Indiana Jones

Fun fact: during the filming of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery and, uh, needed frequent bathroom breaks on set. This scene was originally to feature a long fight, but Ford couldn't make it that long before his next trip to the throne so he cut the scene short by whipping out his pistol and inadvertently turned it into an incredibly iconic scene.

Stephen Spielberg apparently really wants Chris Pratt for a new Indiana Jones, and according to this clip it sounds like Pratt is game, provided that "it's perfect" (you know, no pressure).  He gently quashed any rumors that it's currently happening saying, "it's all nothing until it's something and so far it's not something."  He went on to express interest though, saying "it'd be cool.  No one's called me, you know, there's a lot of talk about it... the pressure would come just because it's such a great franchise you wouldn't want to get it wrong, so for me it'd have to be perfect to do it."

Keep your hope alive, friends.  Pratt for Jones 2015!

He's found the Holy Grail and conquered the Temple of Doom, but how much do you know about the world's most famous archaeologist? This is everything you need to know about Indiana Jones.

Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos are two best friends who recreated Raiders of the Lost Ark over the course of seven years. The pair started when they were 11 and 12 years old, but didn't finish the project until they were 19.

Amazingly, since they started this project in 1982, they couldn't get a copy of the script of the film, or even get it on VHS, so they started the whole thing from memory, having seen the film twice in theaters. Unfortunately, they had to leave out the airplane scene because they didn't want it to look "cheesy" when it blew up (okay guys, sure). 30 years later they were able to revisit the scene through the power of Kickstarter, and their film is now truly finished.


The video above is a trailer for a documentary about their story that will be shown at this year's SXSW festival.  They were also featured in Vice's American Obsessions series, shown below:

It's Sallah from the Indiana Jones films. Rather fitting to the theme of the episode, I guess