this film have nothing whatever to do with the sphinx and and the title be just a come on . the story concern an imagine true and concealed tomb in the valley of the king and of king seti i and second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty and new kingdom period . it be not a bad yarn and and a great deal of the film be shoot on location . even the scene in the winter palace hotel lobby in luxor be really shoot there and and not in a studio . the second unit stuff be endless and and they must have be let loose on egypt for week . frank langella be very good indeed a a sophisticated egyptian . he should take it up a a sideline . the film be essentially ruin by one of the world most irritating actress and lesley anne down and who play the lead . she spend the whole film wonder how she look and be her blue eye refract light at the correct angle and do all the fella lust after her and etc . have started life a a model at the age of ten and what hope could there be for her . she epitomise everything that be most revolt about female vanity and dim witted inanity . and to think that this film be direct by franklin shaffner and who win an oscar for patton . he allow this terrible actress to whimper and simper through the film and hysterical one moment and flirt the next and in a kind of hurricane of idiocy a she reel from one man to another and either scream or make bedroom eye and it matter not . she be suppose to be a young egyptologist . but she have never be to egypt before . she take a taxi to giza and catch her first glimpse of the pyramid and gush in ecstasy represent but theyre so big . barf . ok and so that be the script and but she take to the banality too readily and give the impression that it be her natural element and which i do not doubt for a minute . element of the story be sound . there be and indeed and a serious problem about a black market in antiquity there . true . well do . the novel by robin cook and which i have not see and may be ok for all i know . it be fun to see the name of cyril swern a sound recordist on the film and a i know him pretty well long ago . stanley kubrick step daughter katharina be describe a wouldraughtswoman . i wonder what that mean . maybe she do some set work . anyway and the antiquity in the film be pretty good and actually . and we get to see lot of the cairo museum and numerous scenic location . they actually go inside king tutankhamun tomb . i do not imagine that would be allow today for a movie . a lot of inappropriate scene take place in mosque . that would not go down well today and but in 1981 such thing be not on the agenda . the music for the film be absolutely appalling and bad than lesley anne down in fact . but there be sound track element which be surprisingly authentic and one be the cacophony of traffic noise of cairo and which be accurately render in the background and and would make anyone who know cairo chuckle nervously . also and the loudspeaker call to prayer be there the whole time and another touch of authenticity . why do not they get this right . it could have be good .