In the early 1980s, the cinematic landscape was dominated by a single, whip-cracking shadow: Indiana Jones. Yet, in 1983, a different kind of adventurer took to the skies in High Road to China . Starring Tom Selleck in his first major leading film role, this aviation-heavy epic is often remembered as the "consolation prize" for the man who almost played Indy. However, beneath its reputation as a "copycat" lies a production story as turbulent as the cross-continental flight it portrays. The Consolation Prize of a Lifetime
Released just two years after Raiders , High Road to China was frequently dismissed by critics as a "pale echo" or a "lifeless" imitation. Selleck, however, defended the film, noting that while both were period adventure pieces, his character—, a boozing, PTSD-haunted WWI vet—was far removed from the scholarly, tomb-raiding archaeologist. A Troubled Flight Path
The Biplanes That Almost Wore a Fedora: Revisiting High Road to China
The most famous piece of trivia regarding High Road to China is its connection to Raiders of the Lost Ark . Tom Selleck was Steven Spielberg’s first choice to play Indiana Jones, but contractual obligations to his hit TV show Magnum, P.I. forced him to decline.
In the early 1980s, the cinematic landscape was dominated by a single, whip-cracking shadow: Indiana Jones. Yet, in 1983, a different kind of adventurer took to the skies in High Road to China . Starring Tom Selleck in his first major leading film role, this aviation-heavy epic is often remembered as the "consolation prize" for the man who almost played Indy. However, beneath its reputation as a "copycat" lies a production story as turbulent as the cross-continental flight it portrays. The Consolation Prize of a Lifetime
Released just two years after Raiders , High Road to China was frequently dismissed by critics as a "pale echo" or a "lifeless" imitation. Selleck, however, defended the film, noting that while both were period adventure pieces, his character—, a boozing, PTSD-haunted WWI vet—was far removed from the scholarly, tomb-raiding archaeologist. A Troubled Flight Path High Road to China
The Biplanes That Almost Wore a Fedora: Revisiting High Road to China In the early 1980s, the cinematic landscape was
The most famous piece of trivia regarding High Road to China is its connection to Raiders of the Lost Ark . Tom Selleck was Steven Spielberg’s first choice to play Indiana Jones, but contractual obligations to his hit TV show Magnum, P.I. forced him to decline. However, beneath its reputation as a "copycat" lies
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