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Princess_Tina
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5/25 4:23pm
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VadersLaMent posted:
$6 is a matinee price? Lol! I paid $3.50.
Well, SF is as expensive as NYC in many regards, but at least here we still have matinee prices.
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VadersLaMent
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Fact and fiction in Indiana Jones on the History channel right now.
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fun Raiders of the lost Ark fact: Gas cost $1.38 cents a gallon, movie ticket prices were $2.78, in 1981.
more fun raiders facts from imdb:
* Tom Selleck was originally cast as Indiana Jones, but was not able to take the role because he was committed to "Magnum, P.I." (1980). "Magnum" did an episode that parodied "Raiders", complete with hat, whip, booby traps, etc.
* Although Tom Selleck had to give up the role of Indiana Jones to film "Magnum, P.I." (1980), the series didn't go into production until filming had already wrapped. Selleck was in fact in Hawaii waiting for the series to start as the final scenes to be filmed (the opening sequence) were being shot in Hawaii.
* Tom Selleck was Steven Spielberg's second choice for the role of Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford was his first, but George Lucas objected, since Ford had been in both American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977).
* Nick Nolte turned down the role of Indiana Jones.
* Steven Spielberg originally wanted Danny DeVito to play Sallah and DeVito was set for the role, but he had to drop out due to conflicts with "Taxi" (1978).
* The scene where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark with a bazooka as it is being carried through a canyon was filmed in the same canyon in Tunisia used in Star Wars (1977) when R2-D2 was zapped and stolen by Jawas.
* In filming the Well of Souls sequence, the producers scoured every pet shop in London and the South of England for every snake they could lay their hands on. Hence there are snakes that are identifiable from many different geographical areas. However, once all the snakes were on set, it became clear that there were not nearly enough of them, so Steven Spielberg had several hoses cut into lengths, and these were used as well. Looking closely, you can tell which are the real snakes and which are not.
* Harrison Ford badly bruised his ribs during the scene where he is dragged behind the truck.
* When Indy is dragged under and then out behind a moving truck, it's a tribute to Yakima Canutt's similar famous stunt in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939). In fact, it was a stunt that stuntman Terry Leonard had tried to pull off the year before, and failed to do so, on The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981). He was thrilled at the chance of having another shot at it.
* A sheet of glass separates Harrison Ford and the arched (and highly dangerous) cobra when he falls into the Well of Souls. The snake actually did spray venom onto the glass.
* For the DVD release, over 970,000 frames were cleaned up by Lowry Digital Images, the same company that cleaned up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), North by Northwest (1959) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) for DVD.
* To achieve the sound of thousands of snakes slithering, sound designer Ben Burtt stuck his fingers into a cheese casserole. This was augmented by applying wet sponges to the rubber on a skateboard.
* Originally intended as a small low-budget adventure, production costs tripled to $22 million.
* 1981's biggest grossing film.
* George Lucas first dreamed up the idea of an adventurous archaeologist about the same time he came up with the idea for the Flash Gordon-type space story which became Star Wars (1977).
* Traditionally when one of his films is about to open, George Lucas goes on holiday to get away from all the hoopla. As Star Wars (1977) was just about to open, Lucas went to Hawaii where he was joined by Steven Spielberg. When the grosses for Lucas's film came in, and it was clear that his movie was going to be a hit, Lucas relaxed and was able to discuss other topics with his friend. It was at this point that Spielberg confessed he always wanted to direct a James Bond film, to which Lucas told him he had a much better idea - an adventure movie called "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The conversation came up while the two were making a sand castle. After their trip, they got together and developed the script with Lawrence Kasdan.
* Director Trademark: [Steven Spielberg] [music]
* On the Bonus Features DVD, John Rhys-Davies talks about how when he auditioned for the role of Sallah, he was concerned since the script originally described Sallah as a "5-foot-2, skinny, Egyptian digger". Steven Spielberg mentioned that when he first heard Rhys-Davies speak, he reminded him of the Shakespearean character "Falstaff". Spielberg then told Rhys-Davies that for his performance as Sallah, to combine his earlier role as "Vasco Rodrigues" from the miniseries _"Shogun" (1980) (mini)_ with the character of Falstaff.
* Steven Spielberg and Melissa Mathison wrote a script during shooting breaks on the location of this film. Mathison was there to visit her husband, Harrison Ford and Spielberg dictated to her a story idea he had; that script was eventually called E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
* The opening scene in the lost South American temple is partly based on a classic Disney Ducks adventure helmed by the legendary artist Carl Barks, many of whose comic books have inspired George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Exploring a lost temple, Donald Duck, his nephews, and Scrooge McDuck must evade a succession of booby traps, like flying darts, a decapitating blade, a huge boulder, a tunnel flooded with a torrent of gushing water, etc., in the story "The Prize of Pizarro" ("Uncle $crooge" no. 26, June-August 1959), which hit the newsstands when Lucas and Spielberg were respectively 15 and 12 years old. Both men are avowed fans of the Barks comic books.
* Despite having the dream team of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg behind the film, it was initially turned down by every studio in Hollywood. Only after much persuasion did Paramount agree to do it.
* George Lucas did some second unit work on the film.
* Philip Kaufman shares story credit with George Lucas because they originally dreamed up the film together in the 1970's. Reportedly, it was Kaufman's idea to pursue the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Originally, Kaufman was going to direct.
* Director Trademark: [Steven Spielberg] [stars]
* The first time Steven Spielberg ever directed in the UK.
* Shooting in Tunisia proved to be so stressful and so hot that Steven Spielberg managed to compress a six-week shoot into four-and-a-half weeks. This helped the production complete principal photography 12 days ahead of schedule.
* Indy's battered leather jacket was actually brand new and had to be artificially aged by the costume department. There were 10 jackets for general wear and tear and stunt purposes.
* Indiana Jones's hat came from the famous Herbert Johnson hat shop in Saville Row, London. The hat was the shop's Australian model. On the Bonus Features DVD, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman said that in order to properly age the hat, she grabbed and twisted the hat, then she and Harrison Ford both sat on it, and it eventually looked like "a very lived-in and well-loved" hat.
* Alfred Molina's screen debut. His first scene on his first day of filming involved being covered with tarantulas.
* The giant boulder that chases after Indiana Jones at the start of the film was made of fiberglass. The sound they used for it was of a Honda Civic rolling downhill.
* All the stunt men were sick on the day that Indiana Jones hits the pilot of the Flying Wing over the head, knocking him out, so producer Frank Marshall agreed to do it. Unfortunately for him, the shot took three days and a lot of it involved him sitting in a cockpit that was in excess of 100 degrees.
* Cameo: [Frank Marshall] Pilot of the Flying Wing.
* The out-of-control airplane actually ran over Harrison Ford's knee, tearing his ligaments. Rather than submit to Tunisian health care, Ford had his knee wrapped in ice and carried on.
* The truck chase took approximately eight weeks to film.
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Bacon164
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fun film. it kinda fell apart in the third act, though.
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Bacon164 posted:
fun film. it kinda fell apart in the third act, though.
Would you care to elaborate?
I saw this again with my dad yesterday. He just turned 59 and loved every minute of it. Seems to go along with my observations that the older audiences seem to enjoy it better than the younger ones do. Not that younger viewers are idiots, but they just see it differently than older viewers do.
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Bacon164
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fell apart is exaggerating, but I guess it almost felt like the end of a TV episode or something. regardless, the movie was well worth the ticket price.
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Just seen it.
I'd give it the same as Empire magazine - 4 stars.
It was a whole bunch of fun, with Ford in excellent form. Not perfect by any stretch, but miles away from Slimy's judgement of it having no redeeming qualities at all - IMHO.
The jungle chase and parts of the ending were what let it down a little for me - because I was reminded of the dino chase in Jackson's King Kong, ie: there just didn't really feel like as much danger as there should have been; that the scenes were crafted more for the spectacle.
However, there was a lots and lots of really great stuff in it, which I really can't be bothered to type up and highlight. Suffice to say, I enjoyed it.
Like Bri, I shan't be going back to the flicks to see it, but it will surely end up in my DVD collection.
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I have to say I saw it on saturday, and loved it. The alien thing was a little strange, of course, but no more than anything else. It was more like temple of doom, in the supernatural. I am sure after a few viewings, it will seem utterly natural.
And Indy was sooo hot
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droideka27 posted:
And Indy was sooo hot
Slimy!
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droideka27 posted:
And Indy was sooo hot
Agreed!  Harrison has really aged well.
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I saw it for the first time last night. Shia LeBeouf and Ray Winstone were rather annoying at times, and parts of the story were quite outlandish, even by Indy standards, and the humor seemed to be a bit forced, but all in all, it was thoroughly entertaining. And I was really happy to see Karen Allen reprise her role as Marian. This new (or old, whatever) Marian doesn't seem as spunky as the Raiders version, but she still provides a more-than-competent foil to Indy. Much better than Mutt or Mac. Solid 3 stars.
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I am still trying to figure out why Mac was necessary.
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mac is the sidekick, every Indy film has one, too bad that trend had to continue, he was the worst part, in an otherwise good film.
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for the accent!
every movie needs a line I can't understand 
following Indy to Akator, maybe?
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Spiderfan posted:
I am still trying to figure out why Mac was necessary.
Mac reminds me a bit of Radiers' Satipo (and to a lesser extent Walter Donovan), someone who only thinks about money and himself. I'm don't think that Mac was completely useless, but he should have been reduced to a minor role. He should have been killed off in 5 minutes like Satipo.
gonzoforce posted:
mac is the sidekick, every Indy film has one, too bad that trend had to continue, he was the worst part, in an otherwise good film.
No, Mutt is the sidekick, along with Marian. Mac is the traitor, sort of a cross between Satipo and Donovan.
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