Re: Their names are places?

Posted by THE man with the Hat from port151.maxc03.bignet.net on June 01, 1999 at 14:02:25:

In Reply to: Re: Their names are places? posted by graml on June 01, 1999 at 13:33:49:

: : Ok, as I looked over a worldmap I suddenly realized that many of
: : the character´s names in the Indy trilogy are based on places.
: : Indiana is of course too obvious to even mention but
: : (Marion) Ravenwood isn´t that a city in the US? and
: : Khatanga (the freighter captain in ROTLA) is a place in northern
: : Russia and finally Wuhan (Indy´s friend in TOD) is pretty big city in
: : China. Does anybody know of places called Belloq or Sallah?.
: : Anyway I just thought it was peculiar.

: : regards
: : Krede

: Hey. I looked up both Belloq and Sallah in the gazetteer and found that
: there are no cities or regions with either of those names. Actually,
: there was a SALLA in Finland, but I discounted that one. And I always
: assumed Katanga was named for the mineral rich region of the Congo. Just
: my two cents.
: -graml
: Geography always was my best subject...

Ravenwood, according to an interview with Lawrence Kasdan in Starlog magazine, was the name of a street in Hollywood. He was driving around thinking about the script and the character names when he ran across this street sign (not literally).

See ya,

The Man with the Hat

"Fortune and Glory, Kid. Fortune and Glory."

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: : : Ok, as I looked over a worldmap I suddenly realized that many of 
: : : the character´s names in the Indy trilogy are based on places. 
: : : Indiana is of course too obvious to even mention but 
: : : (Marion) Ravenwood isn´t that a city in the US? and
: : : Khatanga (the freighter captain in ROTLA) is a place in northern 
: : : Russia and finally Wuhan (Indy´s friend in TOD) is pretty big city in 
: : : China. Does anybody know of places called Belloq or Sallah?.
: : : Anyway I just thought it was peculiar.

: : : regards 
: : : Krede

: : Hey.  I looked up both Belloq and Sallah in the gazetteer and found that
: : there are no cities or regions with either of those names.  Actually,
: : there was a SALLA in Finland, but I discounted that one.  And I always
: : assumed Katanga was named for the mineral rich region of the Congo.  Just 
: : my two cents.
: : -graml
: : Geography always was my best subject...

:  Ravenwood, according to an interview with Lawrence Kasdan in Starlog magazine, was the name of a street in Hollywood. He was driving around thinking about the script and the character names when he ran across this street sign (not literally).

:                                                              See ya,

:                                                           The Man with the Hat

: 
: "Fortune and Glory, Kid. Fortune and Glory."

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