Indiana Jones 4: Pre-production (2008) (V)

Director:

Laurent Bouzereau

Writer:

Laurent Bouzereau (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Short

Plot Keywords:

Making Of

Cast

Daniel D. Gregoire	...	Himself
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
Janusz Kaminski	...	Himself
Harrison Ford	...	Himself
Bernie Pollack	...	Himself
George Lucas	...	Himself
Shia LaBeouf	...	Himself
Kathleen Kennedy	...	Herself

Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Laurent Bouzereau		written by

Produced by
Laurent Bouzereau	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jeff Byrd
Jeffrey Schwartz
Ron Siegel
Ryan Suffern

Film Editing by
Jason Summers

Sound Department
Brett Brooke	....	sound
Gary McCafferty	....	sound

Editorial Department
Mateusz Milosinski	....	on-line editor

Thanks
Karen Allen	....	special thanks
Jane Bay	....	special thanks
Samantha Becker	....	special thanks
Martin Cohen	....	special thanks
Harrison Ford	....	special thanks
Daniel D. Gregoire	....	special thanks
Lynne Hale	....	special thanks
Janusz Kaminski	....	special thanks
Kathleen Kennedy	....	special thanks
David Kenny	....	special thanks
David Koepp	....	special thanks
Shia LaBeouf	....	special thanks
Marvin Levy	....	special thanks
Stacey Long	....	special thanks
George Lucas	....	special thanks
Kristie Macosko	....	special thanks
Frank Marshall	....	special thanks
Tina Mills	....	special thanks
Lynn O'Leary	....	special thanks
Bernie Pollack	....	special thanks
Howard Roffman	....	special thanks
John Singh	....	special thanks
Steven Spielberg	....	special thanks
Kristin Stark	....	special thanks
Emily Sullivan	....	special thanks
Cindy Walker	....	special thanks
Kayleen Walters	....	special thanks
Deborah Wuliger	....	special thanks

Distributors

• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Blue Collar Productions  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

"Pre-production" - USA (short title)

Runtime:

USA:12 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Movie Connections:

Features Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Son of Indiana Jones

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This documentary begins with Steven Spielberg and Daniel Gregoire going over some of the action sequences planned for the film in pre-visualization mode, so immediately we get the feeling we are in for an in-dept behind the scenes look at the making of the film. The kind of stuff you would expect on the second disc, not as a little fluff piece that accompanies the main attraction on disc one.

However we soon move into the kind of material that was available online on the office Indiana Jones website: costume designer Bernie Pollock talks about having to recreate Indy's much imitated costume (which was originally based on Humphrey Bogarts getup in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre). Harrison Ford explains how he had to get back into practice to use his whip again and Shia LaBeouf compares a switchblade knife to a game of Tetris (this exchange seems to be in most of the Making Of's shown around the world). To show how times have changed since the making of last Indy adventure, we see Spielberg and Harrison on set discussing which picture to put online first. Ever the worrier, Spiel also expresses he 'lost sleep' worrying about how the hat will turn out and 'had to take a deep breath' when he finally saw Ford in the complete costume again.

However the overriding feeling one gets from this short (which is obviously just a small cog in a large wheel) is the sense that the entire production is one big family reunion. Producers Frank Marschall and Kathleen Kennedy met and fell in love during the making of Raiders and are still together (not to mention they carpool with the Spielberg family). Steven, George and Harrison's careers have intertwined since the mid-seventies and you get the feeling Steven would adopt Shia into his own family if only he could. No matter what people may think of the finished product, the making of the Crystal Skull looks to have been a blast for all concerned and this was apparent even in pre-production.

7 out of 10