Indiana Jones And The Thread Of Cash-Ins

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by jess1581

It did have wet shirt boobies though.

Dancing Pepsi can and Dragon Lady though.

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

love this show to death...

[jvonl]

So many! Have several, but time to break out my wallet...

[deet]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Sphinx was released four months before Raiders (the book, which was Robin Cook's follow-up to Coma, was published before Raiders officially began pre-production).

[ravenus]

Nico Mastorakis' take on Indiana Jones, set in India:

[Desslok]

I've been listening to podcast chronicling all of the Indiana Jones-style movies called "Get Me Another... Indiana Jones." Pretty interesting so far.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000618466984

[LokiMok]

How about pre-Raiders movies that may have been influences or at least share some action/adventure elements?



Valley of the Kings (1954)
Daring archaeologist teams with daughter of his archaeologist mentor to search for religious artifacts.

Gunga Din (1939)
Soldier seeking fortune & glory encounters Thuggee cult in a temple of doom. His pals attempt a rescue.
I eagerly await a Blu-Ray of this one!

[Bradsdadg]

Originally Posted by LokiMok

How about pre-Raiders movies that may have been influences or at least share some action/adventure elements?



Valley of the Kings (1954)
Daring archaeologist teams with daughter of his archaeologist mentor to search for religious artifacts.

Gunga Din (1939)
Soldier seeking fortune & glory encounters Thuggee cult in a temple of doom. His pals attempt a rescue.
I eagerly await a Blu-Ray of this one!

I was thinking of all the movies before Indy but wondered how that would fit in, or if they just needed their own thread.

Obviously Secret of the Incas come to mind. Also there were King Solomon's Mines films from the 30s and 50s I believe...

[VeronicaSawyer]

Perhaps more of a Romancing the Stone cash-in than an Indiana Jones cash-in, but I think there was at least a bit of Indy there.

[steev210]

I'd toss in "Jungle Cruise" with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

[kingdoxie]

Originally Posted by LokiMok

How about pre-Raiders movies that may have been influences or at least share some action/adventure elements?



Valley of the Kings (1954)
Daring archaeologist teams with daughter of his archaeologist mentor to search for religious artifacts.

Gunga Din (1939)
Soldier seeking fortune & glory encounters Thuggee cult in a temple of doom. His pals attempt a rescue.
I eagerly await a Blu-Ray of this one!

A few more with the 'adventure(s) in a foreign land' theme that have some elements that could have inspired the Indy films:


Not so much the story but Indy's signature look.


Western with Gary Cooper and Richard Widmark in Mexico from the coast to the mountains.


Bogey and friends venturing for gold. Has the iconic line about 'stinking badges'.

and the Hollywood remake


Pretty any Victorian era 'British in India' films.

Some more Rudyard Kipling adaptations:
Soldier's Three (1951, no Blu-ray) and

[kingdoxie]

How about the Jumanji films? Source material is a 1981 children's book so I'm not sure they qualify. The two remakes definitely have an Indy inspired vibe.

[schusler]

I recall this being one of our first VHS rentals. Not sure if it ever migrated to the dvd format and so on.

[lesco]

Getting near the end of page 2 and nobody's mentioned Treasure of the Four Crowns? If anything else, it's the one 3D film that spends more time hurling things at the audience than any other.

[vondrake]

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by kingdoxie

A few more with the 'adventure(s) in a foreign land' theme that have some elements that could have inspired the Indy films:

[Show spoiler]

Not so much the story but Indy's signature look.


Western with Gary Cooper and Richard Widmark in Mexico from the coast to the mountains.


Bogey and friends venturing for gold. Has the iconic line about 'stinking badges'.

and the Hollywood remake


Pretty any Victorian era 'British in India' films.

Some more Rudyard Kipling adaptations:
Soldier's Three (1951, no Blu-ray) and

I think an Indy related film (whether it came before or after) needs more qualification than just being adventure in a foreign land. There should be a child-like irreverent spirit to the adventure, and I also think a happy ending to the proceedings. I would consider Bogart's African Queen a more apt Indy predecessor than Treasure of Sierra Madre.

[kingdoxie]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I think an Indy related film (whether it came before or after) needs more qualification than just being adventure in a foreign land. There should be a child-like irreverent spirit to the adventure, and I also think a happy ending to the proceedings. I would consider Bogart's Out of Africa a more apt Indy predecessor than Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Noted.

[deet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK8VS_AUC3s

"I don't kill, Mr Heinrich. I bring 'em back alive." The real Frank Buck was one wild mammajamma.

Originally Posted by kingdoxie

A few more with the 'adventure(s) in a foreign land' theme that have some elements that could have inspired the Indy films:
and the Hollywood remake

Having seen Sorcerer for the first time a few days ago (spoiler: It's great) I can assert that these have nothing in common with the fortune-and-glory genre beyond "a guy with a hat and sweaty clothes gets into a whole lot of trouble, frequently involving heavy machinery".

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Walter Kafka

It's too bad Harrison Ford never made a movie as popular as High Road to China. I feel like he could have been a star.

Funny.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I would consider Bogart's Out of Africa a more apt Indy predecessor than Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Do you mean "The African Queen"? I don't recall Bogie ever making a film with Meryl Streep.