you�ll be dead when they do this. O�connell � For the record, I don�t make it out of here, don�t put me down for mummification. Jonathan � likewise. GO TO JONATHAN AS HE HITS THE STONE AGAINST THE WALL AND A LARGE SARCOFICUS FALLS FROM THE BASE OF ANUBIS. CLOSE UP OF HIS FACE. Evelyn � Oh my God, it�s a � it�s a sarcoficus buried at the base of Anubis � he must have been someone of great importance or he did something really naughty. BACK TO THE WARDEN AND JEWELS. HE DROPS ONE ON THE FLOOR. CLOSE UP OF IT OPENING AND SCARAB RUNNING OUT AND BURROWING INTO HIS FOOT. SHE HIM SCREAMING AND TRYING TO GET IT OUT. SEE THE SCARAB RUNNING UP HIS BODY INTO HIS BRAIN FROM UNDERNEATH HIS SKIN. SEE CLOE-UP OF COFFIN AS EVELYN AND O�CONNELL BLOW OFF THE SAND. Jonathan � Well who is it? Evelyn � He that shall not be named. O�connell � This looks like some sort of lock. SHOW CLOSE UP OF STAR-SHAPED LOCK WITH SCARAB DESIGN IN MIDDLE. Jonathan � Well whoever was inhere, sure wasn�t getting out. O�connell � No kidding, takeus a month to crack into this thing without a key. Evelyn � A key, a key, a key now that�s what he was talking about. O�connell � Who was talking about what? Evelyn � The man on the boat, the one with the hook, he was looking for a key. Jonathan � Hey that�s mine. CLOSE UP OF KEY FITING PERFECTLY INLOCK OF COFFIN. THEY ALL RUN OUT WHEN THEY HEAR SCREAMS FROM CORRIDOR. OUT IN CORRIDOR THE WARDEN APPEARS JUMPING AROUND AND SCREAMING, HE RUNS PAST THEM AT FULL PELT AND RUNS STRAIGHT INTO THE WALL AT THE END OF TUNNEL. HE IS KILLED OUTRIGHT. THEY ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND AT HIM SHOCKED. VIEW OF CAMP, PAN DOWN TO EVELYN AND JONATHAN BY FIRE, ENTER O�CONNELL. Evelyn � What do you suppose killed him. Jonathan � Did you ever see him eat? O�connell � Seems our American friends had a little misfortune of their own today, seems that 3 of their diggers were � melted. Evelyn � What. Jonathan � How? O�connell � Salt acid, pressurized salt acid, some kinda ancient booby trap. THEY SIT ROUND FIRE, A WIND BLOWS THROUGH, THEN JONATHAN SEES WHAT IS IN THE WARDENS BAG. Jonathan � Maybe this place really is cursed. Evelyn � Oh for goodness sake you two. O�connell � Don�t believe in curses eh. Evelyn � No I don�t, I believe if I can see it and I can touch it then it�s real, that�s what I believe. O�connell � I believe in being prepared. Jonathan � Let�s see what out friend the warden believed in � a broken bottle � Glen livid � 12 years old, well he may have been a stinky fellow but he had good taste. CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AS HE HEARS HORSES, GIVES RIFLE TO EVELYN AND GETS UP, FOLLOWED BY EVELYN AND JONATHAN. O�connell � Take this � stay here. Evelyn � Wait, wait, wait for me, wait. Jonathan � Evie, excuse me didn�t the man say stay here, Evie. MA-JEI ARRIVE AND A GUN BATTLE COMMENCES. O�CONNELL KNOCKS LEADER OFF HIS HORSE. ARDETH SWIPS GUN OUT OF O�CONNELLS HAND AND O�CONNELL ROLLS AWAY AND LIGHT STICK OF DYNAMITE. Ardeth � Enough � ellof � we will shed no more blood, but you must leave, leave this place or die, you have one day. THEY LEAVE, O�CONNELL REMOVES DETANATOR AND GOES TO HELP EVELYN UP. GO TO HENDERSON AND THEN O�CONNELL. BURNS COMES INTO SCENE. O�connell � Evelyn, hey are you alright? Evelyn � Yes fine. O�connell � Are you sure? Evelyn � Yes thank you. Henderson � That proves it, old Seti�s fortune must be under the sand, for them to protect it like that, you just know there�s treasure here. O�connell � No, these men are a desert people, they value water not gold. Henderson � You know, maybe just at night we could combine forces. GO TO SUNRISE, THEN TO TWO DIGGERS PULLING OUT A CHEST. CLOSE UP OF CHEST, THEN LONG SHOT OF WHOLE GROUP. CLOSE UP OF CHEST AS IT IS PUT ON THE FLOOR. THEY BLOW OFF DUST AND CHAMBELAIN LOOKS AT CHEST, SEE HEIROGLYPHICS ON TOP.. Chambelain � There is a curse upon this chest. Henderson � Curse my arse, who cares. Chambelain � Have a care Mr Henderson, in these haloed grounds that which was set forth in ancient times is as strong today as it was then. |Henderson � Yeah yeah ok, we understand, what�s it say. Chambelain � Death will come on swift wings to whomsoever opens this chest. Beni � We should not be here, it�s not good. WIND SWEEPS THROUGH ROOM, DIGGERS RUN FOR IT, BACK TO CHAMBELAIN READING CHEST. Chambelain � It says � There is one, the undead, who if brought back to life is bound by laws to consummate this curse. Daniels � Well let�s make sure we don�t bring anyone back from the dead. Chambelain � He will kill all who open this chest and assimilate their organs and fluids and in so doing, he will regenerate and no longer be the undead but a plague upon this earth. Henderson � Well we didn�t come all this way for nothing. Beni � It�s the curse, it�s the curse, beware of the curse. SEE BENI RUN OUT OF ROOM, GO BACK TO MEN AS THEY TAKE OFF THE LID. Daniels � Stupid, superstitious bastard. GO TO O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN STANDING COFFIN UP ON END, THEN TO EVELYN, BACK TO JONATHAN AS HE PUTS THE KEY IN THE LOCK AND TURNS IT. Evelyn � Oh I�ve dreamt about this since I was a little girl. O�connell � You dream about dead guys. Evelyn � Look the sacred spells have been chiselled off, this man must have been condemned not only on this life but in the next. O�connell � Yeah tough breaks. Jonathan � Yeah I�m all tears � let�s see who�s inside shall we. THEY PRISE THE LID OFF, IT COMES OFF AND FALLS TO GROUND. THEY SCREAM. THEY LOOK AT MUMMY THEN GO TO CLOSE UP OF LID. PAN UP TO MUMMYS FACE. Evelyn � Oh my God, I hate it when they do that. O�connell � Is he supposed to look like that? Evelyn � No, I�ve never seen a mummy look like this before, he�s still, he�s still�. Together � Juicy Evelyn � Yes he must be more than 3000 years old and looks as if he�s decomposing. O�connell � Look at that, what do you make of this. Evelyn _ My God, those marks are made � fingernails. This man was buried alive � and he left a message. Death is only the beginning. GO BACK TO OTHERS AND THE CHEST. SHOW CLOSE UP OF THEM UNWRAPPING IT TO REVEAL BLACK BOOK. THEY LIFT IT OUT. Chambelain � Oh my God it does exist, it�s the Book of the Dead. Daniels � A book, who cares about a book, where the hells the treasure. Chambelain � This gentlemen, this is treasure. Henderson � Hell I wouldn�t trade it for a brass�. SIDE OF CHEST FALLS OPEN TO REVEAL CANOPIC JARS. TO THEM THEN THE JARS. Chambelain � there�s your treasure gentlemen. Henderson � Well now we�re on to something. SCENE OF CAMP, EVELYN WALKING BACK TO FIRE. CHAMBELAIN TRYING TO OPEN BOOK. TO EVELYN. Evelyn � I believe you need a key to open that book. GO TO O�CONNELL, THEN HENDERSON, BENI AND BURNS. EVELYN SITS DOWN. Henderson � Say O�connell what do you think these babies�ll fetch back home. Burns � We hear you boys found yourself a nice gooey mummy. Daniels � Congratulations you know if you dryed that fellow out you could sell him for firewood. Evelyn � Look what I found. O�connell � You�re in her seat � now. Beni � Yeah. CLOSE UP OF SCARAB SKELETONS IN HER HAND. TO EVELYN THEN THE OTHERS. Evelyn - Scarab skeletons, flesh eaters. I found them inside our friends coffin. They can stay alive for years, feeding on the flesh of a corpse. Unfortunatley for our friend, he was still alive when they started eating him. O�connell � So someone threw these in with our guy and they slowly ate him alive. Evelyn � Very slowly. Jonathan � Well he certainly wasn�t a popular fellow was he? O�connell � No probably got a little too frisky with the pharaohs daughter. Evelyn � According to my readings, our friend suffered the Hom-dai, the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses, one reserved only for the most evil of blasphemers. In all my research I�ve never heard of this curse actually being performed. O�connell � That bad eh. Evelyn � Yes well they never used it, because they feared it so, it�s written that if a victim of the hom-dai should ever arise, he would bring with him the ten plagues of Egypt. LONG SHOT OF CAMP, TO CHAMBELAIN AND SOMEONE TAKING BOOK. SEE EVELYN TAKING BOOK TO HER CAMP. GO TO O�CONNELL, THEN EVELYN. THEN TO HER OPENING BOOK. WIND BLOWS THROUGH CAMP. O�connell � That�s called stealing you know. Evelyn � According to you and my brother it�s called borrowing. O�connell � I thought the book of Amun-ra was made out of solid gold. Evelyn �It is made out of gold, this isn�t the book of amun-ra, this is something else, I think this maybe the Book of the Dead. O�connell � 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. O�connell � That happens a lot around here, what�s it say. CLOSE UP OF HEIROGLYPHICS AND EVELYN READING THEM. Evelyn � Amun-ra, Amun-dai, it speaks of the night and of the day. REST IS READ IN EGYPTIAN. GO TO MUMMY IN COFFIN, IT WAKES UP AT THE SOUND OF THE WORDS FROM THE BOOK. GO TO CHAMBELAIN, THEN THE OTHERS. VIEW OF DESERT BETWEEN TWO PILLARS. SHOW LOCUSTS COMING AND ALL OF THEM RUNNING. SEE CHAMBELAIN HOLDING BOOK AND COVERED IN LOCUSTS. Chambelain � Noooo � you must not read from the book. O�connell � Run. Chambelain � What have we done. TO AMERICANS RUNNING IN TUNNEL, BURNS FALLS. Henderson � Where the hell did they come from. Daniels � I didn�t wait around to find out. Burns � My glasses, my glasses. Beni � Leave me, leave me. Burns � Hey, hey, could you help me find my glasses. Beni � Wait for me. BENI STEPS ON HIS GLASSES, BURNS STANDS UP, TRIES TO SEE, FEELS HIS WAY ABOUT. SEES SHADOWS. CLOSE UP OF EYES AS HE TURNS. Burns � Whose there, who�s there. GO TO O�CONNELL, JONATHAN AND EVELYN IN ANOTHER TUNNEL, MOUND STARTS TO FORM IN FLOOR SCARABS POP OUT. THEY RUN, SHOOTING BEHIND THEM. INTO ANOTHER ROOM, JONATHAN AND O�CONNELL JUMP ONTO STONES, EVELYN BACKS AGAINST WALL, SEE SCARABS RUN OUT, THOUSANDS OF THEM. Evelyn � Scarabs. Jonathan � Run Evie, go go go. O�connell � Run SEE EVELYN DISAPPEAR THROUGH SECRET DOOR, TO O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN. O�connell � Evelyn. Jonathan � Evie. O�connell �Evelyn Jonathan � Evie. SWITCH TO DOOR OPENING AND EVELYN APPEARING. GO TO HER SEEING BURNS AND WALKING UP TO HIM. BURNS TURNS ROUND, CLOSE UP OF FACE, NO EYES. SHE BACKS INTO THE MUMMY Evelyn � Oh Mr Burns, thank goodness, I was starting to get scared, I lost everyone I Burns � My eyes, my eyes. Evelyn _ Ahh ahh, please help me. Burns � He took my eyes. Evelyn � Please don�t leave me. BACK TO EVELYN AND MUMMY. Imhotep � Anck-su-namon. GO TO O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN TRYING TO GET THROUGH DOOR. SEE AMMERICANS RUN IN AND THEY ALL RUN. DIGGER GETS EATEN. BACK TO EVELYN AND MUMMY. O�connell � A trap door got to be here, a switch around here someplace. Henderson � Run you sons of bitches run O�connell � Go go go Imhotep � Kadeesh pharos Anck-su-namon (come with me my princess ancksunamon) O�connell � There you are, have you been playing hide and seek, let�s get out of here. Whoa. Jonathan � Evie. SEE ALL OF THEM RUN AFTER O�CONNELL SHOOTS MUMMY. SOUNDS OF GUNS CLICKING, SEE ARDETH, MA-JEI AND CHAMBELAIN. CLOSE UP OF ARDETH, TO O�CONNELL, BACK TO ARDETH. SEE MEN BRING IN BURNS. Ardeth � I told you to leave or die, you refused now you may have killed us all. For yu have unleashed the creature that we have feared for more than 300 years. O�connell � relax I got him. Ardeth � No mortal weapon can kill this creature, he is not of this world. SEE BURNS BEING LAID DOWN, BACK TO ARDETH. CLOSE UP OF BURNS, THEN ARDETH, MEN MOVE. ARDETH LEAVES THEN TURNS TO TALK TO O�CONNELL. Henderson � You bastard, what have you done to him. Ardeth � We saved him, saved him before the creature could finish his work. Now leave all of you quickly before he finishes you all. Alla, imshin, we must now go on the hunt to try and find a way to kill him. O�connell � I already told you, I got him. Ardeth � Know this, this creature is the bringer of death, he will never eat, he will never sleep, he will never stop. SEE BENI LOST IN THE TUNNEL, RUNNING INTO MUMMY. SHOW HIM PRAYING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, MUMMY STOPS. Beni � (in Hebrew) Imhotep � The language of the slaves, I may have use for you and the rewards will be great. Beni � My prince. Imhotep � Where are the other sacred jars. GO TO SCENE OF OTHERS LEAVING BY CAMELS AND HORSES. CLOSE UP OF SAND AND MUMMYS HAND APPEARING THROUGH IT AND HIM SCREAMING. SEE CAMELS FEET GOING INTO CAIRO, PAN OUT TO THEM GOING THROUGH GATEWAY OF FORT. FORT BRYDON � CAIRO ON SCREEN. LIGHTENING IS FLASHING ACROSS DARKENING SKY. GO TO EVELYNS BEDROOM, O�CONNELL TRYING TO PACK HER CASE. O�connell � Thought you said you didn�t believe in that fairytale hokum stuff anyway. Evelyn � Having an encounter with a 3000 year old walking corpse does tend to convert one. O�connell � Forget it, we�re out the door, down the hall and we�re gone. Evelyn � Oh no we�re not. O�connell � Oh yes we are. Evelyn � Oh no we�re not, we woke him up and we�re going to stop him. O�connell � 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 � Oh me, me, me, me, I, I, I, I, woke him up and I intend to stop him. O�connell � How, you heard the man, no mortal weapon can kill this thing. Evelyn � Then we�ll just have to find some immortal ones. O�connell � There goes that we again. Evelyn � Listen to me, we have to do something once this creature has been reborn, his curse is going to spread until the whole of the earth is destroyed. O�connell � Yeah, is that my problem. Evelyn � Well it is everyones problem. O�connell � Evelyn I appreciate you saving my life an all but when I signed on I agreed to take you out there and to bring you back and I have done that, end of job, end of story, contract terminated. Evelyn � That�s all I am to you, a contract. O�connell � Look, you can either tag along with me or you can stay here and try to save the world, what�s it gonna be? Evelyn � I�m staying. O�connell � Fine Evelyn � Fine O�connell � Fine Evelyn � Fine O�connell � Fine. HE LEAVES. GO TO EGYPTIAN BAR AND A MAN CALLED WINSTON, DRUNK WALKING THROUGH WITH BELLY DANCER ON ARM. WALKS IN FOUNTAIN. O�CONNELL COMES IN AND WINSTON TURNS AND FOLLOWS HIM BACK TO THE BAR. JONATHAN IS AT THE BAR AND WINSTON NICKS HIS DRINK. HENDERSON AND DANIELS COME IN. Winston � I�m the last in the royal air force still stationed out here � some bloody idiots spilt their drink � all the other ladies died in the sky, buried in the sand, good chaps everyone of them too. O�connell � Hey Winston. Winston � You know O�connell, ever since the end of the great war there hasn�t been a single challenge worthy of a man like me. O�connell � We all have our little problems today, don�t we. Winston � I just wish I could have chucked it all in and gone down with the others in a blaze of glory instead of sitting around here rotting �.. Winston and O�connell � Of boredom and booze. Winston � Oh well back to the airfield. O�connell � Tell me has your sister always been�.. Jonathan � Always. Henderson � Well we�re all packed up but the damn boat doesn�t leave till tomorrow morning. Jonathan � Tail set firmly between your legs I see. Henderson � You can talk, you don�t have some sacred walking corpse after you. O�connell � How�s your friend? Daniels � He had his eyes and tongue ripped out, how would you be. SWITCH TO BURNS ROOM, HE HAS A BANDAGE ROUND HIS HEAD, PAN OUT TO SHOW IMHOTEP AND BENI. CLOSE UP OF BURNS AND BENI. THENTO IMHOTEP WITH MASK ON AND ROBES. BACK TO BENI AND BURNS. Burns � I�m so pleased to meet you. Beni � Prince Imhotep doesn�t like to be touched, a silly Eastern supertition I�m afraid. Burns � Please forgive me. Beni � Whoops Mr Burns, Prince Imhotep thanks you for your hospitality and for your eyes and for your tongue but I am afraid more is needed. The prince must finish the job and consummate the curse which you and your friends have brought down on yourself. SEE IMHOTEP REMOVE HIS MASK AND SEE SCARABS RUN OVER HIS FACE AND DISAPPEAR. Burns � No � Noooo. GO BACK TO BAR AND FOCUS ON 3 GLASSES CLINKING TOGETHER. THEY DRINK IT AND SPIT IT OUT, SO DOES EVERYONE IN THE BAR. BACK TO CONNELL AND HENDERSON. O�connell � Good luck boys. Henderson � Yuk, sweet Jesus, tasted just like. O�connell � Blood. O�CONNELL STANDS UP, GO TO FOUNTAIN TURNING RED. Jonathan � And the rivers of Egypt ran red and were as blood. O�connell � He�s here. SEE EVELYN WALKING OUT ON TERRACE WITH A BOOK, THUNDER RUMBLES. O�CONNELL RUNS OVER. O�connell � Evelyn. Evelyn � So you�re still here. O�connell � We�ve got problems. SWITCH TO SCENE OF PYRAMIDS AND CITY OF CAIRO WITH BOLTS OF FIRE RAINING DOWN. O�CONNELL AND EVELYN RUN, SEVERAL MEN NEAR TERRACE GET BURNED. BACK TO CITY AND STATUE TUMBLES. SEE EVELYN AND O�CONNELL AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS. BENI COMES DOWN AND O�CONNELL GRABS HIM. O�connell � Hey beni you little stink, where�ve you been. SCREAM COMES FROM UPSTAIRS. O�CONNELL GRABS EVELYNS HAND AND THEY RUN UPSTAIRS. GO TO BURNS ROOM, SHOW HUSK OF BURNS IN CHAIR. CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL, THEN TO FIRE PLACE WHERE MUMMY IS STANDING REGENERATING. O�connell � We are in serious trouble. CLOSE UP OF MUMMY, THEN TO EVELYN AND O�CONNELL. HE FIRES AT IT, THE MUMMY COMES AFTER HIM AND PICKS HIM UP AND THROWS HIM ACROSS THE ROOM INTO THE OTHERS WHO HAVE JUST COME IN. HE THEN GOES AFTER EVELYN. Imhotep � You saved me from the undead, I thank you. SEE O�CONNELL SITTING UP, THE MUMMY TRIES TO KISS EVELYN, THEN A PIANO NOISE MAKES HIM TURN ROUND. EVELYNS CAT IS WALKING ACROSS THE KEYS. THE MUMMY SCREAMS AND IN A SPIRAL OF SAND GOES OUT OF THE WINDOW. O�connell � We are in very serious trouble. GO TO SCENE OF FRONT OF MUSEUM, THEN TO HENDERSON, DANIELS, JONATHAN, O�CONNELL AND EVELYN WALKING INTO ROOM. STANDING THERE ARE DR BEY, THE CURATOR, AND ARDETH. THE MEN PULL OUT THEIR GUNS. Henderson � What�s this guy want any how. Evelyn � There�s only one person I know who could possibly give us any answers. � You. Dr. Bey � Miss Conahan, gentlemen. Evelyn � What�s he doing here? Dr. Bey � Do you really want to know or would you prefer to just shoot us. O�connell � After what I just saw, I�m willing to go on a little faith here. THEY PUT THEIR GUNS AWAY AND SWITCH TO ROOM FULL OF EXHIBITES. CONVERSATION BETWEEN ALL OF THEM. Dr Bey � We are part of an ancient secret society, for over 3000 years we have guarded the city of the dead, swore to manhood to do anything in our power to stop the High Priest Imhotep from being reborn into this world. Ardeth � 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 & Ardeth � Yes. O�connell � Question, why doesn�t he like cats? Dr Bey � Cats are the guardians of the underworld, he will fear them until he is fully regenerated. Ardeth � And then he will fear nothing. Daniels � Yeah and you know how he gets himself fully regenerated. Henderson � By killing everyone who opened that chest. Daniels � And sucking them dry, that�s how. JONATHAN IS PLAYING WITH BOW ON ONE OF THE STATUES. Evelyn � Jonathan will you stiop playing with that, whe I saw him alive at Hamunaptra, he called me Anck-su-namun and then just now in Mr Burns quarters he tried to kiss me. Dr Bey � It was because of his love for Anck-su-namun that he was cursed � apparently even after 3000 years Ardeth � He is still in love with her. Evelyn � Yes, that�s all very romantic but what�s it got to do with me? Ardeth � Perhaps he will once again try to raise her from the dead. Dr Bey � Yes and it appears that he has already chosen his human sacrifice. Jonathan � Bad luck ole mum. Dr Bey � On the contrary, it may just give us the time we need to kill the creature. DR BEY GETS UP AND ARDETH COMES FROM BEHIND HIM, THEY ALL LOOK UP AT THE SKYLIGHT. Ardeth � We will need all the help we can get, his powers are growing. SEE SUN ECLIPSED BY THE MOON, CAIRO IN DARKNESS Jonathan � And he reached forth his hand towards the heavens and there was darkness throughout the land of Egypt. GO BACK TO EVELYNS ROOM AND VIEW OF ECLIPSE FROM WINDOW, TO O�CONNELL THEN THE REST IN ROOM. Evelyn � We must stop him from regenerating, who opened that chest? Henderson � Well there was me, Daniels here, oh and Burns, the Egyptologist fella. O�connell � What about my little buddy Beni? Daniels � Nah he scrambled out of there before we opened the damn thing. Henderson � Yeah he was the smart one. O�connell � Yeah that sounds like Beni. Evelyn � We must find the Egyptologist and bring him back to the safety of the fort before the creature can get to him. O�connell � Right, she stays here, you 3 come with me. They all say no. EVELYN PROTESTS AND O�CONNELL PICKS HER UP, SLINGS HER ON THE BED IN THE OTHER AND LOCKS THE DOOR. HE AND JONATHAN LEAVE. Evelyn � You can�t leave me behind like some kind of old carpet bag, I mean, who put you in charge. O�connell what do you think you are doing, Jonathan, the coward that you are, O�connell you are not leaving me here. Jonathan � Sorry but he�s a bit tall. O�connell � This doesn�t open, she doesn�t come out, no-one goes in right. Daniels � Right O�connell � Right Henderson � Right. O�connell � Let�s go Jonathan. Jonathan � Well I thought I�d stop at the fort and reconnoitre her. O�connell � now. Jonathan � Yeah right, just going to rescue the Egyptologist. GO TO DARK STREET AND CHAMBELAIN RUNNING UP IT WITH THE BLACK BOOK UNDER HIS ARM. SHADOW OF SOMEONE BEHIND HIM. CLOSE UP OF HIS EYES THEN IMHOTEPS. GO TO HIS OFFICE WHERE BENI IS RANSACKING IT. O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN WALK IN. BENI RUNS BUT O�CONNELL KNOCKS HIM DOWN. PICKS HIM UP AND DEMANDS TO KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING. HOLDS HIM UP TO BLADES ON FAN. O�connell � Well well well, let me guess � spring cleaning. Jonathan � Nice shot. O�connell � Now Beni you fell down here, let me help you up. You came back from the desert with a new friend didn�t you Beni. Beni � What friend, you are my only friend. O�connell � What the hell you doing with this creep huh Beni, what�s in it for you. Beni � It�s better to be the right hand of the devil than in his path, as long as I serve him I am immune. O�connell � Immune from what � what did you say. Beni � I don�t wanna tell you, you just hurt me dome more. O�connell � What are you looking for and try not to lie to me. Beni � The book, the black book that you found at Hamunaptra, he wants it back. He said to me it would be worth its weight in gold. Jonathan � What does he want the book for? Beni � Come on, I don�t know � something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life that�s all, he just wants the book, I swear, just the book and your sister but other than that. NOISE FROM OUTSIDE, BENI HITS O�CONNELL AND JUMPS OUT OF THE WINDOW. THEY SEE BENI GET UP AND IMHOTEP BENDING OVER CHAMBELAIN, HE HAS THE BOOK IN HIS HAND AND A CANOPIC JAR. CHAMBELAIN IS DEAD. HE TURNS AND FROM HIS MOUTH COME A PLAGUE OF FLIES. O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN SHUT THE WINDOW, FLIES SWARM OVER CROWD. O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN LEAVE. O�connell � Two down, two to go. Jonathan � Then he�ll be coming after Evie. IN EVELYNS ROOM, DANIELS IS LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW. Daniels � To hell with this, I�m going downstairs to get me a drink, you want anything? Henderson � Yeah, get me a glass of bourbon and a shot of bourbon and a bourbon chaser. Daniels � Yeah yeah yeah, I�ll get your damn bourbon. Henderson- Don�t worry about the door. HENDERSON DOES A BIT OF GUN TWIRLING THEN A NOISE FROM WINDOW. SUDDENLY SAND AND WIND COME IN AND A SHADOW SHOW HIM BEING SUCKED DRY. SHADOW CHANGES INTO MAN, CLOSE UP OF IMHOTEP NEARLY COMPPLETE. SCARAB RUNS OUT OF HIS NECK AND INTO HIS CHEEK, HE EATS IT. AS HE WALKS AWAY, SHOW HUSK OF HENDERSON ON FLOOR. SEE EVELYN IN BED ASLEEP. GO TO DOOR AND SAND POURING THROUGH KEYHOLE. BACK TO EVELYN, SAND CHANGES INTO IMHOTEP. HE SITS ON BED AND KISSES EVELYN. SHE TRIES TO PUSH HIM AWAY. DOOR BURSTS OPEN AND O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN COME IN. O�connell � Hey get your ugly face offa her � look what I got. HE HOLDS UP THE WHITE CAT, EVELYN JUMPS DOWN BESIDE BED AND IMHOTEP SCREAMS AND SWIRLS OUT OF ROOM IN A CLOUD OF SAND. O�connell � You alright? HE WAS SPEAKING TO EVELYN. Jonathan � Well, not sure. GO TO SCENE OF CAR PULLING UP OUTSIDE MUSEUM. THEY ALL GET OUT. SEE STAIRS OF MUSEUM, THEY ARE ALL WALKING UP THE STAIRS INCLUDING ARDETH AND DR BEY. Evelyn � Yes well, according to legend, the black book that the Americans found at Hamunaptra, is supposed to bring people back from the dead, until now it was a myth and I was unwilling to believe it. O�connell � Believe it sister, that�s what brought our buddy back to life. Evelyn � Yes now I was thinking, if the black book can bring dead people to life, then O�connell � Then maybe the gold one can kill them. Evelyn � That�s the myth, now we just have to find out where the gold book is hidden. STOP AT TOP OF STAIRS, GO TO WINDOW ON HEARING CHANTING. Crowd � Imhotep, Imhotep, Imhotep, Imhotep. FROM WINDOW THEY SEE CROWDS OF LOCALS WITH TORCHES CHANTING, COVERED IN BOILS, MARCHING TO MUSEUM. SEE THEM LOOKING FROM WINDOW. Jonathan � Last but not least my favourite plague, boils and sores. Ardeth � They have become his slaves, so it has begun, the beginning of the end. Evelyn � Not quite yet it hasn�t, come on. Crowd � Imhotep, Imhotep, Imhotep. IMHOTEP AND BENI WALK INBETWEEN THE CROWD. GO TO BALCONY, ARDETH AND O�CONNELL LOOKING OVER TO DOORS OF MUSEUM, JONATHAN AND EVELYN LOOKING AT TABLET ON WALL. Evelyn � According to Bambridge Scholars, the golden book of Amun-ra is located inside the statue of Anubis. Daniels � That�s where we found the black book. Evelyn � Exactly. Jonathan � Looks like the old boys at bambridge were mistaken. Evelyn � Yes, they mixed the books up, mixed up where they were hidden, so if the black book is inside the statue of Anubis, then the gold book must be inside� CROWD BREAK THROUGH DOORS, CLOSE UP OF O�CONNELL AND ARDETH, THEN TO JONATHAN AND EVELYN. Jonathan � Come on Evie faster. Evelyn � Patience is a virtue. O�connell � Not right now it isn�t. Jonathan � I think I�ll go and get the car started. Evelyn � I�ve got it, the golden book of Amun-ra is at Hamunaptra inside the statue of Horus, take that Bambridge Scholars. SEE JONATHAN RUN ROUND TO CAR. CROWD COME AFTER HIM, HE STOPS, STARTS CHANTING AND THE CROWD GO AWAY. HE JUMPS INTO THE CAR, TURNS IT ROUND AND THE OTHERS RUN OUT AND CLIMB IN. SEE IMHOTEP AT WINDOW, HE SCREAMS. THEY DRIVE OFF. SEE BENI ON STEPS. Daniels � Let�s get out of here. Jonathan � Evie, come on Evie. O�connell � You�re gonna get yours Beni, you hear me, you�re gonna get yours. Beni � Like I.ve never heard that before. CROWD CHASE THEM. CAR DRIVES ROUND STREETS, PLOUGHING THROUGH A CROWD AND FIGHTING THEM OFF THE CAR. DANIELS GETS PULLED OUT OF CAR. Daniels � O�connell, O�connell. SEE HIM GET UP AND START SHOOTING AT CROWD. BULLETS RUN OUT. CLOSE UP OF IMHOTEP COMING THROUGH CROWD. DANIELS HANDS HIM CANOPIC JAR, IMHOTEPS FACE CHANGES, THEN BENI SEES IMHOTEP KILL HIM. CAR CRASHES INTO FOUNTAIN, THEY ALL JUMP OUT. O�CONNELL PICKS UP TORCH TO WARD OFF CROWD. THEY BACK UP AGAINST WALL. CROWD PART AND IMHOTEP WALKS THROUGH. Dr Bey � It�s the creature, he�s fully regenerated. Imhotep � Keetch mi pharos, aja nilo, isisan Beni � Come with me my princess, it is time to make you mine forever. Evelyn � For all eternity, idiot. Imhotep � Koontash dai na, ajo nilo. Beni � Take my hand and I will spare your friends. Evelyn � Oh dear � have you got any bright ideas? O�connell � I�m thinking, I�m thinking. Evelyn � Think of something fast, because if he turns me into a mummy, you�re the first one I�m coming after. EVELYN WALKS TO IMHOTEP, O�CONNELL PULLS OUT A GUN. O�connell � No no. Evelyn � Don�t Ardeth � No Evelyn � He must take me to Hamunaptra to perform the ritual. ARDETH HOLDS O�CONNELL WHO PUTS THE GUN AWAY. Ardeth � She is right, live today, fight tomorrow. O�connell � I�ll be seeing you again. BENI TAKES PUZZLE BOX FROM JONATHAN. Jonathan � Hey that�s mine. Beni - Thank you. Imhotep � Paca mar ( kill them ) Evelyn � No, let me go, let me go. Beni � Goodbye my friend. O�connell � Come here. CROWD CLOSES IN, O�CONNELL LIFTS DRAIN COVER AND ONE BY ONE THEY GO DOWN EXCEPT DR BEY WHO STAYS TO FIGHT GIVING THEM A CHANCE. O�connell � Come on. Jonathan � What about my sister? O�connell � We�re gonna get her back, you next. Dr Bey � Go O�connell � Come on. Dr Bey � No go, gooo THE CROWD KILL HIM GO TO DESERT AND CAR DRIVING THROUGH BARRIER, PAST BI-PLANE TO WINSTONS CAMP. WINSTON IS HAVING A CUP OF TEA WITH MAN BEHIND HIM WITH PARASOL. JONATHAN, O�CONNELL AND ARDETH WALK UP TO HIM. O�connell � Morning Winston, a word. Winston � So what�s your little problem got to do with his majesties Royal Air Corp. O�connell � Not a damn thing. Winston � Is it dangerous? O�connell � Well, you probably won�t live through it. Winston � By jove, do you really think so? Jonathan _ Well everyone else we�ve bumped into has died, why not you. Winston � What�s the challenge? O�connell � Rescue the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy, and save the world. Winston � Ha ha, Winston Havalock at your service Sir. SEE SAND HILL AND PLANE COMING OVER THE TOP. WINSTON AND O�CONNELL IN THE PLANE, ARDETH AND JONATHAN STRAPED TO THE WINGS. O�connell � Are you alright? Jonathan � Do I bloody well look alright. O�connell � How ya doing? SAND STORM APPEARS BEHIND THEM. Winston � See that, I�ve never seen one so big. O�connell � What never. Winston � No. SEE SAND STORM AND EVELYN AND BENI FALL OUT OF IT. Evelyn � Get off me, get off. Beni � I might need a new job. LOOK UP TO SEE SAND SWIRL AROUND AND FORM INTO IMHOTEP, HE WALKS PAST THEM. THEY SPOT HAMUNAPTRA. Evelyn � Oh my God, we�re back. CLOSE UP OF IMHOTEP, THEN EVELYN AS THEY SPOT PLANE. Evelyn � O�connell BACK VIEW OF IMHOTEP AS SAND LIFTS TO FORM A WALL THAT CHASES PLANE. SWITCH BEHIND SAND AND PLANE, FACE APPEARS IN WALL AND SWALLOWS PLANE. O�connell � Oh my God � Winston pedal faster. Winston � hang on. GO TO EVELYN AND BENI. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IMHOTEP IS TO KISS HIM, SHE GRABS HIM AND TURNING HIM ROUND KISSES HIM HARD. THE SAND FALLS BUT THE PLANE CRASHES. Evelyn � Stop it you�ll kill them. Beni � That�s the idea. Beni � I love the sand wall trick, it was beautiful, bastard. IMHOTEP WALKS PAST HER. GO TO CRASHED PLANE, O�CONNELL FALLS OUT, ARDETH STUMBLES OFF THE WING AND JONATHAN IS TILL UPSIDE DOWN, STRAPPED IN. Jonathan � Excuse me, a little help would be useful if its not to much trouble. O�connell � Yeah, yeah, alright. ARDETH PULLS OFF THE MACHINE GUN AND O�CONNELL GOES TO HELP WINSTON. BUT HE IS DEAD. O�connell � Winston, Winston. Ardeth � Quick sand, get back, quick sand. THEY MOVE BACK AS THE PLANE AND WINSTON DISAPPEAR UNDER THE SAND. O�CONNELL SALUTES HIM AND THEY WALK OFF TOWARDS HAMUNAPTRA. GO TO UNDERGROUND CITY, IMHOTEP WALKING DOWN STAIRS, FOLLOWED BY EVELYN AND BENI. CLOSE UP OF EVELYN AND BENI. Beni � Keep moving. Evelyn � You know nasty little fellows such as yourself always get their comeuppance. Beni � They do. Evelyn � Always. SWITCH TO OTHER ROOM, O�CONNELL AND ARDETH CLEARING RUBBLE, JONATHAN GIVING ORDERS, THEY FLASH HIM A DIRTY LOOK. Jonathan � Take those bigger stones first, take them from the top otherwise the whole thing will cave in on us, come on put your backs into it. Yes well you�ve got the idea, chop chop. HE SPOTS JEWELLED SCARABS ON THE WALL, HE TAKES ON AND PUTS IT IN HIS HAND. Jonathan � I say you should come and have a look at this. CLOSE UP OF HAND AS JEWEL OPENS, SCARABS BURROWS INTO HIS HAND AND UP HIS ARM. HE SCREAMS. O�connell � What? Jonathan � My arm , my arm. O�CONNELL RIPS OPEN HIS SHIRT. O�connell � Whoa � hold him. Jonathan � Do something, do something, not that, not that. ARDETH HOLDS HIM AS O�CONNELL GETS HIS KNIFE AND DIGS IT OUT AND FLICKS IT ACROSS THE ROOM. CLOSE UP AS IT SHAKES ITSELF AND GOES BACK. O�CONNELL SHOOTS IT. THE NOISE IS HEARD BY IMHOTEP AND EVELYN, IMHOTEP GETS A JAR, TIPS OUT THE DUST ON HIS HAND AND BLOWS IT AT CARVINGS ON WALL. Evelyn � O�connell. SEE MUMMIES COMING OUT OF CARVINGS. Imhotep � Sartey va pooh qu rah eck, kal mar hank katz Evelyn � Bambridge scholars never wrote about this. THE MUMMIES WALK AWAY. GO TO O�CONNELL, ARDETH AND JONATHAN CLIMBING THROUGH GAP INTO LARGER ROOM. SEE MIRROR AND O�CONNELL SHOOTING AT IT. IT SPINS LETTING IN THE SUNS RAYS, SCENE REVEALS HIDDEN TREASURE CHAMBER, EVERYWHERE GOLD. CLOSE UP OF ARDETH, JONATHAN AND O�CONNELL. SHOW GOLD AND THEM WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS. Jonathan � Can you see? O�connell � Yes. Joanthan � Can you believe. O�connell � Yes. Jonathan � Can we? O�connell � No. THEY TURN ROUND AT NOISE, SEE MUMMIES COMING OUT OF SANDY FLOOR. GO TO 3 OF THEM THEN THE MUMMIES. O�connell � Who the hell are these guys? Ardeth � Priests � Imhoteps priests. THEY START FIRING THEIR GUNS, THEY RUN, THE MUMMIES FOLLOW, SEE BENI COME IN BEHIND THEM, HE CAN�T BELIEVE HIS EYES. GO TO CLOSE UP OF EVELYN SHACKLED TO STONE TABLE. LOOK DOWN TO SEE RAT ON HER CHEST, SHE SCREAMS, TURNS TO SEE ANCK-SU-NAMUN NEXT TO HER. Evelyn � O�connell, Jonathan. GO BACK TO MEN FIRING AT MUMMIES. SEE JONATHAN RUN INTO ROOM, SEE STATUE OF HORUS. Jonathan � Hello Horus ole boy. O�CONNELL GIVES GUN TO ARDETH, GETS DYNAMITE OUT OF BAG, LIGHTS IT USING ARDETHS BEARD. O�connell � Time to close the door. O�CONNELL GRABS ARDETH AND THEY JOIN JONATHAN BEHIND HORUS AS DYNAMITE BLOWS UP MUMMIES. GO TO BENI OUTSIDE, PULLING A BAG FULL OF GOLD, SEE HIM GET A CAMEL AND LEADING IT BACK. SEE ARIEL VIEW OF EVELYN ON TABLE, OTHER MUMMIES SURROUNDING IT, CLOSE UP OF EVELYN, THEN IMHOTEP, WITH BOOK, TO PRINCESS, THEN TO IMHOTEP WITH KEY. Imhotep � Anck-su-namun. Evelyn � O�connell, Jonathan. BACK AT HORUS, O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN TRYING TO GET BOOK OUT OF STATUE, ARDETH IS RELOADING GUN AND THEN THE MUMMIES COME BACK. O�connell � These guys don�t quit do they Ardeth � Keep digging. THEY PULL OUT CHEST AND CLOSE UP OF THEM UNWRAPPING IT. CLOSE UP OF GOLD BOOK. Jonathan � The book of Amun-ra. ARDETH IS FIRING AT MUMMIES, THE GUN RUNS OUT. Ardeth � Save the girl, kill the creature. HE CHARGES INTO MUMMIES, O�CONNELL GRABS ANOTHER PIECE OF DYNAMITE AND LIGHTS IT. Ardeth � What are you waiting for, get out, get out. O�connell � alright, go MUMMIES BLOW UP AND O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN RUN ROUND CORNER. BACK TO CLOSE UP OF IMHOTEP READING BOOK, TO EVELYN THEN TO BLACK POOL BUBBLING, FOLLOW IT AS IT FLOWS OVER MUMMIES, OVER EVELYN TO PRINCESS. SHE WAKES, CLOSE UP OF HER FACE, TO EVELYN AND IMHOTEP. Imhotep � With your death, Anck-su-namun shall live and I shall be invinsible. HE RAISES SWORD, EVELYN SCREAMS. THEN LONG SHOT OF JONATHAN AT TOP OF STAIRS. Jonathan � I�ve found it Evie, I�ve found it. Imhotep � The Book of Amun-ra. IMHOTEP WALKS ROUND TABLE, TO EVELYN. Evelyn � Shut up and get me off here Jonathan, open the book Jonathan it�s the only thing to kill him. You have to open the book and find the inscription. Jonathan � I can�t open it, it�s locked or something, we need the key Evie. Evelyn � It�s inside his robes. SEE O�CONNELL GRAB SWORD, GOES TO TABLE. BREAKS ONE OF THE SHACKLES. Evelyn � O�connell Imhotep � hibub satna. THE MUMMIES RISE AND THEM AND O�CONNELL START FIGHTING. HE THINKS HE HAS FINISHED AND GOES TO CUT THE OTHER SHACKLE WHEN A MUMMY GRABS HIM FROM BELOW AND PULLS HIM TO THE FLOOR. ONE MUMMY TRIES TO CRUSH HIM WITH A PIECE OF STONE. HE GRABS A MUMMIES HAND AS IT GRABS THE SWORD. HE FIGHTS THE REST. THEN RELEASES EVELYN. GO TO JONATHAN AS HE FINDS AN INSCRIPTION ON COVER AND READS IT. Jonathan � Here�s an inscription � rashi � rasheem moda kashka. O�CONNELL RELEASE EVELYN, THEN TWO DOORS OPEN AND OTHER MUMMIES MARCH OUT. IMHOTEP SMILES, TO O�CONNELL AND JONATHAN. Jonathan � Oh boy. O�connell � Oh yeah, this just keeps getting better and better. O�CONNELL FIGHTS THESE MUMMIES WHILE EVELYN IS ATTACKED BY ANCK-SU-NAMUN. Evelyn � Do something Jonathan. Jonathan � Me? Evelyn � Yes, you can command them. Joanthan � You have got to be joking. Evelyn � Finish the inscription on the cover, then you can control them. Jonathan � Right. Imhotep � Inhib yo tah vlow. Evelyn � Hurry up Jonathan. Jonathan � I can�t figure out this last symbol. Evelyn � What does it look like. Jonathan � It�s a �a-a bird, a stork. Evelyn � Ahmenophus Jonathan � Oh yes, I see, Hootashin Ahmenophus. THE MUMMIES STOP JUST IN TIME AS THE SWORDS ARE POINTING AT O�CONNELLS THROAT. IMHOTEP TURNS, THE MUMMIES STAND UP AND FACE JONATHAN. Imhotep � Ihib nu setna, Ihib nu setna, Ihib nu setna. BACK TO EVELYN AN DPRINCESS TO JONATHAN. Jonathan � Fa kooshka Anck-su-namun. IMHOTEP IS SHOCKED, THEY MARCH AFTER THE PRINCESS, IMHOTEP TURNS ON JONATHAN. Imhotep � Anck-su-namun Imhotep � Give me that book BACK TO GUARDS AND SHADOW ON WALL AS THEY DESTROY THE PRINCESS. TO IMHOTEP AS HE MARCHES TO JONATHAN. Imhotep � Anck-su-namun, now you die. HE GRABS JONATHAN. FROM BEHIND O�CONNELL TAKES OUT THE SWORD. SEE JONATHAN FALL WITH JUST IMHOTEPS ARM ON HIS THROAT. HE STANDS THERE WITH ONLY ONE ARM AND PICKS UP O�CONNELL AND THROWS HIM ACROSS ROOM. SEE HIM SCREW ARM BACK ON AND GO AFTER O�CONNELL. Jonathan � Evie, I�ve got it. Evelyn � Keep him busy. O�connell � No problem IMHOTEP TRIES TO KILL O�CONNELL. HE GRABS HIS THROAT TO SUCK HIM DRY AS WELL. EVELYN OPENS BOOK OF AMUN-RA. Jonathan � Hurry Evie hurry Evelyn � You�re not helping. Imhotep � Nuk gi hiyor Evelyn � I�ve got it, Kadesh mal, kadesh mal, pared ooz, pared ooz. IMHOTEP STOPS DEAD. FROM THE TOP OF THE STAIRS COMES A GHOSTLY CHARIOT WITH ANUBIS DRIVING. IT RIDE THROUGH IMHOTEP AND TAKES HIS SOUL BACK TO THE UNDERWORLD. HE RUNS AFTER IT AND THEN TURNS AND COMES AFTER THE OTHERS. O�CONNELL PICKS UP THE SWORD. O�connell � I thought you said it was gonna kill him. AS IMHOTEP GETS TO O�CONNELL, O�CONNELL STABS HIM IN THE STOMACH WITH THE SWORD. IMHOTEP CRIES OUT. Evelyn � He�s immortal. IMHOTEP LOOKS AT THE BLOOD ON HIS HAND, THEN BACKS INTO POOL AND DISSOLVES INTO THE MUMMY AGAIN, SPEAKING AS HE GOES UNDER AND DISAPPEARS. Evelyn � Death is only the beginning. GO TO BENI, CARRYING A SACK OF GOLD. HE IS TIRED SO HANGS IT ON A STATUE STICKING OUT OF THE WALL. IT STARTS TO FALL. SUDDENLY ALL THE STONES IN HAMUNAPTRA START TO SLIDE INTO PLACE. O�connell � Time to go. THEY RUN, JONATHAN TRIPS AND DROPS BOOK INTO THE POOL. Evelyn � You�ve lost the book Jonathan, I can�t believe� O�connell � Come on. THEY PULL HER AWAY, RUN THROUGH THE TREASURE ROOM. Jonathan � Couldn�t we just� O�connell � No Jonathan. THEY RACE UP STAIRS AND BENI COMES AFTER THEM. THEY JUST CRAWL THROUGH GAP AND BENI TRIES TO FOLLOW BUT IT IS TOO SMALL. Beni � O�connell, O�connell wait, please. O�connell � Come on come on come on Beni, come on. Beni � Please. O�connell � Goodbye Beni. SEE BENI CRAWL BACK UNDER LOWERING STONE INTO THE TREASURE ROOM. THE STONES LOWER INTO PLACE, SMASHING A MIRROR. IT GOES DARK EXCEPT FOR THE TORCH HE HAS. A SCARAB APPEARS THEN THOUSANDS OF THEM. Beni � Shoo go away.Shosh bac, shoosh bac, ahhhh. GO TO OTHERS RUNNING THROUGH FALLING RUINS, THE SAND COLLAPSING BENEATH THEIR FEET, PILLARS FALLING. THEY GET TO CAMELS AND LOOK BACK ON CITY FOLDING UP ON ITSELF. SAND, DUST AND RUBBLE EVERYWHERE. THEY STAND THERE LOOKING. SUDDENLY A HAND TAPS JONATHAN ON THE SHOULDER. THEY ALL SCREAM AND JUMP. Jonathan � Oh thank you, thank you very much. Ardeth � You have earned the respect and gratitude of me and my people. Joanthan � Yes, well it was nothing. Ardeth � May Allah smile on you always. Joanathan � And yourself � yes anytime. O�connell � Stay outta trouble. ARDETH RIDES OFF ON HIS CAMEL. GO TO THE 3 OF THEM. Jonathan � He�s just leaving us here � well I guess we go home empty handed � again. O�connell � I wouldn�t say that. O�CONNELL AND EVELYN KISS AND HUG EACH OTHER. Jonathan � Oh please. HE GRABS REIN OF CAMEL. Jonathan � How about you darling, want a little kissy wissy � pooh. THEY MOUNT THE CAMELS AND KISSING EACH OTHER WITH JONATHAN BEHIND, THEY RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET. LAST SCENE IS OF GOLD IN SADDLE BAG THAT THEY HAVEN�T FOUND YET |