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Virginia Madsen to play the latest Indiana Jones Sweetie?
Hey folks, Harry here... seems that Virginia Madsen made Harrison take notice and he's hoping she plays his love in the next Indiana Jones film. Personally, I think that's a really great choice as Madsen is an absolutely fantastic actress. Here ya go...
FROM : IMDB
Madsen Favorite To Play Indiana Jones' Girl
Sideways star Virginia Madsen so impressed co-star Harrison Ford in new thriller Firewall, she's now the frontrunner to play his love interest in the fourth Indiana Jones adventure. Madsen plays Ford's wife in the new movie and admits they both found an unusual chemistry on set - after the ageing action man handpicked her for the role. And now Madsen is a clear favorite to play the leading lady in Indiana Jones 4.
Ford : "She was an absolute delight - professional, very talented and simply, very sweet. She also took what could have been a fairly one-dimensional damsel in distress role and added so many layers to it - there isn't many who could do that. I'd work with her again in a heartbeat. I'm actually hoping she'll come over for Indiana Jones. We've talked about it."
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Madsen would be the best girl since Karen Allen. Rejoice. First.
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Hopefully this means a return to strong female foils for Indiana Jones. Where have you gone Karen Allen?
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sounds good. she was great in sideways. super sexy super cool. an equal to indy if they write her right.
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No one ever mentions she starred in Candyman and The Hot Spot with Don Johnson. Its always Sideways Sideways Sideways.
But I will beleive they are making a new Indy movie when I see it on the screen. Has there ever been a bigger cocktease than the whole Indy 4 thing. Its been like 12 years since they started talking about it. -
Feb 03, 2006 1:30:32 AM CST
Good choice, Virginia can play a 50's gal. She's got the
by orionsangels
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one of the bad guys?
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finally
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Whatever.
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hope this thing moves forward, despite all the haters.
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Before the age jokes start coming in...just wanted to say that this bodes well...Indy married and one presumes older and more setttled, draged into a last adventure...it can work.
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I had to do it. And I won't say first.
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This is my first time on talkback. Is Indy 4 really getting made or is it all just talk, Madsen or no Madsen?
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She makes my Don Johnson happy.
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Feb 03, 2006 1:54:22 AM CST
Yeah... riiiight....... It'll never happen. Nor will Indy
by alucardvsdracula
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Forget about Abe Lincoln and make Indy IV first!
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Please tell me he will be playing 'Sir Not Appearing In This Film.'
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got to keep it going
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damn right Rupee88
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damn straight Rupee88
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Hmm now that Virginia's looking good for the role, this movie might just work out. I always loved her, back when she first came out in Dune, then again in Highlander 2 (ugh, I know), but she's a great actress and highly underrated, plus she has a nice rack. As for Harrison, they showed him with a goatee in an interview last week. If he went and kept that, the movie would work a whole lot better.
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Feb 03, 2006 2:22:51 AM CST
so are they going to get sean connery to make an appearance agai
by rebel299
because i remember the last time i saw connery and virginia madsen in a sequel to a movie i love. maybe they can get michael ironside to play the evil nazi commander, general katana. hell, why not kick harrison ford to the curb and bring in christopher lambert. then when the test screenings flop they can just change the name from indina jones and the geriatric ward of doom to highlander 5: the nazi-ing.
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The worst case scenario is a terrible Indy movie that reflects on the original trilogy... Loved Madsen in Candyman, by the way and an excellent choice!
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Feb 03, 2006 4:02:00 AM CST
*great* fucking choice - a classy, beautiful, talented and matur
by spacesheik
shell be great
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...before this unwanted "IV" soils the existing trilogy.
Yes, of course it will happen; it will be followed by a remake of "Raiders" - probably with one of those recent homosexual cowboys as the lead - and then W. S. Anderson will be given the "Indiana Jones versus XXX" project.
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Feb 03, 2006 4:14:22 AM CST
Hey, guys, Indy 4 is gonna happen. Lucas is supposedly working
by tubbs tattsyrup
And when George Lucas works on a project, he gets it done. Or, to put it another way, at least he gets it done. I wouldn't be too worried about the age thing though - I'm sure they'll acknowlege that and make a movie to suit. Just as long as we don't get Indy 4: Wrath of Khan...I mean I don't want a cliched action-hero-getting-old thing. What I do want is an Indy 4, and snappy.
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But is Lucas up to this? Won't he first want to tweak the original trilogy, you know, Indy shoots first and stuff like that? I am looking forward to Indy 4, but with fear and trepidation...
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Feb 03, 2006 4:30:13 AM CST
Indian Jones and the Giant Pile of Burger King Tie-ins
by det. john kimble
Cha-ching!
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Feb 03, 2006 4:45:20 AM CST
George Lucas will bring an occult element to this film - thta wa
by spacesheik
Take RAIDERS - remove the occult elements - the spirits, the ark, skeletons, etc - it would have been lacklustre. This new flick MUST have a strong occult threat for the adventure to be effective
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Feb 03, 2006 4:49:57 AM CST
I dont want Spielberg to be fun, I want him to be *serious* and
by spacesheik
last time spielberg was "fun" in LAST CRUSADE he threw at us: nazis comically crashing their planes into tunnels, sean connery slapping ford and calling him 'junior', rat infested sewers on fire, a james bond boat chase with comical arabs in venice, and a climax involving one bullit killing 3 nazis, 1 tank and 1 old templar in a cave asking indy to drink from a cup, not to mention denholm elliot almost falling off a horse -- if that is spielbergs idea of fun for INDY 4 ill pass. I think we need a bit more Lucas and a little less Spielberg for INDY 4. btw do all jeff nathanson scripts self destruct the last 1/3? are they all anticlimactic tosh? if thats the case INDY 4 is gonna be shit
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... yet still very sexy, and talented to boot. Too bad the same can't be said for (insert overrated actress name here).
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Madson seems perfect for Indy 4. Great idea, i hope it happens. They should get the rest of The Hot Spot cast in there too. Don Johnson, Jennifer Connelly and William Sadler. And get Denis Hopper to direct it. Ok, maybe not that last bit.
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Feb 03, 2006 5:28:17 AM CST
Indy 4 casting rumors is like playing 6 degrees of separation
by bass ackwards
Natalie Portman (worked with Lucas), Calista Flockhart (dating Ford), Michelle Yeoh (worked on Spielberg produced film), Virginia Madsen (worked with Ford).
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Spielberg does have fun, its his choice of material that hinders his flexibility with it. CMIYC had heaps of it. He's just evolving with time. I would love it if he made indy movies every year but the guy would be like, shit i do the same thing all the time. Watch doco's on the making ofs and you'll see a guy loving every minute making movies. There will be brilliance in indy 4 and they know what they are doing. Spielberg knows where he came from, and he can bust out the coke when he feels like it. Lucas is the one to watch out for, seeing spielberg is the sole human who can tell him what to do. Lucas always had a sense of adventure, though so he can bust out the coke too. At least we can all look forward to seeing SOME type of villian die in some incredibly bizzare fashion.
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She playing Indys whip!!!!! Seriously though, listening to Ford you think he is still operating on a higher level than everyone else "She also took what could have been a fairly one-dimensional damsel in distress role and added so many layers to it" Oh Yeah? Its a pity you could'nt try that now and again Han ol' buddy!
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Wow, great. More Spielberg, Lucas, and Ford bashing from talentless hacks way outside the know. So all three have lost it since their heydays of the '70s and '80s, huh? Is there no love for flicks like "Minority Report," "Munich," "Air Force One," "What Lies Beneath," and "Sith" here? So they're not all perfect flicks. What films are? I'd take those five over 90 percent of the movies I've seen since '89. And that's not even including movies "Jurassic Park" (of which Lucas co-edited as Spielberg was filming "Schindler's List") and a pretty darn good legal potboiler Ford made in the early '90s in "Presumed Innocent." The two Jack Ryan films were pretty solid, too. As for Ford being too old, whatever. I always regarded the Indy movies more as adventures than actioners. As long as Ford doesn't mumble and grumble his way through the film, it should be fine no matter who Dr. Jones is balling.
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Obviously I'm not too excited by this sequel.
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Feb 03, 2006 7:46:59 AM CST
Virginia Madsen used to be one of those actresses that you calle
by judas booth
That was her early career, and she was good at it. I'm glad to see her transform into a legitimate actress. Still, as good as she was in 'Sideways', I'll never forgive her for 'Highlander 2: The Quickening'. Horrid.
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Hey, she's a Chicago girl made good. :) And to be honest, I didn't like the love story in the last one...if you can call it that.
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Because he just can't make fun entertainment in this awful, awful world we live in. So you look forward to more MUNICH-minded fare...get your barf-bag ready. No doubt 2005 was one of the worst year's of Spiely's career and I fear it's only going downhill from here.
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Feb 03, 2006 8:46:24 AM CST
no no no!!! A 60 year old man needs to be with a 20 year old ho
by russman
That's how it is in real life!!
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Feb 03, 2006 8:50:59 AM CST
Jerry Mathers to play The Beaver in next Narnia flick! Flockhart
by behemoth
True as Hades.
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Feb 03, 2006 9:05:39 AM CST
Wait, there are actually actresses over the age of 35 in Hollywo
by big jim
Learn something new every day. Seriously, good to see they are thinking of casting an actress who would be believable in the role rather than simply casting a marketers wet dream.
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Growl.
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so psyched to see Madsen in Indiana Jones! before i wasn't so excited just to see another sequel but now that she'll be in it, i'll go see it. i guess we can also test out how her chemistry w/harrison ford will be by their performance in firewall?? though i probably won't go see that in a theater...
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Feb 03, 2006 10:15:38 AM CST
Indiana Jones and the Long Downhill Slide of George Lucas's
by nate champion
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Surgeons! I hate Surgeons. Had to re-post this since I came in too late on the last talk back.
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I think Madsen is a great choice. I just hope they treat this movie the right way or it could get ugly.
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Feb 03, 2006 10:54:21 AM CST
i hope this isn't a false story planted so people will go se
by hypeendshere
come on PR people. do better.
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strange rumor, this talk of an Indiana Jones 4 is it?
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Just off the top of my head--Rene Russo, Virginia Madsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jill Hennessy certainly top the list. But how 'bout such past Ford co-stars as Sigourney Weaver ("Working Girl" ... can ya imagine Indy and Ripley kickin' ass together), Michelle Pfeiffer ("What Lies Beneath"), Sela Ward ("The Fugitive"), Annette Bening ("Regarding Henry"), Anne Archer ("Patriot Games"), and Greta Scacchi ("Presumed Innocent"). Would love to see them work Short Round back in and have some bad-ass martial arts dude play him. Indy could even romance his mom, played by Michelle Yeoh. There really are a wealth of possibilities.
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Feb 03, 2006 11:55:17 AM CST
Body Slam, anyone? Electric Dreams? And spacesheik, occult eleme
by oisin5199
I remember Virginia from those 80s classics. Whatever happened to that creepy computer guy anyway? I remember him doing a Tales of the Darkside or something like that. Anyway, I'm surprised she'd want to work with Ford again. Especially after his drunk behavior towards her at the Globes. Speaking of which, that's probably what he was concentrating on. Her globes. And I'd say the Holy Grail is pretty occult, since so many legends and secret societies built up around it. Sorry for the segue whiplash.
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Feb 03, 2006 11:56:37 AM CST
Body Slam, anyone? Electric Dreams? And spacesheik, occult eleme
by oisin5199
I remember Virginia from those 80s classics. Whatever happened to that creepy computer guy anyway? I remember him doing a Tales of the Darkside or something like that. Anyway, I'm surprised she'd want to work with Ford again. Especially after his drunk behavior towards her at the Globes. Speaking of which, that's probably what he was concentrating on. Her globes. And I'd say the Holy Grail is pretty occult, since so many legends and secret societies built up around it. Sorry for the segue whiplash.
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That was the Madsen flick from the 80s, unless she also starred in something called "Body Slam". Good choice for an Indy sidekick. Too bad the idea of another Indiana Jones film is not a good one. Heaven forbid Lucas, Spielberg and Ford got together and did an original project.
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Spielberg will be able to bring a new found depth to the character of indy.... just wait-this film is going to rule your arses.....!
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Feb 03, 2006 12:35:52 PM CST
spielberg: easy on the sidekicks and parents pls --- i want to s
by spacesheik
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spielberg will be able to bring a new sense of depth to the character of indy.I think its more likely that this movie will be more "character-based" than any ofthe others. just wait- this film is gonna rule yer arse!
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Feb 03, 2006 12:59:43 PM CST
I want Spielberg to have one last go at making a movie that isn&
by performingmonkey
Well, Catch Me If You Can wasn't really like that, but I class that as the Berg in his directing-in-his-sleep mode. War of The Worlds was a big disappointment. The only good scene is the tripod appearance scene, and there are a couple of good effects shot moments like when they're driving the car and when Cruise emerges from the house where the plane crashing has demolished everything. You've gotta admit he has balls to even contemplate those shots, but the technical stuff can't save the movie which was very lite and lacklustre, particularly the end which had RUSHED written all over it. I enjoyed Minority Report and even A.I. better. I want Indy 4, if only to see how Spielberg handles a return to that style.
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... I met her once a while back in NYC. (Well, actually more like just talked to her briefly). She was really down-to-earth and just a nice person. She's also a very good actress who should really a lot better known. With Sideways and Indy 4, maybe she'll get the fame she deserves.
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Yep.
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this sucks. with the nazis gone in the 1950's, who is Indy going to battle? The Russians??
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Yeah, I said it. It's wierd, it's confusing, it's completely unlike anything else he ever made. Even when it seems to be sentimental and mushy, there is an underlying creepiness and complexity to the material that is fascinating. The ending is so out-of-left-field that I find it impossible not to love it. Too bad Kubrick never got to see the finished product.
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She was good in Candyman but I still want to see Calista oiled up in some tattered jungle garb. But as secondary choices I love the idea of Sela Ward and Rene Russo.
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Feb 03, 2006 3:41:03 PM CST
look, Indy will be in Argentina in the late 1940s and co-inciden
by hypeendshere
run into a mess of thriving Nazis on the lam
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Feb 03, 2006 5:18:54 PM CST
Indiana Jones and the Testicles that Hang in the Toilet Water Ev
by mel garga
But seriously, bring back Karen Allen. Madsen would be a cool choice though.
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Sorry guys i had to do mine too.
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To bad the movie itself is bound to be mis-guided.
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ai's ending was really out of left field, i was left with the same impressions. I really dug that movie, totally underappreciated.
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I love that choice. Make it so.
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Feb 04, 2006 12:20:24 AM CST
Virginia is wonderful, but the whole idea of this is ludicrous
by zeke25:17
The Hot Spot, Candyman, Sideways--almost everything the lady has done is dynamite in some way or another. But the more I hear about Indy 4, the more I've come to believe it's some marvelously long-winded-type of April Fool's joke...right up there with a new Duke Nukem PC game. I would much rather see a NUKEM film, preferably with Mickey Roarke as the babe-chasing asskicker and bubblegum-chewer, than to see Spielberg and Lucas revisit a franchise that should be allowed to die with some degree of dignity (Last Crusade was a lot of fun; and that's exactly how you wanna go out).
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Feb 04, 2006 2:06:38 AM CST
Why do they want to make this film? It's not to entertain us
by scrumdiddly
Lucas sure as hell doesn't care about what we think, and Spielberg made plenty of "fun" films after Last Crusade - he just doesn't do it now. And it's not because he can't remember how...
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Princess Irulan in Indiana Jones IV? Sweet :)
Last Crusade was a disappointment, Sean Connery was funny but seriously hampered the action/adventure side of things. Lets get back to the balls to the wall style of Raiders and Temple of Doom please Messrs Spielberg and Lucas. -
Feb 04, 2006 9:03:31 AM CST
Cool..SHE CAN DRAG INDY'S INTRAVENOUS BOTTLE BEHINF HIM WHIL
by chileanseabass
...I wish indy would gom after the jews for once to be fair and balanced..
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Feb 04, 2006 9:08:44 AM CST
Indiana Jones and the Last Shread of Harrison Fords Dignity of D
by zombiesolutions
in which Indy, now a 135 year olde prostitute, limps across the screen while the soundtrack creaks and moans. As Indy makes it to the porta potty, a thunderous whimper escapes the malaise ridden populace who says, "this sucks, but at least its a distraction from the horror of my own life."
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will Virginia Madsen come from behind and gut him? That would be cool.
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Feb 04, 2006 9:40:45 AM CST
Indy 4 is not going to happen; Spielberg already has a full plat
by orbots commander
I read he's involved in preproduction on the Abe Lincoln biopic with Liam Neeson. After that is his 'Mary Poppins' flick, along with producing Jurassic 4. Repeat, Indy 4 is a pipe dream.
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Feb 04, 2006 10:56:19 AM CST
Dumbasses telling each other the same joke over and over again
by phaedrus007
Guy walks into a room tells a joke. Another walks into a room, tells the same joke. All of a sudden everyone who walks into the room is telling the joke and everyone in the room is just sitting around telling the joke to each other. Sounds like a great time, eh? Good thing none of you dumbasses were around when Clint said he wanted to make another cowboy movie or we wouldn't have Unforgiven... the nastiest, toughest performance of his career. I hope they make Indy 4, I'll be first online for a ticket.
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I don't like this joke that everyone else likes! Wah!
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So she's in the running for a role that doesn't exist because they don't have a script yet?
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Bring in Krista Allen! Rrrrrrrowr!
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Feb 04, 2006 1:08:16 PM CST
Indiana Jones and the Deeply Personal Experimental Art Films of
by zombiesolutions
George Lucas is my hero. I can't wait to see his "deeply personal art fims."
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Probably Madsen is ok. who can judge that as nobody has any idea about the character. i think it would be interesting to see indy team up or rival against a woman who is very very close to his age. of course it is likely that henry jones jr., having inherited his father's genes, never really moved on from the student chicks or 20 year old austrians. but if not i wanna see an old beautiful lady on the screen.
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...in a movie that's never going to be made? Isn't that like, 'if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does it make a sound?'
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she might be a little young for him, though. how about the corpse of Clara Bow?
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you know it's true.
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Television detective Monk's snappy sidekick, or SVU's brunette bombshell. The former would be for a lighter story, Mansfield's daughter for a grittier Karen Allen-type heroine.
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Fuck yeah!!!!
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Of Doom! Hee
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Hand me the Viagra biatch...
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You guys are like a sequel that came to quick.
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Virginia Madsen alone would be reason enough for me to want to see this movie. The Indiana Jones series of films have always been a favorite of mine. There is such a huge potential for interesting storylines that I think it should eventually evolve into a vehicle for other actors in the leading role similar to Sean Connery's James Bond. I think that the character of Indy is bigger than the actor playing him. Having said that, I would still enjoy seeing Harrison Ford in the role for one last time before being replaced by a younger actor. I've always imagined a final tale in which an aging Indiana Jones is on his death-bed recounting his adventures to a young writer (and former student). As Indy finishes telling his last tale (Indy IV), the writer would ask him if there were still any great adventures left to be undertaken. He would reply "Yes, just one more." Indy closes his eyes and breathes his last. We would then cut to a scene in a bookstore where the author is signing copies of his latest "Adventures of Indiana Jones" book. A child approaches with his mother and hands him a copy of his favorite book in the series - "INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK." The author looks up, smiles and says it's one of his favorites too. Anyway, I did eventually get to see a very similar sequence in the movie Tombstone, so I'm pretty sure the screenwriter(s) will come up with their own original idea, right? I mean, this is Hollywood after all.
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Lots of peanut butter sandwiches will be thrown at walls and the last 1/3 of the film will be shiite.
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a movie about Abraham Lincoln. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Lincoln. And David Herbert Donald's biography is just about the best historical bio you could hope to read (hopefully Spiely has) but it's pretty cut and dry, storywise. Looks like another AMISTAD in the works. Oh well, the cinematography will be pretty.
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Need more prunes and fiber.
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SPILEBERG RULES AND ALL OF YOU WHO THINK OTHERWISE ARE FOOLS!
BRING BACK OLD INDY GIRLS! -
She's popular again and is doing well in movies like "Sideways." This will put her over the top where she needs to be. Plus, she's HOT, HOT, HOT!
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