Whip cracking by Harrison Ford

[tomek9210]

Hi, I found these clips on youtube, check them out, he was very well prepared for using a bullwhip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVetdZlW ... c5aqMsuj8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXEAW-7WTZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mh1YBN7 ... ZsgvL_PiH4

[hollywood1340]

Of course compare this training with his training for KOTCS and he's never been better prepared. Sad almost all of it didn't make it to screen.

[BwanaJohn]

Cool Footage, they have the rarest stuff on The Tube...

[Noah]

I always would watch that one in the making of Temple of Doom where he cracks the cup off of the plant. That one is really cool

[tomek9210]

My favourite trick is pulling out Thugee sword with the whip. I'm curious how many times did they try to do that
Here, Anthony De Longis does that trick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSb_hTRM8WU (~2 min 40s)

Here, at the beginning of the video is pulling out a gun using whip scene from CS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EGtXzir ... 399OOcmoBc (~36s)
As you can see, whip wrapped pretty hard.

[knibs7]

My favourite trick is pulling out Thugee sword with the whip. I'm curious how many times did they try to do that

He actually did that in 1 take.

Kyle

[scot2525]

I concur knibs7, Harrison really could use the whip.

[Noah]

Here's another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZcCjNVZq8

[tomek9210]

He actually did that in 1 take.

I don't think so, take a look at that scene, it consists of few shots, just well edited, that's power of cinema

[Indiana County Jr.]

One thing is for sure, that is no 10ft. Looks like a six, maybe eight footer.

Crack On!
Allen

[BullWhipBorton]

Tomek,

Thanks for posting these links here. I have not seen those videos in over 18 years; they brought back a lot of fond memories!

Dan

[JMObi]

Ditto what Dan said.

I've always thought Mr Ford had excellent style. Especially the shot of him practising on the back lot. Ah, brings back memories. I filmed some of these documentary shots off the TV screen with an 8mm camera when I was a teenager, and would study the whip cracking action slowly on an editor screen as I had to teach myself how to crack a whip. I must have been one of the most dedicated David Morgan whip enthusiasts in Australia back then.

[BwanaJohn]

Here's another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZcCjNVZq8

I missed this interview, thanks for sharing it!

[Noah]

Here's another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZcCjNVZq8

I missed this interview, thanks for sharing it!

No problem It's really cool that he used it in an interview.