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The Movie
Synopsis
An epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic that is central to their plans for world domination. Battling against a snake phobia and a vengeful ex-girlfriend, Indiana Jones is in constant peril, making hair’s-breadth escapes at every turn in this celebration of the innocent adventure movies of an earlier era.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, & Phillip Kaufman
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karren Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliot, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, and much more.
An epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic that is central to their plans for world domination. Battling against a snake phobia and a vengeful ex-girlfriend, Indiana Jones is in constant peril, making hair’s-breadth escapes at every turn in this celebration of the innocent adventure movies of an earlier era.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, & Philip Kaufman
Starring: Harrison Ford (Indy), Karen Allen (Marion), Paul Freeman (Belloq), Ronal Lacey (Toht), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), Denholm Elliott (Brody), and much more.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Synopsis
Adventure sequel. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone and uncovers an ancient evil that threatens all who come into contact with it.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, & George Lucas
Starring: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones), Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott), Ke Huy Quan (Short Round), Amrish Puri (Mola Ram), Roshan Seth (Chattar Lal), Phillip Stone (Captain Blumburtt), Roy Chiao (Loa Che), David Yip (Wu Han), and much more.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Synopsis
The intrepid explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Following clues in the old man’s notebook, Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, but they are not the only ones who are on the trail, and some sinister old enemies soon come out of the woodwork.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Jeffrey Boam, George Lucas, Menno Meyjes, & Phillip Kaufman
Starring: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones), Sean Connery (Professor Henry Jones), Denholm Elliott (Marcus Brody), Alison Doody (Elsa), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), Julian Glover (Walter Donovan), River Phoenix (Young Indy), and much more.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Synopsis
t’s the height of the Cold War, and famous archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), returning from his latest adventure, finds out his job at Marshall College is in jeopardy. He meets Mutt (Shia La Beouf), a young man who wants Indy to help him find the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator, and the pair set out for Peru. However, the deadly agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) is searching for the powerful artifact, too, because the Soviets believe it can help them conquer the world.
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: David Koepp, George Lucas, Jeff Nathanson, & Phillip Kaufman
Starring: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones), Cate Blanchett (Irina Spalko), Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood), Shia LaBeouf (Mutt Williams), Ray Winstone (Mac George Michale), John Hurt (Professor Oxley), and much more.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Rating: Raiders: PG; Temple of Doom: PG; The Last Crusade: PG-13, & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: PG-13
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Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan was on the first panel of press conferences for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi shared some insights about Episode VII and the greater Star Wars universe as a whole. Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens December 18 with early shows December 17.
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Lawrence Kasdan on what makes Kylo Ren a Unique Star Wars character:
“That’s why we were so excited about Adam [Driver] playing this part because there’s never been a character like Kylo in the saga. No, he hasn’t got his sh*t all together. Adam acts it so beautifully because you expect oh, this is some evil genius, but what you’re getting is all the contradictions and the conflict that people feel, any one of us can feel at any moment. That’s what’s so amazing about it and I think that’s what’s unique about what Adam has done.”
Lawrence Kasdan on the scariest moments writing The Force Awakens:
“You know, I don’t associate the process with fear. J.J. [Abrams] and I jumped into the thing under a lot of time pressure and we had fun. In fact, the first day that we started real work on it, we said, ‘You know, we must have fun with these every day.’ It’s really a privilege and you have to be very lucky to get to write the next Star Wars. So we didn’t really have fear. I think we had trepidation about fulfilling people’s expectations, that they be satisfied with what we came out with. But we didn’t want them to know what we were going to come up with and we wanted this moment that’s coming up next week would be a fresh moment for as many people in the world who are interested in it. The only pressure is can you do something that’s worth that much anticipation?”
Lawrence Kasdan on how they come up with those memorable Star Wars character names:
“I don’t know if there were any left over [from George Lucas]. I think the criteria was: did we like it? That was it. Really tough criteria. Did it sound good to say it? Did it feel good to type it? Don’t you think?”
Lawrence Kasdan on the extended Star Wars universe and novels:
“I think it had more to do with Jedi and the continuation of IV, V and VI. This is VII. I think we were aware, we’re respectful of the canon but we really wanted to tell a story that interested us and delighted us. We didn’t really want any rules and parameters. We said, “We can do anything we want with this story. What would be the most fun thing to do on this page and the next page and the page after that?” That was the guiding principal more than the canon or anything that had come before.”
Lawrence Kasdan on his inspirations as a screenwriter:
“Oh yeah. All the movies of Akira Kurosawa have influenced me throughout my career. That’s because he was sort of the Shakespeare of cinema. He did comedies, he did action films, he did Shakespearean drama and all of life is contained in each one of his films. Seven Samurai may be the greatest film ever made, it’s a personal drama, it’s an action picture. So when J.J. and I were working, we kept referring to that. And then we would talk about the great American movies that we loved and things that had influenced the first Star Wars which was Howard Hawks and John Ford. Flash Gordon. When George made A New Hope, he was influenced very much by Kurosawa and by Flash Gordon and by The Wizard of Oz. I think that all those movies, you could feel them in A New Hope. And everything that’s in A New Hope has come down through the movies to this day.”
Ever since George Lucas released the Star Wars original trilogy (IV, V, and VI) with some added “extras”, people have been wondering if we’d ever see the original movies in their original form at all. Lucas had said that this new, computer generated-enhanced verso would be the final version of the movie and that we’d never see the original theater version again.
But according to comicbook.com, there’s word that Disney has been in the works for a new blu-ray version of the original trilogy in its original unedited, unaltered footage.
It is said that it Disney may have issues due to the age of the original footage, but plans are set to try and get the blu-ray discs done before Episode VII. Check back here for more details!
