Video Clip: The Cairo Swordfight-that-wasn't

[MP3]

The 5th DVD (the bonus disc that you get if you buy the Indy DVD set at Best Buy) has a few seconds of the original "The Sword vs. The Whip" scene (anyone who's read the original Raiders script should get that joke ;)). I have been asked to cut out that clip and post it, so here it is.

The video is currently available in DivX format; you will need the DivX codec from http://www.DivX.com to view it. However, if you really want it in another format, or at a higher quality (the current bitrate is 320 Kbps), let me know. Also, if you have problems downloading it, let me know - the server that I'm currently using is nothing special, to say the least. ;) In fact, if someone is able to host it for me somewhere else, I'd appreciate that. ;)

http://indyscreenshots.0catch.com/Swordfight-that-wasn::t.avi

Please post your comments about the video after you watch it - I'm curious to hear what you guys have to say about it. ;)

Enjoy! :D
Moishe

[Edited by MP3 on 02-13-2004 at 10:00 am]

[Aaron H]

Ummm, not working...not to mention possible copyright issues, here.

[Rumpled Fedora]

When I play it on Windows Media Player, all I hear is the music and backround. I guess I need to download that expansion, right?

[intergamer]

It works for me because I have the divx codec.

[VP]

Cool.

First you have to download that codec, and then right click and "Save target as".

[Canyon]

Hmm, very interesting.

I'm actually lucky enough to own that part of footage as it is on the Making of Raiders VHS tape. :D

It's quite an interesting clip because in some ways I think that it would have made a very good scene (check out the way that Harrison cracks that whip! It's fantastic!).
On the other hand, I think that the scene which replaced this is hilarious and works wonderfully.

BTW, there are some pictures on TRN showing this scene.

http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders/gallery/deleted/raiders_deleted_01.jpg
http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders/gallery/deleted/raiders_deleted_09.jpg

[Strider]

Wow... that would have been cool. but the finale cut was possibly the funniest part in the film so I'm not disapointed. :)

[Joe Brody]

Maybe the less seen of that thing the better. Man, that's what the swords looked like that I made when I was a teen.

[roundshort]

Maybe the less seen of that thing the better. Man, that's what the swords looked like that I made when I was a teen.

Good point Joe, not what you would call fine Spanish (German Steel if you are a Ramones Fan) Steel!

[IkoJones]

Any chance to see this scene somewhere? I do not possess the 5th DVD nor do I the VHS casette. The link says that :

"We have detected a hotlinking error. Hotlinking is when you link to images or NON html files on 0catch.com from another host. Hotlinking is not allowed for our FREE Accounts. Hotlinking is allowed for our paid accounts. Your account can be upgraded in the user section when you have logged in."

Please, if someone has it, could he/she share it on, for example, some file-sharing service like rapidshare or similar?

THANX :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip:

Ico

[VP]

http://indyville.fi/villen_muut_tiedostot/Swordfight-that-wasn__t.avi

[IkoJones]

Thank you, VP.
Is it really that short? I expected something more, though.

Thanks anyway.

[VP]

That's the one I downloaded from the link above almost 2½ years ago.

[Indyologist]

Whew! I'd hate to be in the way of that whip. That'd hurt.

[AnnieJones]

Hmm, very interesting.

I'm actually lucky enough to own that part of footage as it is on the Making of Raiders VHS tape. :D

It's quite an interesting clip because in some ways I think that it would have made a very good scene (check out the way that Harrison cracks that whip! It's fantastic!).
On the other hand, I think that the scene which replaced this is hilarious and works wonderfully.

BTW, there are some pictures on TRN showing this scene.

http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders/gallery/deleted/raiders_deleted_01.jpg
http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders/gallery/deleted/raiders_deleted_09.jpgOoo,thanks Canyon for putting these pictures up!:hat: These are great!:up:

[AnnieJones]

Take a look at this video from YouTube!:hat: :whip:

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[Peru1936]

Take a look at this video from YouTube!:hat: :whip:

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Yep, the final cut is certainly better.

[AnnieJones]

And funnier!:up:

[Joosse]

Who would have thought that the fact that Harrison Ford felt ill one day would improve the movie... ;)

[Montana Smith]

Who would have thought that the fact that Harrison Ford felt ill one day would improve the movie... ;)

Ford is a great innovator, and he didn't want to suffer the fate of John Rhys Davies who happily 'defecated' in his costume on set. :sick:

There's something about the flippant manner in which Indy shoots the swordsman that reveals the almost anti-hero nature of Indy (the grave robbing side of the character). It makes him more interesting than your average matinee hero. :gun:

It also set up the chance to revisit the gag at the end of Temple of Doom.

[Joosse]

I agree that it's small things like this that define Indy's character while at the same time poking fun at the genre.

The same thing applies for the scene where he is putting on one of the German guard's uniforms and it turns out to be too small. :D

A fine line between hero and anti-hero indeed.

[Montana Smith]

I agree that it's small things like this that define Indy's character while at the same time poking fun at the genre.

The same thing applies for the scene where he is putting on one of the German guard's uniforms and it turns out to be too small. :D

A fine line between hero and anti-hero indeed.

As Henry Sr tells Indy, at least in the novelization of The Last Crusade: "Next time, pick on someone your own size." :)

[Joosse]

I thought he said that to the German guard? :confused:

[Montana Smith]

I thought he said that to the German guard? :confused:

Henry Sr says it when they're in Berlin, as the first uniform Indy gets is too small. I think it only appears in the novel, as I don't remember it in the film. It's the same Raiders joke revisited, as with the swordsman in Raiders and in TOD.

[Joosse]

I see. I only have the Ryder Windham version of LC, and I don't think it's in that one.