camel lips Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 A funny story about that scene - they had actually prepared a fight, but on the day of the shoot, Harrison Ford was suffering from the flu and asked if he could just pull out a gun and shoot the guy. Voila - cinematic genius. Ive heard that story and that there was a big fight scene and that Harrison just pulled out the gun to get some laughs and the director liked it so much he kept it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camel lips Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 IMDB has these details about it. "The infamous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the swords out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, someone made the off-handed remark, "Why doesn't he just shoot him and get it done and over with?" Steven Spielberg immediately took up the idea and the scene was successfully filmed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevingamin Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It was then I realized that you never bring a knife to a gunfight and all those years of training was for nothing.. :smile: They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camel lips Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! Yeah,,you pull a shotgun and he pulls a machine gun.Did not work out too well for Sean Connery in that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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