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Introduction This is my unofficial tribute to Karen Allen who has had an impressive film career starting with her screen debut in National Lampoon's Animal House, directed by John Landis. An under-used actress who projects "empathy, accessibility, and sweet intelligence" into her characters, Karen Allen is best remembered as Marion Ravenwood in the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark, Claire Phillips in Scrooged and Jenny Hayden in John Carpenter's Starman. Karen Allen - May 2008 The new Indiana Jones movie started filming in Los Angeles in June 2007, and the rumors were true that Karen was back in her Marion Ravenwood role. She had been a part of the project since the beginning of 2007, but was sworn to secrecy until today [July 26, 2007]. The film will hit theaters May 22, 2008. Watch the trailers: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Spielberg is directing and Lucas is executive producing, along with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. John Williams is also back composing the music. Harrison Ford will of course be back as Indiana Jones and Shia LaBeouf has been signed as his greaser sidekick Mutt, who probably turns out to be his son. John Hurt plays Marion's father Abner Ravenwood; Ray Winstone plays Mac, a fellow archaeologist, both a friend and competitor to Indy—sort of cross between Belloq and Sallah; Jim Broadbent plays a bumbling yet useful Yale colleague replacing Denholm Elliot's Professor Marcus Brody; Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) has been signed as the villain. On July 26, 2007, the day Spielberg announced it to San Diego's ComicCon, Karen told me "yes I am working on the new Indy film. I've been sworn to secrecy until today, but now I can let you know. I'm having a fantastic time shooting it." About the call from Spielberg early this year, she says, "Steven called and said, 'You know why I'm calling... We're making another Indiana Jones - and you're in it!' I was jumping around with joy." Coming Up "I'm still reading scripts for films and plays but there unfortunately is so little of interest out there and so many wonderful actresses of my generation without work. I really needed to shift the focus of my life to something more fascinating than sitting around waiting for a role worth doing. TV has never really interested me much, so I've never seen it as an option. Karen Allen-Fiber Arts is a blast." You will always find information about her latest projects on my Karen Allen News Page. Click here to visit the web site for Karen Allen—Fiber Arts. Latest Karen Allen DVDs! Order Now! The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/The Temple of Doom/The Last Crusade) contains all three films in their original format, restored and digitally re-mastered, a fourth disc of extras including never-before-seen footage from all three films, a new, feature-length documentary of the making of the trilogy, The Stunts of Indiana Jones, The Sound of Indiana Jones, The Music of Indiana Jones, The Light and Magic of Indiana Jones, trailers, and much more. Available in both Widescreen and Pan&Scan. Al Pacino hunts for a serial killer in a lurid world of gay leather bars in Cruising. Because of his resemblance to the victims of a series of slayings, cop Steve Burns (Pacino) goes undercover as a gay man, wandering through wild, gyrating bacchanalias straight out of a Tom of Finland painting, hoping that the killer will be drawn to his dark, tormented eyes. Cruising is a peculiar movie, a gritty police procedural that director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) tried to push into a quasi-metaphysical dimension with some casting tricks and subliminal images. Due to the controversy the movie sparked in the gay community, Friedkin goes to great lengths in the commentary and featurettes to defend the authenticity of the movie's sources (about a bizarre scene where a muscular black man wearing nothing but a jock strap and a cowboy hat appears out of nowhere and slaps a suspect being interrogated by the police, Friedkin claims this actually happened, though no context is offered). The movie passes no apparent judgment on the overtly sexual scenes in gay bars...yet clearly these scenes are expected to provoke unease in the viewer. Cruising is sure to provoke arguments: Is Pacino's performance vulnerable or tentative? Is the movie about homophobia or homophobic itself? What does the ending mean? Yet there's no denying it's claimed a place in cinematic history; far more people know about it than have seen it. For that--as well as the stylish cinematography-- Cruising is worth seeing. --Bret Fetzer Fan Mail Address Agent Address Karen Allen Fiber Arts 35 Railroad Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 USA Instructions for requesting an autographed photo. (For Professional Contact Only) Sarah Fargo Paradigm Talent Agency 200 West 57th Street, Suite 900    New York, NY 10019 Sarah (212) 246-1030 Michael Lazo (310) 277-4400 Notice: Creating and maintaining these pages is a personal homage to Karen Allen and is neither supported nor endorsed by her or by her theatrical agency. This web page is solely the work of Patrick Spreng. To contact me, send e-mail to Patrick Spreng The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of anyone living or dead. No animals were harmed during the creation of this site. Batteries not included. Contents under pressure. 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