Indiana Jones Fever Rocks Two Central California Towns

[The Straight Story]

Indiana Jones Fever Rocks Two Central California Towns
Harrison Ford, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Make Fresno, Dos Palos Movie History

FRESNO, Calif. -- Fans of Indiana Jones stopped for a photo-op in Fresno, where a portion of the latest installment of Indiana Jones was filmed.

ABC30 reported that portions of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” were filmed at two locations in the Fresno area.

Buildings at the Chandler Airport, located near grape vineyards, were repainted to look like an airport in Mexico City, circa 1957. One building read, AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL DE CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

An airport water tower was painted to resemble an airport in Branford, Conn.

Movie props also arrived, including a lone DC-3 plane with the words “Pan America” painted on its side, and vintage vehicles including cars, trucks and an old bus.

Click on the Fresnan blog for YouTube Video of props: Fresno Jones Update

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[Beaverhausen]

1. Fresno never had so much excitement I bet

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Kingdom of the crystal skull?

Is it going to involve that "skull of doom" from South America, and escaped Nazis?

Yeesh, they should just hire a new Indiana Jones, like they do with James Bond.

[KamaAina]

3. There is no airport in Branford, Conn.

so how could an airport water tower in Fresno have been painted to resemble one? :shrug:

[skygazer]

4. Fresno is now two towns?

:rofl:

[IndianaJones]

5. cool. nt.