Raiders block in the film A Passage to India (1984)? (PICS)
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Raiders block in the film A Passage to India (1984)? (PICS)
In this film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087892/ I've seen a hat which is probably a Herbert-Johnson and probably it's made on the same block of raiders hat. If anyone of you has it on VHS watch the first 20 minutes, you should be able to see it there. I'll try to take some pics from the tv if i can.
If I remember well it's worn by Nigel Havers interpretating "Ronny"
this the only pic i've found on the web. I'll try to take some tomorrow from my VHS
If I remember well it's worn by Nigel Havers interpretating "Ronny"
this the only pic i've found on the web. I'll try to take some tomorrow from my VHS
Last edited by Erri on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I was buying my hats from Herbert Johnson at the time the film came out and I was reasonably familiar with the models they kept in the shop. I don't recall a hat just like that one. Even less like the 'Raiders' fedora I see so much on this forum. I don't think even a traditional hatter like Herbert Johnson would have sold many hats that are so 1930s looking in the early 1980s whan a more tapered look with a lower crown was in fashion.
Of course, it is possible that that a prop hat was made specially for the film or that the film hat was an 'off the shelf' model re-blocked for a 'squarer', taller look. My HJs from around this period are in very thck felt and would stand a severe reshaping in both directions.
Of course, it is possible that that a prop hat was made specially for the film or that the film hat was an 'off the shelf' model re-blocked for a 'squarer', taller look. My HJs from around this period are in very thck felt and would stand a severe reshaping in both directions.
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In the past 5 years, I have seen a couple of HJs, sold as Indy fedoras by Mr Swales that looked remarkably just like this hat shown here from the film Of course, they were brown, but with 5 inch open crowns. They creased down to this same crown height, that is, around 4 3/4 tall at the highest point. And, going by some of the PR stills that I have seen from LC, this same crown height could have been used. Other hats from LC, that Ford wore, almost seem to be taller than some of the Raiders fedoras, but perhaps it was just an illusion created by 3 dimensional objects being shown as a two dimensional image. Fedora
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Not to get off of the topic, but have you seen the movie 'The Goonies,' (circa. 1984)? Yesterday, I caught a fleeting glimpse of the opening scenes, and the character Jake Fratelli looked to be wearing a very Indyesque hat. I don't own this DVD, but is now on my must buy list, and I haven't yet found any good quality screencaps to confirm this. Interstingly, Ke Huy Quan is also in this movie as 'Data.'
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I bought THE GOONIES yesterday. I'd guess the actor might be wearing a fur felt official Indy teardrop, (which gets a lot of screen time)....However, as a bonus feature, all 7 Goonies and the director, Richard Donner, sit at a table like the Last Supper and watch the entire movie, and comment as they will. 114 minutes of comments. I don't know what year this was filmed, but it's post Lord of the Rings, as there's a reference. Anyway, during the screening, Goonie Corey Feldman claims the actor "stole the hat from Harrison Ford on Spielberg's earlier production" and later asks, "Did Harrison Ford ever get mad that we used his hat?.. that's what I want to know...is he uh.. upset about that?.....that was the actual hat from Indiana Jones, wasn't it?" ....
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Getting off topic... the telegram received from Fielding near the end of the film is the "Eastern Telegram" used in the Grail Diary. There is also a letter shown in the film which was amongst other inserts in the archives, but I don't know if this was actually used in any of the diaries. So it is likely that other inserts came from this film though we may never know...erri_wan wrote:Several of the props were used in the Grail? I'm not a grail expert... what props?
Now a little back on topic; I remember thinking the same thing about Fritelli's fedora. It is VERY Indyesque. And that comment in the bonus material is very intriguing...
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Yes, but notice in the third picture that the brim has a very distinct edge. Did HJ have any styles with that feature?
Also, in one the images I haven't posted yet, the sweatband is a very light tan color. I couldn't find a good shot of the liner, but the same frame grab seems to indicate either a very dark (black?) lining or none at all. Hard to tell due to the very wide angle and strong daytime lighting in that particular set up.
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Also, in one the images I haven't posted yet, the sweatband is a very light tan color. I couldn't find a good shot of the liner, but the same frame grab seems to indicate either a very dark (black?) lining or none at all. Hard to tell due to the very wide angle and strong daytime lighting in that particular set up.
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