Two other little-known facts about Raiders of the Lost Ark...

[Goodsport]

1) Danny DeVito was originally cast as Sallah.

2) The U-boat used in the film was also the same one used in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot.


&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp :eek:


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[Tom Jones]

Originally posted by Goodsport
1) Danny DeVito was originally cast as Sallah.
Steve Spielberg said that at the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Cursade on VHS when asked about the role of Sallah.

2) The U-boat used in the film was also the same one used in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot.

Did you know that at the end of shooting the scene when Indy climbs aboard the Nazi U-boat, a couple of days later at night the U-boat sank? Now I'd say that’s good timing.;)

[VP]

Originally posted by Goodsport
2) The U-boat used in the film was also the same one used in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot.

I knew that.

[00Kevin]

well, it looks like Goodsport was shot down pretty quickly there. I knew about danny devito, but didn't know about the U-Boat. good find

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by 00Kevin
well, it looks like Goodsport was shot down pretty quickly there. I knew about danny devito, but didn't know about the U-Boat. good find

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp How was I "shot down pretty quickly there" if the U-boat fact was a "good find"? :confused:


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[Goodsport]

Did you know that at the end of shooting the scene when Indy climbs aboard the Nazi U-boat, a couple of days later at night the U-boat sank? Now I'd say that’s good timing.;)

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp It seems that timing was everything on the Raiders of the Lost Ark set, like when the crew only had one day to shoot the marketplace scenes and Harrison Ford felt too ill to participate in the elaborate battle between Indy's whip and the Swordsman's sword, so Lucas and Spielberg then decided for Indy to use his revolver instead. :D


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[Venture]

Originally posted by Goodsport
1) Danny DeVito was originally cast as Sallah.

Praise God for John Rhys-Davies!!!

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by Cain
Praise God for John Rhys-Davies!!!

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I'm sure that fans of The Lord of the Rings films would agree (after all, imagine Danny DeVito cast as Gimli the Dwarf)! :D


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[Aaron H]

Originally posted by Goodsport
Originally posted by Cain
Praise God for John Rhys-Davies!!!

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I'm sure that fans of The Lord of the Rings films would agree (after all, imagine Danny DeVito cast as Gimli the Dwarf)! :D
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Cue the mobster theme, as Gimli pulls out an Uzi instead of his ax!:)

Thanks for the interesting factoids, guys!

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by Aaron H
Cue the mobster theme, as Gimli pulls out an Uzi instead of his ax!:)

Thanks for the interesting factoids, guys!

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Glad to be of service! :)


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