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.
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 28 July 2007 17:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
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.
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.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 17:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
what has she been doing post-Indy?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 9 August 2007 17:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
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.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 17:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
haha the raven
― ghost rider, Thursday, 9 August 2007 17:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
Forgot about Starman. Yeah, she's always seemed amazingly self-possessed.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 9 August 2007 17:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
she was awesome in scrooged too... SWOON.
― stevie, Thursday, 9 August 2007 18:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
inclusion of Karen Allen actually kinda makes me wanna see this
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 9 August 2007 18:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
oh hell yeah
― kenan, Thursday, 9 August 2007 18:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
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
― DavidM, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 10:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
- Indiana Jones & the Destroyer of Worlds
"Indy, set off the A-bomb, quick!"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 10:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
knowing lucas it's going to be the gaudiest, most ungainly title of the bunch
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 11:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
aka indiana jones and the stany walrus of justice
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 11:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
*stanky
aka LATEBLOOMER AND THE BOTCHED SHITTY HA-HA
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 11:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
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.”
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 13:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://bp0.blogger.com/_wkpXQh0cBS0/RsElFBm1a-I/AAAAAAAACTg/7sqz-si-hxI/s1600-h/003.jpg
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 13:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
God, Karen Allen looks good for 55.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 13:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
agreed, fabulous
― Ste, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 13:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's official, as everyone suffering through the VMAs saw:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
So now we know why Damien Hirst made this:
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
― milo z, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hooray!
Here's Wikipedia on the actual crystal skull phenomenon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
So go nuts.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
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."
― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
Okay, now you have me imagining Mastodon doing the Indy theme in my head. And this is not a bad thing.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
Finally, two of my loves intersect!
― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
DUN-DAH-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN-DAAAAAAAH
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
(I actually have a bad ass Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom poster framed on my wall. My least favorite of the films, but the poster is cool. I am going to see if I can dig it up. Be back in a sec.)
― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
WAHT
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
I take it you mean the title and not Jeff's poster (which is indeed great, I still remember seeing that one at movie theaters and getting impatient for it).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
exactly. there is no question that the sword represents his cock
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dun-dah-dun-dun
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
Machete, technically. It's a machete that represents his cock.
― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
whatever it is it makes the vadge look like that limply hanging whip when he's done
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh, so the whip represents his good-natured affability I suppose?
― Oilyrags, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
no. see previous post.
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
Indiana Jones and the Secrets of Dr. Freud
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 03:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html
aaaaaand the new title is released
― kingfish, Monday, 10 September 2007 06:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
duh, i are late. oh well
― kingfish, Monday, 10 September 2007 06:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Indiana Jones and the Tomb Studio Robbers
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 03:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
John Hurt, the new ungrateful Alec Guinness:
"I enjoyed working with Steven hugely, and we had a great cast. I just wish we'd had something of fabulous interest between each other to act!"
"George is a bit socially crippled, really. Not good with people. So I just left him alone."
http://www.premiere.com/features/4335/q-a-exclusive-john-hurt-on-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull.html
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
We looked into it and there were various things about it — like the time I had to be on set — where I thought, "No, this isn't going to work out." But then I was advised by everybody that it'd be a good thing to do.
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
I said, "Well, I need to have a little bit of previous knowledge even if God is doing it." So they sent a courier over with the script from Los Angeles, gave it to me at three o'clock in the afternoon in London, collected it again at eight o'clock in the evening, and he returned the next day to Los Angeles. So that was an expensive read.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
Great short interview in any event. Hurt should write an autobiography if he hasn't already!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://io9.com/345132/first-look-at-indiana-jones-in-the-cobwebby-alien-dungeon
― kingfish, Friday, 18 January 2008 06:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
"If I burn this giant sage smudge-stick, it should dispel all the evil spirits."
― Oilyrags, Friday, 18 January 2008 12:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
is that the ghost of Ray Winston appearing in the second pic?
― Ste, Friday, 18 January 2008 14:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Indy doesn't look very rough and ready in this shot, his trousers are far too clean for a start.
― Ste, Friday, 18 January 2008 14:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
intrsting!
http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2009/03/raiders-story-conference.html
― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:09 (4 years ago) Permalink