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December 29, 2006

Indiana Jones at age 64

The fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series is set to start filming next year.

The fourth chapter of the "Indiana Jones" saga, which will hit theaters in May 2008, has been in development for over a decade with several screenwriters taking a crack at the script, but it only recently gained momentum.
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At the inaugural Rome Film Festival in October, the 64-year-old Ford said he was excited to team up with Lucas and Spielberg again for the fourth "Indiana Jones" installment. Ford said he was "fit to continue" to play the title role despite his age.
I confess I have mixed feelings on this.

I've wanted the series to continue for a long time. But I'm really beginning to wonder how they'll pull it off if they attempt to have Ford try to pick up where he left off almost 20 years ago. Such an attempt would be painfully mockable. Unless they give Indy something age appropriate ... teaching on campus during the 1960's and being yanked into an adventure via young colleague or off-spring, I don't think I'd be able to suspend disbelief.

Why, you may ask?

First, see this pic to the right? That's daughter #2, Erin, putting together racecar tracks for her four-year-old twins, Nik and Sean.

Now consider I first saw Raiders of the Lost Ark within the first few week's of its opening and I sat mesmerized in the theater, refusing to leave until the end of the film ...

... regardless of the fact I was in labor with Erin (she was born within a couple of hours after leaving the theater).

Indy's fictional world is tied too tightly to the passage of time in my real world and no "movie magic" (or surgeon's) is going to be able to hide Harrison's age, either.

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Posted by Darleen at December 29, 2006 04:41 PM

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I remember watching IJ at the theatres when it came out. I doubt this one will have the same impact on a new generation, but you never know. Hopefully they have a good script!

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