Darth Vile
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Indy's brother said:A perfect example of this (and to make the purpose of this thread more clear) is the original "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959). This film has been mined for musical inspiration for Indiana Jones, as well as content. In Raiders, the boulder gag, and the ray of light bit from the map room are both from this film.
In KOTCS, there is also a scene directly inspired by this 1959 adventure classic. At the end of both films, the adventurer and his companions escape a crumbling subterranean death trap by being expelled through a vertical cave. In "Journey", lava propels them. In "Kingdom" water propels them.
Yep - 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' was always one of my favorite movies when I was a little kid (even though it was old movie). No wonder I gravitated towards Indiana Jones when Raiders came out i.e. the Indy world looked familiar yet it seemed brand new.