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Lauded as one of the greatest movies ever made, Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced the movie-going world to one of its most timeless icons: Indiana Jones . Even though the dream team of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who had each directed a record-breaker for the highest grossing movie ever made at this point, were behind the production, they struggled to garner any interest from the major Hollywood stud
Then, a wider shot reveals the thing that was ripping through the trees: a large truck, carrying a heavy-duty cage. It slowly becomes apparent that there’s a dinosaur in the cage, and these guys aren’t equipped to handle
So, he switched genres to action. After Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo struggled against one xenomorph in the first movie, Cameron’s 1986 sequel Aliens pitted her and a bunch of gun-toting Colonial Marines against an entire h
He would’ve also had a mechanical arm that functioned as a machine gun and a radio antenna sticking out of his head. George Lucas eventually vetoed this design, feeling that it was too far-fetched, and the character’s final design came to
It's possible this fellow was sleeping on the job, but the deleted scenes tell a different story. As Indy exits the small hole in the temple, he encounters and subsequently intimidates a guard waiting outside. The man backs down in fear and collapses to the ground. While this scene was cut from the film, the slumping man was not, resulting in another innocuous g
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There's a major problem with the staff that Indy uses to find the hidden location of the Ark in the middle of the film. He ends up gaining access to the Staff of Ra early on, which a translator approximates to be around 5 feet. This doesn't fit with the Tanis scene when Indy puts it to
It has everything a Bond fan could hope for : globetrotting action sequences, quippy one-liners, crazy gadgets, a megalomaniacal villain with a ridiculous plan, and a distinctive quirk — Goldfinger is the quintessential James Bond mo
George Lucas chose the perfect collaborators to bring his homage to the classic adventure serials of the ‘30s to life, from Steven Spielberg’s razor-sharp direction to the episodic plotting of Lawrence Kasdan’s uniquely structured seven-act screenp
One of the most iconic moments in Raiders of the Lost Ark sees Indy facing a swordsman with ostentatious choreography. Indy just shoots the guy and moves on. This wasn’t in the original script. Initially, Indy was supposed to use his whip to yank the sword out of the guy’s hand, but since the entire cast and crew was sick from a bad case of food poisoning during the shoot in Tunisia, Harrison Ford suggested simply "shooting the sucker," to cut down on how long it would take to film. Steven Spielberg loved the idea and decided to use
Steven Spielberg’s original choice for the role of Sallah, Indy’s international contact who functions as the movie’s comic relief, was Danny DeVito. DeVito was interested in playing the role, but ultimately, the production conflicted with his shooting schedule for Taxi . John Rhys-Davies played Sallah in the end and, although DeVito would’ve done a fine job with the character – especially since he’s Raiders ’ comic relief and DeVito is hilarious – Rhys-Davies’ take on the character was great. Years later, when Raiders had inspired a long slew of copycats, DeVito played a similar comic relief character in a similar action-adventure movie, Romancing the Stone , alongside Michael Doug
Selleck ended up turning down the role due to CBS picking up Magnum PI , but the show was delayed due to an actor's strike. Since Raiders of the Lost Ark filmed in different parts of the world, Selleck could have played Indiana Jones, but by that point, Ford was already cast in the role inst
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All of the Indiana Jones movies have an inventive opening shot that matches the Paramount logo. In Raiders of the lost Ark cheats Ark , it’s a distant mountain shrouded by jungle mist. In Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , when things went off the rails, it’s a pile of dirt, complete with a computer-generated gop