July, 2007
July 8th, 2007 | Digg This
Today I received an email from ‘undeadbothanspy‘, along with some material which gives credibility to his report, which I shall not post by request. I am including his report in full but the spoilers will need highlighting for you to read them.
“I was very fortunate to be on the set. It was a great experience watching Ford and Spielberg at work. I actually got to have a very brief conversation with Ford. He was friendly, down to earth, and cordial. No attitude or pretension.
But the best part was watching the famous Ford/Spielberg combo at work. They work together so well- they were like a well-oiled machine; their pace was smooth, relaxed, yet intense. There was no ego, no agenda, or clashing. They were devoted to making the best film they could. It was almost as if they had come full circle- those guys with so much credential and nothing left to prove. You could almost say they had gone back to what filmmaking is all about, the love of the craft. It was a true privilege to have had access to all this and I felt so blessed to be able to watch them at close range.
Contrary to what most people think, the scenes shot at Essex are genuinely emotional and are pivotal to the film- I won’t say much because these are major, major spoilers, and I have too much respect for this film to disclose what is going on, but I have to say they definitely have something going with the 4th episode in the Indiana Jones series.
I was able to get up close to the monitor and see the scenes they shot, and they are beautiful- well executed. Spielberg still has his touch. There were a few excellent shots, and one of them was a great crane shot involving Ford getting out of a cab, paying fare, and heading to the train, and Shia roaring up on his bike. The camera goes down with the cab, past the bad guys (or feds?) in a car, to the ground, a motorcycle wheel enters the frame, then the camera backs out across the bike, diagonal across the Harley Davidson logo. There’s another great shot that’s between the engine and the train station and there’s all this fog in the middle from the steam engine (dry ice) and out of this fog comes the bad guys (or feds?) who board the train, then out of it comes Shia on his bike. It’s just such a well done sequence- so beautifully done.
Again it was a great privilege to watch the best of the best at work. This much I can say- I don’t think anyone will be disappointed by this film. Not by a far stretch.“
July 7th, 2007 | Digg This
I’m not sure that we’re going to get too many spoilers from this shooting locale as I had first suspected, considering it was only a one day shoot and likely only a short scene in the film. But I will still be hiding these pictures behind a “read the rest” link today - just to prevent anyone getting upset.
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July 5th, 2007 | Digg This
A couple of points have been making the rounds today, the first is the potential casting of Lost’s Andrew Divoff (the eye-patch wearing invincible man! - he also played The Wishmaster), according to Joblo. His character is as of yet unknown, but we can easily speculate that it will be villainous.
The second point, which is dubious and unconfirmed by an external source is the character that John Hurt shall play. Visit the Indy IMDB page to check out the spoiler - warning, you cannot easily forget this information.
July 5th, 2007 | Digg This
A couple of days ago our tipster Glen revealed that shooting would be taking place at Essex Train Station. Today Keith W reports back to us with a gallery of impressive images (I have hidden the spoilerish facts):
I thought you might like to have some pictures of the Essex Steam Train location that was rumored to have been transformed into the “Bedford Station”. Well, I went down there today and it looks as though tomorrow (July 5th) is the big day! Lots of 50’s gear to look at and there were already some Genre security in place.
One of the neat things we saw was the way they covered up the installed AC unit with mountain laurel bushes, also the generators for the power to the train were enclosed to look like crates on the back of the train. We also saw a car that was rigged up to be towed by another vehicle… possible close ups?
Photos after the break as they reveal the location. Read the rest of this entry »
July 3rd, 2007 | Digg This
The Movie Score Card said that today they would have another piece of Indy goodness, they were not wrong, this time Ray Winstone has SUPPOSEDLY been spotted and photographed - the Jury is still out on whether this is him or not, for now our source says it is. The full shots and article may reveal details about his character’s role and so are considered a spoiler. TMS are also running another “spoilers” article here about fictitious locations.
WTNH also has an interview with the location manager and a report about New Haven returning to the 21st century. Be warned this contains spoilers.
Enjoy July 4th.
