The Many Hats of Harrison Ford

Goodeknight

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So, while posting in the "Before he was Indy or Han..." thread, I realized Harrison Ford has worn hats in many of his roles.

Remember, the cowboy hat for Bob Falfa was Ford's idea.

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All the way up to Cowboys and Aliens
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So, for what it's worth, post your pics of Harrison sporting a hat (in film or real life) here...
 
Stoo

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Back in the early '80s, I remember reading in "Starlog" magazine that Ridley Scott wanted Harrison to wear a fedora in "Blade Runner" but the idea was canned because it would have been too similiar to Indiana Jones.
 
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It's been a long standing dream of mine to make a modern day Bob Falfa mobile. Not to get too car technical on you guys but it would look a little more modern, not gasser style, sport the same hood scoop, non cut rear wheel wells, and the wildest LSX engine I could afford under the hood. :D



Ok....back on track.
 
Crack that whip

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Stoo said:
Back in the early '80s, I remember reading in "Starlog" magazine that Ridley Scott wanted Harrison to wear a fedora in "Blade Runner" but the idea was canned because it would have been too similiar to Indiana Jones.
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I have a vintage magazine article from back in the day (either the actual Blade Runner souvenir magazine, or an issue of Starlog; I forget which, but I'll check) with an interview mentioning that, and the pictures alongside the article include a Blade Runner storyboard showing Deckard with the fedora, looking very much like '30s Indy plunked down in 2019 Los Angeles. I'll have to see if I can get a scan (or find it already online somewhere)...
 
Stoo

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Crack that whip said:
I have a vintage magazine article from back in the day (either the actual Blade Runner souvenir magazine, or an issue of Starlog; I forget which, but I'll check)...
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If it was in a "Starlog" issue before 1984 then I have it (in storage right now) but I don't recall seeing that picture. Would be nice to see it, if you find it, Crack.:)
goodeknight said:
Remember, the cowboy hat for Bob Falfa was Ford's idea.
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Yes. In the 1993 documentary, "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic", Harrison* talks about that:

Harrison Ford: "When he came to me, uh, with the part in American Graffiti, he saw the character that I play, Bob - Bob Falfa, as having a crew cut...uh, to distinguish him from the other characters. And after we talked about it for a little bit I, uh, I - and I was in no mood to get a crew cut at that, y'know, that was 'long hair' time...back then and I knew that if I got a crew cut I wouldn't work again for 6 months...while it grew out. So I suggested, instead, the white cowboy hat which Bob Falfa does wear. Because he accomodated and let me have the white hat, I had a sense of a character distinct from the other characters."

*On the set of, "Mystery of the Blues", in his 1950 Indy costume!(y)
 
Goodeknight

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Stoo said:
If it was in a "Starlog" issue before 1984 then I have it (in storage right now) but I don't recall seeing that picture. Would be nice to see it, if you find it, Crack.:)
Yes. In the 1993 documentary, "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic", Harrison* talks about that:

Harrison Ford: "When he came to me, uh, with the part in American Graffiti, he saw the character that I play, Bob - Bob Falfa, as having a crew cut...uh, to distinguish him from the other characters. And after we talked about it for a little bit I, uh, I - and I was in no mood to get a crew cut at that, y'know, that was 'long hair' time...back then and I knew that if I got a crew cut I wouldn't work again for 6 months...while it grew out. So I suggested, instead, the white cowboy hat which Bob Falfa does wear. Because he accomodated and let me have the white hat, I had a sense of a character distinct from the other characters."

*On the set of, "Mystery of the Blues", in his 1950 Indy costume!(y)
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Coolest part of that note, Stoo, is the asterisk. HF interview while on the Mystery of the Blues set! Awesome.
 
Goodeknight

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Mosquito Coast...a GREAT Ford film (and Phoenix film!)!

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And who else could possibly look so cool in an Amish straw hat?
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Dr. Gonzo

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Harrison witha fedora again...

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I didn't even know it was him until the end.

It is him right?
 
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