Tag: Raiders of the Lost Ark
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On Writing and Storytelling: The Movies That Built Jim Garraty (and, Let’s Be Honest, Me Too)
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in A Bridge Too Far (1977 film), Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Casablanca (1942), Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Edition, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Films by Steven Spielberg, Garratyverse, Indiana Jones Movies, Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (2012 Blu-ray Set), Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Movies, Movies & Television, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Star Wars, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Summer of ’42 (1971), Superman: The Movie, The Longest Day (1962), West Side Story (1961 Film)🎬 The Movies That Built Jim Garraty (and, Let’s Be Honest, Me Too) Somewhere in the middle of revisiting old scenes from Reunion, I stumbled onto a realization that made me laugh out loud: Jim Garraty’s 1983 movie shelf is basically a psychological X‑ray of who he was at seventeen — and who I was,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 19, 2023, or: A Quick Look at My Current TBW List
Late Morning, Thursday, October 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a cool autumn day here in Florida. Currently, the temperature outside is 75°F/24°C under sunny skies. If the forecast for today holds true, it should be an enjoyable day – skies are expected to be mostly sunny, and the high will be 83°F/28°C. There’s…
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Movie Watcher Memories: Indiana Jones, Mom, and Me
It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage. – Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark It was 40 years ago, give or take a few days, that my mom, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, and I went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark, a new action-adventure movie produced by George Lucas, written by Lawrence Kasdan,…
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Book Review: ‘The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films’
This film could very easily not be a hit. All films are a risk. I mean, there’s no way to know. You can’t predict a hit.” – George Lucas, on Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 On May 20, 2008, Del Rey Books – an imprint of Ballantine Books, a division of Penguin Random House…
A Certain Point of View, Too 