"Among the many skilled performers who toil in front of the camera, only a few are excellent
actors. Rarer still are those with the vague and elusive traits we call star quality or
bankability. At the intersection of these groups is the most select group of all, a tiny
number among whom Harrison Ford stands out." - Andy Klein ("The Thinking Man's
Action Hero" 1994)
HARRISON FORD: A WEB GUIDE TO THE FILMS
"My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not Icon." - Harrison Ford
APRIL 11, 2008
SITE NEWS
WE ARE MOVING. Not very far, but still moving to a new url. All new updates will happen at the new blog. Set your bookmarks here: http://apartment42.com/harrison_ford/
Links are still being worked on, but news will be easily updated as they happen.
APRIL 10, 2008
MOVIE NEWS
See if you can figure out what the movie is about from the track titles on the soon to be available soundtrack cd.Availability: This title will be released on May 20, 2008. Pre-order now!
Amazon.com
April 7, 2008
MAGAZINES
Ford's Focus
For photographer Gregg Segal, riding shotgun while Harrison Ford piloted his helicopter low over California's San Rafael Mountains was a case of life imitating art:
Han Solo at the controls, looking for a spot to land the Millennium Falcon. The hillsides were blackened from last summer's fires, and Ford was trying to
find a patch of green for the photo shoot. "I'm no judge, because that was my first time in a helicopter," Segal says. "But it seened like there was an awful
lot to it - you have to be engaged all the time. He was talking on the radio, and we were all being silent so he could focus, and he turned back and said to
my assistants, "You guys are so quiet. Am I scaring the crap out of you with my flying?"
Now, that's the kind of guy we want on our cover.
You can read more in the April edition of National Geographic Adventure magazine. In stores now.
COVER SCAN IS HERE
DECEMBER 10, 2007
MOVIE NEWS
Teaser poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Artwork by the fabulous Drew Struzan.
High resolution version at Comingsoon.net
JULY 28, 2007
MOVIE NEWS
Indiana Jones cast at Comic-Con 2007
Courtesy: G4tv.com
JULY 14, 2007
MOVIE NEWS
Honolulu Advertiser: 'Indiana Jones' having big impact on the Big Island
Charlotte Observer: Harrison Ford fit for fourth Indy
JULY 3, 2007
MOVIE NEWS
'Indy' Fever Hit Yale
On location with Indiana Jones
July 1, 2007
MORE SET PHOTOS
Courtesy: justjared and splash news
JUNE 29, 2007
INDY 4 SET PHOTOS
First set photos from the filming of Indiana Jones 4 with Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf
From: Just Jared Photos courtesy: Splash News
MOVIE NEWS:
WTNH News story on that days' filming.
Article from New Haven Register
JUNE 22, 2007
MOVIE NEWS
FIRST SET PHOTO FROM INDY 4
Click to enlarge (courtesy: LucasFilm, Ltd.)
New Indiana Jones image released
The first picture from the set of Indiana Jones has been released, as filming on the fourth adventure begins.
Shot by director Steven Spielberg, the photo shows star Harrison Ford wearing his character's trademark
fedora hat for the first time in 18 years.
Read more here: New Indiana Jones image released
and here: IndianaJones.com
JUNE 20, 2007
IN THE NEWS
Jim Broadbent tapped for 'Indiana Jones'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jim Broadbent is joining Indiana Jones on his latest adventure.
The Academy Award-winning actor has joined the cast of the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series, according to
an announcement posted Wednesday on Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Indiana Jones website.
Production began Monday on the not-yet-titled film, which reunites director Steven Spielberg, executive producer
George Lucas and Harrison Ford as the archaeologist-adventurer who made his first appearance in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The movie is due out May 22, 2008.
Broadbent, 57, won a supporting-actor Oscar for 2001's Iris. He joins previously announced co-stars Cate
Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, John Hurt and Ray Winstone. Broadbent's other films include Moulin Rouge, The Crying
Game, Bridget Jones's Diary and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Lucasfilm recently announced that Sean Connery — who played Indiana Jones' bookish father in the franchise's
third installment, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — will not reprise the role in the new movie.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-06-20-jim-broadbent_N.htm?csp=34
JUNE 13, 2007
IN THE NEWS
Harrison Ford at Ocean Conservation Awards
LOND BEACH, Calif., June 12 (UPI) -- The film "Our Ecological Footprint and Ways to Reduce It," narrated by Harrison Ford,
will be shown in Long Beach, Calif., at the Ocean Conservation Awards.
The nonprofit Aquarium of the Pacific will host the eighth annual Ocean Conservation Awards Gala Saturday,
the Aquarium of the Pacific said in a news release.
The awards recognize those who have taken leadership roles to protect the environment and oceans.
The organization will present the 2007 Ocean Conservation Award to Jeremy Jackson and the Institutional Award
to Moffatt & Nichol for protecting coastal ecosystems.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/72157.html
APRIL 7, 2007
IN THE NEWS
Ford, Liotta and Penn are "Crossing Over"
Source: Variety.com
April 7, 2007
With an ensemble cast that includes Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Sean Penn, The Weinstein Company has set an April 11 start date on Crossing Over, a drama that covers the controversial topic of immigration and those who'll do anything to enter the U.S.
Written and directed by Wayne Kramer (The Cooler), the film will shoot in Los Angeles and examines illegal immigrants the way that Traffic did the illegal drug trade, with intersecting storylines threaded through the film.
Variety says that more cast will be added and will be shuttled in and out. Penn has only a cameo in the film and he'll spend three days shooting a small role as a border patrol agent.
Ford plays an enforcement agent who stages raids designed to corral illegals, while Liotta plays a USCIS district adjudicator, a bureaucrat dealing with the problems of illegals.
Frank Marshall, Kramer and Gregg Taylor are producing.
MARCH 16, 2007
IN THE NEWS
Hollywood Reporter: Blanchett on crusade to 'Indiana Jones 4'
Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in the fourth installment of the "Indiana Jones" adventures.
Harrison Ford already has boarded the project, which will be produced by Lucasfilm and directed by Steven Spielberg.
With David Koepp's screenplay shrouded in secrecy, it is unclear what character Blanchett will play. However, sources said the Oscar-winning actress has landed a starring role.
Shooting will begin in June in Los Angeles and at undisclosed locations around the world. Paramount Pictures will release "Indy 4" day-and-date around the world on May 22, 2008, with a handful of territories opening the following day.
More here:
Hollywood Reporter
IN THE NEWS
Ford: "Indy 4" Script Ready
by Josh Grossberg
Mar 15, 2006, 2:20 PM PT
Looks like Harrison Ford can finally take the fedora out of mothballs.
The Hollywood megastar told a German magazine on Wednesday that after rewrites too numerous to count, he and director Steven Spielberg are finally satisfied with the script for the forever-in-the-works fourth installment of the whip-wielding, tomb-raiding adventurer.
Read more at E Online.
FEBRUARY 5, 2006
UPDATE
Harrison Ford kicked off the start of Super Bowl XL with an introductory promo called Oh,
the Places You'll Go!" done to the rhyme of Dr. Seuss.
Also featured are Roger Staubach, Bart Starr, Joe Montana, Franco Harris, and Jerry Rice.
JANUARY 22, 2006
UPDATE
Publicity photos from "Firewall" have been added. Courtesy: Warner Bros. Pictures. © Warner Bros.
www.wbmovies.com Visit the FIREWALL
OFFICIAL WEB SITE.
UPDATE
"LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY"
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6
**PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY (as of 01/18/06)**
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006
Acting icon HARRISON FORD visits to talk about his latest suspense thriller, "Firewall."
JANUARY 17, 2006
UPDATE
Funniest. web. site. ever! Harrison Ford Paper Dolls. Lmfao!
JANUARY 12, 2006
UPDATE
Added photo scans from the February 06 issue of Men's Journal Magazine.
JANUARY 2, 2006
MOVIE NEWS
From Walter Scott's Personality Parade, Parade Magazine
Q: I hear that Harrison Ford will do a film about Lincoln's assassination.
Is he playing John Wilkes Booth? - MB, Orange, N.J.
A: No. Ford, 63, stays in hero mode for "Manhunt", a biopic set to shoot
in March. He plays Col. Everton Conger, who hunted and ultimately
found the assassin. Between roles, Ford plays house with Calista
Flockhart, 41, and her adopted son.
MOVIE NEWS
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Movie hero Harrison Ford is to play a war hero hunting for Abraham Lincoln's assassin in a new American Civil War thriller, the industry press said.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" star Ford, 63, will take on the role of Colonel Everton Conger who is on the mysterious trail of John Wilkes Booth in the movie called "Manhunt," Daily Variety said.
The film will depict the days following Lincoln's assassination in a Washington theatre in 1865, during which Conger and his New York Cavalry troops hunted for Booth for 12 days before finding him in a barn.
The movie is to be based on James Swanson's upcoming book "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer," an account of the search for Booth, to be published in the United States in February by William Morrow.
"Manhunt" will be produced by Lawrence Bender, Mike Rich -- who also produced "The Rookie" and "Finding Forrester" -- will pen the screenplay. No release date was immediately available.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
Patricia McQueeney, Ford's longtime manager, dies.
By Kimberly Speight
Hollywood Reporter
Patricia McQueeney, who was Harrison Ford's longtime talent manager and a former personality on NBC's "Today," has died.
McQueeney died Sept. 4th at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a brief illness. She was 77.
McQueeney was Ford's manager for more than 30 years, until the time of her death. When she launched her management company,
McQueeney Management Inc., in 1970, Ford was one of her original clients along with other actors including Cindy Williams,
Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Charlie Martin Smith, Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest.
McQueeney's fledgling company experienced a windfall after many of those clients appeared in George Lucas' 1973 hit film
"American Graffiti." But because of the demands of Ford's career in particular, McQueeney ultimately ended up representing
him exclusively as both his talent agent and his manager.
Born Patricia Noonan in Bridgeport, Conn., McQueeney married actor Robert McQueeney at age 17 and moved to Queens, N.Y.,
where their three children were born. It wasn't until their 12-year marriage ended that McQueeney embarked on her five-
decade career in the entertainment industry.
She got her start as a model using the name Patricia Scott and later became a television spokesperson for such accounts
as Revlon, AT&T and Eastman Kodak.
In the late 1950s, she was hired as a co-host for "Today" alongside the show's then-host Dave Garroway. She wrote her
own interviews and feature spots and did many of the commercials on the show, where she remained until 1964, when she
headed to California to continue her career in TV commercials before launching her company six years later.
Throughout her career, McQueeney was active in many organizations, including the California Entertainment Commission,
the board of directors of Blue Ribbon 400 and the founders group of supporters at the Los Angeles County Music Center
for the Performing Arts.
She is survived by her children -- Bryan McQueeney, Kathleen Reynolds and Barbara McQueeney -- and six grandchildren.
The family is
asking that donations be made to McQueeney's favorite charity, Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship, which
teaches horseback riding to people with physical and mental disabilities.
