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I totally agree, but Incas wasn't that great of a movie. But the look...absolutely.
It was good to me. That crooked little weasel guy got his in the end. Did I mention the love interest was better looking too
I totally agree, but Incas wasn't that great of a movie. But the look...absolutely.
It was good to me. That crooked little weasel guy got his in the end. Did I mention the love interest was better looking too
Yep, can you say RIPOFF?! Heston looked better too. It was a more original period look.
I always figured that the intended audience for the Raiders were of an age that they had not seen hats worn daily. hence it was a novelty. the fact that it was the hero with the hat the "novelty" was cool to them so the interest was sparked.
RotLA was a great movie for a lot of reasons, but the hat was the single item that cemented the character into people's minds.
The folks on the whip forums see it differently.
The weasel guy was Thomas Mitchell. He was a well known character actor who appeared in movies like Stagecoach and Gone With The Wind. He was also one of John Ford's cast regulars for a while.It was good to me. That crooked little weasel guy got his in the end. Did I mention the love interest was better looking too
The weasel guy was Thomas Mitchell. He was a well known character actor who appeared in movies like Stagecoach and Gone With The Wind. He was also one of John Ford's cast regulars for a while.
Here's some pics of Heston from "Secret of the Incas, 1954", Ford's "Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981", and Alan Ladd's "China, 1943" for comparison. Notice that Heston's fedora looks to be more of an Aussie flop hat or outback hat.
Here's another one of Heston in the movie "Greatest Show On Earth, 1952" where again, he's wearing a leather bomber jacket and a brown fedora, Whippet maybe (?)....
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Heston is an impressive looking man but to me he looked kind of foppish here with his floppy Aussie slouch hat, his little scarf and that terrible civilian A2. But that general look occurs in many films including China with Alan Ladd. Fedora, leather jacket, etc is the standard movie soldier of fortune outfit and thus a homage to the period and genre not a rip off. What was original in Raiders was the editing, the pace and the standard of the stunts and effects. Plots and locations in many films are more or less interchangeable. It's the energy the filmmakers give the thing that makes the difference.
Whip forums?? Never heard about those!
I noticed the difference in hat but the public sees a hat of that shape and no matter if it is a stingy from Walmart or a hat such as Heston’s, it is a fedora to them.
The difference between those other films and SOI (yes, we might as well use the letters like Raider’s fans use. ) is that SOI is a quest film. It is in search of an ancient object just as Indy was. You know, of course that Spielberg made his actors and crew watch SOI right?
Yup. That was especially obvious when Heston used an object that reflected a light beam on the Incas hidden idol and then was copied in ROTLA when Ford used a staff with a crystal mounted on the top to reflect a light beam to the hidden resting place for the Ark in an ancient Egyptian map room. I remember watching SOI many years ago. I always loved that hat Heston wore.You know, of course that Spielberg made his actors and crew watch SOI right?
Right near the chain forums.
I gotta say, the fedora and leather jacket make a great combo.
I gotta say, the fedora and leather jacket make a great combo.
Even more than 70. More like over 100 years. It is a great look. A man's look.