Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302814811
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6302814812
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: December 13, 1993
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 13911
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1980-10
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Description:
An archaeologist on a dig in the Egyptian pyramids releases a curse that causes the spirit of a murderous princess to enter the body of the man's daughter.
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Being a Chareston Heston ..I loved this movie!! When are they going to put it on dvd?
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The Awakening was the second adaptation of Bram Stoker's The Jewel of the Seven Stars. Hammer's Blood from the Mummy's Tomb being the first. Many have compared The Awakening unfavourably with the first film, a comparison that I consider to be unfair becauise they are two very different adaptations and both succeed in their own right.
Of the two films, The Awakening has by far the higher production values and benefits from its stunning Egyptian locations.
It also has a superb and eerie ... Read More
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"The Awakening" isn't a summer blockbuster; it was never meant to be. This is a story about an archaeologist trying to break ground despite being the 17 millionth person studying ancient Egypt. He is a believer and his passion consumes him. He is also not a perfect man. He is a man of science who's work defines his whole being. This is why I think the audience may have a hard time warming up to him.
I don't like to give details in my reviews. What this story has to offer is a realistic ... Read More
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I saw this movie in the theater. It's entertaining and certainly not as bad as some critics say. Especially the references to magic which is real and Egypt was/is the font of all true magic. How can anyone doubt when looking at the pyramids and other Egyptian wonders?
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And starring Charlton Heston! 'The Awakening' (1980) has so many potentially good elements -- look, beside Susanna York, the supports include Miriam Margolyes and Ian McDiarmid, and the camera is by veteran Jack Cardiff. Plus, the film acknowledges the cooperations from the Government of Egypt, where part of the scenes are shot. And the results are ... nothing but boring mess.
Heston's character is Matthew Corbeck, Egyptologist obssessed with the idea of the ancient Queen. As he ... Read More
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