The Awakening (1980 film)

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The Awakening
United States theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mike Newell
Written by	Chris Bryant Allan Scott Clive Exton
Story by	Chris Bryant Allan Scott
Based on	The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
Produced by	Robert H. Solo
Starring	Charlton Heston Susannah York Jill Townsend Stephanie Zimbalist
Cinematography	Jack Cardiff
Edited by	Terry Rawlings
Music by	Claude Bolling
Production company	EMI Films
Distributed by	Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1]
Release date	31 October 1980 (1980-10-31) (US)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	AUS$5.3 million[2]
Box office	US$8 million[3]

The Awakening is a 1980 British horror film directed by Mike Newell in his directorial debut and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, and Stephanie Zimbalist. It is the third film version of Bram Stoker's 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars, following the 1970 television adaptation as The Curse of the Mummy for the TV series Mystery and Imagination, and the 1971 theatrical film by Hammer, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (in which Ahmed Osman also appeared). It was released by Warner Bros.

Another adaptation of Stoker's novel was released directly to video in 1997 under the title Bram Stoker's The Mummy.