The fourth and final? "Indiana Jones" movie wraps up today with its Big Island Hawaii shooting schedule. I was excited when I found out that they were filming in Keaau, the area where we live. I fantasized about at least getting a glimpse of something somewhere. However, they were filming on private property owned by the Shipman Estate under heavy guard and secrecy. So close and yet so far away...
The location scouts for the movie were told to look for a "big scary waterfall and great jungle roads" -- we have a lot of those on the east side of the Big Island! Still, the scouts checked out 14 or 15 other countries and states first before finding a few locations on Hawaii Island that could not be matched anywhere else. The Big Island will stand in for a South American rainforest in the movie.
Besides the big name stars like Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, and Shia LeBeouf, the other big star will be the Big Island. For people who have never been here, they will be amazed.
The yet untitled movie is scheduled to be released next year in May.
For more information read our related post Indiana Jones begins filming on the Big Island.
Want to know where Harrison Ford stayed and what he ate on the Big Island?
How fascinating I haven't seen him star in a movie for quite some time then again I don't watch too many movies so it's possible that he's still appearing in them. I will be curious about this one. I always liked him as an actor.
Posted by: Opal: Vegan Momma | July 25, 2007 at 08:04 AM
That's very exciting! You could bribe the security guards with some mac nuts for a peek at the filming. ;-)
Posted by: Sheila | July 25, 2007 at 01:10 PM
big island visitors will be interested to hear that...some extra fun on their hawaii vacation!
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Posted by: Pua | July 25, 2007 at 01:14 PM
Mahalo everyone for the comments! When I lived on Oahu, during the 80's I would run into the tv show "Magnum PI" filming on location all over the island. I even met Tom Selleck in front of his new house when I was walking around the Diamond Head area and got two (one for me and one for a friend) autographs! He was very tall, good looking (shorts with no shirt), and extremely nice.
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | July 26, 2007 at 04:35 AM
I always thought Tom Sellack was attractive. :-)
Posted by: Opal: Vegan Momma | July 27, 2007 at 04:54 AM