[Aztlan] Sorry, more Indy origin

[Justin Kerr]

The answer seems to be Charlton Heston in Secrets of the Inca with Ima Sumac
as the Inca princess




Video description: Good action story of archaeologist-explorer (Heston) in
search of lost fabled treasure of gold in ancient city of the Incas. Filmed
partly on location in Peru, with a good script, fair direction, and strong
performances by a good cast. This is the movie that gave George Lucas and
Steven Spielberg the idea for their INDIANA JONES movies and character;
compare Heston to Harrison Ford's character; he's got it down to the fedora,
khakis, and whip!. The scenes showing Machu Picchu, the fabled lost city of
the Incas, are a glorious Technicolor treat, and form an unusual background
to a familiar plot.

-----Original Message-----
From: aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org]
On Behalf Of Dave Pentecost
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:48 PM
To: Aztlan
Subject: [Aztlan] Sorry, more Indy origin

[Alert: No scholarly references]

Fun roundup of Indy origin theories:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0845dfb5-4501-4350-949
c-9a43069a4597

Some candidates: Roy Chapman Andrews, Hiram Bingham III, Percy
Harrison Fawcett, and fictional characters by H. Rider Haggard

>From the story:

Since the 1960s, one of the controversial archeologists in the Middle
East has been Vendyl Jones, who has conducted a search for the Holy
Ark of the Covenant. He has claimed to be the inspiration for Indiana
Jones, pointing out that if you take off the first and last letters of
his name, you get Endy Jones. However, the men behind Indiana Jones,
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, say that "Indiana'' was actually
the name of Lucas's Alaskan malamute - the dog that also lent its look
to Chewbacca in Star Wars - and that Spielberg suggested the name
"Jones,'' which was originally supposed to be "Smith.''



I still vote for Ian.

-- 
The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph
Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams
Note: New Cell 646 704 2021
_______________________________________________
Aztlan mailing list
http://www.famsi.org/mailman/listinfo/aztlan
Click here to post a message Aztlan at lists.famsi.org
Click to view Calendar of Events http://research.famsi.org/events/events.php