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What?

In Hollywood, no one is who they really want to be. Veteran police detective Joe Gavilan (Ford) and his rookie partner K.C. Halden (Hartnett) are no exception. Between Joe’s struggling real estate business and K.C.’s fledgling acting career and yoga instruction, they’ve got a major murder case to solve. With both Internal Affairs and their main suspect on their tails, Joe and K.C. have to infiltrate the dangerous world of the hip-hop recording industry. Juggling two careers proves to be a comical adventure, with Joe and K.C. desperate to stay alive long enough to catch their big break!

Where?

Hotel room…again.

With?

On my own this time.

Why?

Harrison Ford is the one and only reason for watching it. Like him or not, the guy can raise a mediocre film to a very watchable film. Plus, buddy cop flicks, I’m an absolute sucker for them!

Worth It?

I really enjoyed it! It’s good to see Ford cutting loose having more recently seeing him in K-19. When it comes to playing loveable bitterness, Ford is the man, and in this flick he nailed every single bit of misery is teased out in the funniest ways.

Hartnett also proves to be incredibly likeable in his role, but really, it’s Ford’s movie.

The direction by Ron Shelton is decent without being flashy and the story takes a while to make any sense, but I can’t say there was a moment that I wasn’t enjoying myself throughout the entire film.

As with Midnight Run, I definitely recommend for those that blindly love Buddy Cop flicks, because even with its faults, Hollywood Homicide is great fun.

7/10

Pare AGORA de ler a Você S/A e preste a atenção no que a Tess tem a dizer,

porque este é o verdadeiro case de sucesso profissional e amoroso.

E, como toda grande história, embalada por uma boa música.

I was pretty excited to read on Dream Green Weddings eco-blog that Hollywood hunk Harrison Ford and his fiancee Calista Flockhart are planning a green wedding!

Read the full post here: Green Wedding Bells are Ringing in Hollywood! Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford are Planning a Green Wedding

"When it's cooking it's cooking......they have the nuclear suit case bomb..."

When the President of the United States is caught with his pants down and charged with sexual misconduct, it’s up to his spin doctors to change public perception. Sound familiar? “Wag the Dog,” loosely structured from Larry Beinhart’s novel “American Hero,” is a darkly comic film that had the good fortune of being released when real life events in the Oval Office seemed to mirror events on the screen.

When “Wag The Dog” came out America was in the grip of the President Clinton Impeachment. Do you all remember it? What you may not remember is that why America was glued to C-SPAN, what was really going on was NAFTA.

The North American Free Trade Agreement. Ross Perot was the champion who shouted from every hill in America via Television….not to sign it. It lead to NAFTA and now you have the Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America. Basically merging Canada, America and Mexico.

So what better way to keep the American people pre-occupied was simple. What was it? Keep real footage of the over 1 Million plus Iraq’s who were murdered for no reason because there were no weapons of mass destruction.

"Please support me by going to the mall shopping!"

Not only did Americans not see what was really happening in the middle east on television the way Americans did in the vietnam war, 2003 was the same year that the banker’s sub prime lending scam started allowing any American with a home to get a refinance and to be able to pull thousand of dollars of equity out. Of our all of these loans had a variable interest rate. So yeah, your payment might start out at like 1,250.00 dollars a month but within three years you would be paying something like 3,700 dollars. I was one of the unlucky ones who took out one of these loans. There is only one thing that saved our family. What was it? We sold our home in April of 2006. In fact, it was the last home to sell in our neighborhood. Thank God for intuition.

The truth of war 2009, wake up!!

On January 20, a changing of the guard occurred in the United States White House with two-term president George W. Bush being replaced by former freshman senator Barack Obama.

Bush had continued the policies of his predecessor Bill Clinton in relation to the Balkans, Iraq and Latin America – with troops and a massive military base in Kosovo, regular bombings of Iraq and a monumental expansion of military aid to Colombia – and in addition launched two wars of his own, those against Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq two years later.

Reports from the first twelve days of November indicate the global scope of the first attempt in history by one nation to achieve uncontested worldwide military power.

A survey of that period will trace recent trends across the globe with the alphabet as a compass.

Afghanistan

Any day now Washington may announce plans to add 40,000 or more troops to the 68,000 already there. [2] Plans are underway to accommodate that influx.

The American military compound at and fanning out from the Bagram Air Field has been expanded from 3,993 to 5,198 acres since 2001 and is in the process of further enlargement. It already hosts some 25,000 U.S. troops and contractors and “a new parking ramp supporting the world’s largest aircraft is to be completed this spring….[I]t is continuing to grow to keep up with the requirements of an escalating war and troop increases.” [3]

Regarding non-military personnel at Bagram and elsewhere in the nation, “Contractors in Afghanistan outnumber U.S. troops there” [4] as they do in Iraq.

The Army Times recently reported on the main purpose of the airbase at Bagram. Last month the number of U.S. and NATO air strikes in Afghanistan was the highest since July of 2008, with 647 bombs dropped in October compared to 752 a year ago July. “The airstrike numbers don’t include strafing runs, attacks by special operations AC-130 gunships, launches of small missiles or helicopter attacks.” [5]

Africa

A U.S. Defense Department news source reported on November 5 that Air Forces Africa commanders visited Mali and Senegal in West Africa. Vice commander Michael Callan “visited Mali’s 33d Parachute Regiment, a unit that carries out operations using tactical vehicles and communication equipment provided by the U.S. Defense and State Departments.” The Malian military is involved in a counterinsurgency war in the nation’s north aided by Washington.

A commander of Mali’s armed forces said, “Ninety-five percent of our soldiers were trained by the U.S, and we’ve engaged with you in exercises like Flintlock, Joint Planning and Assessment Teams and special bilateral training.” [6] Flintlock military exercises have been held in different locations on the African continent for years, this year’s being conducted by the new Africa Command (AFRICOM) for the first time. The U.S. also recently led multinational military exercises in Gabon and Uganda on both ends of the continent. [7]

The USS San Juan, “a fast-attack submarine,” arrived in South Africa on November 4, “setting the stage for a series of first-ever, at-sea engagements with the South African Navy submarine force.” [8]

Armenia

Robert Simmons [9], NATO’s special representative to the South Caucasus and Central Asia – former Senior Adviser to the United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs on NATO – was in this South Caucasus nation earlier this month and announced that he had recruited an initial contingent of Armenian troops for the war in Afghanistan. This marks the first deployment to that nation of soldiers from the Russian-led seven-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a potential counterbalance to NATO in post-Soviet space.

“Simmons expressed NATO’s ‘appreciation to Armenia for its strong contributions’ to alliance missions, which he said began in Kosovo and will now be repeated in Afghanistan.” [10]

In reference to his mission of pulling yet another Russian ally into the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization orbit, Simmons said, “We are continuing cooperation with the Armenian Defense Ministry. NATO assists the implementation of reforms and the development of strategically important documents.” [11]

Baltic Sea

After participating in NATO war games off the coast of Scotland, the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole paid visits to the capitals of Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea. “Cole hosted a reception in Helsinki, which was joined by Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples.

“Immediately following the departure from Helsinki, Cole arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, a few hours later.” [12]

The beginning of this month the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall with sailors of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 48 “completed a theater security cooperation (TSC) port visit to Klaipeda, Lithuania.”

A U.S. Navy official stated: “We are here as part of the United States Navy’s continuing presence in the Baltic Sea….We are also here to work with the Lithuanian Navy, who has been a valuable partner and our visit here is part of the ongoing relationship between our two countries and our two navies.” [13] [14]

On November 3 Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo was at the Pentagon to meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Associated Press reported on the occasion that he was “discussing with the United States why NATO needs plans in case his region is attacked.” [15]

Bangladesh

In early November three high-ranking American military officials arrived in the country. The three – U.S. Army Lieutenant General Benjamin R. Mixon, Commanding General of U.S. Army, Pacific, Vice-Admiral John M. Bird, Commander of U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Randolph D. Alles, Director for Strategic Planning and Policy at the U.S. Pacific Command – engaged in discussions focusing “on interoperability, readiness in the region, security-force assistance, and bilateral approaches to maintaining regional stability.” [16]

On November 12 the U.S.-led Tiger Shark military exercises to train Bangladeshi naval commandos ended. A press release on the operation stated: “The training demonstrates the United States government’s commitment to Bangladesh and to regional security by promoting military-to-military relationships throughout Asia and the Pacific.” [17]

Black Sea

The Pentagon’s European Command (EUCOM) reported on November 2 that its Joint Task Force-East had completed an almost three-month series of trainings in Bulgaria and Romania which began on August 7 and included Stryker and Airborne units destined for the war in Afghanistan. [18] “Nearly 600 members of the Romanian Land Forces, 500 Bulgarian Land Forces, and more than 1,500 U.S. service members participated in this year’s combined training.” [19]

After U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden’s visit to the country on October 22, a news source in Romania wrote of Washington’s new interceptor missile plans: “A strong and modern surveillance system located in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey could monitor three hot areas at once: the Black Sea, the Caucasus and the Caspian and relevant zones in the Middle East.” [20]

Colombia

The Obama administration signed a ten-year military treaty with the Alvaro Uribe government on September 30 which “gives American military forces access to seven Colombian army, navy and air force bases, but also to major international civilian airports in the country. In addition, U.S. personnel and defense contractors will enjoy diplomatic immunity under the agreement.” [21]

A copy of the pact surfaced on November 4 and detailed that it “allows Washington access to civilian airports as well as military bases” and as a result “the US will have access to all international airports across the Andean nation including airports in the cities of Barranquilla, San Andres, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali, Medellin and Bucaramanga.” [22]

In the initial phase an estimated 1,400 U.S. personnel will be assigned to the seven bases with the likelihood that the number will be increased as Washington sees fit. [23]

Eva Golinger observed that one of the newly acquired bases, that at Palanquero, was identified by a American Air Force document as providing the Pentagon “an opportunity for conducting full spectrum operations throughout South America….” [24]

Two South American nations bordering or near Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia, were not slow to respond.

Earlier this month Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated in his weekly radio and television address that “We cannot waste one day to fulfill our mission: to prepare for war and help the people to get ready for war,” [25] warning that an armed conflict with the U.S. client regime in Bogota “could extend throughout the whole continent.” [26]

Days earlier two Venezuelan National Guard troops were killed at a checkpoint near Colombia and Caracas deployed 15,000 troops to the border.

In his November 13 address Chavez added. “Don’t make a mistake, Mr. Obama, by ordering an attack against Venezuela by way of Colombia.” [27]

On the same day his Bolivian counterpart, President Evo Morales, warned “I am convinced that where there are military bases, the social peace, the democracy and the development of the nations as well as their integration are not guaranteed. These facilities are an open provocation against the peace.”

Morales also said that he failed to comprehend how the American head of state could have been awarded the Peace Nobel Price “when his country does everything to promote wars and conflicts.

“Obama must justify that award by withdrawing all the troops of his country from around the world….” [28]

Czech Republic

Following up on his visit to Prague in late October, on November 5 U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden hosted Czech President Vaclav Klaus at the White House and “they mostly discussed the U.S. plan for a new missile defence architecture.”

The two “also talked about the situation in Afghanistan and Iran” and “Klaus said the United States knows that it is necessary to continue with the anti-missile project in Europe.” [29]

The next day U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow met with Czech defense officials in their nation to discuss new American missile plans for Eastern Europe, ones intended to be “stronger, smarter, and swifter” than the previous Bush administration version and to incorporate all of Europe under a NATO umbrella.

Vershbow characterized the content of the talks as having presented “some concrete ideas to begin that process of developing the Czech role in the new approach” and said that the Czech contribution could include “potential facilities here on the territory of the Czech Republic.” [30]

On November 4 the local press announced that “A few U.S. delegations will visit the Czech Republic in November, following up on the recent visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, including an expert military team that arrives in Prague this Friday.”

One of those delegations will include Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Ellen Tauscher, who “recently said the command for the managing and control of elements of the new version of anti-missile defence could be stationed in the Czech Republic.”

“The USA wants to build the system in cooperation with NATO.” [31]

Georgia

Earlier this week U.S. Marines completed the two-week Immediate Response 2009 military training exercises in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia. The preceding maneuvers of the same name, those of 2008 in which over 1,000 American troops participated, ended one day before Georgia started shelling neighboring South Ossetia and killed several people including a Russian peacekeeper. [32]

Days after that the U.S. client regime launched an all-out invasion of South Ossetia, triggering a five-day war with Russia.

The official purpose of this year’s exercises was to train Georgian troops to serve under NATO command in Afghanistan, but a Russian news source saw matters differently:

“Immediate Response was clearly designed not to fight against the Taliban or al-Qaeda…..Commander of US Army in Europe General Carter Ham visited Georgia to inspect the exercises but no one came from Afghanistan.

“Perhaps, the exercises were aimed at issuing a warning to Russia.” [33]

As the drills were ending Alexander Shliakhturov, chief of Russia’s military intelligence, said “that he did not rule out that Georgia might again use force against breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia.” [34]

A lengthier account of Shliakhturov’s concerns appeared in the Georgian media and included these quotes:

“According to our information, Georgia is still getting military aid from Ukraine, Israel and NATO. NATO countries, especially Eastern European countries, provide Georgia with arms and equipment, Israel provides Georgia with air equipment, the USA trains Georgian troops and Ukraine provides Georgia with heavy equipment, namely, tanks.”

“The Russian Intelligence Service is addressing other dangers too, namely, the efforts being made by the USA and NATO to bring Georgia and Ukraine into the alliance and the new US plan to locate anti-missile systems in Europe.” [35]

Four days later other Russian sources revealed “that the United States plans to supply weapons, including a Patriot-3 air defense system and shoulder-launched Stinger missiles, worth a total of $100 million, to Georgia.” [36]

The next day Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “recalled the situation in the summer of 2008 when many countries ignored Russian warnings that modern arms in Saakashvili’s hands might prompt this man to unleash military aggression.” [37]

The chief of the Russian General Staff, General Nikolai Makarov, said “Georgia is getting large amounts of weapons supplied from abroad” and “Georgian military potential is currently higher than last August [2008].” [38]

India

Shortly after the Pentagon wrapped up the largest joint U.S.-Indian military exercises ever, Yudh Abhyas [Preparation for War] – which featured the first deployment of new American Stryker armored combat vehicles outside of Iraq and Afghanistan – at the end of October [39], it was announced that “India is negotiating with the United States to acquire state of the art Javelin anti-tank missiles worth several million dollars for large-scale induction.” [40]

Days earlier former president George W. Bush was in India and called on his host nation to join in the war in Afghanistan, urging the U.S. and India to “work together to win the war in Afghanistan.” [41]

Iraq

In early November Arabic language news sources revealed that “The US military has finished erecting an advanced radar system in Iraq to monitor the border with Iran, Syria and Turkey” and that “the radar is a preparatory measure aimed at providing the United States and its allies advanced control capabilities in event of a US military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.” [42]

Korean Peninsula

The South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported on November 1 that “The US and South Korea have completed joint action plans for responding to a regime collapse and other internal emergency situations in North Korea….” [46]

Citing an unidentified South Korean official, the report contains these details:

“South Korea and the US had long worked on Concept Plan 5029, to prepare for a regime collapse and other internal emergencies in North Korea.

“Since its inauguration last year, the [South Korean President] Lee Myung-bak government has pushed to convert the concept plan into an operational plan and it was recently completed.

“If the South Korea-US combined forces intervene in North Korea’s internal instabilities, the South Korean military will assume the leading role in consideration of neighboring countries, while the US military will be responsible for the removal of the North’s nuclear facilities and weapons.” [47]

On the final day of last month Washington expressed its satisfaction at South Korea redeploying troops to Afghanistan shortly after Pentagon chief Robert Gates’ visit to Seoul and the South Korean defense ministry on October 22.

“Washington supports and welcomes South Korea’s plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan…the U.S. Department of State said.” [48]

Kosovo

This month began with former U.S. president Bill Clinton arriving in the capital of Kosovo for the unveiling of a gaudy 11-foot gold-sprayed bronze statue of himself on November 1. [49]

He was being hailed by the breakaway entity’s nominal prime minister, former Kosovo Liberation Army chieftain Hashim Thaci, for his role in launching the 78-day NATO air war against Yugoslavia in March of 1999. That sustained bombing campaign, Operation Allied Force, inaugurated the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as an active war-making machine and issued in the ten-year war cycle that continues to this day with no indication of it ever abating.

A Russian commentary of the following day put the ceremony in perspective:

“Over the course of the 10-week conflict, NATO aircraft flew over 38,000 combat missions; even the German Luftwaffe had its first taste of combat over the skies of Yugoslavia since having its wings clipped in World War II.

“The ensuing 78-day aerial bombardment campaign, which grew continuously more aggressive and reckless, spared little infrastructure: factories, bridges, roads and power stations were all bombed with deadly accuracy. As a result, thousands of innocent civilians suffered great deprivation on both sides of the battle.

“In perhaps the worst public relations disaster for NATO during the conflict, five US ’smart’ bombs severely damaged the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese journalists. NATO officials, in an effort to cool Chinese outrage, blamed the error on outdated maps. Chinese officials rejected both the apologies and explanations.” [50]

Pakistan

Over the past year the nine-year-long U.S. and NATO war in Afghanistan has been extended into Pakistan, the so-called AfPak theater of operations.

On November 4 the U.S. launched its latest drone missile attack into North Waziristan, killing two Pakistanis.

“According to independent reports, since August 2008 alone, around 70 cross-border predator strikes carried out by American drones have resulted in the death of 687 Pakistani civilians.” [51]

The Nation, a Pakistani daily newspaper, reported on November 12 that the massive increase in NATO convoys crossing the country en route to Afghanistan are overwhelming the country’s highways and that “Pakistani authorities are simply helpless in checking truckloads of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces badly damaging the Indus Highway, the repair of which would cost billions of rupees to the national exchequer….NATO trucks and trailers have not been [held accountable] even once for the repair and maintenance work, while cracks are developing on the Indus Highway after every three to four months due to overloading….” [52]

Persian Gulf

A local news sources wrote on November 9 that “The US has deployed a new expeditionary force in the Persian Gulf – the first time a permanent self-sustaining US naval force has been set up in the region.

“The newly established Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 will serve in the area of responsibility of the US Navy 5th Fleet Combined Task Force (CTF) 51 in Manama, Bahrain,” where the entire U.S. Fifth Fleet is based. [53]

The Philippines

Two American servicemen were killed in a mine attack in Mindanao in late September, the first official deaths in the U.S.-assisted counterinsurgency war against not only the Abu Sayyaf Group but also the Moro National Liberation Front and the New People’s Army.

Filipino senators “called for the abrogation of the [Visiting Forces Agreement], saying the US Seabees killed in the explosion weren’t supposed to be there, as…the presence of the alleged land mine constitutes the area as a war zone.” [54]

Pentagon chief Robert Gates insisted earlier in the month “that some 600 US counter-terrorism troops will remain in the southern Philippines….” [55]

An opponent of the active American military involvement in the country said that “the US military has established its permanent presence in the Philippines through the auspices of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Many of the US soldiers are currently deployed in Mindanao under the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines headquartered in Zamboanga City.” [56]

On November 12 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Manila after the Philippine Senate recently passed a nonbinding resolution calling on the government to renegotiate the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement, “which enables U.S. forces to train and assist Philippine troops” and “vowed…to continue American military support.” [57]

Poland

Before departing for the Philippines Clinton hosted Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Washington “to discuss the new anti-missile shield plan.” [58]

On the same day, November 2, U.S. Air Force personnel transferred five C-130 Hercules military cargo planes from the Ramstein Air Base in Germany to the Powidz Air Base in Poland.

A U.S. Air Force website offered these details: “Prepping Polish aircrews and maintainers for the transition to the larger Lockheed-Martin built Hercules has been accomplished with a blend of English language and specialty knowledge training at bases in Texas and Arkansas and through a type of work mentorship exchange between U.S. and Polish air force personnel….”

A Polish air force officer revealed the purpose of the U.S. transfer in stating “The main task for the C-130s is to support our contingency operations in Afghanistan, Chad, Africa and everywhere Polish troops and supplies are needed.” [59]

After NATO defense chiefs, including the U.S.’s Gates, met in Slovakia late last month and U.S. Vice President Biden visited Poland at about the same time, Warsaw announced that it was deploying 600 more troops to Afghanistan, bringing the nation’s total toward the 3,000 mark.

Sweden

Sweden’s Chief of Defense Staff General Sverker Goranson was in Washington, D.C. in early November and was interviewed by Defense News.

His nation, which has for decades presented itself as neutral, has 500 troops serving under NATO command in Afghanistan – Sweden and Finland are in charge of four northern provinces for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force – and five Swedish soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb explosion on November 11, two them seriously.

Goranson’s comments demonstrate how far from anything resembling neutrality Sweden has recently strayed:

“The transformation we are conducting is a huge turnaround, and as I told Adm. [Michael] Mullen [U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman], we know where we are going….The major shift is globalization and the fact that most of the things we are dealing with aren’t necessarily about national boundaries.

“What turned Sweden around is not focusing on national defense, but being a part of this globalized world and solving issues together, because wherever conflicts are, whether in the Balkans or Afghanistan….”

When asked about the potential for a showdown in the Arctic Circle with Russia, he spoke about starting “discussions between the United States, Norway, Denmark and Canada [all NATO members] about what are the borders….As part of the Nordic Battle Group, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark are already sharing the operational picture in the air and on the sea, and that can be extended to the High North.”

Lastly, the Swedish visitor, whose meetings included one with the U.S.’s top military commander, acknowledged: “We had a defense resolution in 1996 that said the Swedish armed forces should be completely NATO-interoperable, which is the standard we have worked to accordingly, to make sure that wherever we go, as we did to Afghanistan.” [60]

Yemen

The government of Yemen is waging military operations against Shiite rebels in the north of the country and neighboring Saudi Arabia started launching air strikes against them earlier this month.

On November 10 Yemen’s official news agency, Saba, announced that the U.S. has signed a military cooperation agreement with the nation.

The news agency also quoted Brigadier General Jeffrey Smith, the commander of the U.S. 5th Signal Command, “as renewing Washington’s support for Yemen’s unity, security and stability.” [61]

One account of the agreement was provided under the headline “Yemen, US sign military deal to fight rebels.” [62]

As the rebels are Shiite Muslims, Washington is exploiting the conflict to recruit Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations against Iran.

Yemen, on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, lies directly across from Djibouti where the Pentagon maintains its only permanent base in Africa, Camp Lemonier, and from Somalia, which U.S. warships periodically shell from the Indian Ocean.

Link: http://bit.ly/war_war_3

a must see! i love it  when different stories interconnect…

By Bianca

About a week and a half ago, we were tagged over at Flying Cupcakes, as the most awesomest blog to have ever have existed on the internet ever. Like ever ever.

What?

Ok, maybe not the awesomest blog ever, but it was still pretty cool to get The Honest Scrap thingie. For those who are wondering, I’m the honest and Sylvia is the scrap.

So we decided to go ahead and tag a few other bloggers, who better respond immediately or we are going to use the considerable power we don’t have and get them kicked off the internet forever. We are totally down with resorting to bribery if we have to.

So here are the rules of winning this award:

1) Present this award to 7 others whose blogs you find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged you.

2) Tell those 7 people they’ve been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.

3) Share “10 Honest Things” about yourself.

We’ll start with #3, because as you all know, Sylvia and I love to talk about ourselves.

But we are also lazy, so instead of hurting our heads with trying to come up with 10 things each, we decided to do 5 each, and let you guys figure out which 5 belonged to each of us.

I can tell the suspense is killing you, so without further ado:

1. I was in a movie that stars Harrrison Ford

2. I never went to the same school twice until I was in 7th grade

3. I knew how to draw a beer from a tap (beer keg) by the age of 5

4. I’m not a big fan of long walks on the beach

5. I lived in a teepee when I was 3

6. My nickname growing up was “Rocky”

7. I am related to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key, and Mary Queen of Scotts

8. My first word was ‘Schlitz’

9. My husband used to date Bryce Conway

10. As a child, I was a vegan, anti abortion, anti death penalty and would not allow my mother to buy products that were tested on animals.

We also decided to flaunt the rules by tagging 9 bloggers insetad of 7. Why? Because we can.  No offense to those not on the list!  We love y’all…..

In no particular order, here are our picks:

Sun

Corpulent 

Atchka 

No Celery Please

Fat Sisters

Ivan in NYC

Big Liberty

Sleepy Dumpling

Life on Fats

It worked for Air Force One (1997) with Harrison Ford and in Airport 75 (1974). It even worked recently in real life.

Doug White, 56, flying with his wife and two daughters, was shocked when the pilot of the Air King twin-engine plane lapsed into a coma and then died. White had his pilot’s license but he had never flown a plane as large as this.

He turned to his wife and two daughters, ages 16 and 18 and said “You all start praying hard.” Behind him, his wife trembled. Sixteen-year-old Bailey cried. Eighteen-year-old Maggie threw up. Fortunately, the control tower could relay messages from an Air King pilot to talk him down.( 13 April, 2009 The Guardian UK)

 The King Air aircraft is used by The Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service.

Air Speed = 545 kph   @  7,600m

Range = 3,338 km

We are going to use How to fly a plane in an emergency on the WikiHow website.     

Your pilots dead. You have to fly the plane. Open the above page. Keep it handy. Now read on but very, very FAST!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: When calculating the distance d remaining (below) I am using 1 / t   x 3,338 ie.  1 hr fuel time left/t total fuel time x 3,338

The Redskins beat the Broncos today, 27-17.

Fullback Mike Sellers rumbles into the endzone after receiving a 35-yard pass from punter Hunter Smith.

Broncos are in a downward spiral similar to that of the Redskins last year, when Jim Zorn’s team started the season 6-2 but finished 2-6. Josh McDaniels may be this year’s Zorn. The key players in this surprising win for the Redskins were punter Hunter Smith, who unleashed a 35-yard touchdown pass to Mike Sellers on a fake punt that tied the score at 14, Ladell Betts, who filled in nicely for starter Clinton Portis by rushing for 114 yards on 26 carries and scoring the go-ahead touchdown, and Jason Campbell, who did his usual good game management. He threw a touchdown pass to tight end Todd Yoder early in the first quarter to respond to a Denver score. He didn’t make any costly mistakes in this game. He went through a stretch where he was overthrowing and missing wide open receivers left and right, but he ultimately kept the team in the game by not committing any turnovers. 

Betts and Rock Cartwright shared the rushing duties in this game with a little help from Quinton Ganther. Betts averaged 4.4 yards per carry and Cartwright 4.6. Cartwright did not score. Ganther made a really nice block that allowed Jason Campbell to scramble for a first down and then caught a screen pass for another first down on the very next play. 

It will be interesting to see what kind of role Betts and even Cartwright play in next week’s rivalry game at Dallas, when Portis will be healthy. Betts seems to have more big-play potential than Portis does. Cartwright really is just a very strong and dependable kick returner who shouldn’t factor much into the picture at running back despite performing very nicely today. 

Just a couple hours before today’s game, the Redskins reversed their policy of banning signs at FedEx Field. The timing of the announcement didn’t allow anyone to actually bring any signs they wanted to bring to the game. 

I’ve said to myself for weeks that the only thing Redskins fans care about is winning. If the team wins, they won’t care that the team is suing poor old ladies or silencing their criticism or that the owner is incompetent. Fans will be happy if the team wins on a consistent basis or even wins a random game in the middle of a wretched season, as was proven today. 

Redskins fans will be happy for the next week leading up to the Dallas game, at which point their high spirits will either be dashed or further inflated. After Dallas, the Redskins play at Philadelphia. A win there could turn all of these fans who’ve been depressed as can be into cockeyed optimists. And then fans would return to FedEx sans the harsh, owner-bashing signs. I think that’s Dan’s plan. But that’s got as much a chance of happening as me going to Seattle for a politics roundtable featuring Barry Manilow and Harrison Ford’s second cousin named Humphrey. Well, maybe the chances are a little higher than that. But still, it’s far-fetched.

The Conversation has remained the overlooked classic of Francis Ford Coppola’s plethora of triumphs. Henceforth it remains largely forgotten among the mainstream. Like the film’s status, it carries on quietly throughout maintaining a certain level of suspense and mystery which keeps on building up towards an abrupt and in many ways, a shocking ending.

Coppola is able to craft his way through another one of his great classics here. The Conversation is just perfectly edited together and is extensively gripping and encompassing throughout. His directing and creativity takes the audience to another world that most and almost all of us do not know and are not aware about. This being the world of security, surveillance and spies. The Conversation though is not an ordinary spy movie, it is a very realistic psychological portrayal and displays the effects of knowing and pursuing the truth. Instead of this movie becoming a complete let down it becomes better and better as it carries on. Along with the cinematography and music Coppola makes the audience feel how remote and controlled our society is and yet how wide open and chaotic it can be. Coppola did not just show it, but was able to actually give the feeling of it.

As well as his directing, once again Coppola uses his writing to keep the audience very much engaged into the movie. The writing in this movie ranks up their with his other screenplays such as The Godfather series, Apocalypse Now and Patton. The dialogue is brief but yet it is consuming enough to leave a certain mystery and openness to the film that is necessary in perpetuating the film forward.

The acting was a bit of surprise and better than expected. The Conversation displays how and why Gene Hackman is and considered a prime talent. He is not just an actor who plays the emotional passionate fellow, rather he is a quite versatile actor who has at certain times appeared to really limited himself instead of his abilities limiting him. He was perfect for this film. The supporting cast was great as well. Robert Duvall who always likes to give a good cameo was good and developed a bit of a role towards the end. Harrison Ford who I wish actually had some more screen time was very convincing as a manipulative high-ranking executive.

The ending of The Conversation was a fine way to finish the film. It shows how our fears can consume us and alter our lives. It displays how if our fears consume us we lose the feeling of life itself. As a result of this, The conversation remains Coppola’s hidden yet wonderful masterpiece that should be seen by any wanting to watch a good and well done American film.

You Look Mildily Unhappy on that Bike Thing, Emma Watson

You do not look as though you are enjoying that Motorbike as much as you perhaps could. Perhaps that is because it is a moped. I have never liked that word. It sounds stupid. Not that you are stupid for riding, or at least sitting on one.

Have I mentioned how much I like you in bright colours, Emma Watson? You seem to enjoy bright colours also. This is a mutually beneficially arrangement. You are happy, I am happy. Well, I’m not that happy, but hey, you wearing bright colours is certainly helping.

Then again, you look good in most things, Emma Watson. Even on a motorbike. Are you unhappy about the motorbike, because of their poor safety record? Or that most serious motorbike accident’s end in fatalities. You know why that is? Because cars have a crumple zone on the front to protect the driver. On a motorbike, the driver is the crumple zone, to protect the bike. After all, you want to pass that down to your children in your will, right? You can’t have scratches all over it. Lime, works well on blood stains, especially on the leather seating. There is some handy advice, Emma Watson. But still, motorbikes are so damn cool.

Even cooler, since you are lounging  about on one.

Actually, I shouldn’t be talking about motorbikes here. That is a moped, which is not pronounced mope-d, as in ‘Campbell was very sad that Emma Watson has a boyfriend who is a late 20’s bricklayer. He moped for hours when he found out.’ No, it is instead pronounced Mo-Ped, as in the rather asinine sentence ‘Even the Amish laughed at Campbell as he rode his Moped. And they were in horse drawn buggies.’

Stupid Amish! Get back to barn raising and working too hard and non-violence and non-sexual stripping in front of Harrison Ford.

I like Witness. It has Danny Glover in it. And Aragorn/Viggo Mortensian as one of the Amish guys. He has about three lines for the whole film. Also, that movie has one of the best scenes in any film, when Harrison Ford beats the crap out of those dickhead tourists who think he is non-violent. He is Harrison Ford. Yo in a whole heap of trouble son. I maintain that no-one punches bad guys quite as hard as Harrison Ford.

There is only one man you ever want to be in this picture and it is none of those five Nazi’s.

Also, the kid in that film, Lukas Haas, also appears all grown up in the Rain Johnson Detective Story, Brick. I highly recommend you watch that film. It is amazing. Lukas plays the mysterious Pin. You can recognise him by the ears.

I would like to watch that film with you, Emma Watson.  It would be a lovely film to watch with you. We should not ride a motorbike or a moped to go and see it though. I am sorry. Unless you want to. Then we will.

Tenemos ya disponible el primer trailer de Extraordinary Measures, en donde Brendan Fraser realmente nos sorprende, pues aquí está rompiendo con su ya viejísimo hábito de actuarse a sí mismo, para darnos una interpretación mucho más profunda y emocional. Al parecer, no era que este actor ya no pudiera crecer, sino que auténticamente lo habían encasillado en un tipo de papeles. Como podemos ver aquí, la cinta resulta bastante prometedora.

เป็นการพบกันครั้งแรกของ 2 ดารา 2 รุ่น 2 วัย รุ่นแรก Brendan Fraser ดาราแอ๊คชั่นที่โด่งดังจาก The Mummy และรุ่นเก๋าเก่าลายคราม Harrison Ford สุดยอดดาราแอ๊คชั่นในอดีตจาก Indiana Jones ที่ไม่ได้มาจับมือกันเล่นแอ๊คชั่นบู้ระห่ำกันแต่อย่างใด หากเป็นแนวดราม่าสุดประทับใจต่อสู้เพื่อลูก ใน Extraordinary Measures!!

Extraordinary Measures เป็นภาพยนตร์ที่ถ่ายทอดเรื่องราวจากชีวิตจริงของ John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) ที่เขาต้องทำงานอย่างหนักที่กำลังจะเจริญก้าวหน้าในธุรกิจ แต่แล้วก็เหมือนฟ้ามาผ่า เมื่อลูกสาวของเขาต้องมาป่วยเป็นโรคทางสมอง John ต้องลาออกจากงานที่กำลังจะไปได้ด้วยดี เพื่อมาดูแลและทำทุกวิถีทางเพื่อให้ลูกสาวของเขาหายจากอาการป่วยให้ได้ และภรรยา Aileen Crowley (Keri Russell) ก็คอยให้กำลังใจและอยู่เคียงข้างเขาตลอด เมื่อ John ได้พบกับหมอที่จะมีวิธีรักษาโรคของลูกสาวของเขาให้หายได้ นั่นคือ Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford) ที่กำลังผลิตยาในทฤษฏีของตัวเองที่เชื่อว่าจะรักษาหายได้ แต่อุปสรรคคือ เพราะเงื่อนไขทางธุรกิจทำให้บริษัทที่จะผลิตยานี้ไม่สามารถที่จะยอมรับตัวยาของ Dr.Robert ว่าจะรักษาอาการนี้ให้หายได้ พวกเขาต้องอาศัยศรัทธาและข้อเท็จจริงเท่านั้นที่จะพิสูจน์ให้บริษัทยาเห็นว่ามันหายได้จริง….ที่ไม่ต้องพึ่งปาฏิหาริย์!!

Extraordinary Measures เป็นการกำกับของ Tom Vaughan จาก What Happens in Vegas ถ่ายทอดชีวิตจริงจากหนังสือของ Geeta Anand เขียนบทภาพยนตร์โดย Robert Nelson Jacobs จาก The Water Horse มีดาราร่วมแสดงมากมายได้แก่ Courtney B. Vance,Dee Wallace,Jared Harris,Patrick Bauchau,Ayanna Berkshire และอีกคับคั่ง หนังมีกำหนดฉายในอเมริกา 22 มกราคม 2010 นี้

ถ้าไม่บอกว่าภาพยนตร์เป็นหนังชีวิต ผู้คนจะเข้าใจแน่นอนกับภาพที่แสดงในใบปิด มันช่างออกแนวหนังแอคชั่นเฉือนคมซะเหลือเกิน!!

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เป็นการพบกันครั้งแรกของ 2 ดารา 2 รุ่น 2 วัย รุ่นแรก Brendan Fraser ดาราแอ๊คชั่นที่โด่งดังจาก The Mummy และรุ่นเก๋าเก่าลายคราม Harrison Ford สุดยอดดาราแอ๊คชั่นในอดีตจาก Indiana Jones ที่ไม่ได้มาจับมือกันเล่นแอ๊คชั่นบู้ระห่ำกันแต่อย่างใด หากเป็นแนวดราม่าสุดประทับใจต่อสู้เพื่อลูก ใน Extraordinary Measures!!

Extraordinary Measures เป็นภาพยนตร์ที่ถ่ายทอดเรื่องราวจากชีวิตจริงของ John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) ที่เขาต้องทำงานอย่างหนักที่กำลังจะเจริญก้าวหน้าในธุรกิจ แต่แล้วก็เหมือนฟ้ามาผ่า เมื่อลูกสาวของเขาต้องมาป่วยเป็นโรคทางสมอง John ต้องลาออกจากงานที่กำลังจะไปได้ด้วยดี เพื่อมาดูแลและทำทุกวิถีทางเพื่อให้ลูกสาวของเขาหายจากอาการป่วยให้ได้ และภรรยา Aileen Crowley (Keri Russell) ก็คอยให้กำลังใจและอยู่เคียงข้างเขาตลอด เมื่อ John ได้พบกับหมอที่จะมีวิธีรักษาโรคของลูกสาวของเขาให้หายได้ นั่นคือ Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford) ที่กำลังผลิตยาในทฤษฏีของตัวเองที่เชื่อว่าจะรักษาหายได้ แต่อุปสรรคคือ เพราะเงื่อนไขทางธุรกิจทำให้บริษัทที่จะผลิตยานี้ไม่สามารถที่จะยอมรับตัวยาของ Dr.Robert ว่าจะรักษาอาการนี้ให้หายได้ พวกเขาต้องอาศัยศรัทธาและข้อเท็จจริงเท่านั้นที่จะพิสูจน์ให้บริษัทยาเห็นว่ามันหายได้จริง….ที่ไม่ต้องพึ่งปาฏิหาริย์!!

Extraordinary Measures เป็นการกำกับของ Tom Vaughan จาก What Happens in Vegas ถ่ายทอดชีวิตจริงจากหนังสือของ Geeta Anand เขียนบทภาพยนตร์โดย Robert Nelson Jacobs จาก The Water Horse มีดาราร่วมแสดงมากมายได้แก่ Courtney B. Vance,Dee Wallace,Jared Harris,Patrick Bauchau,Ayanna Berkshire และอีกคับคั่ง หนังมีกำหนดฉายในอเมริกา 22 มกราคม 2010 นี้

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If you think this is a Mummy / Indiana Jones cross over then you are sorely mistaken.

The film is based on the true story of John Crowley, a man who fought the system to pursue a cure for his child’s life threatening disease.

You know what, Indiana Jones in a fridge is probably better than this. What happened to Indy and Han?

EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES

Director: Tom Vaughan

Reparto: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance, Dee Wallace, Jared Harris, Patrick Bauchau, P.J. Byrne

Sinopsis: drama centrado en los esfuerzos de John y Aileen Crowley por encontrar a algún investigador que encuentre una cura para sus dos hijos, aquejados de un raro desorden genético.

I have just come across this poster for Harrison Ford’s next movie, “Extraordinary Measures” also starring Brendan Fraser.

Haz click en la imagen para verla al detalle

Dos padres de familia descubren que sus respectivos hijos padecen una extraña enfermedad genética, así que se unen para tratar de encontrar el apoyo necesario para curarlos. Esta cinta de Tom Vaughan nos trae de vuelta a Harrison Ford, con la sorpresa de ver a Brendan Fraser en un papel dramático, algo que no tiene porque ser necesariamente imposible, pero que será difìcil de asimilar, considerando su carrera dentro de roles cómicos, y su tendencia a actuarse a sí mismo. Extraordnary Measures estará en las salas de Estados Unidos para este mes de enero, aunque todavía no se tiene fecha para su lanzamiento en América Latina.

5. Remove the Car Bomb-Transporter 2

I actually forgot why I even decided to see Transporter 2.  Never did see the first one, the second didn’t look great and I never saw the third either.  However, I did wind up seeing the film and it’s one that has disbelief written all over it.  One scene in particular, however, left me completely speechless at how bluntly unrealistic it was.  If you’ve seen the film, then you know that Statham’s car winds up having a bomb under it so what does he do?  He jumps off a ramp causing his car to spin around, the bottom of the car barely scrapes a crane hook that perfectly removes the bomb without issue and he still lands with little to no problem.  Normally I’d go into more detail, but I think watching the scene yourself should put it into perspective.

4. Refrigerator vs. Nuke-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The Indiana Jones films have always been a favorite of mine.  Though Temple of Doom was always my childhood favorite, the other two (of the original trilogy) have since grown on me and I actually enjoy Last Crusade the most.  So it goes without saying I was quite curious as to how good Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would be.  Unfortunately, it does not hold a flag to its predecessors and there’s one scene in particular that I whispered to myself “I do believe that this is the most unrealistic scene ever.”  Towards the beginning, Jones finds out that he’s in an area about to be nuked so what does he do?  He hides in a refrigerator.  And since this is shortly into the film with our hero’s life at stake he of course manages to survive with the fridge conveniently being the only object that gets blasted away and lands in tact.

3. Needle vs. Bullet to the Skin-Far Cry

Alright, just so everyone knows, I actually how not seen this film and I never intend to.  I shelled money out for an Uwe Boll film once before and I will never do so again.  But I saw a review for this film which went through the entire film and one part that stood out in an idiotic way was towards the beginning when the super soldiers are tested.  During this scene, we find that the mutated skin can essentially bounce bullets back like rubber but after things go out of control they manage to suppress it with a needle to the skin.  That’s right, the skin is impervious to bullets yet needles go in without an issue.  Figure that out on your own.

2. Spin Back Time-Superman

I’m going to shamelessly admit that I haven’t seen any of the original Superman films.  In fact, other than the most recent film, Superman Returns, all I’ve seen of Superman at all are gameplay videos of Superman on the N64 and him in the TV show Justice League.  So it should go without saying I know about this scene from someone who did a video on the film and the turned out to be one by Doug Walker aka the Nostalgia Critic.  The video was a Top 11 countdown of the dumbest Superman moments and at number one was when Superman turns the world back to reverse time.  Apparently causing the Earth’s rotation to reverse would be the key to spinning back time.  I guess I’d better build a really fast airplane to do this and bring me back to my high school days.

1. Every Scene-Batman & Robin

Even though this list is supposed to be for single scenes from a single film, Joel Schumacher’s hilariously bad sequel to Batman Forever (which he also directed) has so many impossible scenes packed in together that I really can’t think of any other film that hits quite as low.  I won’t state every one of the scenes but here’s just a few of them:  Schwarzenegger surviving water that’s 50 degrees below zero, his freeze gun landing on top of a curved statue perfectly like a magnet, Batgirl jumping off her motorcycle onto Robin’s…swamp-like machine for a few seconds to jump back on her bike which has managed to keep up with the Batmobile and Robin without falling over, the bathooks always managing to hit/grab surfaces strong enough to pull our heroes forward, Batman and Robin air surfing using doors as boards while casually heading back down to the ground, etc.  If a single movie can actually top the level of implausibility here, then I think we’re in trouble.

Il professor Jones è sulle tracce di un amuleto d’oro custodito in una caverna nella impenetrabile giungla del Perù; riuscito ad identificare il luogo dove è nascosto, Indiana (questo il nome del Professore) Jones, dopo aver superato trappole mortali si vede soffiare il prezioso reperto dal professor Belloq, che riesce a sottrarglielo grazie all’iuto di una tribù locale. Jones riesce per miracolo a sfuggire ai letali indios e rientra al Marshall College di New Britain (Connecticut), dove riprende l’insegnamento.

Un giorno arrivano, nel College, due agenti della sicurezza, che rivelano al professor Jones che i nazisti (siamo nel 1936) sono ormai vicinissimi al recupero dell’Arca dell’Alleanza, uno dei manufatti più ricercati al mondo, il poto nel quale vennero conservati i frammenti delle tavole della legge, i dieci comandamenti, scritti dal dito di Dio e affidati a  Mosè. L’unico tassello mancante ai nazisti è l’amuleto di Ra, custodito dall’amico di Indiana Jones Abner Ravenwood, che risulta disperso tra le montagne del Nepal.

L’oggetto, un disco forato, permetterebbe di individuare, una volta posizionato su un bastone cerimoniale, l’esatta ubicazione dell’Arca, custodita nella sala delle anime della perduta città di Tanis, in Egitto.
Giunto in Nepal, Jones incotra Marion, figlia di Abner Ravenwood, sua ex fidanzata, poco propensa a cedergli il medaglione; ma l’arrivo dei nazisti fa precipitare la situazione e i due fuggono portandosi dietro il prezioso reperto. L’azione si sposta quindi in Egitto, dove Jones scopre che Belloq, al soldo dei nazisti, è riuscito ad individuare Tanis, anche se non conosce l’esatta posizione del pozzo delle anime.

Dopo una serie incredibile di colpi di scena, Jones trova l’Arca, che però viene requisita dai nazisti, e traportata in un’isola dove Belloq, con un complesso cerimoniale, provvederà ad aprirla. Avventurosamente, Indiana Jones arriva anche lui sull’isola, ma viene fatto prigioniero con Marion, legato con la donna ad un palo e costretto ad assistere al trionfo del suo rivale. Che però si rivela una trappola mortale: all’interno dell’Arca c’è solo polvere, e sopratutto c’è una forza soprannaturale, che si sprigiona e distrugge Belloq e i suoi soldati. Jones e Marion così ritornano a Washington, dove consegnano l’Arca nelle mani dell’Intelligence, che nega loro però il diritto di esaminarla: il prezioso reperto finirà in un enorme deposito.

Indiana Jones e i predatori dell’arca perduta (titolo definitivo dato dal regista al film) è più che un film, il manifesto programmatico del film d’avventura: azione, ritmo incalzante, suspence, colpi di scena a raffica, cambio veloce di inquadrature, effetti speciali. Il tutto condito dal perfetto phisique du role di Harrison Ford, assolutamente straordinario nelle vesti del professore/archeologo/avventuriero

Un film molto bello, che lascia con il fiato sospeso per i continui capovolgimenti a cui si assiste: e come già detto una parte importante l’ha avuta Ford, che per fortuna di Spielberg, il regista, e di george Lucas, il re Mida produttore del film, ebbe la parte dopo che Tom Sellek fu costretto a rinunciarvi.

Una fortuna davvero, perchè non oso pensare a come il morbido e inespressivo Sellek avrebbe reso l’ironia, la simpatia, di Indiana Jones, personaggio che non basa la sua forza su una sola dote specifica, ma sulla summa derivata dalla sua abilità, dalla sua cultura e perchè no, su quell’aria un tantino da faccia di bronzo che lo contradistingue.
Spielberg, reduce dal trionfo di Incontri ravvicinati del 3° tipo e dal tonfo clamoroso di 1941 allarme ad Hollywood dirige, nel 1981, il film che rappresenta per lui il ritorno non solo al tanto amato film d’avventure, ma anche una patente di ritrovata credibilità, che gli permetterà di metter mano a progetti ambiziosi, come Et e sopratutto Il colore viola.

Grazie ad una sapiente scelta delle location, al ritmo serato, al cat perfetto, Spielberg ottiene un risultato finale probabilmente al di sopra delle più rosse speranze della produzione, che vide centuplicati i risulati economici investiti: nella sola stagione 1981 il film incassò oltre 220 milioni di dollari,e a tutt’oggi è uno dei film più redditizi di tutti i tempi.

Indiana Jones, i predatori dell’arca perduta, un film di Steven Spielberg. Con Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Alfred Molina, Paul Freeman. Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Wolf Kahler
Titolo originale Raiders of the Lost Ark. Avventura, durata 115 min. – USA 1981.

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Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones
Karen Allen: Marion Ravenwood
Paul Freeman: Rene Belloq
Ronald Lacey: Toht
John Rhys-Davies: Sallah
Denholm Elliott: Dott. Marcus Brody
Alfred Molina: Satipo
Wolf Kahler: Col. Dietrich
Don Fellows: Col. Musgrove
William Hootkins: Magg. Eaton
Fred Sorenson: Jock
Sonny Caldinez: Mean Mongolian
Tutte Lemkow: Imam
Souad Messaoudi: Fayah
George Harris: Katanga

Michele Gammino: Indiana Jones
Paila Pavese: Marion Ravenwood
Sandro Iovino: Rene Belloq
Sergio Fiorentini: Toht
Renato Mori: Sallah
Sergio Rossi: Dott. Marcus Brody
Mauro Gravina: Satipo
Gianfranco Bellini: Col. Musgrove
Gianni Marzocchi: Magg. Eaton

Regia:     Steven Spielberg
Soggetto:     George Lucas e Philip Kaufman
Sceneggiatura:     Lawrence Kasdan
Produttore:     Frank Marshall
Produttore esecutivo:     George Lucas e Howard Kazanjian
Fotografia:     Douglas Slocombe
Montaggio:     Michael Kahn e George Lucas (non accreditato)
Effetti speciali:     Industrial Light & Magic
Musiche:     John Williams
Scenografia:     Norman Reynolds

Está es la prueba de que Dios no existe. Habrá Indiana Jones 5. Lo ha confirmado Shia LaBeouf durante una entrevista, con motivo del estreno de Transformers: La venganza de los caídos. LaBeouf desveló que Steven Spielberg, productor de las dos películas sobre los robots con retraso mental, ya ha hablado con él sobre la posibilidad de una quinta película de Indiana.

Spielberg al parecer picó adelante con la historia él solo, sin contar con George Lucas. No es para menos después de toda la cháchara que dijo el señor Lucas sobre que Spielberg y Ford no hacían más que interferir en sus ideas, y que por eso tardaron tanto en hacer la cuarta parte.

En una entrevista realizada a Lucas, publicada hace un par de meses en la Red por Times Online, el Nerd de las galaxias confesó haber sobornado a Spielberg con la inclusión de los extraterrestres en la infame Indie 4. Admite tener problemas como el Rey Midas para ponerse de acuerdo con la historia de la próxima entrega y además tiene el tupé de criticarle no querer ver hacia “el futuro”.

Muchos se preguntaran ¿dónde está la integridad de Harrison Ford? Y es que los actores no saben de crisis. Ford, no realizaba un éxito desde el año 2000, pero Spielberg y Lucas le convencieron para realizar Indiana Jones y el Reino de la Calavera de Cristal, y el veterano actor volvió a golpear la taquilla.

Ford embolsó 65 millones por un film que recaudó 800 millones en el mundo.

¿Quién faltaría en esta foto de familia para reventar de nuevo la taquilla y recuperar algo de credibilidad? El Dr. Henry Jones, a.k.a. Sir Sean Connery.

Ya dijo Connery, cuando se estaba preparando el regreso de Indy, que el único papel que le sacaría de su retiro sería el del Dr. Jones. En aquel momento todo fueron buenas palabras para Spielberg y Lucas, a los que confesó adoración eterna, y hacia su ‘vástago’ Harrison, al que consideraba un honor tenerlo como ‘hijo’.

Después de varias reuniones con el dúo creativo, Sean finalmente dijo que ser un jubileta era más divertido que andar de jugando al abuelito arqueólogo, y las malas lenguas atribuyeron su NO para regresar a dos motivos: 1) El dinero, porque no le daban lo que creía justo para retomar el personaje, y 2) el guión, porque no lo consideraba lo suficientemente bueno para repetir la experiencia.

Es obvio que ambas respuestas fueron la razón para que Connery no se echara semejante embarque. Ahora, parece que la historia está mejor y por supuesto habrá billete suficiente para complacer las necesidades económicas del Sr. Sean.

Eso es todo, por ahora. Spielberg lleva tiempo pensando en una buena historia para sacar otra película del arqueólogo más famoso de la Historia del cine, y según el por fin ha dado con una, y la cosa es tan seria que ya está hablando con todos los implicados en la cuarta parte, quizá, con la esperanza de rodar antes de que Harrison Ford cumpla los 70 años y así no tener que reemplazarlo con un muñequito digital, de esos que le gustan tanto al Sr. Lucas.