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Fourth film shooting scenes next month
Indiana Jones is headed to New Haven.
The New Haven Register has confirmed that the fourth “Indiana Jones” (some still say it’s called “Indiana Jones and the City of Gods”) will be shooting in the area next month.
The outlet says the scene will include some kind of car chase on Chapel between College and High streets. A pre-production crew was in the city last week and Monday talking to shop owners on the block.
“I really have no details on it at all, except to say that there will be some filming there,” said Marvin Levy, a spokesman for Spielberg.
This one will be set in the 1950s, according to several merchants who were approached by crew members. Savitt Jewelers will become a pharmacy, according to owner Mike Rosenthal. And Enson’s men’s clothing store will become … Enson’s.
“They wanted to make it look more like the 1950s, and I actually showed them pictures of what it looked like in the ’50s, since we’ve been here for 55 years,” said owner Jim Civitello.
Next door, Rob Muller of Merwin’s Art Shop said he was asked to make his storefront look appropriate to the era. That shouldn’t be a problem. “We’ve got stuff that’s probably been here since the ’50s,” he joked.
Lamb said New Haven was chosen because “they like the look of Yale” and added, “I think a lot of it has to do with the film incentives that are now in place … and New Haven has been an extremely attractive location for filmmakers.”
“We’ve been working with them for several months now on identifying various locations in the city … and we expect it to have a major (positive) economic impact in New Haven,” Lamb said.
