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The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films

J. W. Rinzler and Laurent Bouzereau; foreword by Steven Spielberg; preface by George Lucas

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Summary

Rinzler and Laurent Bouzereau document the making of the first four Indiana Jones films. The book brings together cast and crew interviews, meeting transcripts, production art and photographs, with sections for Raiders of the Lost Ark through Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Steven Spielberg contributes the foreword and George Lucas the preface. The checked Del Rey edition is from 2008.

  • SourceThe Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films — source record · School projects and research list; The Complete Making of Indiana Jones (Random House, 2008).
  • SourceWorldCat — original library edition record · Authors, summary and edition: Rinzler; Bouzereau interviewer; Spielberg; Lucas preface; Del Rey 2008.
  • SourceRichland Library — full credits, contents and ISBN · Other Authors and Contents; ISBN 9780345501295.
  • SourceLaurent Bouzereau — author bibliography · Co-wrote The Complete Making Of Indiana Jones.

Why read it Our view

Use the production histories to compare how one creative series develops across several projects and long gaps. Meeting transcripts and accounts from different roles are useful for examining how a shared concept becomes a coordinated production.

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  • George LucasCo-creator and production-history subject; preface contributor
    Lucas is a central creative participant and contributes a preface. Rinzler and Bouzereau receive the book credits; Lucas is not its sole author.
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