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August 28, 2007
Big Size Hawaii Set Pics
BIG SIZE HAWAII SET PICS| By permission of SplashNews: here are the big size versions of the most interesting of the July 14 shots from the Indiana Jones 4 Hawaii set at Kulaniapia Falls, Big Island. Click the pics below to go to the relevant subgallery in HFW Gallery 1. Remember to click the "thumbs" in the subgallery to see the really big picture. Please have a little patience on the loading of the pictures. Big thanks to Amy Wiwuga at SplashNews for great service and goodwill. |
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Posted by Grethe at 12:40 AM
August 24, 2007
Exclusive: The Indy 4 Los Angeles Sets
EXCLUSIVE: THE INDY 4 LOS ANGELES SETS Photo: Google Earth |
| The following information comes from a trustworthy source, who contacted this site a few days ago: |
| Indiana Jones 4 is shooting on four different sets on the Universal lot. Our source has seen three of the sets: the sound stage set and two outdoor sets. As we've all understood: security on all Indy 4 sets is tight and our source says that security as been tightened further due to an incident a short time ago (see further below). Our source says that the Universal Studios Tour and tram guides are not allowed to make any reference to the newer sets, nor are they allowed to use or refer to the associated project code name. Public access to the sets and stages is restricted and all entrants must wear a Genre badge. The studio call sheets have strictly limited circulation, they are also anonymized. A call sheet normally contains project name/code and the name of the director. The Indy 4 call sheets list no director but carry the project name Genre; ref. our report on July 7: re: the code name for Indy 4: The Unnamed Genre Project. |
| THE UNIVERSAL LOT SETS |
| The Sound Stage | |
| One of the sets on the sound stage contains something our source describes as an awesome looking Mesoamerican burial site. Extras dressed as WWII Nazi soldiers have been observed coming out of the sound stage building and a fleet of limos were seen waiting outside the building. There's been recent hectic activity in the area and the red warning lights are on a lot of the time, something that indicates that the cameras are rolling. | |
| The Pyramid Set | |
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| Our source confirms that the pyramid structure top is a set for Indiana Jones 4. The set has been developed a lot since the July 17th photograph. The structure now looks very ancient and appears as something one might expect to see in a jungle. The structure is at this time surrounded by green screening fences and trees/shrubbery to avoid prying eyes/lenses. | |
| Mexican Street | |
| The outdoor set named Mexican Street has been extensively redressed. The pictures in the right column below show an early stage of the set dressing done for Indy 4, Click thumbs below to see larger versions of the pictures. According to our source, shooting will start on this location in the near future. | |
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| DOWNEY STUDIOS |
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Downey Studios is a former airstrip and site of aircraft, missile weapons and spacecraft assembly and production (read about the site's interesting story here. The Apollo lunar spacecraft and all four Space Shuttles were constructed here.). The air & space activities folded in 1999 and the lot has since been converted into a movie production facility. Among the big productions lensed here are Spiderman, Austin Powers: Goldmember, and Terminator III. Sequences of Indiana Jones 4 are now shooting at this facility. Our source reports about an incident at the Indy 4 Downey sets not long ago and the incident lead to even tighter security on all Indy 4 sets and locations: Someone managed to get onto one of the sets and cut a cable. The incident didn't stop production but put the producers even more on the alert than they already were. In addition to the info provided by our source, we have found the following fresh observation from Downey: |
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 Photo: Michael Poulin |
Michael Poulin - the photographer of the picture above right - says in his Flickr entry of August 19 that the ship (?) set / rig in the picture carried two yellow signs: one reading re-animated, the other Genre. About a month ago, he observed that about a quarter of the moon painted wall was covered with lights. He also saw tanks and helicopters in the studio parking lot. |
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Posted by Grethe at 02:42 PM
August 19, 2007
Draw Contest Week 32/33
DRAW HFW CONTEST WEEK 32/33The winner for Week 32/33 is:
Atizapán de Zaragoza
Mexico
Big grats and saludos to Ruth Alejandra !!!! Be sure to look in and try your wits on the new question on the HFW Contest Page.
Posted by Grethe at 11:26 AM
August 13, 2007
New Disappointing Video on Official Site
NEW DISAPPOINTING VIDEO ON OFFICIAL SITE | |
| IndianaJones.com published a new video today and we're honestly a bit disappointed. The editing of the clips from the previous Indy movies is great, but please, we'd appreciate somewhat fresher "news" than hiiterto unused snippets of interviews originally produced for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars DVD box sets - As HFW member mrsskywalker put it: | |
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| The tiny little new scaps of info are indicated in the illustration top. You can see the screencaps bigger size in the HFW Forum here. |
Posted by Grethe at 03:37 PM
August 12, 2007
Video Narrated by Harrison Finalist at the 2007 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
VIDEO NARRATED BY HARRISON FINALIST AT THE 2007 JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL |
| Harrison narrated the 26 minute video (also available on DVD): Discover the Hetch Hetchy for the NYC based environmental group Environmental Defense last year. The video is now finalist in two categories at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in October. ("Best Non-Broadcast Program" and "Best Interactive Presentation".) Gala and Awards Night is on Thursday October 4. The Festival takes place from October 1 - 6. The movie advocates the idea of restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley to former glory after it was flooded in 1923 to be used as a water reservoir for the City of San Fransisco. The idea was proposed by former Interior Secretary Don Hodel and a report estimates the cost to somewhere between $3 and $10 billion. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration says that restoration is "feasible" (see news release here.) Nevertheless the idea remains controversial. Here's the PSA: You can download a hi-res version of the PSA from Backcountry Pictures and order the DVD from there (Send them an e-mail.) The PSA is also available for download from the HFW Sound and Vision Gallery, click the image on the top of this entry to go to the relevant subgallery. |
Wikipedia article on the Hetch Hetchy Valley
Restore the Hetch Hetchy Webpages
Environmental Defense Webpages
Backcountry Pictures Webpages
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Posted by Grethe at 05:19 AM
The Six Titles of Indiana Jones
THE SIX TITLES OF INDIANA JONES| Movie blog Slashfilm claimed on Friday to have received a scoop: the latest info from the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) Registration Bureau: |
 Facsimile from Slashfilm.com |
| The facsimile shows that the title Indiana Jones and the City of Gods was registered with the MPAA Registration Bureau in NYC on August 9 and that the registrant was Lucasfilm, Ltd. The other entries below are MPAA database entries with similar but not confusingly identical titles, the name of the studio that registered the title and the year the title was registered. The major studios belong to the MPAA, and the studios regularly register titles even before a film is made, with the Title Registration Bureau. The studios have agreed among themselves not to use motion picture titles which are confusingly similar to those already registered. The reason is obvious: to stop copying (i.e stealing) and profiting on a competitor's product. Adherence to the terms of the MPAA Title Registration Bureau is by contract. The printout is interesting indeed: it shows that the title Indiana Jones IV (4) (Four) was registered by Lucasfilm and Paramount Pictures/TV already in 2002 - i.e when serious scriptwriting was underway. The woes of indy after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) is also evident from the record: The title Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death was the intended title for the movie that ended up being called Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) but Paramount Pictures/TV seem to have wanted to use the original title for a new Indy movie in the nineties; the Temple of Death entry was registered in 1994. Slashfilm reports that no less than six different titles have been registered for Indiana Jones 4 whereas the MPAA printout excerpt shows only one title: Indiana Jones and the City of Gods. Read the other titles over at Slashfilm, but please consider that these titles need further substantiation - as in presenting the full MPAA printout. (We assume Slashfilm is sitting on these printouts but have chosen to feature the entry for the City of Gods only.) |
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Posted by Grethe at 02:05 AM
August 05, 2007
Draw HFW Contest Week 30 / 31
DRAW HFW CONTEST WEEK 30/31The winner for Week 30/31 is:
Horndean
United Kingdom
Big grats to Yolande!!!! Be sure to look in and try your wits on the new question on the HFW Contest Page.
Posted by Grethe at 02:26 PM
August 03, 2007
"Honor Killing" Removed from Crossing Over
"HONOR KILLING" REMOVED FROM CROSSING OVER Harrison Ford as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Max Brogan |
 Cliff Curtis as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Hamid Baraheri |
| The Hollywood Reporter today: A scene involving an "honor killing" of an Iranian-American woman was removed during the shooting of Crossing Over upon "constructive dialogue" between director Wayne Kramer and The National Iranian American Council (NIAC). In the original script, an Iranian-American woman and her Latino lover are killed by her brother on the eve of their father's naturalization ceremony (=ceremony confirming American citizenship). The killer, along with his co-conspiratorial brother and the father, identify the redemption of honor as the motive of the crime. An Iranian-American actor, who isn't associated with the film, read the script and casually mentioned the plot point to NIAC Assistant Legislative Director Emily Blout. Concerned that the depiction in the movie was "highly unlikely and potentially inflammatory", she contacted director Wayne Kramer and the movie's stars during shooting and all parties began a "constructive dialogue from the outstart." The NIAC reps argued that "honor killings" are accepted in some Middle Eastern cultures but not in Iranian culture except for a few occasions in remote Iranian areas. Furthermore there have been no cases of Iranians having committed 'honor killings" in the US. The script was rewritten and scenes were reshot. NIAC President Trita Parsi says there's no "honor" in any killing and that it was agreed that the group would not discuss the plot revision in the final film. Weinstein Co. spokeswoman Sarah Rothman said that the company was pleased the filmmakers and NIAC had been able to resolve the issue in a way that addresses NIACs concerns while the maintaining creative integrity of the film. "While we believe strongly in the freedom of expression, we also believe in the importance of constructive dialogue between artists and the communities they seek to portray", she added. |
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Posted by Grethe at 02:00 PM
August 01, 2007
The Question of Numbers on A Crate
THE QUESTION OF NUMBERS ON A CRATE Ark Crate in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' |
 Latest Official Indy 4 Teaser Poster | ||
| TheRaider.net has researched the above issue. Kudos to TheRaider.net for the below piece of solid work: | |||
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Posted by Grethe at 07:00 AM