Digging Into the Parlour Game...
Indyologist said:
...another Indyfan that mentioned 1958 provided no proof.
Real life got in the way (in a big way). Can't vote on the poll because those options just don't jive, babe.
To prove that the wedding was much LATER, here's some additional food for thought.
AttilaTheProfessor said:
Let's say we discount the evidence of the intended football game scene that would have appeared in the motorcycle chase. What's left onscreen that can be counted as intentional time-setting, rather than a contingency of filming in New Haven whenever they did? Or what's a source with a more careful approach to canon than that book which indicates that the entire journey to and from South America occurs in 24 hours? The script? The novelization? On-screen props?
September 1957 Evidence for Connecticut Scenes:
Final Script Oct 2007: "
A big banner tells us Homecoming is this Saturday." That would be September, right, folks? Despite what ended up onscreen, the college scenes were meant to be during the fall season.
Film: Jukebox plays, "Wake Up Little Susie" (Sept. 1957) in the background, followed later by the original version of, "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Bobby Day (1957). Apparently, this tune became a hit by the Thurston Harris version (Sept. 1957).
Film: "Vertigo" poster in background of diner scene. That movie came out in summer '58.
Prop: During the New Haven shoot, someone (
Mitch Hallock / RaiderMitch?) posted a photo of a placard with the Marshall football schedule or something similar, clearly setting the movie during the fall.
(If anybody knows what I'm talking about, please, speak up! It's IMPORTANT. )
OldIndy2323 said:
KOTCS takes place from late August til October of 1957. The wedding is October 18th 1957. The proof is found in the exterior setting, specifically the trees and weather. If you disregard the novels and books, the "official" dates come from the "Journals" released by LF to promote the blu-ray releases. In the levels of canon, stuff released via the movies or LF themselves trumps books and other sources
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Here's the journal link:
http://apps.powster.com/indianajones/widget/
Hey, 2323, nice to see you chiming in! You mention
trees as proof of
October when they're the exact opposite.
During the bike chase, the trees are fully
green and
summer-like but the wedding has blossoming,
spring air written all over it.
Love that little journal and have never seen it before! Thanks so much for sharing the link!
It's wonderful, however, I put little faith in its accuracy (that's a whole other discussion). Sticking to just the wedding, it doesn't trump the "Greatest Adventures" book because the date is the same (and published approx. 4 years afterward). Was that it's source material or what? An October wedding doesn't match the film's visuals so, certainly, the actual movie trumps this half-assed bullsh!t.
Like so many other dates in officially released stuff (Young Indy DVDs, anyone?), they weren't thought about carefully enough or are just plain, dumb mistakes. Heck, there's even a glaring mistake in this little, "Skull" journal.
Let's hope
Leland Chee is eavesdropping on this discussion!
Moedred said:
Wearing white after Labor Day?
Man, oh, man! FINALLY, someone else who knows the rules!!!
What do we do about this?
The poll should be:
A) 1957 October - a freaky-weather-month in IndyWorld.
B) 1958 Spring - the officially published date is incorrect.