In 1999 everybody was tuning into TRL, becoming obsessed with the new movie Fight Club, downloading illegal music on Napster, and were flocking to the theaters in droves to talk about the movie discussed in this episode: THE MUMMY.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weiss, Arnold Vosloo, and Orded Fehr melt the VHS tapes that they were immortalized in with their white hot hotness!
But how did such a sexy cast come together? In part 1 we take you through the lengthy process that this movie had to go through to get green lit as a failing Universal was saved by the most unlikely of heroes
Tune in for: The rise and fall of Brendan Fraser and then the “Brenaissance”, super hot 90s movie stars in the desert, undead priests and an ancient Egyptian affair, AND MORE ON THIS EPISODE OF FILM HISTORY: THE HISTORY OF FILM!!!

Chapters:
Chapter 1: Introduction: 0:00 - 9:28
Chapter 2: When Are We: 9:28 - 19:29
Chapter 3: Setting Up The Movie: 19:29 - 34:54
Chapter 4: Getting The Film Greenlight at Universal: 34:54 - 47:13
Chapter 5: Casting The Film: 47:13 - 56:08
Chapter 6: Closing 56:08 - End

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