Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones [#1] Raiders of the Lost Ark #2 - Page 6

**PhoenixRising** · 09-09-2019, 05:48 PM

Here's some interesting info. Harrison apparently went through hell during the Tunisia shoot.

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The scenes set in Egypt were filmed in Tunisia, and the canyon where Indiana threatens to blow up the Ark was shot in Sidi Bouhlel, just outside Tozeur. The canyon location had been used for the Tatooine scenes from 1977's Star Wars (many of the location crew members were the same for both films) where R2-D2 was attacked by Jawas. The Tanis scenes were filmed in nearby Sedala, a harsh place due to heat and disease. Several cast and crew members fell ill and Rhys-Davies defecated in his costume during one shot. Spielberg averted disease by eating only canned foods from England, but did not like the area and quickly condensed the scheduled six-week shoot to four-and-a-half weeks. Much was improvised: the scene where Marion puts on her dress and attempts to leave Belloq's tent was improvised as was the entire plane fight. During that scene's shooting, a wheel went over Ford's knee and tore his left leg's cruciate ligament, but he refused local medical help and simply put ice on it.

The fight scenes in the town were filmed in Kairouan, while Ford was suffering from dysentery. Stuntman Terry Richards had practiced for weeks with his sword to create the scripted fight scene, choreographing a fight between the swordsman and Jones' whip. However, after filming the initial shots of the scene, after lunch due to Ford's dysentery, Ford and Spielberg agreed to cut the scene down to a gunshot, with Ford saying to Spielberg "Let's just shoot the sucker". It was later voted in at No.5 on Playboy magazine's list of best all time scenes. Most of the truck chase was shot by second unit director Michael D. Moore following Spielberg's storyboards, including Indiana being dragged by the truck (performed by stuntman Terry Leonard), in tribute to a famous Yakima Canutt stunt. Spielberg then filmed all the shots with Ford himself in and around the truck cab. Lucas directed a few other second unit shots, in particular the monkey giving the Nazi salute.

**wickedrum** · 09-10-2019, 04:27 AM

hell yes, not a place to go to!

sum1 · 09-10-2019, 06:01 AM

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During that scene's shooting, a wheel went over Ford's knee and tore his left leg's cruciate ligament, but he refused local medical help and simply put ice on it.

He does seem to be good at recovering from leg injuries.

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Rhys-Davies defecated in his costume during one shot.

Sallah shat his pants. Ouch.

**wickedrum** · 09-10-2019, 01:17 PM

or any injuries, really

**PhoenixRising** · 09-10-2019, 05:14 PM

I know. The crapping part really got me.

I'm surprised that Harrison tore one of his cruciate ligaments and didn't immediately get surgery.

Like he said, it's not the years, it's the mileage.

sum1 · 09-12-2019, 05:19 AM

He crashed his airplane a while back and recovered from it pretty quickly.

**wickedrum** · 09-12-2019, 11:47 AM

and his age too!

sum1 · 09-12-2019, 12:26 PM

Yeah.

**PhoenixRising** · 09-12-2019, 04:27 PM

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He crashed his airplane a while back and recovered from it pretty quickly.

Ugh, that was brutal.

I'm amazed he's not in more pain.

sum1 · 09-12-2019, 09:29 PM

How do you know how much pain he was in?

**wickedrum** · 09-13-2019, 10:56 AM

what were his injuries?

sum1 · 09-14-2019, 04:53 AM

I don't remember. I don't think the details were given out.

**PhoenixRising** · 09-14-2019, 05:12 PM

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How do you know how much pain he was in?

Considering all of his injuries, I'd be surprised if he wasn't in a lot.

sum1 · 09-15-2019, 07:11 AM

Yeah, but he doesn't seem to give a damn. Tough old guy.

**PhoenixRising** · 09-15-2019, 06:18 PM

Very true. I admired him for that. I had no idea he was so sick and injured making Raiders, though. And to think he had to do Blade Runner after that.


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