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The iconic "giant ball" in Raiders of the Lost Ark is only on screen for 15 seconds, but it's one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history. What other classic scenes are actually a lot different than how they're remembered in pop culture?
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• The iconic "giant ball" in Raiders of the Lost Ark is only on screen for 15 seconds, but it's one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history. What other classic scenes are actually a lot different than how they're remembered in pop culture?

One that comes to mind for me is the Fargo woodchipper. Before I ever saw Fargo, I saw lots of references to a woodchipper and how shocking it was. Then it turns out that it's there for barely 30 seconds of the film (and, IMO, not overly gruesome).

Another would be the final fight in The Karate Kid. All that's remembered is the crane kick, but there's so much more going on in that fight and the preceding battles.

Raiders of the Lost Ark Is Perfect In Its Simplicity
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Harrison Ford and Karen Allen on the set of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." (1981)
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• Harrison Ford and Karen Allen on the set of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." (1981)
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TIL Harrison Ford was frozen in The Empire Strikes Back because, unlike Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, Ford had only signed on for two films. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas didn't think Ford would return for the 3rd Star Wars film, but left him frozen just in case.
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r/todayilearned - TIL Harrison Ford was frozen in The Empire Strikes Back because, unlike Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, Ford had only signed on for two films. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas didn't think Ford would return for the 3rd Star Wars film, but left him frozen just in…
Harrison Ford and Karen Allen on the set of Raiders of The Lost Ark, 1981
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Jim Morrison with his weed man at LAX in 1968. Jim Morrison's weed man went on to have a small time acting career, portraying smuggler Han Solo in "Star Wars" and Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
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• Jim Morrison with his weed man at LAX in 1968. Jim Morrison's weed man went on to have a small time acting career, portraying smuggler Han Solo in "Star Wars" and Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
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TIL that Steven Spielberg, while filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia, avoided the dysentery that afflicted Harrison Ford & most of the cast & crew. Spielberg's secret weapon? The suitcases full of SpaghettiOs he brought with him on the shoot.
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Steven Spielberg, while filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia, avoided the dysentery that afflicted Harrison Ford & most of the cast & crew. Spielberg's secret weapon? The suitcases full of SpaghettiOs he brought with him on the shoot.
TIL in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg wanted gestapo agent Toht to be a cyborg with a metal arm that could transform into a flamethrower and machine gun. Lucas rejected these ideas as being too far-fetched.
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r/todayilearned - TIL in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg wanted gestapo agent Toht to be a cyborg with a metal arm that could transform into a flamethrower and machine gun. Lucas rejected these ideas as being too far-fetched.
TIL Michael Bay worked for Lucasfilm as a teen. When he filed the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark, he thought it would be terrible. His opinion changed when he saw the final product, and it set him on his path to become a filmmaker.
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r/todayilearned - TIL Michael Bay worked for Lucasfilm as a teen. When he filed the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark, he thought it would be terrible. His opinion changed when he saw the final product, and it set him on his path to become a filmmaker.
Willie Nelson and Amy Irving, 1980. Their onset romance during the filming of Honeysuckle Rose temporarily ended her relationship with Steven Spielberg, causing her to lose the female lead in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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• Willie Nelson and Amy Irving, 1980. Their onset romance during the filming of Honeysuckle Rose temporarily ended her relationship with Steven Spielberg, causing her to lose the female lead in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Why I feel Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom was better than Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark
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• Why I feel Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom was better than Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark

I never understood why Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood is hailed as a feminist icon or Indiana Jones' best romantic interest.

I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and Allen's Marion spends the entire movie getting kidnapped and being held hostage. Aside from the plane fight, Marion was pretty much a tag along but because she's a tomboy who knows how to drink, the fans love her.

Capshaw's Willie Scott had a more active part. She was a fish out of water so everything she goes through, she doesn't know how to handle it, yet as the film progresses, Willie becomes more independent and assured. She even saves Indiana and Short Round from being squished to death at one point.

I even enjoyed her shrill behaviour though most didn't. Spielberg wanted to add that screwball humor from classic movies into Temple of Doom and I thought he did it, to counterbalance the more horror tone of the movie.

It sucks Capshaw's most famous role is the one she's reviled for. I happened to enjoy her character. But that's that.

CBS Sets Sunday Movie Night in Coronavirus Programming Shift, Featuring "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark", “Forrest Gump,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Titanic,” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
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TIL that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, the same man who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
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The idol in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is based on a real Pre-Columbian Aztec (ca. 900–1521) sculpture and to represent Tlazolteotl, an Aztec deity associated with both supplying a person with sin and, in turn, removing it. The gender-neutral name Tlazolteotl means “filth deity.”
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TIL Steven Spielberg asked to do a James Bond movie, but was refused. When he told George Lucas he was going to ask again, Lucas said "I’ve got something better than that. It’s called Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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r/todayilearned - TIL Steven Spielberg asked to do a James Bond movie, but was refused. When he told George Lucas he was going to ask again, Lucas said "I’ve got something better than that. It’s called Raiders of the Lost Ark."
TIL There is transcript of a recording of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Lawrence Kasdan formulating the story of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it is fascinating.
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