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Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! |
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular has various different stunts, and recruits members of the audience to partake in the show. The show is executive-produced by George Lucas and directed by Jerry Rees, with stunt coordination by Glenn Randall. As part of the show, audience members are selected and invited to participate in the scenes.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular is based on many popular scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The show uses various pyrotechnic devices which are incorporated into several of the stunts. Audience members are chosen from the crowd to perform; they are not used for the dangerous stunts, but as extras to show off the special effects which are available to Hollywood in movies.
The show opened August 25, 1989, and was put on a six-month hiatus in 2000 for refurbishing.
This is the first theme park attraction to use a computer based show control system in conjunction with a custom made programmable logic controller system to trigger, control and sequence complex live events in real time, controlled by the actors in many cases. All effects are triggered by a cast member at the booth. The control system was based on the Amiga computer with software by Richmond Sound Design Ltd. This began a trend in live stunt shows with both Disney and Universal Studios opening many more similar attractions over the next eight years.
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