NoCamels
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Stoo said:What is the tell-tale clue that distinguishes the two horses? I am curious since the tank-chase horse,
Hurricane, is apparently the same one that S.P.Flanery rode in "Curse of the Jackal" during the pursuit
across the Mexican border. (You probably know this already...)
Actually, I didn't know that! So I just watched that episode and the end of Last Crusade again, and I do think you're right.
Indy's horse in Petra is an Arabian or Arabian-type breed of horse. It has much finer features and a dished profile to it's face. In the tank chase, the horse has a straighter profile to it's nose and is definetly not an Arabian, although I have no clue what breed it is. This was my original reasoning as to why it's two different horses. (Plus, there's no need to truck a stunt horse to Jordan. A solid black horse is fairly easy to match, and most viewers won't notice.)
As I was double-checking, though, I noticed that the tank chase horse has a light spot on it's lower lip, as if it has a white marking on it's nose that has been dyed black but they couldn't dye the horse's lip. (I also noticed for the first time that when Indy and Sallah are arguing about the camels where there is briefly a white spot on the horse's nose that they forgot to color.)
Then I watched "Curse of the Jackal" to compare. Indy's horse has a white blaze on it's face that extends down to it's lower lip. It has a similar build and the same wavy mane and tail. Dyeing that blaze black would be very easy and would give you the same problem with having to leave the lip white. So I'm pretty sure that it is the same horse, Hurricane. (Thanks for pointing that out! )
Another continuity error in the tank chase that I just figured out: Indy originally steals two black horses, one dark brown, and one bay, and Sallah has a chestnut horse with a star. In Petra, Indy has a black horse, Sallah has a chestnut with a stripe, Henry has a chestnut with a star, and Marcus has a black or dark brown horse. (So I guess Henry got Sallah's horse, they lost one horse, and one changed color?)
(And yes, I was the kid who asked for a horse/riding lessons/toy horses for every birthday and Christmas.... I still can't watch movies without critiquing the actor's riding ability. Harrison Ford appears to be a pretty good rider, although the movie cuts fast enough that it's hard to tell for sure. He's definetly better than Mel Gibson, but I'm not sure how close he is to Viggo Mortensen )