‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ Director James Mangold On WGA Strike: “No Great Script Happens Without Writers … They’re The First To Be Forgotten”

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Asked about the WGA strike at the Cannes Film Festival press conference Friday for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, director James Mangold said, “No movie happens without a great script, and no great script happens without writers.” ‘And writers are often — because they’re first in the process, they’re the first to be forgotten,” the director added. “So true in many parts of the business.

I support them in their struggle for what is fair for everybody.” All in all, it was a very emotional presser for the final Indiana Jones movie, with star Harrison Ford getting teary-eyed following his honorary Palme d’Or ceremony last night before the film’s world premiere screening Asked today why it’s his final turn with the whip and the hat, the 80-year-old Ford responded, “Is it not evident?

I need to sit down and rest a little bit. I love to work, I love this character, and I love what it brought into my life,” he said. “I don’t look back and say, I wish I was that guy again.

I’m happy with age. It was great to be young. But…I could be dead. But I’m still working,” said Ford. One reporter called him sexy, to which he responded slyly, “Thanks for noticing.” Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny follows the title archaeologist as he races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history.