ILM Models on Display in Chicago
June 01, 2004
If you've ever wanted to get up close to a careening mine car, a decaying Donavan, the Ark of the Covenant or other amazing models from the artists of Industrial Light & Magic, the windy city offers such an opportunity. Now playing at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is Action! An Adventure in Moviemaking, a special exhibit showcasing some of ILM's most famous models.
Among the Indiana Jones models and props on display are:
The miniature mine cars and puppets from Temple of Doom
The Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark
The disintegrating Walter Donavan puppet from The Last Crusade
and others.
The 12,000-square foot exhibit includes a section entitled "Meet the Moviemakers," presenting an inside look at the filmmaking process told by top professionals in the field. "The Sound Stage Experience" takes museum guests right into the action of a movie sound stage, on three live sets where scenes are being shot. Finally, the postproduction process is illuminated in a screening room detailing the editing and mixing of a movie, with Skywalker Sound lending its expertise to the exhibit.
The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the most visited museums in the world. It is on 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. It is open every day of the year, except December 25. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays. For more information about the Museum, visit the official website here
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Way cool that The Raven was mentioned but it looks like one of the X3 Productions employees decided to join Indy Lounge instead. She's looking for Montreal Indy fans so maybe I'll join the Indy Lounge just to contact her (and tell her to join The Raven)!Le Saboteur said:In case you hadn't noticed, the people behind the Adventure of Archeology exhibit Facebook page have name dropped The Raven on their page! It'll be interesting to see if there's a new influx of people to the site...
Today (regarding the fact that the exhibit won't be touring the States) someone wrote this:Moedred said:Prior to that discussion was happening here.
http://indylounge.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=indynews&action=display&thread=5058
Urgh. If he's "not saying that's why", then why is he saying it?jedimastered said:there has always been a bit of a disliking of Americans from Quebec.. not saying that's why but it's insane to not have it here.
Stoo said:Dang it, I've been back home for a month but have been too busy visiting family & friends to stop by the Science Centre to see if there's any promo literature and am leaving tomorrow. Sorry, folks!
Stoo said:Way cool that The Raven was mentioned but it looks like one of the X3 Productions employees decided to join Indy Lounge instead. She's looking for Montreal Indy fans so maybe I'll join the Indy Lounge just to contact her (and tell her to join The Raven)!
Stoo said:Family & friends above the mission? Why, of course! What kind of man do you think I am?
Can't wait to hear what she has to say...hope the conversation mentions the other tours and maybe we'll get an audio tour with some of the actors?!Stoo said:On this week's IndyCast, Ed Dolista mentioned that an exhibit spokesperson, Kim Belair, will be on the next show. Maybe she'll have some new info.
Stoo said:
Knowing the other cities is probably the BIGGEST question on everyone's mind. Really looking forward to hearing the interview! I should ask Ed how he got in touch with her because I'd like to do the same.Rocket Surgeon said:Can't wait to hear what she has to say...hope the conversation mentions the other tours and maybe we'll get an audio tour with some of the actors?!
"As a teacher, I would ask my students, 'How many of you were influenced by Indiana Jones films?'" said Fred Hiebert, an archaeology fellow with National Geographic. "Everyone in the class would raise their hands."
Hiebert is the co-curator of "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology," an exhibition that makes its worldwide debut at the Montreal Science Centre from April 28 through September 19 and then moves on to other international locations. His enthusiasm for Indy, and the exhibition, is infectious.
The exhibition "has an incredible array of movie props from the films. It's got a lot of the designs and paintings and artwork behind the making of these films," he said. "And, we not only have almost 100 incredible treasures from around the world, but we also have the archaeologist's drawings and techniques they use to investigate the past. You get to see what was in the minds of the filmmakers, and the archaeologists."
Aside from the "Indy" versions of the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, there is a lot in the exhibit for hardcore fans of archaeology as well. "We have a clay tablet with a map of a Mesopotamian city, one of the world's oldest maps," Hiebert said. "We have a fragment of a pot made 6,000 years ago, with the oldest representation of wine. We have a whole series of gorgeous prescribed pots from South America, and the first video of a scholar reading a scene from a stela, in a language no one has spoken for hundreds of years."
Hiebert said he hopes that with this exhibition, "People will enter the door as Indiana Jones and they will exit very inspired about archaeology. We want to inspire as many people as possible about science."