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...Cannes Film Festival lined up two hours in advance in eager expectation of that special moment: when they would be the first people in the world to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, fourth in the adventure series that began with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and the first since The Last Crusade 19 years ago. Inside the Grand Palais, the crowd's mood was more World Cup Final than movie premiere. Some revelers trumpeted the first four notes of John Williams' signature theme, and others responded with the next three. The lights dimmed...
...jokes are as true for director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas as for the star. It's 27 years since Raiders of the Lost Ark started the Jones boy on his adventures, 19 years since the most recent Indy movie, The Last Crusade, and 30 years this month since Lucas and Spielberg sat on a Hawaiian beach and made a handshake deal for an action film that one would produce and the other direct. They'd be stupid to ignore the toll that time takes on moviemakers and movie stars. All were in their 30s when they made Raiders...
...Start with a big bang, end with terrifying mysticism. The creation of these movies always has this method: start with the opening and climactic sequences - in Raiders' case, the South American cave with the rolling rock and the opening of the Ark with the melting skulls - and work inward. (Or as Spielberg says on the new Last Crusade DVD: "How do we fill in the middle?") Here, the bang couldn't be bigger. The 12 min. opener takes Indy into Area 51, where he escapes into what seems to be an ideal Levittown ... except that the people are mannequins...
...about finding the stories on the show? Clark Cogbill LITTLE ROCK, ARK...
...Harris at the double tech. The team logged 227 points, placing last in the regatta.But according to Garrity, the Geiger Cup “has a history of being a more light-hearted event.”In fact, the Tufts team raced dressed as Noah’s Ark and MIT as “imaginary” characters, such as the Easter Bunny, a leprechaun, and the imaginary number “i.”—Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...