You can chart Steven Spielberg's evolution as a director by the "Indiana Jones" films. By 1981, the former wunderkind had gotten the wind knocked out of him by the muted reaction to his erratic 1979 burlesque "1941" (which earned him a tsk-tsking from John Wayne) and was hungry for a rebound. Teaming up with his buddy George Lucas, he made "Raiders of the Lost Ark," a rollicking pastiche that has since supplanted the '30s and '40s serials that inspired their action-adventure in our cultural consciousness.
1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" saw Spielberg wade further into the horror pool he'd explored two years earlier in "Poltergeist," a suburban nightmare that neither he nor director Tobe Hooper can take full credit for. "Temple of Doom" might just feature some of the most exhilarating pacing and grandest spectacle of the filmmaker's career, but that's difficult to appreciate beneath the film's racial insensitivity and general mean-spiritedness.
1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" saw Spielberg wade further into the horror pool he'd explored two years earlier in "Poltergeist," a suburban nightmare that neither he nor director Tobe Hooper can take full credit for. "Temple of Doom" might just feature some of the most exhilarating pacing and grandest spectacle of the filmmaker's career, but that's difficult to appreciate beneath the film's racial insensitivity and general mean-spiritedness.
- 5/30/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Saturday Am: This weekend at the Memorial Day box office, the film industry seems to be questioning its existence, ready to jump out of a window. How can a genius, George Miller-directed tentpole prequel to the multi-Oscar winning Mad Max: Fury Road with great reviews and 4 1/2 stars PostTrak exits not be working?
The entire theatrical business is destined for streaming, oh, no! People will forever stay on their couches!
As Cher said to Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck as she smacked him in the face: “Snap out of it!” It’s not really right to make Furiosa, or Garfield, for that matter, the proxies of the Memorial Day box office.
Furiosa is still on track for $31M-$33M. For clarity purposes: The last time a film grossed in this vicinity was the 1980s with Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. However, we stand corrected: It’s the lowest No.
The entire theatrical business is destined for streaming, oh, no! People will forever stay on their couches!
As Cher said to Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck as she smacked him in the face: “Snap out of it!” It’s not really right to make Furiosa, or Garfield, for that matter, the proxies of the Memorial Day box office.
Furiosa is still on track for $31M-$33M. For clarity purposes: The last time a film grossed in this vicinity was the 1980s with Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. However, we stand corrected: It’s the lowest No.
- 5/25/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom holds a strange place in every Indiana Jones fan’s heart. The awkward middle child, Temple of Doom is a dark, problematic prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, one which takes the series in a weirder, wilder direction—and manages to pull off one of the greatest openings of any action movie ever.
Today there’s often an assumption that contemporary critics weren’t enamored by director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas’ second collaboration, but that’s slightly misleading; The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael preferred Temple to Raiders because it fully embraced being “preposterous” and “implausible,” though she also writes that her friends labeled it “heartless” and “overbearing.” Meanwhile Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four stars while People magazine warned that children may be traumatized by it.
Kael and her friends’ analysis perhaps best sums up why The Temple of Doom...
Today there’s often an assumption that contemporary critics weren’t enamored by director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas’ second collaboration, but that’s slightly misleading; The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael preferred Temple to Raiders because it fully embraced being “preposterous” and “implausible,” though she also writes that her friends labeled it “heartless” and “overbearing.” Meanwhile Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four stars while People magazine warned that children may be traumatized by it.
Kael and her friends’ analysis perhaps best sums up why The Temple of Doom...
- 5/15/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Veteran filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has been vocal about his preferences when it comes to movies and he’s not afraid to criticize or slam those that did not hit the mark for him. One of his filmmaking idols is Steven Spielberg, and while he loves some of the director’s projects, there’s one he hates the most.
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
It became controversial because the movie in question is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The film has been celebrated by many fans, so it’s a huge mystery why Tarantino did not like it.
Quentin Tarantino Isn’t A Huge Fan Of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Quentin Tarantino on the set of Pulp Fiction
During an interview via ReelBlend podcast, Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino shared that he is not a fan of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,...
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
It became controversial because the movie in question is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The film has been celebrated by many fans, so it’s a huge mystery why Tarantino did not like it.
Quentin Tarantino Isn’t A Huge Fan Of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Quentin Tarantino on the set of Pulp Fiction
During an interview via ReelBlend podcast, Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino shared that he is not a fan of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
The year was 1973; George Lucas had just finished writing the screenplay for what would be his hit coming-of-age story American Graffiti. A poster on a wall caught his eye, an image of a dream of the old serialized films he enjoyed as a child. Films such as Buck Rogers, Zorro’s Fighting Legion and Spy Smasher flashed through his brain as he had the idea of bringing that type of B-level hero to the big screen. He would take this idea and flesh out a story of a college professor who moonlit as an archeologist adventurer. Little did he know that simple idea would yield one of the greatest and most enduring franchises in movie history as his character Indiana Jones has gone on to appear in five feature films over the course of 42 years that have grossed nearly $2 billion at the worldwide box office. For many, any time the character graces the screen,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
You might remember English actor Julian Glover for his role as Walter Donovan, the villain of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." A Nazi collaborator who wants the Holy Grail to achieve immortality, he meets a grisly end when he chooses ... poorly.
In his native England, Glover was a renowned member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In Hollywood, though? He's a 6'2 British man, so, of course, he plays the heels, even in his later roles like Pycelle on "Game of Thrones." (Who knows if he'll show up in "3 Body Problem" with his former co-stars.)
"Last Crusade" was not Glover's first rodeo with Lucasfilm; he had a much smaller role in "The Empire Strikes Back" as Imperial General Veers. The general only shows up in the film's first act, but he leads the At-at assault on the Hoth Rebel base (with some insert shots of him riding in the...
In his native England, Glover was a renowned member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In Hollywood, though? He's a 6'2 British man, so, of course, he plays the heels, even in his later roles like Pycelle on "Game of Thrones." (Who knows if he'll show up in "3 Body Problem" with his former co-stars.)
"Last Crusade" was not Glover's first rodeo with Lucasfilm; he had a much smaller role in "The Empire Strikes Back" as Imperial General Veers. The general only shows up in the film's first act, but he leads the At-at assault on the Hoth Rebel base (with some insert shots of him riding in the...
- 4/20/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was set to be the much-awaited conclusion to a saga that had once been one of the biggest film series ever. With a star-studded ensemble like Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Mads Mikkelsen, expectations were sky-high.
However, despite the anticipation and the excitement, the film turned out to be a colossal flop. Turns out, the expectations weren’t the only thing that was sky-high, the film’s budget was way ahead. Here’s how this very ambitious project ended up digging its own grave.
Harrison Ford in a still from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny How Much Did Disney Lose on Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?
Recent reports from Forbes have shed light on the dire financial situation surrounding the Harrison Ford starrer The Dial of Destiny. Despite its global box office earnings of $384 million, Disney...
However, despite the anticipation and the excitement, the film turned out to be a colossal flop. Turns out, the expectations weren’t the only thing that was sky-high, the film’s budget was way ahead. Here’s how this very ambitious project ended up digging its own grave.
Harrison Ford in a still from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny How Much Did Disney Lose on Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?
Recent reports from Forbes have shed light on the dire financial situation surrounding the Harrison Ford starrer The Dial of Destiny. Despite its global box office earnings of $384 million, Disney...
- 4/3/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
Paramount is making another effort to make Star Trek 4 happen, with The Flight Attendant writer Steve Yockey behind the script.
Eight years on from Star Trek: Beyond, Paramount and Bad Robot are still trying to get a sequel together that reunites the series’ cast, including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban
The name behind this latest attempt is screenwriter Steve Yockey, who’s best known for TV series The Flight Attendant – a comedy murder mystery starring Kaley Cuoco. Yockey also wrote episodes of Supernatural and the Scream TV spin-off series.
Nothing else is known about the project at present, though Variety reports that Paramount hopes to get the core cast first established in 2009’s Star Trek, which also includes Zoe Saldana and John Cho. The glaring exception will of course be Anton Yelchin, who tragically passed away in 2016.
This latest drive to make Trek happen comes in the...
Eight years on from Star Trek: Beyond, Paramount and Bad Robot are still trying to get a sequel together that reunites the series’ cast, including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban
The name behind this latest attempt is screenwriter Steve Yockey, who’s best known for TV series The Flight Attendant – a comedy murder mystery starring Kaley Cuoco. Yockey also wrote episodes of Supernatural and the Scream TV spin-off series.
Nothing else is known about the project at present, though Variety reports that Paramount hopes to get the core cast first established in 2009’s Star Trek, which also includes Zoe Saldana and John Cho. The glaring exception will of course be Anton Yelchin, who tragically passed away in 2016.
This latest drive to make Trek happen comes in the...
- 3/28/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
The prop panel that Kate Winslet floated about on in James Cameron’s Titanic has sold at auction for a bank account-emptying $718,750.
When is a door not a door? When it’s a balsawood prop from James Cameron’s 1997 hit, Titanic. As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, this curious bit of movie memorabilia recently sold at auction for $718,750 – that’s more than £550,000 if you’re reading this in the UK.
The door was, of course, the bit of wreckage Kate Winslet famously clung to at the (spoiler alert) icy conclusion of James Cameron’s epic romance. The prop clearly struck a chord with bidders, given that it sold for considerably more than other bits of memorabilia sold at the same auction, many of which sound more immediately recognisable than a battered door.
Indiana Jones’ iconic whip from The Temple Of Doom sold for $525,000, while the Holy Grail from The Last Crusade...
When is a door not a door? When it’s a balsawood prop from James Cameron’s 1997 hit, Titanic. As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, this curious bit of movie memorabilia recently sold at auction for $718,750 – that’s more than £550,000 if you’re reading this in the UK.
The door was, of course, the bit of wreckage Kate Winslet famously clung to at the (spoiler alert) icy conclusion of James Cameron’s epic romance. The prop clearly struck a chord with bidders, given that it sold for considerably more than other bits of memorabilia sold at the same auction, many of which sound more immediately recognisable than a battered door.
Indiana Jones’ iconic whip from The Temple Of Doom sold for $525,000, while the Holy Grail from The Last Crusade...
- 3/26/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
The “door” that saved Kate Winset’s Rose — and doomed Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack — just sold at auction.
The fateful chunk of balsa wood from 1997’s Titanic fetched a whopping $718,750 during Heritage Auctions’ Treasures from Planet Hollywood event and was the piece of memorabilia that brought in the highest amount — beating iconic props like Indiana Jones’ bullwhip from Temple of Doom and Jack Nicholson’s ax from The Shining. While commonly referred to as a door, the auction notes the ornate structure was “in reality part of the door frame just above the [ship’s] first-class lounge entrance.”
In addition, Winslet’s chiffon dress that she wore during the film’s final act sold for $125,000.
Fans have famously debated whether both Jack and Rose could have fit on the panel, which would have in theory saved Jack from freezing to death in the final moments of the Oscar-winning film. Last year around the film’s 25th anniversary,...
The fateful chunk of balsa wood from 1997’s Titanic fetched a whopping $718,750 during Heritage Auctions’ Treasures from Planet Hollywood event and was the piece of memorabilia that brought in the highest amount — beating iconic props like Indiana Jones’ bullwhip from Temple of Doom and Jack Nicholson’s ax from The Shining. While commonly referred to as a door, the auction notes the ornate structure was “in reality part of the door frame just above the [ship’s] first-class lounge entrance.”
In addition, Winslet’s chiffon dress that she wore during the film’s final act sold for $125,000.
Fans have famously debated whether both Jack and Rose could have fit on the panel, which would have in theory saved Jack from freezing to death in the final moments of the Oscar-winning film. Last year around the film’s 25th anniversary,...
- 3/25/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although it’s difficult to imagine that someone would say no to Steven Spielberg – the guy who changed cinema with 1975’s Jaws, Eon studios apparently rejected him. According to reports, after earning popularity and experience following Jaws, Spielberg wanted to direct a James Bond movie. But unfortunately, despite begging producer Cubby Broccoli for a chance, the filmmaker was turned down.
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
But surprisingly, Steven Spielberg’s love for his childhood hero James Bond, and his desire to direct a Bond movie came true after he collaborated with his best bud George Lucas. Working on Lucasfilms’ adventure film series Indiana Jones starring Harrison Ford, Spielberg went on a mission to make his dream come true and took a cheeky 007 dig in Temple of Doom.
James Bond Producer Turned Down Steven Spielberg
Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels had a massive fanbase, which...
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
But surprisingly, Steven Spielberg’s love for his childhood hero James Bond, and his desire to direct a Bond movie came true after he collaborated with his best bud George Lucas. Working on Lucasfilms’ adventure film series Indiana Jones starring Harrison Ford, Spielberg went on a mission to make his dream come true and took a cheeky 007 dig in Temple of Doom.
James Bond Producer Turned Down Steven Spielberg
Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels had a massive fanbase, which...
- 3/21/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Having trouble predicting what will win Best Score at the 2024 Academy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s Oscar Experts! These savvy prognosticators from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and they say the trophy will go to Ludwig Goransson (“Oppenheimer”). The other four Academy Award nominees are Robbie Robertson (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Jerskin Fendrix (“Poor Things”), John Williams (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) and Laura Karpman (“American Fiction”).
As of this writing, a leading 23 out of our 25 Oscar Experts predict a victory for “Oppenheimer”: Andrea Mandell (People Magazine), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Brian Truitt (USA Today), Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Claudia Puig (Kpcc), Clayton Davis (Variety), Erik Davis (Fandango), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), Michael Musto (Queerty), Nikki Novak (Fandango), Perri Nemiroff (Collider), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Shawn Edwards...
As of this writing, a leading 23 out of our 25 Oscar Experts predict a victory for “Oppenheimer”: Andrea Mandell (People Magazine), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Brian Truitt (USA Today), Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Claudia Puig (Kpcc), Clayton Davis (Variety), Erik Davis (Fandango), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), Michael Musto (Queerty), Nikki Novak (Fandango), Perri Nemiroff (Collider), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Shawn Edwards...
- 3/6/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Did You Know This Film Franchise Has Won The Most Oscars? ( Photo Credit – IMDb; Facebook )
The Oscars 2024 are just around the corner; this year, all eyes will be on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The film and cast have taken home some top honors this award season. It is one of the biggest honors in the world of cinema. Over the years, many actors and films have won the prestigious Academy Awards, and some franchises have won multiple trophies, but do you know which popular film franchise has the highest number of Oscars?
For the unversed, the Academy Awards were first held in 1929 at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It had an audience of about 270 people only. 2024 is the 96th year, with many more years to go. Actors and filmmakers give their best in every project, including the crew members, and this honor acknowledges their hard work...
The Oscars 2024 are just around the corner; this year, all eyes will be on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The film and cast have taken home some top honors this award season. It is one of the biggest honors in the world of cinema. Over the years, many actors and films have won the prestigious Academy Awards, and some franchises have won multiple trophies, but do you know which popular film franchise has the highest number of Oscars?
For the unversed, the Academy Awards were first held in 1929 at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It had an audience of about 270 people only. 2024 is the 96th year, with many more years to go. Actors and filmmakers give their best in every project, including the crew members, and this honor acknowledges their hard work...
- 3/5/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is the most contentious of the first three "Indiana Jones" movies. Director Steven Spielberg's filmmaking instincts are sharp as ever, as is Harrison Ford's charisma, and even before the mine tunnel sequence, the film moves like a roller coaster in the best way possible.
But in aping early 20th-century pulp, the film inherits their exoticized distortions of non-American cultures. "Temple of Doom" is mostly set in British-occupied India, but the villains are not these colonizers. No, Indy and co. face off against an indigenous threat: the vicious Thuggee cult that enslaves children and makes human sacrifices to the Hindu god Kali. I'm admittedly not an expert on Indian culture (nor were the writers of the movie), so I'll defer to one who is; Indian-Canadian writer Saffron Maeve has taken the film to task over at Little White Lies. Otherwise, I'll let...
But in aping early 20th-century pulp, the film inherits their exoticized distortions of non-American cultures. "Temple of Doom" is mostly set in British-occupied India, but the villains are not these colonizers. No, Indy and co. face off against an indigenous threat: the vicious Thuggee cult that enslaves children and makes human sacrifices to the Hindu god Kali. I'm admittedly not an expert on Indian culture (nor were the writers of the movie), so I'll defer to one who is; Indian-Canadian writer Saffron Maeve has taken the film to task over at Little White Lies. Otherwise, I'll let...
- 2/11/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
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With the release of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" in 2023, Lucasfilm and Hasbro took advantage of the titular adventurer's return to dig back into the history of the beloved franchise with a new collection of toys. Hasbro's Adventure Series action figures would finally give us the detailed yet affordable collectible versions of the characters we've loved in (almost) all of the "Indiana Jones" movies, from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Temple of Doom" to "The Last Crusade."
After the first wave threw it back to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the second wave dug into "Temple of Doom" with a little bit of "Dial of Destiny," the third and seemingly final wave of Indiana Jones Adventure Series action figures arrived at "The Last Crusade" and included a couple more "Dial of Destiny" figures for good measure.
With the release of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" in 2023, Lucasfilm and Hasbro took advantage of the titular adventurer's return to dig back into the history of the beloved franchise with a new collection of toys. Hasbro's Adventure Series action figures would finally give us the detailed yet affordable collectible versions of the characters we've loved in (almost) all of the "Indiana Jones" movies, from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Temple of Doom" to "The Last Crusade."
After the first wave threw it back to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the second wave dug into "Temple of Doom" with a little bit of "Dial of Destiny," the third and seemingly final wave of Indiana Jones Adventure Series action figures arrived at "The Last Crusade" and included a couple more "Dial of Destiny" figures for good measure.
- 2/7/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ summer in Hawaii circa 1977 might just be among the most fortuitous vacays in movie history. One of the Hollywood young gun directors was dejected during this holiday because he’d just been passed over to helm the next James Bond picture; the other was anxious about his new film opening that weekend—a little flick you might have heard of called Star Wars. Neither was entirely certain what he’d do next, but the pair got to talking about an idea Lucas had been kicking around for years. It would be inspired by all the B-serials they grew up watching; it would be way cooler than 007; and it starred a guy named Smith, Indiana Smith.
The concept was almost there, clearly, yet it would take both filmmakers, plus a legion of collaborators, to turn Indiana Jones into the cinema legend he is today. And a legend he is,...
The concept was almost there, clearly, yet it would take both filmmakers, plus a legion of collaborators, to turn Indiana Jones into the cinema legend he is today. And a legend he is,...
- 1/22/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Quick Answer: You can stream the first four Indiana Jones movies on Disney+ or Paramount+, or you can rent them on Amazon Prime Video.
More than 40 years after we first met Indiana Jones, the archaeology professor has returned to the silver screen for a fifth and final adventure. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
In the new film, now on Disney+, Indy (played by Harrison Ford) seeks the Archimedes Dial, an ancient tool used for time travel. Across from Jones is Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi who now works for NASA.
More than 40 years after we first met Indiana Jones, the archaeology professor has returned to the silver screen for a fifth and final adventure. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
In the new film, now on Disney+, Indy (played by Harrison Ford) seeks the Archimedes Dial, an ancient tool used for time travel. Across from Jones is Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi who now works for NASA.
- 12/1/2023
- by Oscar Hartzog
- Rollingstone.com
Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who worked on several “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” films before launching the bot battling competition Robot Wars, has died. He was 77.
Thorpe died Friday of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease, his daughter Megan Feffer shared on Facebook.
“For him, early onset Parkinson’s disease started out with relatively mild tremors and then over time progressed toward less and less bodily autonomy — something particularly torturous for a fiercely independent artist like my dad whose joy in life was to create things with his hands,” Feffer wrote.
“While the disease itself is not technically considered terminal, it does eventually remove crucial functions like movement and swallowing – functions essential for life,” she continued. “To say the last few months, and especially the last few weeks, were challenging for my dad would be an understatement, and I am grateful that he is finally at peace.”
Thorpe...
Thorpe died Friday of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease, his daughter Megan Feffer shared on Facebook.
“For him, early onset Parkinson’s disease started out with relatively mild tremors and then over time progressed toward less and less bodily autonomy — something particularly torturous for a fiercely independent artist like my dad whose joy in life was to create things with his hands,” Feffer wrote.
“While the disease itself is not technically considered terminal, it does eventually remove crucial functions like movement and swallowing – functions essential for life,” she continued. “To say the last few months, and especially the last few weeks, were challenging for my dad would be an understatement, and I am grateful that he is finally at peace.”
Thorpe...
- 11/29/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Marc Thorpe, who created special effects for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films before launching Robot Wars, which feature radio-controlled gladiators in events he called “festivals of destruction and survival,” has died. He was 77.
Thorpe died Friday of complications related to Parkinson’s disease at a hospice facility in Alamo, California, his daughter, Megan Feffer, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was first diagnosed with the progressive disorder that affects the nervous system in 1993.
“For him, early onset Parkinson’s disease started out with relatively mild tremors and then over time progressed toward less and less bodily autonomy — something particularly torturous for a fiercely independent artist like my dad whose joy in life was to create things with his hands,” she wrote on Facebook.
“While the disease itself is not technically considered terminal, it does eventually remove crucial functions like movement and swallowing — functions essential for life. To say the last few months,...
Thorpe died Friday of complications related to Parkinson’s disease at a hospice facility in Alamo, California, his daughter, Megan Feffer, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was first diagnosed with the progressive disorder that affects the nervous system in 1993.
“For him, early onset Parkinson’s disease started out with relatively mild tremors and then over time progressed toward less and less bodily autonomy — something particularly torturous for a fiercely independent artist like my dad whose joy in life was to create things with his hands,” she wrote on Facebook.
“While the disease itself is not technically considered terminal, it does eventually remove crucial functions like movement and swallowing — functions essential for life. To say the last few months,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones was a joint project that he made with his good friend and partner George Lucas. But the two didn’t see eye-to-eye in one Indiana Jones sequel, which Lucas confided caused a slight rift between the two.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas had two opposing viewpoints when it came to ‘Indiana Jones’ George Lucas and Steven Spielberg | Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
Although Spielberg and Lucas worked almost seamlessly together on the first three Indiana Jones films, the fourth one caused some issues. From the beginning, Spielberg wasn’t really on board for a fourth movie. He felt the third film, Last Crusade, marked a satisfying end to Harrison Ford’s adventures.
“When I was done with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, there was a reason why I invented the shot of Harrison riding a horse into the sunset,” Spielberg once said on the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull documentary.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas had two opposing viewpoints when it came to ‘Indiana Jones’ George Lucas and Steven Spielberg | Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
Although Spielberg and Lucas worked almost seamlessly together on the first three Indiana Jones films, the fourth one caused some issues. From the beginning, Spielberg wasn’t really on board for a fourth movie. He felt the third film, Last Crusade, marked a satisfying end to Harrison Ford’s adventures.
“When I was done with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, there was a reason why I invented the shot of Harrison riding a horse into the sunset,” Spielberg once said on the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull documentary.
- 11/9/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
While romantic-comedy lovers may not know his name, Nick Moore has been an absolutely crucial cog in many films considered absolute classics of the genre. The editor, whose career in the cutting room dates back to the early 80s (his second credit is Empire of the Sun, followed by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), is best known in the industry for his work on the likes of Notting Hill, About a Boy and Love Actually, helping splice practically back-to-back hits for Working Title and make Hugh Grant the 1990s poster boy for foppishly charming Brits.
Moore has turned director for a handful of films already, but with This Time Next Year — screening at the American Film Market, where Protagonist are handling sales — he’s helming his first ever rom-com himself, asserting he was brought on board to “give it that Working Title touch”.
Starring Emily in Paris breakout Lucien Laviscount...
Moore has turned director for a handful of films already, but with This Time Next Year — screening at the American Film Market, where Protagonist are handling sales — he’s helming his first ever rom-com himself, asserting he was brought on board to “give it that Working Title touch”.
Starring Emily in Paris breakout Lucien Laviscount...
- 11/2/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"As Above, So Below" is one of the better found-footage horror films to emerge in the wake of the one-two punch that was "Cloverfield" in 2008 and "Paranormal Activity" in 2009. Where many of its peers struggled to put a fresh spin on the subgenre's tropes, the Dowdle Brothers' 2014 flick is a pulpy Indiana Jones-lite action-adventure that cleverly incorporates mythical elements like the philosopher's stone -- or, as we uncultured Yanks call it, the sorcerer's stone -- and the Nine Circles of Hell from Dante Alighieri's epic 14th-century poem "Divine Comedy." Admittedly, it doesn't go so far as to reinvent the found-footage wheel, nor does it overcome some of the format's worst tendencies. But it does breathe a little more life into that formula, especially when the action inevitably devolves into people incessantly shaking the camera as they run screaming for their lives.
Of course, the biggest weapon in the film's arsenal is its setting.
Of course, the biggest weapon in the film's arsenal is its setting.
- 10/31/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
If there's anything Harrison Ford hopes he's made clear through his portrayal of Indiana Jones, it's this: You don't get to bring an icon to life on the big screen by having him stay exactly the same, frozen in amber, for over four decades. Although many questioned the need for a fourth "Indiana Jones" sequel this past summer. with James Mangold's "Dial of Destiny" -- citing the grizzled, 81-year-old actor's age as the biggest reason to leave this old-fashioned archaeologist in the past where he belongs -- Ford saw this as the biggest reason to make the movie in the first place. In fact, the idea of bringing something new to the character with every movie has been his one constant every time he suited up in that battered fedora and strapped on his trusty whip.
In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, conducted just prior to the June 2023 release of "Dial of Destiny,...
In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, conducted just prior to the June 2023 release of "Dial of Destiny,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Although "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is probably the most widely beloved of them, a strong argument can be made that "The Last Crusade" is the real best entry in the Indiana Jones franchise. The duplicitous Elsa makes for perhaps the most compelling of Indy's love interests, and the introduction of Sean Connery as Indy's father paves the way for a more introspective look at Indiana as a person. "Temple of Doom" might technically be the only prequel in the series, but it's this third movie that seems most interested in exploring Indy's past.
The result is that this is the most intimate of the "Indiana Jones" movies, the one that cares the most about its main character's emotional journey. It's a choice that's reflected in the cinematography, which favors close-ups over the wider shots of the first two films. Some of the most memorable images of "Raiders" are...
The result is that this is the most intimate of the "Indiana Jones" movies, the one that cares the most about its main character's emotional journey. It's a choice that's reflected in the cinematography, which favors close-ups over the wider shots of the first two films. Some of the most memorable images of "Raiders" are...
- 10/7/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Jordan, host to movies from Dune to Lawrence Of Arabia, has officially opened its first purpose built film and TV studio complex, Olivewood Film Studios (pictured below).
Located 15 minutes outside the center of the capital city of Amman, the studio launched with King Abdullah II, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Rym al-Ali in attendance.
The facility, which hopes to attract large scale productions, comprises two 1,500m² soundstages and a 1,000m² mill, and a leveled backlot of 68,000m², 4,000m² basecamp area, on-site canteen, parking for 95 cars, and a dedicated space for technical vehicles.
According to Olivewood, it operates under a dedicated company with administrative and financial autonomy and is headed by Royal Film Commission executive commissioner Raja Gargour.
Jordan’s cash rebate program offers filmmakers up to a 25% recovery of the cost of local labor and supplier expenses. Most recently, the...
Located 15 minutes outside the center of the capital city of Amman, the studio launched with King Abdullah II, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Rym al-Ali in attendance.
The facility, which hopes to attract large scale productions, comprises two 1,500m² soundstages and a 1,000m² mill, and a leveled backlot of 68,000m², 4,000m² basecamp area, on-site canteen, parking for 95 cars, and a dedicated space for technical vehicles.
According to Olivewood, it operates under a dedicated company with administrative and financial autonomy and is headed by Royal Film Commission executive commissioner Raja Gargour.
Jordan’s cash rebate program offers filmmakers up to a 25% recovery of the cost of local labor and supplier expenses. Most recently, the...
- 9/27/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
With the Ark of the Covenant tucked away in an undisclosed location and the sacred Sankara Stones returned to their people, it’s time for Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones Jr. to face his most significant challenge ever: Daddy issues! In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy and his father, Henry Jones Sr., played by the legendary Sean Connery, embark on an epic adventure to recover the Holy Grail, a fabled chalice with extraordinary powers, said to grant eternal youth and infinite sustenance to those who drink from the hallowed cup. Join us for another race against time as we shape history alongside one of cinema’s greatest heroes of the silver screen with a look back at Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
The rollicking threequel harkens back to Spielberg‘s Raiders of the Lost Ark in tone, with humor and exploration of character driving the story instead of...
The rollicking threequel harkens back to Spielberg‘s Raiders of the Lost Ark in tone, with humor and exploration of character driving the story instead of...
- 9/25/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
In the modern movie world of “franchise” cinema, there’s one thing more difficult than making a sequel: making a sequel to a sequel. Most sequels tend to either try to double down on what made the original so great or, alternatively, attempt to take things in a more expansive new direction. The third film or “threequel” poses something of a unique quandary though. The concept of the “threequel” isn’t a new one, in fact it is almost as old as cinema itself. The very first “threequel” arguably arrived all the way back in 1907 with George Méliès‘ The Haunted Castle, the third in a trilogy of silent films that began with The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903).
However, modern filmmakers face an increasingly tricky task with threequels. Essentially, they either need to find a satisfactory way to wrap up the story or alternatively inject fresh blood into proceedings with a...
However, modern filmmakers face an increasingly tricky task with threequels. Essentially, they either need to find a satisfactory way to wrap up the story or alternatively inject fresh blood into proceedings with a...
- 9/19/2023
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Eddie Marks, a member of the costume department on such films as The Breakfast Club, The Witches of Eastwick and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the president of the Western Costume Company since 1992, has died. He was 76.
Marks died Monday of natural causes during a visit to Prague, a spokesman for the company told The Hollywood Reporter.
Marks joined Western Costume in 1989 as a vice president and became president three years later. He helped steer the company from a cramped Melrose Avenue warehouse near the Paramount lot to a hangar-sized building on Vanowen Street in North Hollywood in 1990.
Western Costume was founded sometime between 1912 and 1915 and has been among the world’s largest suppliers of costumes ever since. “What makes us stand out from our competitors is that, over the last 30 years, I’ve bought 11 companies that were costume rental companies,” Marks told THR in a 2019 profile of Western Costume.
Marks died Monday of natural causes during a visit to Prague, a spokesman for the company told The Hollywood Reporter.
Marks joined Western Costume in 1989 as a vice president and became president three years later. He helped steer the company from a cramped Melrose Avenue warehouse near the Paramount lot to a hangar-sized building on Vanowen Street in North Hollywood in 1990.
Western Costume was founded sometime between 1912 and 1915 and has been among the world’s largest suppliers of costumes ever since. “What makes us stand out from our competitors is that, over the last 30 years, I’ve bought 11 companies that were costume rental companies,” Marks told THR in a 2019 profile of Western Costume.
- 9/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sean Connery was the actor everyone knew for starting the James Bond franchise. He quickly reached stardom, and directors considered him for other major works. Over the course of his career, Connery accumulated dozens of credits. One of the last movies he did was bad enough to make him want to retire.
Sean Connery’s acting career Sean Connery at the 1st Annual Rome Film Festival, 2006 | Ernesto Ruscio/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Connery got into film and television when a casting director happened to watch him in a bodybuilding competition. He appeared in multiple movies and TV shows, but his big break would come in the 60s. The James Bond series has been popular for decades, and Connery starred in the first five flicks.
During the audition, Connery’s attire and outburst almost cost him the role. It was his “panther-like walk” that helped him land the part of Agent 007. Connery...
Sean Connery’s acting career Sean Connery at the 1st Annual Rome Film Festival, 2006 | Ernesto Ruscio/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Connery got into film and television when a casting director happened to watch him in a bodybuilding competition. He appeared in multiple movies and TV shows, but his big break would come in the 60s. The James Bond series has been popular for decades, and Connery starred in the first five flicks.
During the audition, Connery’s attire and outburst almost cost him the role. It was his “panther-like walk” that helped him land the part of Agent 007. Connery...
- 8/28/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sean Connery was the actor everyone knew for starting the James Bond franchise. He quickly reached stardom, and directors considered him for other major works. Over the course of his career, Connery accumulated dozens of credits. One of the last movies he did was bad enough to make him want to retire.
Sean Connery’s acting career Sean Connery at the 1st Annual Rome Film Festival, 2006 | Ernesto Ruscio/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Connery got into film and television when a casting director happened to watch him in a bodybuilding competition. He appeared in multiple movies and TV shows, but his big break would come in the 60s. The James Bond series has been popular for decades, and Connery starred in the first five flicks.
During the audition, Connery’s attire and outburst almost cost him the role. It was his “panther-like walk” that helped him land the part of Agent 007. Connery...
Sean Connery’s acting career Sean Connery at the 1st Annual Rome Film Festival, 2006 | Ernesto Ruscio/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Connery got into film and television when a casting director happened to watch him in a bodybuilding competition. He appeared in multiple movies and TV shows, but his big break would come in the 60s. The James Bond series has been popular for decades, and Connery starred in the first five flicks.
During the audition, Connery’s attire and outburst almost cost him the role. It was his “panther-like walk” that helped him land the part of Agent 007. Connery...
- 8/28/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" might not be the franchise's finest moment, but it still has some cool Indiana Jones moments — the whole nuking the fridge thing aside. With the fourth film in the series, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg decided to leave the adventure serial style of the previous films behind in favor of a 1950s sci-fi B-movie sensibility. Whereas the Nazis had been the go-to villains for the previous three entries, Lucas and Spielberg's new approach saw Indy facing off against the Soviets at the height of the Cold War, in a race to recover the titular cranium in order to thwart the Russians' nefarious plans.
But before any of those grand escapades kick off, "Crystal Skull" makes sure to get a good old-fashioned chase scene in. After Harrison Ford's Dr. Jones meets his long-lost son Mutt Williams (Shia Labeouf) for the first time,...
But before any of those grand escapades kick off, "Crystal Skull" makes sure to get a good old-fashioned chase scene in. After Harrison Ford's Dr. Jones meets his long-lost son Mutt Williams (Shia Labeouf) for the first time,...
- 8/27/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Few deaths in the "Indiana Jones" films as quite as unforgettable as that of Pat Roach's Nazi mechanic in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Upon spotting Indy (Harrison Ford) duking it out with one of his fellow Nazi handymen near a plane preparing to take off, Roach's nameless, burly villain smiles to himself as he removes his shirt, clearly itching for a fight. He proceeds to give Indy quite the thrashing and might've well won their match, had he bothered to turn around in time and spot the spinning airplane propellor bearing down on him.
Roach had a knack for playing the heel, starting with his run on the British wrestling circuit. Having earned a black belt in Judo before becoming the National Judo Champion in 1960, Roach spent the next decade wrestling under such personas as "Big" and "Lord" Pat Roach, squaring off against the likes of Dwayne Johnson's grandfather,...
Roach had a knack for playing the heel, starting with his run on the British wrestling circuit. Having earned a black belt in Judo before becoming the National Judo Champion in 1960, Roach spent the next decade wrestling under such personas as "Big" and "Lord" Pat Roach, squaring off against the likes of Dwayne Johnson's grandfather,...
- 8/14/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
With "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Steven Spielberg and George Lucas delved into their characters more than with their previous two Indy efforts. The film is ostensibly centered around the search for the Holy Grail, but is really about a man and his father's search for reconciliation and a bond that has eluded them throughout their relationship. Or, as Spielberg said in a making-of featurette, "the search for the father is the search for the Holy Grail."
Foreshadowing some of what he would later showcase in "The Fabelmans," Spielberg used the third Indiana Jones movie to explore the relationship between a son and a father who seemed more interested in excavating history than building a bond with his child. And while 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is still the best Indy film, it's arguable that "The Last Crusade" is the most complex and perhaps most moving Indy film.
Foreshadowing some of what he would later showcase in "The Fabelmans," Spielberg used the third Indiana Jones movie to explore the relationship between a son and a father who seemed more interested in excavating history than building a bond with his child. And while 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is still the best Indy film, it's arguable that "The Last Crusade" is the most complex and perhaps most moving Indy film.
- 8/12/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
The actual plot of Michael Bay's 2009 sci-fi actioner "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is rather oblique. In 17,000 Bce, Transformers used specialized, high-tech, sun-killing solar collectors to gather energy from the galaxy's stars. Their ethical code forbid them from snuffing out stars in solar systems that supported life, but one Transformer defied said ethic to deplete Earth's sun. That Transformer was excommunicated and became the first Decepticon. Fast forward to 2009, and the modern-day Decepticons are intent on activating the ancient solar collector once again. It's hidden inside one of the Pyramids of Giza.
"Revenge of the Fallen" was filmed in several locations in the United States, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and remote places in New Mexico, and Arizona. The Pyramid sequences were indeed filmed in Cairo, and the footage of ancient Egyptian cities was filmed in Petra, Jordan. Many filmgoers might recognize Petra from the climax of the 1989 film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,...
"Revenge of the Fallen" was filmed in several locations in the United States, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and remote places in New Mexico, and Arizona. The Pyramid sequences were indeed filmed in Cairo, and the footage of ancient Egyptian cities was filmed in Petra, Jordan. Many filmgoers might recognize Petra from the climax of the 1989 film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Picture if you will, a world in which someone would say no to Steven Spielberg. After all, the guy changed cinema with 1975’s Jaws, creating the summer blockbuster, earning tons of money, and getting a Best Director nomination. But that’s exactly what happened, several times when Spielberg begged producer Cubby Broccoli to let him make a movie about his childhood hero, James Bond. But after numerous rejections, Spielberg’s best bud George Lucas came to him with another idea: a movie about an adventurer called Indiana Jones.
Spielberg’s James Bond Mission
It’s no surprise that Spielberg loves James Bond. As anyone who saw The Fabelmans can tell you, the director developed his remarkable cinematic sense not by going to film school but by replicating the images of movies he saw at the local suburban theaters. And few movies of that formative era were bigger in the minds...
Spielberg’s James Bond Mission
It’s no surprise that Spielberg loves James Bond. As anyone who saw The Fabelmans can tell you, the director developed his remarkable cinematic sense not by going to film school but by replicating the images of movies he saw at the local suburban theaters. And few movies of that formative era were bigger in the minds...
- 7/12/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
With Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in theatres and playing to divisive audience reactions and less spectacular than expected box office, we thought now would be the time to do our definitive ranking of the Indiana Jones films. Of course, these rankings are just our opinions, so if you disagree – and many of you probably do – make sure to hit us up in the comments. Time to let er’ rip!
5 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Some of you reading this probably think I’m crazy. Am I actually saying Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is better than Dial of Destiny? Here’s the thing – some parts of Crystal Skull are worse than anything in Dial of Destiny. There’s nothing horrifically embarrassing in this movie, but the thing is, there’s nothing terribly memorable, either. The action is bland, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...
5 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Some of you reading this probably think I’m crazy. Am I actually saying Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is better than Dial of Destiny? Here’s the thing – some parts of Crystal Skull are worse than anything in Dial of Destiny. There’s nothing horrifically embarrassing in this movie, but the thing is, there’s nothing terribly memorable, either. The action is bland, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...
- 7/8/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” has wrapped things up for the five-film franchise, starring Harrison Ford as one of cinema’s most iconic characters of all time. The film follows Ford as Indy, a world-famous archaeologist, as he goes on a hunt for an ancient artifact that can alter the course of history. Starring alongside him are new faces such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, and Mads Mikkelsen, plus returning heroes Karen Allen and John Rhys-Davies.
The first four “Indiana Jones” movies amassed six Oscar wins and 13 nominations between them, with the franchise’s first outing, “Raiders of the Lost” winning four and landing eight nods in total, including bids for Best Picture and Best Director for Steven Spielberg. It’ll be a mighty achievement for “Dial of Destiny” to match this, particularly as the previous installment, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” was snubbed entirely by Academy voters.
The first four “Indiana Jones” movies amassed six Oscar wins and 13 nominations between them, with the franchise’s first outing, “Raiders of the Lost” winning four and landing eight nods in total, including bids for Best Picture and Best Director for Steven Spielberg. It’ll be a mighty achievement for “Dial of Destiny” to match this, particularly as the previous installment, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” was snubbed entirely by Academy voters.
- 7/7/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Rewind to summer 1981, and a box office slump. A variety of factors were to blame for the downturn, including rising movie ticket prices and production costs (sound familiar?). But the summer season ended on a high note after Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark rode to the rescue.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg from a story and concept by George Lucas, provided actor Harrison Ford with his own franchise that spanned two additional films during the course of the 1980s. The trio successfully revived the action-adventure series with 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, which dug up nearly $800 million at the worldwide box office. But that was another time, and another place.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — the fifth and final installment in the storied series — opened to an underwhelming $60.4 million at the domestic box office over the June 30-July 2 weekend.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg from a story and concept by George Lucas, provided actor Harrison Ford with his own franchise that spanned two additional films during the course of the 1980s. The trio successfully revived the action-adventure series with 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, which dug up nearly $800 million at the worldwide box office. But that was another time, and another place.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — the fifth and final installment in the storied series — opened to an underwhelming $60.4 million at the domestic box office over the June 30-July 2 weekend.
- 7/6/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We are now as far from the first Indiana Jones film as it was from the Republic (and other) serials that inspired it, but that's not the only tricky arithmetic in this fifth (and final?) film outing for the franchise. While the first three were set in the 1930s, the fourth moved to the 1950s to accommodate the decades between The Last Crusade and those Crystal Skulls. The Dial Of Destiny moves through time again, dressing Glasgow's streets as New York hosting a parade for the Apollo Astronauts. That very specifically dates it to August 13th 1969, a Wednesday.
Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong had a busy day. After that parade they'd attend another in Chicago, before joining the President for a state dinner in Los Angeles. It's one of several small details that are among the delights of Dial Of Destiny that they're not the only ones intending to...
Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong had a busy day. After that parade they'd attend another in Chicago, before joining the President for a state dinner in Los Angeles. It's one of several small details that are among the delights of Dial Of Destiny that they're not the only ones intending to...
- 7/5/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
We live in interesting times. At the movie theater right now, on one screen, you can see Michael Keaton beating up bad guys while in the Batman suit. On another, you can watch Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones beating up Nazis. Weirdly, both are not doing great at the box office. If you went this past weekend to check out Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, you will know the film was littered with easter eggs and references. What did we uncover in this globetrotting adventure this time??
Warning!!!! There will be spoilers for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny!
Wilhelm Scream
As with every Indiana Jones film, the Wilhelm Scream makes an appearance. Indy and Basil Shaw are trying to escape from the train full of Nazis, they climb onto the roof. Here they have some back-and-forth with a few soldiers. Indy pulls...
Warning!!!! There will be spoilers for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny!
Wilhelm Scream
As with every Indiana Jones film, the Wilhelm Scream makes an appearance. Indy and Basil Shaw are trying to escape from the train full of Nazis, they climb onto the roof. Here they have some back-and-forth with a few soldiers. Indy pulls...
- 7/4/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
With the release of Harrison Ford’s final Indiana Jones film, The Dial of Destiny, the saga is officially over. But before we put all five movies in a museum, let’s take a look back. Below, The Hollywood Reporter ranks Dr. Jones’ adventures from the worst to the best. It’s a franchise that helped define the summer blockbuster and represented some of the best work of creators George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Ford — who will probably be forever more closely identified with his intrepid archaeologist than any other character from his career.
But since we’re starting at the bottom, that can only mean that we must first discuss…
Harrison Ford and Shia Labeouf in ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ 5. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
A hokey ramshackle mess. Everything about the fourth film feels weirdly distant and off somehow; slathered in a CG haze.
But since we’re starting at the bottom, that can only mean that we must first discuss…
Harrison Ford and Shia Labeouf in ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ 5. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
A hokey ramshackle mess. Everything about the fourth film feels weirdly distant and off somehow; slathered in a CG haze.
- 7/2/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Aside from the peppy characters, the awe and wonder of the globetrotting adventures, the unforgettable scores, and the inventive action sequences, the reason why the legend of Indiana Jones has gained a cult following since the 1980s is a balanced admixture of facts and fiction when it comes to delving into the intricacies of history and archaeology. Especially the ancient, legendary relics of the past with mystical properties, in order to obtain which a cat and mouse game between the titular character and his rivals ensues, are a point of interest for not only history nerds but the general audience as well. With the fifth and final movie of the franchise making the rounds in theaters worldwide, let us take a look at the significant antiquities that Indy wrestled out of the clutches of the bad guys.
Spoilers Ahead
The Golden Idol Of The Goddess Of Fertility
Raiders Of The Lost Ark...
Spoilers Ahead
The Golden Idol Of The Goddess Of Fertility
Raiders Of The Lost Ark...
- 7/2/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Along with Harrison Ford’s iconic character’s exploits cracking whips, globetrotting, wearing a fedora and leather jacket regardless of climate, and — we cannot emphasize this enough — punching Nazis, what turned audiences into voracious fan of Indiana Jones is how the treasure hunter would pursue artifacts that belong in a museum (preferably a museum in the area whence the artifact originated).
What we love about Indiana Jones is how the franchise tapped into real-world archaeological discoveries and mysterious artifacts. That tradition absolutely continues with Ford’s fifth and final outing as the adventurer in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Here are a few aspects of Indy’s pursuits of fortune and glory that are part fact and part fiction.
Adventuring Archaeologists
George Lucas’ creation is partially based on the sci-fi and adventure heroes from movie serials in the late 1930s/early 1940s, such as Buck Rogers and Zorro,...
What we love about Indiana Jones is how the franchise tapped into real-world archaeological discoveries and mysterious artifacts. That tradition absolutely continues with Ford’s fifth and final outing as the adventurer in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Here are a few aspects of Indy’s pursuits of fortune and glory that are part fact and part fiction.
Adventuring Archaeologists
George Lucas’ creation is partially based on the sci-fi and adventure heroes from movie serials in the late 1930s/early 1940s, such as Buck Rogers and Zorro,...
- 7/2/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
On a rainy, moonless night, the man in the fedora is smiling through bloody teeth. Indiana Jones was always a pulp hero fueled by the nostalgia of George Lucas’ youth; a guy who looks like Charlton Heston in Secret of the Incas (1954), talks like Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948), and performs stunts right out of John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939). But this pure old-school romance of yesteryear was never stronger than during the opening moments of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
After the film’s prologue, director Steven Spielberg cuts to a grown up Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), who takes everything in stride, even another punch to the face as he’s being held captive on a ship in the middle of a hurricane. In this particular sequence, he has been captured by a familiar nemesis who is ready to reclaim a Spanish artifact that Indy stole from him.
After the film’s prologue, director Steven Spielberg cuts to a grown up Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), who takes everything in stride, even another punch to the face as he’s being held captive on a ship in the middle of a hurricane. In this particular sequence, he has been captured by a familiar nemesis who is ready to reclaim a Spanish artifact that Indy stole from him.
- 7/1/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
In June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the titular Indiana (Harrison Ford) once again faces down a Nazi threat. The film's first scenes are set in 1944 when the Nazis are trying to make their escape as the Allies liberate Europe. Indiana and his friend Basil Shaw (played by Toby Jones) try to steal back the Lance of Longinus from the Nazis. But it turns out the Nazis have something much more interesting: Archimedes's Dial, aka the Antikythera. Indiana and Bas make off with it.
Later in the movie, Bas's daughter - and Indiana's goddaughter - Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) contacts Indiana for more info on the dial. The quest for the dial, she says, at least partially drove her dad mad, and viewers learn that Bas has died. The dial ends up sending Indiana and Helena on a globe-trotting adventure with tons of twists and turns.
But...
Later in the movie, Bas's daughter - and Indiana's goddaughter - Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) contacts Indiana for more info on the dial. The quest for the dial, she says, at least partially drove her dad mad, and viewers learn that Bas has died. The dial ends up sending Indiana and Helena on a globe-trotting adventure with tons of twists and turns.
But...
- 6/30/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
In Popsugar's series "In Our Queue," we're reviewing the buzziest new projects with a critical eye on what works - and what doesn't. This week, Victoria Edel is breaking down "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."
The "Indiana Jones" films have always been concerned with the past. That's baked right into the premise; Harrison Ford's titular Indiana is an archaeologist, obsessed with finding treasures of civilizations long gone. But this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" starts by making us think about the future. It's 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts have just returned home from their mission to the moon, and Dr. Jones is feeling a bit like a relic.
The plot is a classic "old guy who has one last adventure" story, and Ford gives the movie his all. In "Dial of Destiny," Ford crosses paths with another Nazi, and, as always, he has to stop the historic villain's dastardly plans.
The "Indiana Jones" films have always been concerned with the past. That's baked right into the premise; Harrison Ford's titular Indiana is an archaeologist, obsessed with finding treasures of civilizations long gone. But this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" starts by making us think about the future. It's 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts have just returned home from their mission to the moon, and Dr. Jones is feeling a bit like a relic.
The plot is a classic "old guy who has one last adventure" story, and Ford gives the movie his all. In "Dial of Destiny," Ford crosses paths with another Nazi, and, as always, he has to stop the historic villain's dastardly plans.
- 6/29/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Harrison Ford filming Raiders of The Lost ArkPhoto: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images (Getty Images)
We all know that the arrival of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny marks Harrison Ford’s fifth and final entry in the enduring franchise, but how many of us know about previous...
We all know that the arrival of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny marks Harrison Ford’s fifth and final entry in the enduring franchise, but how many of us know about previous...
- 6/29/2023
- by Phil Pirrello
- avclub.com
Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated value of brands and IP have created a nightmarish cycle of resurrection and regurgitation, curdling what we love most.
And yet when someone like Harrison Ford says he’s hanging up Indiana Jones’ fedora, for better or worse, you believe him. “Indiana Jones” producer Frank Marshall has also said that they won’t recast the character, which seems more dubious and, though well-intentioned, something he won’t be able to guarantee. All it takes is a new executive demanding a reboot.
Not that it would ever really work, though. Any self-respecting movie fan knows the truth: The magic of Indiana Jones belongs wholly to Harrison Ford. Apparently, he doesn’t even necessarily need Steven Spielberg behind the camera, though, to be fair,...
And yet when someone like Harrison Ford says he’s hanging up Indiana Jones’ fedora, for better or worse, you believe him. “Indiana Jones” producer Frank Marshall has also said that they won’t recast the character, which seems more dubious and, though well-intentioned, something he won’t be able to guarantee. All it takes is a new executive demanding a reboot.
Not that it would ever really work, though. Any self-respecting movie fan knows the truth: The magic of Indiana Jones belongs wholly to Harrison Ford. Apparently, he doesn’t even necessarily need Steven Spielberg behind the camera, though, to be fair,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Old man Dr. Jones is back to save the world... from Nazis!!... one last time. And we get to follow him on this grand adventure around the world. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the long-awaited Indiana Jones sequel following up the rather unexciting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008. The Last Crusade opened in 1989, then there was a 19 year wait between the sequels. After another 15 years, we finally have Dial of Destiny. I waited to watch this movie a second time to double check how I feel about it. I first caught Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in May, at a packed 8:30Am screening in the Grand Théâtre Lumière. This wasn't the ideal way to watch, but I enjoyed it anyway, and have been defending it ever since. I finally saw it again at a...
- 6/28/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Harrison Ford, the iconic Hollywood actor, has left an indelible mark on the film industry with his memorable performances across three legendary franchises – Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and now the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Harrison Ford’s legacy is nothing short of extraordinary, having cemented himself as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
His contributions to cinema will be cherished for generations to come, solidifying his place in Hollywood history. Let’s take a closer look at the remarkable legacy of this talented actor and the iconic characters he has portrayed throughout his career.
The Adventurous Archaeologist: Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford’s portrayal of Indiana Jones is legendary, and his upcoming film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is set to continue the thrilling adventures of the archaeologist.
Explore the captivating world of Indiana Jones as Ford effortlessly combines charm, wit, and action in films like Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
His contributions to cinema will be cherished for generations to come, solidifying his place in Hollywood history. Let’s take a closer look at the remarkable legacy of this talented actor and the iconic characters he has portrayed throughout his career.
The Adventurous Archaeologist: Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford’s portrayal of Indiana Jones is legendary, and his upcoming film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is set to continue the thrilling adventures of the archaeologist.
Explore the captivating world of Indiana Jones as Ford effortlessly combines charm, wit, and action in films like Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
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