The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago will feature props from the Indiana Jones films including a fedora, whip, jacket. ILM has said that the Ark of the Covenant, from Raiders of the Lost Ark, will also be present!

The Indiana Jones prop display will be shown at the Museum of Science and Industry from May 28th (today!) till September 8th.

Visit the Action! And Adventure in Moviemaking website for more information.

Thanks to Ryan for letting me know.

The official IndianaJones.com has published a new & excellent article, this time about the history of Indiana Jones Disney attractions. Here follows an except of the article:

When movie audiences first witnessed a gigantic, rolling boulder barreling down on Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Raiders of the Lost Ark, most people gasped with anticipation of a human pancake, but Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter could only think of one thing, "This would make a fantastic ride."

"We were sitting in a theater in Pasadena in 1981, playing hooky from work, waiting. Then on came Indiana Jones. I was sitting with there with Skip Lange, who did field art direction on the rides -- and we thought it would make an amazing ride experience," Baxter explains. "But there was absolutely no way that technology in 1981 existed that could support the energy and chaos that the movie delivered in cinema. That's impossible when you're dealing with safety and quality issues."

Click here to read the full article and there's also an Indy attractions poll right here.

This week's Entertainment Weekly magazine asks the question "What modern movie has had the most influence on other movies?".

Film critic Owen Gleiberman gave the following answer:

The one with the most revolutionary impact on the way that movies flow and feel--on what they are--is Raiders of the Lost Ark. Jaws and Star Wars remade the film industry, but they were classically designed Hollywood adventures. In crafting their ultra-revved version of the old matinee serials, director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas replaced the ebb and flow of dramatic suspense with a new rhythm of one climax after another: an all-sensation-all-the-time structure that became the template for every future cinematic ride, from Cliffhanger to Van Helsing. In Raiders, boulders and snake pits are simply hurdles for Indiana Jones to clear. There is physical tension, even excitement, but no conflict, just a daisy chain of action-events. Only a prig would fail to find Raiders fun, but what Spielberg couldn't have foreseen is that his experiment in zip-zip summer escapism would change, if not destroy, the DNA of storytelling as we knew it.

Source: UGO's Indiana Jones Hub

Robert Newton from FanzillaCon is looking for Indiana Jones fans that live in the New England area. Rob needs help at the FanzillaCon event, particularly in regard to the Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation film they are screening.

If you are from the New England area and interested in helping Rob at FanzillaCon you can send Robert an e-mail at robertnewton@massbayfilmproject.org.