The Raiders Of The Lost Ark Boulder chase was more real than you think.
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Jones has had its share of being close. Whether dodging arrows or the Nazis, luck is as important to him as his faithful whip. The same may or may not be said of Harrison Ford every time he went on set to play the iconic hero.The most famous setting of In Search of the Lost Ark, a movie that is literally a bunch of bright sets put together, sees Indiana Jones trying to escape from a booby-trapped temple with a huge rock running behind him. Like the beach scene in Jaws, it's one of Spielberg's most iconic sequences, and Cinefix's latest video, “Art of the Scene”, is packed with ideas about how the director and his team performed such a demanding trick on a large scale. It's not uncommon for older movies to use miniature models and sets to create complex action sequences. Following Jones' instructions, he and Marion close their eyes to avoid looking at the open Ark, as it releases spirits, flames and rays of energy that kill Belloq, Toht and the reunited Nazis before being sealed.
An intermediate classification between PG and R, PG-13, would not be introduced until 1984, in part as a response to the violence of the Indiana Jones prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Other changes included the addition of a scene in which the Ark buzzes in the Bantu winery and the removal of a scene in which Jones clings to the submarine's periscope to follow the Nazis; Spielberg thought it looked bad and hoped that the public wouldn't care how Jones achieved the feat. Indiana Jones quickly became one of the best action heroes the world has ever seen, a character that led to a successful franchise. Rival archaeologist René Belloq cornered him and steals his idol; Jones escapes in a seaplane waiting for him.
Indiana Jones tells Satipo (Alfred Molina) to turn around and his whole back is covered with running tarantulas. While the next installment of the franchise is promised (or threatened) for next summer, given the result of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, that might not be a good thing that Raiders of the Lost Ark hasn't lost any of its strength. They recorded it moving away from the camera and the images were reversed to create an inhuman movement. Indiana Jones could travel around the world in search of ancient artifacts, but the character was created in Hawaii.
A magnet deciphers the Jones medallion, revealing that one side bears a warning against the disturbance of the Ark, and the other is the correct size of the staff of Ra, an object used to locate the Ark. Spielberg hated the name Indiana Smith, believing it would remind the public of Steve McQueen's character, Nevada Smith. After returning to the United States, two military intelligence agents inform Jones that German Nazi forces are digging in Tanis, Egypt, and one of their telegrams mentions Jones' former mentor, Abner Ravenwood. Toy Story 2 also has a special place in his heart, as it was the first movie he remembers seeing in theaters with his father when he was just two years old.
