KOTCS...are they still Alden's?

AntonioPastor · Post by **AntonioPastor** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:51 pm

Does anybody now?
I guess they are, but not sure.

Sergei · Post by **Sergei** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:05 pm

Yes, they are Aldens. The last trailer just proved it.

TonyRush · Post by **TonyRush** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:21 pm

Here's a screenshot from the KotCS trailer....

Satipo · Post by **Satipo** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:22 am

Ouch! They've been through a lot.

Kittlemeier · Post by **Kittlemeier** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:34 am

Looks like they sprayed them with Rustoleum flat camo tan.

Satipo · Post by **Satipo** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:40 am

Reckon they've been sandpapered to within an inch of their lives! And looks like flat laces are the new SA.

Castor Dioscuri · Post by **Castor Dioscuri** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:42 am

If I didn't know better, I would have thought they were suede!

DanielJones · Post by **DanielJones** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:45 pm

Ah, but they still have plenty of sole on them still. I wonder how many they ordered for the filming or are they Harrison's personal pair?

Cheers!

Dan

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:57 pm

The heels are a dead give away they're Aldens:

http://www.nibenay.com/wp-content/galle ... ndyhd3.jpg

Regard! Michaelson

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:09 pm

Oh yes, they are

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:11 pm

For those who don't know, the 's' shape of the front of the heel is a part of the Alden 'Tru-Balance' system, and standard for Alden Tru-Balance shoes and boots.

Regards! Micahelson

sneakertinker · Post by **sneakertinker** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:00 pm

It looks like they are to me...

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:05 pm

There is also a good pic of the heels here: http://www.theraider.net/showimage.php? ... er_050.jpg

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:17 pm

Interesting little mystery. Montello Heel Manufacturing of Brockton, Massachusetts makes Indy's distinctively curved Trubalance Last heels. According to this, http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_cgpmn the company was established in 1981. I wonder where Alden had their boot heels made prior to that?

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:24 pm

Sorry for the double post. Keyboard sticking again. Mods please delete this one.

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:32 pm

Those socks sure look brown to me.

TR

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sat May 31, 2008 1:15 am

i paid close attention to the gear in my second viewing of the movie (which is better than the first btw....i truly recommend it for all the people that felt let down on the first go).

indy's boots are the dark brown boots that you see throughout the trilogy.....these are just very scuffed (maybe not as much as TOD). the scene where indy gets thrown onto the pavement at the beginning of the movie will show the boots distressing quite nicely. all of the light brown stuff is pretty much just scuff marks...now, where did i put my sandpaper

Post by **Mike** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:11 am

Um…you could check the main site to find out about the boots.

Risu · Post by **Risu** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:36 pm

Actually, I'm not so sure about them being old stock Aldens. Indoors, current Aldens look brown, but when you put them outdoors they're reddish. Most of the movie, the boots are caked in mud, especially around the toe, but at the end of the movie when they *SPOILER* get out of the city through that tunnel and they're totally soaked *END SPOILER* you can see the Aldens and they're quite red.

Luke Warmwater · Post by **Luke Warmwater** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:27 pm

Did you guys notice that Marion is also wearing Aldens?

LANDINGPARTY · Post by **LANDINGPARTY** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:59 pm

How are the colors for the Magnoli boots?

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:35 pm

depends which colour you pick

LANDINGPARTY · Post by **LANDINGPARTY** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:19 am

I think they have a chocolate.

dennist41 · Post by **dennist41** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:50 pm

Guys, this is reallllly easy to solve....just go to the first KoTCS trailer (in HD preferably) and push pause on Harrison Ford sitting in the truck with the Russians after he swings backwards from his miscalculated whip swing...his leg is up in the air with the bottom of his shoe clearly visible to the camera...I've owned a pair of Alden 405's the past year and I can tell you that the black heel of that shoe matched my Alden's heel....the HD trailer you can clearly see the divot holes around the edges of the black heel too...my first viewing of the HD trailer back in February I was like, Yup, those are my Aldens!