He is back again. Last time a guy with a mullet named Richard Marx ruled the charts, George W. Bush was ruining the Texas Rangers and the only place to see Lindsay Lohan naked was on the diaper-changing table. Now, 19 years later, the adventurer rode off into the sunset in the last frame of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” finally arrives Thursday. But the movie is very real, and today audiences at the Cannes Film Festival are getting a first look. Can it possibly live up to the expectations?. Writer-producer George Lucas doesn’t think so. “I know the critics are going to hate it. They already hate it. So there’s nothing we can do about that”. The reason it’s taken so long to get Indy back on-screen is that three Hollywood heavyweights – Lucas, Ford and director Steven Spielberg – have had a devil of a time agreeing on a story and script, despite stabs by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. The action begins in 1957 and has Indy, former flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and young sidekick Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) racing to beat Russian agents to a mystical artifact. Sounds promising. But, what about Indy style?. Jones’ costume, was originally designed by comic-book artist Jim Steranko. HAT: was made by Adventurebilt Hat Company, a small shop in Columbus, Miss., run by Steve Delk. For the production, Delk crafted 48 beaver-felt hats, at a cost of $350 each. JACKET: In the original films, coat was made of goat or lambskin by Wested Leather, a UK shop that still sells replicas for 145 pounds. Current jacket is patterned after those originals. BAG: is based on a British Mark VII gas-mask bag used during WWII. WHIP: After a 19-year layoff, Ford had to spend six weeks in whip training. SHIRT & KHAKIS: Costumer Bernie Pollack had 60 pairs of khaki pants and 72 shirts made.
