Thursday, December 17, 2015

21 Things You Might Not Have Known About Raiders of the Lost Ark

Click on the link if you want to read more details about each one, and they also have some video on the site, too.


1. INDY WAS BORN IN HAWAII.

2. ONE DOG INSPIRED BOTH INDIANA JONES AND CHEWBACCA

3. A DENTIST CAME UP WITH THE FILM’S MACGUFFIN.

4. FOR THE ICONIC DESIGN OF INDY, THE PROOF IS IN THE PAINTINGS.


5. TOM SELLECK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INDY.



6. MARION RAVENWOOD’S NAME WAS INSPIRED BY LOVED ONES AND LOCALES.



7. MANY OF THE FILM’S SET PIECES WERE MADE AS MINIATURES DURING PRE-PRODUCTION.



8. THE FIRST SHOT OF THE FILM IS INSPIRED BY SPIELBERG’S CHILDHOOD MOVIEMAKING.

9. IT TOOK SOME FEMALE SPIDERS TO MAKE AN EARLY SCENE WORK.

10. THE BOULDER SCENE ALMOST WASN’T A SCENE AT ALL.

11. SPIELBERG DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH SNAKES IN THE WELL OF SOULS.

12. INDY DIDN’T SHOOT FIRST, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPT.

13. EVERYBODY GOT SICK, EXCEPT FOR SPIELBERG.

14. THE SCENE BETWEEN BELLOQ AND MARION IN HIS TENT WAS IMPROVISED BY THE ACTORS.




15. SPIELBERG RECYCLED A GAG FROM HIS PREVIOUS FILM 1941 AND INCLUDED IT IN RAIDERS.

16. IT TOOK DAYS TO GET THE MONKEY TO DELIVER A NAZI SALUTE

17. INDY CAN HOLD HIS BREATH FOR A LONG TIME (BECAUSE OF AN EDIT).

18. A RECEPTIONIST AT LUCASFILM HELPED OUT WITH THE FILM’S SPECIAL EFFECTS.




19. A LITTLE DENTISTRY WENT INTO TOHT’S MELTING FACE.

20. MUCH LIKE STAR WARS, SOUND DESIGNER BEN BURTT CREATED AN ORIGINAL LIBRARY FOR THE SOUNDSCAPE OF THE FILM.

21. COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS GAVE SPIELBERG A CHOICE OF MAIN THEMES AND HE CHOSE BOTH.


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