Rare Indy Photos
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JuniorJones
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INCUBUSRATM
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I just looked through all eight pages of these awesome photos! Great stuff!
I too was distracted by the necklace.
I too was distracted by the necklace.
Rocket Surgeon
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Nice additions, love the black and whites...thanks! 
Indy_Chic said:I love this one, looks like a little Temple of Doom Karaoke was happening
Yeah, this is the well-known "Home on the Range" bit.
Again, some have been seen but I found slightly higher quality versions
JuniorJones
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oops!!
Montana Smith
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JuniorJones said:oops!!
"Fy, yes. Land, no."
JuniorJones
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The following is an extract from Michael Ford's daily journal whilst working in Tunisia on Raiders in 1980, which was part working notes and part personal diary.
NR - Norman Reynolds. SS - Steven Speilberg.
Friday August 22 – Tunisia
Living Allowance in Tunisia:
Lunch 7.00. Teas 2.00. Dinner 8.00. Laundry 1.00. Location Allowance 3.50. Meal allowances apply only when meals not supplied by the company. Arrive Tozeur – 10:00
Saturday August 23
7:00 – visit Tanis digs site – fantastic! Sec. unit shooting in Nefta – fried alive!
Sunday August 24
5:00AM – Leave hotel / Tanis Digs. 1:00pm fin. 3 days Allows 64.5 D.
Monday August 25
Digs! Meeting / NR 5:00 – 7:00
Tuesday August 26
Kairouan. Car breaks down! Arrive 10:30. Sallah’s house. Walk streets loc. – Monastir. Prop room & Sousse. Hotel El Hana Beach 5:00 – 8:00
Wednesday August 27
Sousse. Kairouan. (Moncef). Taib off. Baskets etc. – Return to Nefta 6:30 – 6:30
Thursday August 28
Tanis Digs (Degache). Chaos. Marions tent too big. Enormous wind / sand everywhere blowing into all. Saw sample basket in Tozeur. Crane on site. ½ track at Base. Field kitchens in position. Tried camel at wheel. 5:00 – 3:00
Friday August 29
Fried in Sun! F/ing burnt…Tozeur – cooking pots & pans / chain. Bell tents repaired & erected. No rods for Belloq’s tent! Erect wooden frame – hopeful. Entrance well of souls comp. Baskets seen – templates to follow tomorrow AM. Stencil / skull & cross bones 5:00 – 6:00
Saturday August 30
Rods on set 7:00. Dress command tent. Dumper & dozer arr. & Citroen half track. Belloqs tent up. Water towers up in position. 4:00 pm – SS tours Tanis digs – schooling outing in Air con coach! 5:00 – 7:30PM
Sunday August 31
Tanis Digs – Passed out in paint shop (Quadruple runs!) Driven home to Sahara Palace and Bed 11:00ish. 7:00 - !
Monday September 1
FIRST DAYS SHOOT ON THE TANIS DIGS. Stinking hot! 120o. 3000 bottles water drunk by mid afternoon. 700 Arab extras. Unit got fried! Set looks tremendous. Amen! 7:30 – 7:30
Tuesday September 2
KAIROUAN. Leave Nefta 6:00AM. Front tyre blows out! Kairouan. M.S. Hotel El Kanta. Port El Kartaoui. Sousse. Meeting. 6:00 – 6:00
Wednesday September 3
N.R. lost car key – late start! Arr Kairouan 6:30. Start trek for Stalls gear. Discovered Rue Lindaria No 3. 5-6 walk by Marina – Kantaoui 5:00 – 5:00
Thursday September 4
Streets. Mel arrived (Norm’s daughter) Citroen. 5:00 – 5:00
Friday September 5
Diarrhoea strikes again – half steam! Drove Citroen to Kairouan – frozen hands! Non productive day. Wires over Sallah’s roof top. Still no Borgarvillia etc. Saw cart maker near Sousse. OK. Look for Dagge. Shops nearly all closed like Sunday. Petrol: 4.5D. 5:00 – 5:00
Saturday September 6
Productive day! Moncef 1:00PM Lunch at Family house. 30k out of Kairouan. Drive out to PRIMITIVE farm (Apricots) Bath in well. Dinner under stars. Hot house!
Sunday September 7
Drive back at 5:30 Nice cool drive. V. hot & muggy Try to sort out all the locations and requirements.
Monday September 8
Felt really well! Progressive day. Gathering materials for stalls / Bazaar. Shoes/sandals. Pots/pans. Pray mats & camels. Saw fabulous carpet £220 – sorely tempted. Run through locations and storyboard in afternoon. 5:00 – 5:00
Tuesday September 9
Fairly progressive day! Problem with Borgonivillia OL metal rubs. Bill ill but struggled with Sallahs roofing. Sam interp. goes to exams 3 days – recruit Jo. Select wools for wool stall. Buy material for B/cover @ Sousse / Casba Buy another waist coat. Tip top for dinner. 5:00 – 5:00
Wednesday September 10
Continue stalls etc. Norm to Nefta Hair cut in Sousse (2D!) 5:00 – 5:00
Thursday September 11
Day at the Arab bar (Arranged carpet £110 deposit). Arrive Oct. 11. Collect Frank Bruton from Monastir airport. Eat at Hannibal Palace – excellent! 5:00 – 6:00
Friday September 12
Walk about all locations. Non productive day! Look for low tables 2 hrs – haught. Tried large cart down streets to Kodak square. Frank Bruton goes to Tozeur. Robert Watts arrived. Should get my notice today – yooo-peeee!! 5:00 – 3:00
Saturday September 13
Progressive day – found lots of tables! Street stalls continue. Bedcover re made. Eat at le gormet in Sousse – V good! 5:00 – 3:30
Sunday September 14
Progressive day – again! Finished Sallahs bedroom. Continued stalls. Roof top touches. Washing up / Washing down! Very hot day indeed 90 S. 5:00 – 3:00
Monday September 15
Sack of dates. 3 more daggers 3 more swords. Start dressing in Kodak squ! Washing goes up again in fits & starts. Extremely hot again. Signs / near completion. Omar’s garage blind goes up. Norms/ Mel & I go looking for spot for U boat shot – paid for wonderful swims! All eat in Sousse at le gormet. 5:00 – 6:00
Tuesday September 16
UNIT MOVE UP FROM NEFTA TO SOUSSE. Very hot. 25 ‘de ariel’ men arrive. Continue various Bazar Bazars/ dressing until – Walk-about with Steven Spielberg en troupe. Changes everything – utter confusion! Last afternoon of freedom / swim in Med I guess. Fred Hole arrives, so does rest of the unit. 5:00 – 5:00
Wednesday September 17
START SHOOTING IN KAIROUAN! Sallah’s rooftop. Horrendous day! Redressed rooftop at 6:00AM. Arab Bar by lunch time – unit moved after lunch – large crowd of Extras – chaos somewhat – back to Sallahs rooftop to complete. Peter Hancock ill. Spoke Bruty re: wood barrels. Oil barrels – 60 5:00 – 9:00
Thursday September 18
Norms / Bill / Bob – Return to UK. Fred Hole joins in. Horrendous day in Arab bar! Dress butcher’s bazzar and other nasties. Very hot long day. Walked miles. Line up / rehearse in B / Bazaar. Visit Peter Hancock Dinner in Sousse with an odd person! Les Dilley arrives from Nefta. 6:00 – 8:00
Friday September 19
Dressed Butchers Bazar (school court yard) for fight sequence. He moved suddenly to Zig Zag alley for Basket shots! Horrendous rushing about ending up with stuff good props into vans for Omars square dressing AM. Dinner at Escoal – Hassmer! 6:00 – 8:00
Saturday September 20
Another horrendous hot sticky day. Shot Omar’s square entire sequence! Fred & I on garage roof with Blind & chains kept snapping! Lunch at Sammy’s with dressing gang. 6:00 – 8:00.
Sunday September 21
Worked – sat on beach watching special effects launch sub gear. Sunbathed all day – afternoon with Hassay.
Monday September 22
Another horrendous day – everything got out of control! Shot balcony sequence – rushing round de-plasticat shops. Chucking stalls about – Prop arabs not been paid. Interpreters absent all afternoon!! Props went / unloaded 3 van loads pots with Fred. Robert thanks us – off to Hawaii tomorrow. 6:00 – 8:00
Tuesday September 23
SQUARE OF THE MISFITS. Panic on lorry dressing – lorry not on set – Merc run out of gas… Paint ammo boxes red & 3 languages ‘Dynamite’ dodgy German spelling! Second unit all over the place – rushing stalls about from one end of Kairouan to the other! Exhausted! 6:00 – 8:00
Wednesday September 24
Frank Bruton in prop room on arrival! Early call for periscope but N.G. Unit arrived at blow-up square 11:00ish. Fred & I had early morning panic – Glen (Stunts required 25 (period) oil drums on loading ramp! Rush round buying red paint – no brushes so used rollers. Tihib found a mixed bag – Stephen said ‘no red ones’! Truck blows up well big crowd of lookers on. Back in Port El Kataoui by 4:00 in daylight – wonderful. Incredible unit Banquet at the Hannibal Palace. Frank Marshalls Dr. Fantasy magic show was incredible. Crawled back to hotel 1:30 7:00 – 4:00
Thursday September 25
Les Dilley off the last location. Hawaii. Air conditioning not working – room hot as hell (80) Walk to north beach above Hannibal palace. Met the two H’s & HPW… Swim in sea – glorious day.
Friday September 26
FINISH RAIDERS! Swim in pool until 9:30. Take-off! Land @ Luton
Location gear for Tunisia: Sun glasses. Sun hat. Eye shade. Anti burn lotion. Leather / canvas shoes. Tough thermos. Cameras (customs receipts). Polaroid. Tintaun ointment. TCP ointment. Shampoo. Hair brush. Teeth cord. Washbag. F/ Flannel Toothpaste / Brushes. *Compass. Passport. Briefcase – Samson. Script. Prop lists. Diary. VAT invoice book? (Writing paper / envelopes) pens.
Things I forgot: Radox. Sticking plaster. Sandles. Small towel Soap.
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Rocket Surgeon
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Excellent content.
JuniorJones said:Saturday August 23
7:00 – visit Tanis digs site – fantastic! Sec. unit shooting in Nefta – fried alive!
Friday August 29
Fried in Sun! F/ing burnt…Tozeur – cooking pots & pans / chain. Bell tents repaired & erected. No rods for Belloq’s tent! Erect wooden frame – hopeful. Entrance well of souls comp. Baskets seen – templates to follow tomorrow AM. Stencil / skull & cross bones 5:00 – 6:00
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Montana Smith
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Rocket Surgeon said:Excellent content.
Indeed!
Gives a wonderful sense of how hectic it was.
Great post, JJ.
Rocket Surgeon
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Funny, Lucas is heralded as a genius, yet even after filming Star Wars there, (according to Spielberg) he got a hellacious sunburn.Montana Smith said:
Wasn't there sun tan lotion in 1981?
Rocket Surgeon
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Crusade Lobby Card 1989
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