Indiana Jones LOVE thread

Okay, so based on that link Kingfish provided, this is Indiana Jones and the Casting of "Rebel Without a Cause".

Fuck, those pictures are sad looking.

I'm going Saturday. Cause I have a thing Friday.

It sold out! I can't believe I sat through Raiders this morning for NOTHING. Sheesh.

apparently they're filming in new haven

Princeton, Hawaii, and either Arizona/New Mexico are the only other American locations I remember hearing about. They shoot in England and...some place in E. Europe I believe.

Filming Locations from IMDB

Deming, New Mexico, USA
Hamakua Coast, Hawaii, USA
Hilo, Hawai`i, Hawaii, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

Indianapolis Jones and the Last 500

I never knew ih worked at AFA!

That Adaptation looks like a cute idea, for about 10 minutes.

Random press conference hoohah:

The action star, who first introduced the fedora-wearing, bullwhip-cracking Indiana Jones in the 1981 classic "Raiders of the Lost Ark," is actually doing many of his own stunts in the latest film.

"He's doing them, he just has a few more ice packs and a few more massages," Kennedy said.

"And a lot of Celebrex," producer Frank Marshall added.

...

The film's biggest action sequences are being filmed in Hawaii. Marshall compared one scene to the thrilling, white-knuckled truck chase in the desert in "Raiders."

"It's that level," he said.

what is it about this character, and this star? people will give ford as indy a free pass forever. some special kind of feeling attaches to indiana jones. here is something, one thinks, that is on a higher plane, something that is in its own category. here is old-fashioned adventure and thrills to remind us of our better nature - etc etc. - all this for a rehash of every radio adventure drama ever! how do they do it?

charisma

harrison ford as indy in raiders is like the definition of an iconic performance. I like how we go from smart, fairly well-prepared but overly trusting Indy in the beginning sequence to daniel boone seat-of-the-pants I'm Going To Chase That Truck Indy, it's like karen allen turns off his brain. That would probably happen to me too. Also explains why jeff bridges talks like that in starman.

LEGO INDIANA JONES! comes out next summer!

Karen Allen, still hot.

http://www.indianajones.com/site/media/photos/large/070727-photo.jpg
http://www.indianajones.com/site/media/photos/large/070726-photo.jpg

And still the only Indy-chick with any chemistry with the lead.

Hmm, ray winstone as the sidekick

According to the press releases, there's going to be a full line of Lego & Hasbro toys. WHERE ARE THE LEGO NAZIS

those karen allen pictures make me really happy!!

Best screen Nazi ever?

http://www.lipservice.co.uk/images/artists/140.jpg

i love karen allen.

WAU SHE LOOKS GRATE!

http://gothamist.com/attachments/arts_cinecultist/2006_12_arts_annie.jpg

VS.

http://www.indianajones.com/site/media/photos/large/070726-photo.jpg

La di da.

oh there's no doubt about whether i'm seeing this now

Karen Allen was sitting next to me while I was eating dinner at Chateau Marmont the other night. She seemed nice and had a David Mamet book.

A little more from Karen Allen:

In July, she was on location — she can't say where — for three weeks. She will return — she can't say where — in two weeks for a longer stint, through October.

Meanwhile, she has been getting buffed up in the gym with daily workouts.

"You want to get in shape for all kinds of reasons: You want to look good, and it's physically demanding, and you need stamina and energy," said Allen, 55, who has practiced yoga for years. "I put my iPod on and boogie."

Asked about her new/old role as Marion Ravenwood (whose bar, "The Raven," burned down in a prior episode), she still can't comment much.

"It's an action-adventure role, because that's really the nature of these films. They are shot-out-of-a-cannon kinds of films — there is a lot going on from the moment it starts until the moment it ends," she said.

what has she been doing post-Indy?

What, you never saw Starman? The full article also says:

Allen, a veteran of 35 films, including "Animal House," "A Perfect Storm" and "Starman," now owns Karen Allen Fiber Arts, a Great Barrington business that produces and sells cashmere knitwear and accessories. She keeps in the movie business as her life permits.

haha the raven

Forgot about Starman. Yeah, she's always seemed amazingly self-possessed.

she was awesome in scrooged too... SWOON.

inclusion of Karen Allen actually kinda makes me wanna see this

oh hell yeah

http://www.yorkshiresoul.org/harrisonford.jpg

Lucas, 63, has registered six possible titles with the MPAA one of
which will eventually be the long awaited movies title.

The proposed titles are:-

- Indiana Jones & the City of Gods
- Indiana Jones & the Destroyer of Worlds
- Indiana Jones & the Fourth Corner of the Earth
- Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Indiana Jones & the Lost City of Gold
- Indiana Jones & the Quest for the Covenant

- Indiana Jones & the Destroyer of Worlds

"Indy, set off the A-bomb, quick!"

knowing lucas it's going to be the gaudiest, most ungainly title of the bunch

aka indiana jones and the stany walrus of justice

*stanky

aka LATEBLOOMER AND THE BOTCHED SHITTY HA-HA

Today on the 31 DAYS OF SPIELBERG blog, the class of the bunch:

http://damianarlyn.blogspot.com/2007/08/day-13-indiana-jones-and-temple-of-doom.html

As for why Lucas was pushing for a much darker, stronger tone to this movie (with strong, graphic violence and a narrative involving black magic, torture and slavery), he was going through a divorce at the time and has said that he just simply “wasn’t in a very good mood.”

http://bp0.blogger.com/_wkpXQh0cBS0/RsElFBm1a-I/AAAAAAAACTg/7sqz-si-hxI/s1600-h/003.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_wkpXQh0cBS0/RsElFBm1a-I/AAAAAAAACTg/7sqz-si-hxI/s1600-h/003.jpg

God, Karen Allen looks good for 55.

agreed, fabulous

It's official, as everyone suffering through the VMAs saw:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

So now we know why Damien Hirst made this:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/06/01/hirstskullgetty.jpg

http://www.vintages.com/media_common/spotlights_images/sp2/champagne-cristal.jpg

Hooray!

Here's Wikipedia on the actual crystal skull phenomenon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull

So go nuts.

Don't forget the last Mastodon record. Here's the relevant excerpt from the decibel interview:

"My original idea was that getting to the top of Blood Mountain and obtaining the crystal skull, you would put the crystal skull inside your own head and eliminate the reptile brain, the primitive brain that turns you into a wild beast or brings out that evil in you. Like, for example, when you’ve drank a lot of alcohol,” he laughs."

Okay, now you have me imagining Mastodon doing the Indy theme in my head. And this is not a bad thing.

Finally, two of my loves intersect!

DUN-DAH-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DAAAAAAAH