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This
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Begins with
a shot of a mountain on a gong which is reminiscent
of the Paramount
Pictures logo. See also
Raiders of the Lost
Ark, and Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade. |
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An early
draft of the script for Raiders
of the Lost Ark had Indy
traveling to Shanghai to recover a piece of the
Staff of Ra. During his escape from the museum where
it was housed, he sheltered from machine gun fire
behind a giant rolling gong. The same script also
featured Indy and Marion fleeing destruction in
a mine-cart chase. Both of these scenes were cut
from that script, but resurface in this movie.
More info on this at IndianaJones.com.
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Short Round
was named after screenwriter Willard Huyck's dog,
which was named after the orphan in The
Steel Helmet. |
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The club
at the beginning is called "Club Obi Wan",
a reference to Star
Wars character Obi-Wan
Kenobi. |
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Shots of
mining-car roller-coaster ride were done with models
and a 35mm camera modified to hold extra film. |
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Rehash of
the "shooting the swordsman" joke from
Raiders of the Lost
Ark. (Just before the
bridge scenes.) |
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The suspension
bridge only shown from one side, to avoid showing
the large dam in a nearby canyon. |
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While filming
the whipping scene, the crew played a practical
joke on Harrison Ford. Chained to a large stone,
Barbra Streisand appeared, dressed in a leather
dominatrix outfit. She proceeded to whip him, saying
"That's for Hanover
Street, the worst movie
I ever saw." She continued whipping him for
Star Wars,
and making all of that money. Carrie Fisher then
threw herself in front of Ford to protect him, and
Irvin Kershner chided director Steven Spielberg.
"Is this how you run your movies?" It's
rumored that this entire sequence was filmed. |
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Actor Dan
Aykroyd has a cameo role in the film. Indiana Jones
meets his character at the airport at the end of
the Shanghai car chase. You won't be able to get
a good look at his face but you'll certainly recognize
his voice. |
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Producer
Frank Marshall has again a cameo role. He plays
a coolie pulling a rickshaw in the background in
the airport scene at the beginning.
Even Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Anthony Powell
and Sid Ganis appeared as missionaries waiting for
the airplane in that same scene. |
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