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indiana jones vs Mackenna's gold

posted 15 years ago by tenebrisis
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does anyone else feel similarites between indiana jones and Mackenna's gold.
The storyline,the emotions,map of golds,ugly faces,pretty horses.... :)
I guess spilberg hugely inspired this little gem.
what do you think?

[–] DeuceWild_77 14 years ago

Lucas was on the set of MacKenna's filming a documentary about the movie and also gave suggestions to the script and how to rehearse and filming some scenes, and ya know where Lucas' "inspirations" came from... "Raiders" is "Secret of the Incas" mixed with "MacKenna's Gold".

[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 8 years ago

Did not know that and now I want to watch Secret of the Incas.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18440) 4 years ago

It's not a slam-bang action thriller like the Indiana Jones films but it's interesting to see where Spielberg and Lucas clearly got some ideas from it. And Charlton Heston keeps it watchable.

[–] mnphotoguy99 (445) 4 years ago

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[–] HarlemEagle42 (18440) 4 years ago

No, I was describing Secret of the Incas which stars Charlton Heston.