George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones character, inspired by James Bond and Tintin. Their aim was to recreate the TV series of the 1940s by giving the audience a fun time full of action, humor, and emotion.
Thus, he took his place among Hollywood's famous heroes such as Indy, Bond, Batman, and Ripley. The first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), was directed by Spielberg and produced by Lucas.
Harrison Ford, Captain Han Solo of Lucas' Star Wars, appeared before the audience with his old leather jacket, whip, hat, and scar on his chin. Among the great wars of the first half of the 20th century, Jones was a person who did not like to laugh very much, had a strange sense of humor, was very afraid of snakes, was mischievous, escapist, and did not pretend to be heroic. Charismatic Indy also had his weaknesses and mistakes; Everyone easily identified with him because he wasn't a superhero.
PREMIERE IN CANNES
When the first movie was so popular, the trilogy was completed with Indiana Jones: The Man with the Whip (1984) and Indiana Jones: The Last Adventure (1989). 19 years after the trilogy, Steven Spielberg again directed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Since the new versions of high-grossing old movies such as Planet of the Apes and Top Gun attracted acclaim and attention, the Spielberg-Lucas duo handed over the fifth episode, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, to Disney, which purchased the iconic series from Lucasfilm after 42 years, and the direction was directed by James Mangold. (Walk the Line, Logan) transferred. The world premiere of the action-adventure was held at the Cannes Film Festival, and Harrison Ford was given the Palme d'Or honorary award.
THE STORY OF THE LAST MOVIE
The opening sequence of Dial of Destiny takes place in the last months of 1944. Indy and his academic friend Ben Shaw are after the war spoils stolen by the Nazis. 80-year-old Harrison Ford has been successfully rejuvenated with a digital mask. While searching for the Spear of Longinus, they realize that the Dial of Archimedes, which has been missing for two thousand years, is on the loot train. The opening sequence in and on the departing train is fast-paced and entertaining, and the action is at its peak. Indy fights fiercely with Nazi scientist Schmidt and can only save half of the dial. After this non-stop action extravaganza, we move forward to 1969's Lunar Day celebration in New York. Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. The space designs of the sixties were very successful.
Indiana Jones is an American media franchise consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, that depicts the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (portrayed in all films by Harrison Ford), a fictional professor of archaeology.
Indy is retired, he is 80 years old. Ben Shaw's daughter, Indy's goddaughter Helena suddenly appears and says let's find Archimedes' half dial. Thus begins the adventure. Casablanca, Athens, Sicily, the Ear of Dionysus cave, Archimedes' tomb, and the Siege of Syracuse begin their journey through history. Indy and his team hunt for the missing time.
WILL THERE BE A CONTINUE?
Archimedes' Dial has the power to change history by finding cracks in time, something Indy has been searching for his entire life. The film contains a special melancholy that is missing in Hollywood's big-budget productions: the flow of time, memory, memories, old age, old ruins, past, future, human mortality, and regrets, piercing the mystery of time. Will there be a sequel to Indiana Jones? If it happens, Indy's goddaughter Helena could make a real Indiana Jones.
What are the secrets that turned Indiana Jones into a hero?
Details you have never heard or seen before have come to light about the 'Indiana Jones' series, which tells the adventures of an archaeologist, who became famous worldwide as 'The Man with the Whip'. Here are the secret codes and unknown aspects of Indiana Jones, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by George Lucas:
Animals
In the 'Man with a Whip' series, animals that viewers feared and could not even stand to see were used: snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark, insects in Temple of Doom, mice in Crusade, and giant man-eating ants in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Where does the name Indiana Jones come from?
Unknowns: Indiana is the name of George Lucas' dog. Lucas wants to immortalize his dog by naming his new project. Thus, the name 'The Man with the Whip' is found, but Lucas considers the name Smith as Indiana's surname. Steven Spielberg, who does not like the surname Smith, comes up with the idea of Indiana Jones. Thus, the young people are named after the new hero.
Spielberg considered Harrison Ford for the role of Indiana, but Lucas objected. Because Ford appeared as an actor in two Star Wars movies. Tom Selleck, Tim Matheson, and Peter Coyote were interviewed for the role and it was decided that Indiana would be played by Tom Selleck. However, Selleck will start a series called 'Magnum'. In the end, the role falls to Harrison Ford.
George Lucas wants to start the second movie of the series, Temple of Doom, with a musical and even a dance show. Steven Spielberg always wanted to direct a musical, but could not achieve his goal. Thus, the opening scene of the Temple of Doom begins with a sung and dance performance. Actress Kate Capshaw learns Chinese to sing the song in the movie.
During the Crusade, 2000 mice were used for the Venice scenes. All mice are specially bred to prevent players from contracting germs and diseases.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the 'Ark of the Covenant' is hidden in a secret room called the Well of Souls, and the walls of this room are covered with hieroglyphic writings, which are ancient Egyptian script. However, if you pay a little attention while watching these scenes, you will notice the '3PO' relief on the wall. The inclusion of Star Wars characters in ancient Egyptian pictographs is also a genius idea of Steven Spielberg.
It is understood that the actor who will portray a peasant sage in the shooting of the Temple of Doom in India does not speak English. Unable to find a replacement, Spielberg prompts the actor in English during all takes, and the actor speaks words he hears but does not understand. If you watch this scene of the movie carefully, you will notice that the wise man speaks hesitantly.
During the zeppelin shooting of the Crusade, it was summer, but since the movie was set in winter, the men wore warm clothes and the women wore fur. Sean Connery, who plays Indiana Jones' father, takes off his pants as he cannot stand the heat in the scene where he sits at the table opposite Harrison Ford. In fact, in the shooting of the scene, only the actors' waist is visible. So Connery plays the entire scene without his pants on. Harrison Ford also can't stand the heat and takes off his pants.
In the Well of Souls shooting of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a glass was placed in the scene where Harrison Ford comes face to face with a cobra. Thus, the viewer thinks that the snake and Ford are very close to each other. Additionally, nearly 3 thousand real snakes were used in the shooting.
While filming Temple of Doom, Harrison Ford injured his back suffered a hernia, and left the set for treatment. Spielberg, who had limited time, shot the conveyor belt fight scenes in the last part of the film with a stuntman. Later, close-up shots of the same scenes (in which the actor's face is seen very clearly) are taken, this time with Ford coming back after recovering.
In Crusade, Father Sean Connery runs to the beach to escape from a Nazi plane chasing them and scares the seagulls on the beach with the umbrella in his hand, causing them to fly away. Thus, seagulls entering the engine will crash the plane.
However, during the filming of the movie, real seagulls are not afraid of umbrellas and never take off. The set team finds the problem in using pigeons instead of seagulls.
The truck chase scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark was shot by the second director, not Spielberg. Because Spielberg has never shot such a big action scene before in his life.
Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw, who were emotionally close to each other during the shooting of Temple of Doom, became lovers after the completion of the film. They got married years later in 1991.
Indiana Jones' hat constantly flies off as he chases a tank on a horse in the Crusade. While no solution could be found for the hat flying off, Harrison Ford stapled his hat to his head with a stapler.