On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Dr Ian McDonald wrote:
> This incident in the movie was ad-libbed when Harrison Ford was getting
> to the end of a long day's filming, and really didn't feel like the
> upcoming martial arts scene. The stuntman played along, and they liked
> it - it *was* funny.
While shooting the guy was Ford's idea, and it was because he was tired
and weak (from dysentery) and wasn't looking forward to the 3-1/2 page
fight scene, it apparently wasn't ad-libbed... he had Spielberg's
blessing. From the pages of the online authority on urban legends...
http://www.snopes2.com/movies/films/raiders.htm
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