Saturday, June 19, 2021

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)-- Part 2: Who Hates Snakes?

Characters in other movies owe a debt to Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones.  Robert Langdon in "The Da Vinci Code" and Lara Croft "Tomb Raider" have since put their lives on the line to solve ancient mysteries.

Captain America fought the same sort of Axis enemies in "Captain America: The First Avenger."  And definitely in the "National Treasure" movies.

But Karen Allen (Mrs. Boone) can't confirm whether or not she'll be in a upcoming fifth installment of "Indiana Jones" with Harrison Ford.  

However, she says the legacy of the film, set in the 1930s, lies in its timelessness.  "It's been passed with great affection from one generation to another," she says.  "I still see kids dressed up as Indiana Jones and Marion, which is really saying something for a film made 40 years ago.

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10,000+

The number of nonvenomous snakes used in the Well of Souls scene where the Ark of the Covenant was discovered.  You know where Indiana said:  "Why did it have to be snakes?  I hate snakes."

--CootJones


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