Re: Their names are places?

Posted by Short Round from proxy-531.public.rwc.webtv.net on June 02, 1999 at 11:43:55:

In Reply to: Re: Their names are places? posted by THE man with the Hat on June 01, 1999 at 14:02:25:

: : : 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."

Actually down here in Florida down the street from me there is a Chinese restaurant called Wu Han's.

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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."

: Actually down here in Florida down the street from me there is a Chinese restaurant called Wu Han's.

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