gm@trsvax (02/16/86)
> ...However, those were the only real slip-ups in the movie that I could find.
There are a few technical slip-ups. One of them is really only noticable when
viewing Raiders frame-by-frame on a VCR. It is in the scene where the truck
filled with explosives moves forward, tips over and explodes. You can notice
that the truck did not tip over on it's own accord. There is a hydraulic leg
attached to the left side of the truck just before the rear wheels. This
pushes down on the small hill to help the truck turn over (somewhat similar
to the hydraulic jacks on the bottom of the Mach 5 on "Speed Racer")
I know, I know. Picky picky picky...
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George Moore (gm@trsvax.UUCP)ayers@convex.UUCP (02/20/86)
>There are a few technical slip-ups. One of them is really only noticable when >viewing Raiders frame-by-frame on a VCR. It is in the scene where the truck >filled with explosives moves forward, tips over and explodes. You can notice >that the truck did not tip over on it's own accord. There is a hydraulic leg >attached to the left side of the truck just before the rear wheels. This >pushes down on the small hill to help the truck turn over (somewhat similar >to the hydraulic jacks on the bottom of the Mach 5 on "Speed Racer") I read about this at the time the movie was made: it was not a "hydraulic leg" -- it was a piece of telephone pole fired out of a special "cannon" sitting in the truck, pointed at the ground. It was one of the few scenes in the movie that Speeelburg only took one "take" on -- he basically said "what the fu*k, it's close enough", although the script called for the truck to "flip" over on its top... BTW, in the same article, Lucas was praising Speely for coming in under budget (something he was _not_ good at), and for only taking an average of 10 (yes, ten) "takes" per scene. Seems that Speel's usual "take" is close to _50_! <Better luck next time> blues, II