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The stunt double gets out of the hole in the ground he dived into instead of being crushed by the boulder. The director runs out onto the set, worried that the stunt double was hurt, because he came so close to the border. The double's okay thought – he was most worried about losing his hat! The assistant director comes out and introduces himself, then asks the stunt double to talk about the stunt. The stunt double claims it's a real, very heavy boulder that “takes half the crew to put back into place.” But just then two crew members push the boulder by themselves! The stunt double was kidding, but the assistant director explains that the boulder really is over four hundred pounds of rubber, and could hurt someone if something went wrong. Then it's time to bring back the extras!
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Following the end of the first scene, the stunt double emerges out of a hole in the ground that he dove into to avoid being crushed by the boulder. At this point, the director runs onto the set worried that the double hurt himself performing the stunt. Much to his relief however, the stunt double is fine. After the assistant director introduces himself to the audience, the stunt double begins to talk about the stunt he performed. The stunt double claims that the boulder is very real and that it takes half of the crew to put the boulder in place. As he is making this claim however, two crew members appear and push the boulder my themselves. Despite the fact that the stunt double was just kidding, the assistant director explains that the boulder is really four hundred pounds of rubber and that it could hurt someone if something went wrong. Finally, the director tells the audience that it is time to bring the volunteer extras back on stage. 
  
The extras come out dressed as people from Cairo, and the assistant director gives them some emotions to warm up their acting. He also has them stretch out, trying to confuse them by moving left and saying right. He asks one of the extras to volunteer for a scene, only to reveal that it's the extras death scene. Dan tells the extra to make it a “slow, agonizing, academy award winning death.” Dan uses a prop gun to shoot the extra, who gives just the death the director asked for. Now we're just about to get to the second scene, introducing Marion's double, who joins Indy's for the scene. The assistant director introduces the set director and stunt coordinator, then talks about the camera work with director of photography after introducing him as well. The assistant director talks about the dangers of bullwhips with Indy's double, and makes sure everything is in place. It's time for the next scene!
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After their introduction, the extras come onstage dressed as people from Cairo. The assistant director then gives the extras warm up by practicing emotions and stretching. He then asks one of the extras to volunteer for a scene, only to reveal that it is actually a death scene. The director instructs the the volunteer to make his death extra slow, winning and Academy Award winning. After giving him these instructions, the casting director uses a prop gun and shoots the extra. After the extra performed his big "death scene", the director begins to set up the attraction's second scene. In this scene, Marion's stunt double will be joining Indy. Finally, the assistant director talks to the set director and stunt coordinator before introducing the the director of photography. The assistant director then talks about the dangers of bullwhips with the Indiana Jones stunt double before setting up for the second scene.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:06, 24 June 2015

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! is a show located in Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
IndianaJonessign.jpg
The entrance sign for the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Attraction type Live Show
Theme Indiana Jones
Opening date August 25, 1989
Ride duration 30:00 minutes
Theater Capacity 2000 guests
FastPass + Yes (Group B)

Attraction History

The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular came about as a result of a collaboration between Walt Disney Company and George Lucas, the creator of the Indiana Jones franchise. Lucas had worked with Disney as early as 1985, when he developed Captain EO for EPCOT Center. The Lucas/ Disney partnership became more prominent in 1989 with the creation of Star Tours and the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! for Disney's newest park the Disney-MGM Studios. Although not an opening day attraction, the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular officially premiered on August 25, 1989. Since its opening, the attraction has remained essentially unchanged, however in 2000 the stunt show was closed for a six month refurbishment. The closure was done in order to refurbish the sets and ready the attraction for the implementation of Disney's FastPass. According to Disney spokesman Tom Dezern, the length of refurbishment was due to the fact that the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! had more special effects and mechanical parts then any other attraction on property. The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! reopened to guests on June 10, 2000.

Attraction Plot

The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! gives guests a behind-the-scenes look at some of the stunts performed in the film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Beginning of the Show

The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! begins with the casting director inviting three volunteers (who must be at least 18 years old) to come on stage. The casting director asks tells to do their first scene, which involves the volunteers standing on a trap door and screaming as if the door had just opened. After the "scene" is informed the first three volunteers are instructed to go to wardrobe and three new guests are invited onstage. After introducing themselves, the three volunteers are directed to give three different kinds of laughs. The first volunteer gives a hearty laugh, the second (a woman) gives a “sweet little giggle,” and finally third gives an “evil, menacing, sinister laugh”. Following their performance, the second group of volunteers is also sent to wardrobe. Next, The director asks for three more volunteers, however this time one of the volunteer extras is actually an actor named "Chris". Each of these volunteers are given a pose to hold. Chris struggles to stand on one leg, while the second extra stands like a tough guy, and the third volunteer stands like a boulder is about to fall on them. Although the director The director asks the crowd if the extras should have to stand like that for awhile, she eventually decides to send the group to wardrobe. Finally, before the first scene with Indiana Jones, the middle-left is instructed to practice making "ahh" noises and the middle-right "oohs". After this exercise the first scene with Indiana Jones begins.

First Scene

In the first scene of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! An Indiana Jones stunt double performs a scene from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The scene begins the Indiana Jones theme giving way to a mystic chant, and Indiana Jones falling down into the scene. Indy then lowers himself to the ground and searches for booby traps. After realizing that there are pressure triggered traps on the ground, Indy begins to carefully walk around the traps. Unfortunately, the archaeologist looses his footing and spikes begin to shoot into the air. Although there are few close calls, Indiana Jones is able to get past the traps. After reaching safety, Indy realizes that there is an impaled corpse nearby. Seeing the body he mutters "Forestal" before continuing on.

Moving forward, Indy navigates his way through roots hanging from the ceiling. Suddenly, Indy begins to fall into a pit, but luckily he is able to catch himself and swing on the roots to the other side. Back on solid ground, Indy comes face to face with three 8 foot statues who are holding axes above their heads. Although Indy tests the statues by waving his arm in front of them, as he moves forward the second statue drops its ax. Indy then runs past the falling ax of the third statue before finally reaching the idol he was searching for. After studying the pedestal that the idol sits on, Indy places a sandbag in place of the idol he has taken. After taking the idol however, the pedestal begins to sink into the floor and flames shoot up behind the archaeologist. At this point a large stone door breaks open and a huge boulder begins to roll down the hill. Indy attempts to run away but is overcome and falls under the boulder, ending the scene.

First Intermission

Following the end of the first scene, the stunt double emerges out of a hole in the ground that he dove into to avoid being crushed by the boulder. At this point, the director runs onto the set worried that the double hurt himself performing the stunt. Much to his relief however, the stunt double is fine. After the assistant director introduces himself to the audience, the stunt double begins to talk about the stunt he performed. The stunt double claims that the boulder is very real and that it takes half of the crew to put the boulder in place. As he is making this claim however, two crew members appear and push the boulder my themselves. Despite the fact that the stunt double was just kidding, the assistant director explains that the boulder is really four hundred pounds of rubber and that it could hurt someone if something went wrong. Finally, the director tells the audience that it is time to bring the volunteer extras back on stage.

After their introduction, the extras come onstage dressed as people from Cairo. The assistant director then gives the extras warm up by practicing emotions and stretching. He then asks one of the extras to volunteer for a scene, only to reveal that it is actually a death scene. The director instructs the the volunteer to make his death extra slow, winning and Academy Award winning. After giving him these instructions, the casting director uses a prop gun and shoots the extra. After the extra performed his big "death scene", the director begins to set up the attraction's second scene. In this scene, Marion's stunt double will be joining Indy. Finally, the assistant director talks to the set director and stunt coordinator before introducing the the director of photography. The assistant director then talks about the dangers of bullwhips with the Indiana Jones stunt double before setting up for the second scene.

Second Scene

The second scene starts with the people of Cairo, played by the extras, talking and shopping in the marketplace. A German military truck arrives and the driver gets out, pushing his way through the crowd. A group of Nazis disguised as street performers move into the crowd and start their routine. They do a few stunts, then force Indy and Marion into the middle. When they pass swords to each other, Indy knows they're in trouble.! “Marion,” he says, “I've got a bad feeling about this.” The Nazis attack Indy and Marian, and Indy fights back with his whip, even grabbing some of the swords! Marion fights as well, as Indy switches to hand-to-hand fighting. Indy tries to help Marion, but he surprises her and she tries to punch him! Indy and Marion jump onto a pulley system to some scaffolding, and the Nazis follow. Indy hits them with the pulleys stopper, and they go up to the second level. But the Nazis get up as well and Indy and Marion are trapped! They fight back, and Indy throws one of the Nazis, causes him to fall through a ceiling below. Indy, Marion and the Nazis all climb to the third level, and now Indy and Marion really have no where to go! Marion finds a rope and they swing across the roof, only to be met by more Nazis! Indy spots a pole to get them to the next roof. At this point there are two versions of the fight:

  1. The two keep fighting Nazis as they climb a ladder, and a Nazi falls off the ladder to the ground! Without the ladder, Indy and Marion must jump about 30 ft. down to a store room, then run off.
  2. Two Nazis climb the ladder with Indy and Marion. Indy fights them, but accidentially sends Marion sliding down a rope in the chaos. Undeterred, Indy punches one over the edge of the building. After some chaos with a clothes rack, a swordsman appears to challenge Indy. Indy grabs his whip and prepares to fight the swordsman. But suddenly Marion is captured by the Nazis! Seeing them drive away in a truck, Indy shoots the swordsman. Indy isn't safe yet, because a gunner on a rooftop begins shooting at him. He hits the gunner in two shots, and the gunner falls of the building. Indy grabs the gunners machine gun and chases the truck. Indy fires, and the truck explodes!

Second Intermission

The director comes out, and makes sure Marion's stunt double is okay. Once we know she is, he talks to the audience about the dangers of explosive stunts. He introduces the demolitions supervisor, asking him the dangers of using explosives. The director responds, “Ok. Uh folks when you work with explosives... it's dangerous... thank you.” The director explains that more stunt men and women are injured in simple fights than when working with explosives. When asked to demonstrate, they choose Chris. Chris tries to run from the tough guy they choose to punch him, so Marion's double demonstrates the punch instead. Kristen isn't able to time her fake punches properly with 'untrained extra' Chris, and instead seems to be really punching him. Of course, Chris is really one of the stuntmen on the show, and those 'mistakes' were the demonstration after all.

Now it's time to get ready for the next scene. The director introduces a new stunt actor, who will be playing a mechanic. The mechanic explains that he's a stunt actor, so he plays his role throughout the scene. This is different from the stunt men on the show who are doing the stunts for a different actors role. The director talks to Marion's double about the changes made for the third scene, and then the cameras start rolling!

Third Scene

Indy and Marion hide behind some gasoline barrels so they can plan an escape. Mechanics run around the set, dropping off ammo at the ammo dump and moving ammo and gasoline barrels to storage. Meanwhile, a gunner sits on a rooftop, watching the scene. A motorcycle shoots into the scene, then stops as if waiting. Suddenly, a German Flying Wing roars into the scene, rolling up as it's guided by the head mechanic, played by the stunt actor. The mechanic puts wheel stoppers on the plane as the pilot comes down and starts to argue with the head mechanic. The pilot leaves on the motorcycle, and the mechanic returns to supervising the ammo dump. Indy and Marion run for the plane, and Marion gets in while Indy goes for the stoppers. The gunner gets the mechanics attention, and Marion can't warn him in time! The mechanic grabs Indy and tells Marion to get out in German, but she doesn't understand him. The mechanic silently challenges Indy to a fight, but Indy's punches don't bother him at all! Indy makes a run for it and the gunner fires for him. Marion gets in the cockpit, but accidentally shuts and locks the door. The mechanic tells the gunner to stop shoot and starts punching Indy, knocking him down. Marion accidentally hits the controls, and the plane starts moving out of control!

The wing clips a gasoline tanker, and oil begins pouring onto the ground. Marion takes the plane's machine gun and shoots at the gunner, killing him but igniting the stored gas! Indy gets away from the mechanic and rushes into the plane to help Marion. But the mechanic is back, and throws him onto the wing. Marion starts using the machine gun as the plane keeps spinning, and causes a truck's engine to explode. She hits a few of the soldiers, as Indy falls to the ground. The mechanic pushes Indy towards one of the propellers, but Indy manages to break free, only for the mechanic to catch up to him again. Indy still can't hurt the mechanic with his fists, and the mechanic knocks him to the ground again. But the mechanic is too busy taunting Indy to see the plane is circling around again, and the propeller hits him! With the mechanic dead, Indy tells Marion how to stop the plane, and as he tries to open the door more explosions go off. The storage area and gasoline truck are on fire! The fire races to the tanker, which is right next to Indy and Marion's plane! Indy shoots the lock, pulls her out of the plane and they jump off. They run and jump over the flames as it gets closer and closer to the tanker. The fire hits the tanker, the tanker explodes and the plane and storage explode as well, but Indy and Marion get away just in time.

Watch the Show

Fun Facts and Trivia

  • The show has Indy steal a golden idol that is an exact replica of the one used in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • The boulder used in the show is 12 feet in diameter and 440 pounds!
  • Outside the show is a well with a sign saying, “Warning: Do Not Pull Rope”. If guests pull on the rope, they will hear a man stuck at the bottom of the well.
  • Near the exits of the show are the Indiana Jones Adventure Outpost and an outdoor booth themed to look like a truck. Both locations sell Indiana Jones merchandise.

Resources

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Indiana-Jones-Epic-Stunt-Spectacular/News/10Jun2000-Indiana-Jones-set-to-reopen-today-after-lengthy-refurbishement.htm

http://allears.net/tp/mgm/m_indiana.htm

http://www.studioscentral.com/indiana-jones-epic-stunt-spectacular-script

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-08-18/news/disney_1_epic-stunt-spectacular-indiana-jones-cast-member

http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2009/aug/17/disney-stunt-performer-dies-rehearsal-ar-84810/

http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynewsarticle.php?id=11000