I think with the exception of the shark in JAWS and E.T., I’ve only made a couple of movies where I can put the silhouette of the leading character up on the screen. Just the silhouette and people will immediately know where that came from.
Or so says Steven Spielberg in the beginning of the latest video at the official Indiana Jones website, in advance of the May 2008 release of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
Can you believe Harrison Ford has only acted in 15 films since 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?” He was ready to reprise his trademark silhouette for a long time. The delay, which I blogged about on Clark University’s VAX bulletin board system in the early 1990s, was mainly due to George Lucas and those three Star Wars films, not to mention Spielberg’s numerous films in the works. (Spielberg is still working on projects, including Jurassic Park 4 and Transformers 2 next year alone.)
I’m psyched to see this film. I remember oohing and aahing over the then-unknown status of an Indy 4 film in college. I’m sad to see John Rhys-Davies not in the cast, but for all I know he may cameo.
Over the 3-day coming weekend, I’ll plan to see the theatrical trailer, wondering how much will be actual footage and how much flashy words.
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