Evidence - Exhibit B
Using annotations from the available scripts and information in J.W. Rinzler's book, ""The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones", below is a timeline of story revisions and filming schedules. Note that the egg scene was STILL IN PLACE in the
FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT...*4* months after filming began.
(Relevant info emphasized in
bold.)
1982 Aug 01 - 1st script draft (Biplane attack on DC-3 passenger plane. No egg scene.)
1982 Sep 13 - 1st script draft revision
1983 Mar 01 - 1st script draft revision
1983 Mar 10 - 1st script draft revision
1983 Apr 06 - 1st script draft revision (Biplane attack deleted. Egg scene added?)
1983 Apr 10 - shooting script
1983 Apr 18 - principal shooting begins
1983 May 09 - shooting script revision
1983 Jun 21 - shooting script revision (Egg scene added?)
1983 Jul 14 - shooting script revision (Egg scene added?)
1983 Jul 20 - shooting script revision (EGG scene present)
1983 Aug 26 - principal shooting ends
1983 Aug 29 - pickup shooting begins (Plane interior filmed)
1983 Aug 30 - pickup shooting (Shorty looking from parachutes filmed)
1983 Sep 07 - film crew moves to Novato for shoot at an airfield.
1984 Feb 02 - After many more pickup and visual effect shots, filming ends.
From "The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones", J.W. Rinzler, Pages #168-169:
"While Muren, Peterson, Johnston, and others plotted out how they were going to complete ILM's visual effects to-do list in time for the May 1984 release, the
live-action pickups began on Monday, August 29, 1983, with the interior of the trimotor cargo area. On hand with Ford, Capshaw and Quan were Akio Mitamura (pilot) and Michael Yama (copilot). Together with Spielberg they
finished scenes that had been rewritten at least twice and
inserted into the script on June 21 and July 14, 1983 (script revisions had also been made to the interior of the Duesenberg and exterior airport scenes).
Although the biplane attack had been cut,
now the pilots were charged with killing Indy themselves:
The copilot picks up a large wrench and hefts it. He peeks out the door again at Indiana Jones-and looks worried. He puts the wrench down and pulls a knife out of his belt...The pilot angrily jabbers in Chinese and hands the copilot a .45 automatic.
Indiana is asleep. Above him a chicken lays an egg-the egg rolls and totters on the brink of the cage-and then falls. Without opening an eye, Indy's hand instinctively reaches out and catches the egg before it hits the ground! Scared off by Indy's reflexes, the pilots decide to empty the gas tanks and bail out of the plane, without leaving parachutes.
When the trio sees its predicament, Willie says, "I picked the wrong week to give up Valium." On August 30, Spielberg shot Shorty looking in vain for more parachutes; Ford came down with the stomach flu, but kept working.
After
Spielberg filmed a few more pickups, he and his crew traveled to Hamilton Air Force Base in Novato (about 20 minutes north of ILM) on September 7 to shoot exteriors for the Nang-Tao Airfield and runway."
+ the photo descriptions:
"OPPOSITE: Scenes in the airplane went through several iterations, including one in which the pilots are so impressed at how
Jones, even sleeping, can catch and egg in his hand (BELOW, with drawing and mousetrap-like steps spelled out by Joe Johnston) that
they pull a gun on him. (BOTTOM RIGHT, with
Akio Mitamura as the pilot with the pistol)."
Sharkey said:
If I have to assume anything its that Rinzler would have mentioned any scene involving an egg when he put together the making of book and these promo articles.
Sharkey said that Rinzler never mentions the scene in his book.
Take that, Sharkey!