The fight against the strong bald Nazi underneath the airplane is one of the highlights of the entire Indiana Jones franchise . However, many viewers probably didn't notice that one of the punches delivered by the Nazi sends Indy spinning in the wrong direct
Thanks to Spielberg’s sharp direction, Ben Burtt’s exaggerated, old-timey sound effects, and the impeccable work of a stunt team led by Ford’s stunt double Vic Armstrong, Raiders ’ fight scenes are endlessly rivet
There are some cinematic goofs and mistakes that people never notice until they're pointed out. One of the most hilarious of these occurs during the scene when a group of thugs force Marion onto the back of a truck and inside a large wicker basket. In an attempt to stop them from driving away, Indy shoots the driver, which causes the truck to overturn and expl
Along the way, the pair cross paths with one bizarre character after another, including a drug dealer portrayed by a young McConaughey. Cheesy and dull, Scorpion Spring tries to be way too big for its britc
Every fight scene in Kill Bill , especially the House of Blue Leaves massacre in Volume 1 , was meticulously crafted. Tarantino choreographed the fight scenes and all the mid-action cuts on the page before shoot
This feature of John Logan's play about abstract artist Mark Rothko sees Molina taking center stage as the complicated, aging painter. Set over 1958 and 1959, the play traces Rothko's relationship with his assistant as he works on large commercial pieces for the Four Seasons ho
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ work on Raiders of the Lost Ark Treasure Maps Ark , harking back to the pulpy adventure serials of the 1930s, resulted in one of the most timeless, unique, and entertaining entries in the entire ge
Whichever producer thought the Dudley Do-Right segments from The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show would make for a great live-action feature film was totally off-base. The comedy starring Brendan Fraser as the titular Canadian Mountie is a mess, plain and sim
Since Raiders of the Lost Ark was inspired by the pulpy adventure serials of the 1930s , the early conceptual designs for the characters were a lot pulpier. The pulpiest of the bunch was the initial design for the Nazi villain, Arnold Toht. Whereas he’s just a sinister man in black in the final film, he was originally supposed to wear a cartoonishly kitted-out Nazi unif
The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most iconic MacGuffins in movie history , ranking alongside the Maltese Falcon, the Infinity Stones, and the glowing briefcase from Pulp Fiction . Throughout the movie, characters like Belloq build up a fascinating mystique around the
Jock fires up his biplane, while Indy makes his way through a dense nest of trees, before emerging on the other side. This would have made it impossible for Jock to have any sort of visual contact with Indy as he was running towards the plane in the previous shot. In comparison with the film's other goofs, it's an easily spotted mist
A rom-com that does nothing to stand out from the sea of rom-coms , We'll Never Have Paris is directed by real-life couple Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne. The film dramatizes the actual events surrounding their engagement, with Helberg playing a fictionalized version of himself named Quinn and Melanie Lynskey playing his love interest, De
Steven Spielberg’s original choice for the role of Sallah, Indy’s international contact who functions as the movie’s comic relief, was Danny DeVito. DeVito was interested in playing the role, but ultimately, the production conflicted with his shooting schedule for Taxi . John Rhys-Davies played Sallah in the end and, although DeVito would’ve done a fine job with the character – especially since he’s Raiders ’ comic relief and DeVito is hilarious – Rhys-Davies’ take on the character was great. Years later, when Raiders had inspired a long slew of copycats, DeVito played a similar comic relief character in a similar action-adventure movie, Romancing the Stone , alongside Michael Doug
While the cast and crew were out in Tunisia, shooting the Cairo-set scenes for Raiders of the Lost Ark , they all got really sick from food poisoning. John Rhys-Davies, who played Sallah in the movie , apparently got so sick that he soiled himself during a scene that required him to bend over. The only person involved in the production who didn’t get food poisoning was Steven Spielberg, because he had brought his own food from home – which reportedly consisted of dozens and dozens of cans of Spaghetti-O’s – and didn’t eat any of the local food that everyone else was hav
Even though it's a small scene, Molina's role in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights is absolutely unforgettable. As the coked-out drug dealer Rahad Jackson, Molina gives a performance that is unhinged, hilarious, and inte
An action movie is perfectly passable if it has a couple of fistfights and explosions and a wisecracking hero, but the very best movies that the genre has to offer go above and beyond with visceral camerawork, breathtaking stunts, and sharp storytelling driven by action. Directors like John Woo and James Cameron have brought an artfulness to action cinema that legitimized the ge