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Indy’s Back

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I think Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the best action/adventure films ever. So many wonderful lines and moments in IJ movies. Some of my favorites:

Marion: You're not the man I knew ten years ago.

Indiana: It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.

(As I recall, this was an ad-lib on Ford's part. What is your favorite Indy moment?) Or…

[Upon opening the Well of the Souls and peering down into it]

Sallah: Indy, why does the floor move?

Indiana: Give me your torch.

[Sallah does, and Indy drops it in]

Indiana: Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?

Then there is the scene where Toht pulls out what appears to be numchucks and folds them into a coat hanger. Or the scene in the crowd where Jones shoots the guy flashing a sword. Great stuff!

What are your favorites scenes from IJ movies?

 

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8 responses to “Indy’s Back”

  1. Travis Prinzi Avatar
    Travis Prinzi

    “We named the dog Indiana.”

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  2. Peggy Avatar
    Peggy

    When the Nazi picks from the selection of possible grail cups and takes a drink of water from it…then promptly turns to dust, the ancient knight looks at Indy and says:
    He chose poorly.
    We use that line around our house regularly.
    Or we also use the opposite: You chose wisely.
    Looking forward to seeing it. Didn’t care much for the 2nd one, but loved the first and third ones.

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  3. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Travis
    “We named the dog Indiana.”
    🙂 I’d forgotten this. I may to consider this for our next cat
    Peggy
    “Didn’t care much for the 2nd one, but loved the first and third ones.”
    Ditto

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  4. Larry Avatar
    Larry

    The scene with sword was an ad lib too. It was originally supposed to be a sword vs. whip thing, but Harrison Ford was sick (if you look closely you can see that he probably felt like hell) and didn’t feel like going through with that, so he just shot him. The swordsman played the scene perfectly considering that he didn’t know it was coming.

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  5. Denis Hancock Avatar
    Denis Hancock

    Salleh t0 Indy: “Bad Dates”

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  6. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Larry
    I didn’t realize that about that scene. Interesting how ad lib many of the best scenes in the movies are.
    Denis
    LOL. Yup. Love that one too.

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  7. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    I always liked the scene where he tries to put on the German tunic, and it doesn’t fit. Then he gets accosted by a superior who starts chewing him out for his shoddy appearance. Indy then punches him out.

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  8. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Or how about in the third one where they are in the stolen German scout plane and Indy tells his dad “Three o-clock!” and dad looks at his watch and says “What happens at three o-clock?”
    Dad then shoots his own tail off and tells Indy “Son, I’m sorry. They got us.”

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