Post by Ragingblues on Apr 1, 2009 20:43:41 GMT -5
Harleys from 'Indiana Jones' coming to Milwaukee museum
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Motorcycles from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" are coming to the Harley-Davidson Museum, the museum announced Monday.
Two Harley-Davidson Softail motorcycles ridden by Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf will star in a new display opening Friday, and visitors will be able to sit in the one used in all of the stunts and have a photo taken.
The museum also will open a special temporary exhibit with snakes - Indiana Jones' most feared form of wildlife - on April 11 to help attendees get in the tomb-raiding, mystery-solving, action-adventure spirit of the exhibit, which runs through April.
"The Harley-Davidson Museum is all about adventure," Jim Fricke, curatorial director at the museum, said in a statement. "Those who love the stories of Indiana Jones will love the real-life stories inside the museum, from cross-continental motorcycle trips to nail-biting races and death-defying stunts."
In "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the Softail cycle enjoys its highest profile during a chase scene in which LaBeouf, playing Mutt Williams, takes Ford on a wild ride through the fictional ivy-covered campus town in Connecticut where Indiana Jones teaches archaeology.
For the movie, Harley-Davidson supplied five motorcycles that were customized by Justin Kell, a builder based in Los Angeles, to fit the 1950s setting of the movie.
Two bikes were returned to Harley: one that was ridden by LaBeouf and Ford, and another that was used for the scene's stunts. Both will be on display.
Other "Indiana" activities on the agenda:
Hands on: Visitors can handle the snakes on display from noon to 2 p.m. April 11 and learn about their habitat during a presentation from the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.
Hidden treasures: Attendees are encouraged to explore the museum, search for the hidden artifacts among the exhibits and plunder the loot. Visitors who find all the treasures win a prize.
Time travel: Each Thursday at 2 p.m., members of the museum's archives team will explain how the movie motorcycles were transformed from new 2006 Softails into the vintage machines for the movie.
Tomb raiding: Visitors are invited to bring a GPS receiver with them and find two geocache stashes hidden somewhere on the museum's 20-acre estate. The coordinates are posted at www.h-dmuseum.com.
Ken
www.jsonline.com/entertainment/42142942.html
Motorcycles from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" are coming to the Harley-Davidson Museum, the museum announced Monday.
Two Harley-Davidson Softail motorcycles ridden by Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf will star in a new display opening Friday, and visitors will be able to sit in the one used in all of the stunts and have a photo taken.
The museum also will open a special temporary exhibit with snakes - Indiana Jones' most feared form of wildlife - on April 11 to help attendees get in the tomb-raiding, mystery-solving, action-adventure spirit of the exhibit, which runs through April.
"The Harley-Davidson Museum is all about adventure," Jim Fricke, curatorial director at the museum, said in a statement. "Those who love the stories of Indiana Jones will love the real-life stories inside the museum, from cross-continental motorcycle trips to nail-biting races and death-defying stunts."
In "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the Softail cycle enjoys its highest profile during a chase scene in which LaBeouf, playing Mutt Williams, takes Ford on a wild ride through the fictional ivy-covered campus town in Connecticut where Indiana Jones teaches archaeology.
For the movie, Harley-Davidson supplied five motorcycles that were customized by Justin Kell, a builder based in Los Angeles, to fit the 1950s setting of the movie.
Two bikes were returned to Harley: one that was ridden by LaBeouf and Ford, and another that was used for the scene's stunts. Both will be on display.
Other "Indiana" activities on the agenda:
Hands on: Visitors can handle the snakes on display from noon to 2 p.m. April 11 and learn about their habitat during a presentation from the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.
Hidden treasures: Attendees are encouraged to explore the museum, search for the hidden artifacts among the exhibits and plunder the loot. Visitors who find all the treasures win a prize.
Time travel: Each Thursday at 2 p.m., members of the museum's archives team will explain how the movie motorcycles were transformed from new 2006 Softails into the vintage machines for the movie.
Tomb raiding: Visitors are invited to bring a GPS receiver with them and find two geocache stashes hidden somewhere on the museum's 20-acre estate. The coordinates are posted at www.h-dmuseum.com.
Ken
