Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars
Interesting note about the story George Lucas wanted to use for the fourth Indiana Jones movie:
The film’s producer had his idea firmly rejected by actor Harrison Ford and director Steven Spielberg as the three men struggled to reach an agreement for around 10 years…‘Star Wars’ director Lucas had commissioned Jeb Stuart - who wrote the script for ‘Die Hard’ - to write his version, which saw Indy go up against Russian agents and had a climatic battle scene between the US army and alien flying saucers.
Ford added: “It takes time to get Steven, George and me on the same page. George is very stubborn with his ideas.” [link]
The script is online and is actually a very entertaining read. I was a little skeptical about introducing aliens/ufo’s into the Indiana Jones universe (forced genre mashup?), but the way the mystery is framed and the aliens’ motives are revealed, added with the crazy action sequences (boat chases, car chases, plane chases, Indy surviving an atom bomb test, chases with aliens, etc.) and one-liners for miles, make the screenplay Indiana Jones worthy.
05/16/08 by mark in story. No Comments »
