Sunday, August 05, 2007

"Indiana Jones"

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Memorable quotes for
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana: [Indy's first lines] This is it... This is where Forrestall cashed in.

Satipo: A friend of yours?

Indiana: A competitor... he was good. He was very good.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forrestal_%28CVA-59%29

The supercarrier USS Forrestal (CV-59), formerly AVT-59 and CVA-59, was named after former Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers. The other carriers of her class were the USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Ranger (CV-61). She was the largest aircraft carrier since Shinano of World War II vintage, and the first to specifically support jet aircraft. The ship was affectionately called "The FID", because James Forrestal was the first ever Secretary of Defense, FID standing for "First In Defense". This is also the slogan on the ship's insignia and patch.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_jones

Date of birth July 1, 1899
Place of birth Princeton, New Jersey
Gender Male
Occupation Professor of Archaeology

Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (also known as Indy), is a fictional professor, archaeologist, and adventurer - the main protagonist of the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark (later retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark), its prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and sequel, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Jones is notable for his trademark bullwhip, fedora, leather jacket, and fear of snakes.



From 7/2/1976 to 6/12/1981 is: 59 months, 10 days
10 / 30 = 0.333
From 7/2/1976 to 6/12/1981 is: 59.333 months

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Release Date: 12 June 1981 (USA)



From 6/19/1968 to 5/23/1984 is: 15 years, 339 days
365 * 0.93 = 339 days
From 6/19/1968 to 5/23/1984 is: 15.93 years

1-593

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Release Date: 23 May 1984 (USA)



The premiere date listed for this movie was 3 years, 3.3 months, after 2/14/1986.

From 2/14/1986 to 5/24/1989 is: 3 years, 3 months, 10 days
10 / 30 = 0.333
From 2/14/1986 to 5/24/1989 is: 3 years, 3.3 months

3-3-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade

Release date(s) May 24, 1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. This film is the third released, though the twenty-fifth chronologically, in a series of film and TV productions about the adventures of the heroic fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones.

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. (played by Connery) vanishes while pursuing a life-long search for the Holy Grail, Indiana must retrace his father's steps in the hopes of rescuing him – and the Grail – from the clutches of the Nazi military machine. The film was the highest grossing movie of 1989.

Reaction

This installment in the Indiana Jones series has more humor than the previous two films. The humor is mainly shown through the relationship between Indiana and his father. Marcus Brody is also a much less serious character than his previous appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark, being described as a museum curator who "once got lost in his own museum". The lightheartedness of the movie especially contrasts to its predecessor Temple of Doom, which is usually cited as the "darkest" in the trilogy.[citation needed]

The Last Crusade is estimated to have grossed over $197 million in the United States and $474 million worldwide. These sales figures put the film second to Batman in the United States and first globally for 1989.[4] The film was also well received by critics, earning a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes[5]. The film won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing.

As of March 13, 2007, it was ranked as #119 on IMDb's list of the Top 250 Movies of All Time.[6]

The stunt where Indy jumps from a horse down onto a tank — performed by legendary stunt man and coordinator, Vic Armstrong — was voted one of the 10 best stunts of all time by Sky Movies viewers in the UK in 2002.




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ZIP Code™ Matches in PRESIDIO, TX

79845

7-9845

From 3/3/1959 to 2/14/1986 is: 9845 days

I recognize the date 2/14/1986 as when I was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and was a Prisoner of War in Libya.

I recognize the date 4/14/1986 as when I escaped into the desert from the Libyans where I was being held as a Prisoner of War. I recognize the date 5/13/1987 as when I completed my escape after running down the African continent to evade capture. The 1988 premiere date of "The Presidio" puts 5/13/1987 as the mid-point with 4/14/1986.

From 4/14/1986 to 5/13/1987 is: 394 days
From 5/13/1987 to 6/10/1988 is: 394 days

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The Presidio (1988)

Release Date: 10 June 1988 (USA)



The movie “Flight Of The Intruder” premiered on Friday, 1/18/91. Most movies premiere on Fridays and the previous day, a Thursday, was 59 months, 3 days, after 2/14/1986, the day I think I was shot down over the continent of Africa. I think the movie reflects that I was shot down, but the operation portrayed in the movie iteself, I believe, reflects something actually from the Vietnam War, but I am not sure what it was. But it could be that we were attacking a terrorist stronghold in 1986 but was shot down. I don’t know if we completed our mission.

From 2/14/1986 to 1/17/1991 (Thursday) is: 59 months, 3 days

59-3

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Flight of the Intruder (1991)

US Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1991

Tagline: The only thing they can count on is each other.

Plot Synopsis: After his co-pilot is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions. He finds an ally for his cynicism in Virgil Cole, a weapon's officer on his third tour of duty, and together they ponder the notion of one unsanctioned mission "downtown", to "Sam City" in North Vietnam.

Willem Dafoe ... Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole