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	List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $6.95 Your Save: $ 8.04 ( 54% ) Availability: Usually ships in 9 to 11 days Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde, Patrick Toomey, Malcolm McDowell, Leonor Varela Directed By: Russell Mulcahy
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: Blu-ray EAN: 0096009000219 Format: Color Label: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2008-04-01 Running Time: 170 Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Editorial Reviews: NEW ON BLU-RAY THE CURSE OF KING TUT'S TOMB Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life--no one knows the secrets of his death. All that is about to change. Free-spirited archaeologist Danny Fremont (Casper Van Dien, Sleepy Hollow) is certain that if found, King Tut's Emerald Tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde, Titanic), a member of a secret society who wants the tablet to harness unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it. With the help of a crackerjack team that includes the doubting Egyptologist Dr. Barakat (Leonor Varela, Cleopatra), Fremont ventures into the Valley of the Kings, toward Tut's tomb, nearer the portal to another world, and closer to the truth behind a mystery that will change the world forever--or end it. Directed by action movie veteran Russell Mulcahy (Highlander) and co-starring Golden GlobeĀ® nominee Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) and Simon Callow (The Phantom of the Opera). DVD Features include Bonus Features with the Cast and Crew.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb.... Comment: Directed by Russell Mulcahy, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb tells the story of Danny Freemont who searches for the tomb of King Tut and the four pieces of an ancient tablet rumored to possess great occult powers. His academic rival, Morgan Sinclair, has stolen three of those four pieces from him on behalf of the Hellfire Council(a secret group of men who pan to use the tablets for world domination). What neither side realizes is that once the pieces have been rejoined, the tablet will open the portal to hell, unleashing the demons of the underworld and eventually releasing King Tut as well bringing ultimate chaos to the world. The movie stars Casper Van Dien, Leonor Varela, Jonathan Hyde, Steven Waddington, and Malcolm McDowell. In my honest opinion of the movie, it is an entertaining fantasy movie that combines elements of The Mummy and Indiana Jones in a(as others have mentioned) 'cheesy B-movie' kind of way. If I had any gripes with the movie, it would be that it was abit slow in some areas of the movie. The fact that it was such a chessy B-movie was what made it so fun for me to watch. Sure, there are historical inaccuracies everywhere in this movie but who cares? Movies are meant to be fun to watch and this one achieves that quite well. I've seen worser movies in my time, some that were downright horrible. It makes me wonder why everyone is ragging on this movie so much. It isn't that bad, folks. Going into it, you can tell that this isn't a direct remake to Boris Karloff's movie. If it were, things would be played more seriously. Despite everyone else's feelings on the movie, I liked it myself. Would I spend full price for this movie just to have it? No but not for the reasons you'd expect. How about if it were in a reasonably priced movie bin? Definitely. If I had any advice or recommendations, I'd say rent before you buy and make up your own mind. Customer Rating: Summary: great for kids Comment: This is one of those movies made to entice children and ease the minds of the parents. It has a known scary plot, scary premise, scary special effects (although they don't come into play until the last 30 minutes) and no bad language or gory scenes. All the makings of a child's scary movie. Except for the fact that it clocks in at 4 hours! I don't know many children with the patience to sit that long. If this were intended for adults, I would have given it one star. For children, I would chop away and refine the plot to about 1.5 hours. The special effects would have been greatly improved for adults, as well as making the plot make more sense. However... for kids I think it's fine except for the length. It does drag in spots. And the ending just doesn't fit no matter how much they dress it up with special effects. The acting, sets and background music are definitely grade B and that's ok... that's what was intended. But as a grade B it won't have a life beyond the first viewing because it's too long, too dry. Most classic grade B's are much shorter, more entertaining and memorable and get really campy at times to increase the entertainment value. This doesn't fit there. So... If you have children who can sit still for 4 hours, or watch a movie in increments, this is for you. Otherwise I'd pass it up for the Brendan Frasier 'Mummy' movies. Customer Rating: Summary: A Good Historical Fantasy Movie Comment: Hallmark produced this movie for television. It is set just prior to the historical discovery of King Tut's tomb. The movie is a mixture of Indiana Jones and pulp fiction. It has a slow start but really gets going during the second half. Overall this is a movie worth watching. Customer Rating: Summary: Hallmark production says it all Comment: With all the finesse and depth of an after school movie we are treated to an Indiana Jones knock-off. Long before the Egyptian dynasties the world was in a struggle between good and evil. A jade plack that when assembled lets them there evil critters in from another world. Archeologist/teacher Danny Freemont (Casper Van Dien) is in the process of finding the plack quadrants from the far corners of the earth. Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde) competing archeologist/teacher and member of that popular cabal "Hell Fire" is in the process of pilfering jade plack pieces from never learning and unsuspecting Danny Freemont. Now here comes the Hallmark part. Danny loves Dr. Azelia Barakat (Leonor Varela), who loves Government Official Yunan Heikal (Parvin Dabas) who is in love with Egypt. Will anyone get together? Will the bad guys finally win or is this just another save the world at the last minute movie? This is supposed to be Egypt however it is filmed in India. Strangely enough all the Egyptians look Indian. This animal even looks fuzzy in Blu-ray. Tarzan and the Lost City ~ Casper Van Dien Customer Rating: Summary: Indiana Jones wanna be! Comment: Curse of Tut starts out rather follish gets better then kind is fades again. I must say that the special effects and scenery is excepitional and worth the three hours viewing. Malcomb McDowell & Jonathan Hyde give this movie a big boost. They play he parts to the fullest& meanest. Unfortunately thats were it stops. Casper wants so much too be Harrison Ford, but comes up on the short end. Really short! Everyone else cuold be replaced and never missed. But again,its worth it just for a visual experience and something to watch with older grand kids. More Reviews