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DELETED SCENCE
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Marion Kisses Indy
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the uncut conversation between Indy and Marion at the Raven
Bar, Marion explains the cause of Abner's death and tells Indy
about the difficult last two years of her life. After having
arranged the following day's appointment for the delivery of
the medallion, Indy turns to leave, only to return under Marion's
urge; she grabs his jacket and pulls him close for a kiss. The
whole Raven Bar scene was cut because it was considered too
long. The kissing part can be seen in The Making of Raiders
of the Lost Ark documentary. The scene appears in a script draft,
the novelization and the Marvel Comics movie adaptation. |
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The Cairo Swordfight
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action scene set in Cairo in which Indy simply shoots the Arab
swordsman was originally planned to become a long attack with
Indy's whip versus the Arab his sword. The crew started filming
that long attack scene as it was storyboarded but were unable
to finish it because actor Harrison Ford couldn't stay on set
for long. He was suffering from fatigue and intestinal illness,
so Spielberg took a decision that would eventually become the
biggest laugh in the Indy Trilogy: he ordered Ford to simply
pull the gun from his holster and shoot the swordsman down,
and that's how we saw it. We will never be able to see the original
attack scene because it never got finished but they did record
some shots. |
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The Dangers of the Ark
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A plot element involving the Ark of the Covenant was cut
from the film and is only hinted at during the finale when
the Ark is opened. Basically, there were two rules about the
Ark not mentioned in the final cut of the film:
1. If you touch the Ark, you die.
2. If you look at the Ark when it is opened, you die.
This is first explained in additional dialogue for the scene
when Indy and Sallah visit Imam. Before translating the writings
on the headpiece that give the height of the Staff of Ra,
Imam warns Indy not to touch the Ark or look at it when it
is opened.
The next scene involving this Ark subplot is when Sallah
and Indy remove the Ark from the Well of the Souls. When Sallah
first sees it he reaches out to touch it. Indy stops him before
he does and reminds him of Imam's warning. Then they insert
long poles through each side of the Ark to lift it out of
its crypt.
Notice that nobody ever touches the Ark throughout the rest
of the film until the finale.
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Sallah in a State of Panic
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Indiana Jones is in the Map Room trying to find the exact location
of the Well of the Souls, two German soldiers approach Sallah
and order him to help them remove their truck that had been
stuck in the sand. In the process Sallah looses the rope with
which he was supposed to help Indy get out of the Map Room.
In a continuing scene we see Sallah entering a German tent looking
for something to substitute his missing rope and awhile later
he comes up with a "rope" made of bed sheets and a German flag.
What we don't see is Sallah in a state of panic wandering in
the Nazi camp at breakfast time. A group of German soldiers
ask him to serve them water from a marmite. Sallah spills the
content of the marmite on the German officers' uniforms and
leaves promising to return with fresh water. The scene called
for smoke in the background but unfortunately the tires used
to produce the smoke were too many, thus making the scene too
dark. Spielberg opted to cut this scene instead of spending
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Sallah's Execution
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Indy and Marion left to suffocate in the Well of the Souls the
Germans decide that Sallah should be executed. A young German
soldier was supposed to carry out the dirty job but things changed
when the later started having second thoughts. A German youth
vacationing in Tunisia had been hired for the part of the young
soldier. The funny thing is that this inexperienced young man
managed to express brilliantly the moral dilemma of a young
soldier forced to decide whether or not to kill a harmless stranger;
this is the business of foreign wars, and this unknown German
boy was able to convey it as well as any actor. The result was
beyond description, with this German student playing an intensely
moving and emotional scene, making David Wisniewitz and Karen
Allen call it the greatest moment since the film began. Spielberg
said the bitter truth was that brilliant and memorable though
the scene was, it would probably end up on the cutting-room
floor because it was just too long. So it did. |
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Knocking an Arab Unconscious
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was a small cut during the scene where Indy and Marion escape
from the Well of Souls. When Indy pushes the large stone brick
out of the room filled with mummy's, there is an Arab guard
standing outside. When the Arab and Indy come face to face,
Indy simply knocks him unconscious. Evidence of this scene still
remains in the film. As Indy steps out of the chamber, he pauses
and looks off to the left side of the screen. In the following
shot, when Indy and Marion run from the building to the German
plane, that Arab is visible lying on the ground by the building.
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The Periscope Ride
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This is the most well-known of the Indy cut scenes, by virtue
of being the one most crucial to the plot. This scene explains
how Indy survived his trip at sea attached to a submerged
submarine. As the sub descends, he climbs up and grabs hold
of its extended periscope. He then lashes himself to it with
his whip for the long trip.
In the final film, the plot hole goes largely unnoticed.
Most people seem to assume either that Indy snuck inside the
sub or that it stayed on the ocean surface for the duration
of the trip.
This cut scene did appear in the Marvel Comics adaptation.
The few pictures that we have found prove that they indeed
film part of this scene.
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SCENCE OUT OF THE SCRIPT, BUT NEVER FILMED...
NOT YET!!!
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Shanghai and the Medallion
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Some sequences were dropped during the making of Raiders,
but later proved to be valuable for the development of the
Temple of Doom script.
Originally Lawrence Kasdan had the headpiece of the staff
of Ra broken up in two pieces the one obtained by Marion and
the other by General Hok, an evil Chinese warlord settled
in Shanghai. Leaving the United States Indy would travel to
Shanghai and break into Hok's fortress. There he would face
two imposing Samurais. By shooting one of them and strangling
the other Indy would manage to remain undetected. With one
of the fallen Samurai's sword he would break the glass cabinet
containing the artifact and set off an alarm system part of
which is a ten-diameter gong. General Hok would enter the
place wielding a machine gun and begin firing indiscriminately.
Indy would manage to unhook the gong and roll it across the
hall using it as a shield. The sheer weight of the gong would
crack the marble flooring offering Indy an escape. This scene,
showing a more dark character of Indiana Jones, was cut from
script due to cost saving. The new film begins with Indiana
Jones meeting singer Willie Scott during his negotiations
with the Chinese mafia in a pre-war Chinese nightclub called
The Dragon.
Was re-used in Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom
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The Flight to Nepal
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Another scene that didn't make it from the Raiders script
was Indy's flight to Nepal. On leaving Shanghai Indy would
take a DC-3 to Nepal to find Marion. On board there would
be the usual complement of passengers: a few tourists, a little
old lady, and some Asians en route home. But it would be all
an elaborate trap and while Indy sleeps everyone onboard would
grab every available parachute and jump out of the airplane.
Indy would wake and discover the cockpit locked and the plane
on a collision course with a mountain. Pulling out a rubber
life raft, he would wrap it around his body, leap from the
plane, pull the inflate cord in midair and land safely on
the snowy Himalayan peaks. Using the raft as a sled Indy would
ride down the slopes all the way to Marion's bar.
Was re-used in Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Get Away - The Mine Car Chase
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A third scene cut from Raiders was in the film's climax.
After Belloq's death Indy and Marion load the Ark on a mine
car and try to find a way out, as the whole place is set ablaze.
What follows is a wild chase in the dark mine tunnels as they
are pursued by a group of Nazis. The race between the cars
seems unfair since our heroes' car does not work properly.
In the nick of time the car's throttle works and it accelerates
its speed rapidly, leaving the Nazis engulfed by flames. Reaching
the rail's end the couple finds a small Nazi transport launch
carefully disguised as a Greek fishing boat. In the next shot
the boat is chugging out to sea as the island rumbles and
shakes.
Was re-used in Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom
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SOURCES
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- From Star Wars To Indiana Jones - The Best
of the Lucasfilm Archives
- Lucasfilm Magazine July/August 2001 - Number 30
- Raiders of the Lost Ark / A Marvel Movie Special - Numbers
1 & 3 - 1981
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