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| A Shot-by-Shot remake |
Here you
can compare screenshots from the original
Raiders film
with shots from The
Adaptation.
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| This
is one of the earliest shots done. Chris is
11 years old in this shot and stares into
the eyes of the corpse of "Forrestal".
This is also one of Jayson's first creations
he did when the trio started working together.
The chamber of light was built in the garage
of Eric's moms house. Notice the brown vinyl
jacket and the dyed felt hat. |
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| Indy
runs from the Hovitos. Harrison on the left
- Chris on the right. Shot in Eric's backyard.
Swamp/forest in the background. |
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| Classroom
scene. A 14 year old Chris as a professor
of archaeology. This scene holds a record
for the trio. One shot in this scene was taken
37 times. Shot in a local church and revisited
for retakes three years later resulting in
Chris's voice dropping mid-scene. |
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| Marion
Ravenwood (Angela Rodriguez) slugs off a bottle
during the bar fight. To get the bottle to
"turn over" from gunfire, Eric tied
fishing wire to the neck and pulled it over
off screen. |
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| Chris
as Indiana is silhouetted against a burning
wall inside the basement set of the bar. Also
shot inside Eric's moms house. |
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| Ronald
Lacy and Ted Ross both scream in agony as
the medallion burns itself into their hand. |
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| Cairo
street fight. The trio and cast were almost
arrested shooting this scene because someone
called the cops and told them they were shooting
skin flicks. Marion (Angela) can be seen in
smaller version of a hay filled, Arab pulled
cart. |
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| Marion
is tied to tent pole and discovered by Indiana.
Chris (Indy) lays one on Angela (Marion) and
was so nervous he "forgot" his lines
over and over. They therefore had to kiss
"over and over and over." Jayson
teases Chris about this scene to this day.
Ahhhhh - young love. |
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| Marion
has just been tossed into the Well of the
Souls. Chris (Indy) was so hot and so exhausted
in this shot that he unknowingly mouthed the
words to Angela's dialogue as she speaks.
Eric, Chris and Jay built the Well of the
Souls underneath the staircase in the basement
of Eric's moms house. |
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| Crazy
kids!! A 16 year old Chris (Indy) moves himself
under the front of a moving Nazi truck (1964
Ford). Eric, Chris and Jay dragged the donated
truck out of swamp, removed the engine, built
photography and stunt platforms around the
truck preparing it for the big day. The front
grill was made out of a BBQ grill and painted
silver. |
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| Chris
drags behind the truck as Eric directs Jayson
from a car driving just behind. Very hot,
very dirty, very hard scene to shoot. But
fun!! |
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| Rats
on the left. Gerbils on the right. Eric designed
and built the wooden crate housing the ark.
Eric used a blowtorch from Radio Shack to
burn a hole in the swastika from inside the
crate. Gerbils are excellent at taking direction
and gave a fantastic performance that day. |
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| Bantu
Wind scene as the Nazis board. Chris pokes
his head through a porthole on the USS Alabama
in Mobile, Alabama. After three long years
of asking, Captain Deffley finally let the
trio shoot there. |
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| Indy
dries off from a long ride on the sub. Eric,
Chris and Jay shot this in an old airplane
hanger in Biloxi, Mississippi. |
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| A
disheveled Indy is caught by an officer. Due
to a lack of actors who could handle the German,
Eric played the admonishing officer himself. |
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| Also
shot in the airplane hangar, Eric Zala (Belloq)
exclaims to an uneasy Dietrich (Michael Bales),
"...the one TRUE Ark!." |
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| On
the way to perform an ancient Hebrew ritual
- the trio shot this scene around the same
as the excavation scenes were shot. Shot in
Lizana, Mississippi in a massive, sprawling
dirt pit. The owner of the property, Bo Jo
Flemming was... well, a dirt salesman. After
saying no, he finally agreed to let the boys
use his property after his wife told him she
had seen the boys on a local TV news show. |
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| "Jones!?
Jooones?!!! Your persistence surprises even
me!" This was shot around the same time
as the Tanis Digs because they had to make
the best use of the location while they were
out there in Lizana, Mississippi. Try finding
Lizana on a map. I dare you. Wow. In the middle
of NOWHERE! |
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| This...this
IS history! Shot years later, "it's one
of my favorite shots in the film." says
Chris. It was shot in the front yard of Eric's
moms house. |
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| The
melting scene. Jayson Lamb works his magic
with firecrackers, roman candles tied to Eric's
arms, gunpowder, electricity, brillo pads
and X-mas lights. Jayson tended to do the
really dangerous stuff himself because the
trio didn't want any of the neighborhood kids
getting hurt. It came out beautifully. Eric
and Chris always relied on Jay to come up
with the most amazing FX - and he always delivered.
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