Indy’s seaplane departure, the snowbound Nepalese saloon and the plummeting cliffs of Cairo were all handmade matte paintings. Neither would “Raiders.” The film’s set pieces, from locations to traps, are temples of old Hollywood craftsmanship. Indiana Jones’s narrow escapes from Nazis, boulders, blow darts, poisoned dates, speeding trucks and, of course, snakes, tip a fedora to the cliffhanger serials of the 1930s - the kiddie adventures that shaped his creators - even as they calibrated their nostalgia into a cross-promotional blockbuster that would define Hollywood’s future.īlack-and-white serials like “Tarzan” and “Jungle Jim” couldn’t electrify their thrills with C.G.I. Four decades later, the iconic hit has become the pivot point between cinema’s past and present. That brainstorming session, of course, led to “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month ( and is streaming on Paramount+). “Jones,” Lucas conceded, “people can call him Jones.” They gave Indy a bullwhip and a passport - and they tweaked his name. Over the next five days, according to a story conference transcript, the three concocted a swashbuckling archaeologist who fused Humphrey Bogart to James Bond.
Sighed Spielberg, “I hate this, but go ahead.” Eight months after introducing the world to Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca, George Lucas invited Steven Spielberg and the screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan to his assistant’s home in Los Angeles to pitch a new name for adventure.
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