Watching the variety of special features available on Raiders Of The Lost Ark's home video releases, one quickly understands that the set of the movie wasn't wholly a healthy, happy place. Much of the production took place in Tunisia, and less than ideal conditions led to a lot of the cast and crew getting sick with diseases like dysentery. Harrison Ford can be counted among those who got ill... but the same can't be said of director Steven Spielberg, who took some funny approaches to protecting himself while in North Africa.
Ford's personal bout with dysentery on the Raiders Of The Lost Ark set famously led to the creation of one of the movie's most memorable moments (Indiana Jones whipping out his gun and shooting a confrontational, scimitar-wielding swordsman in the middle of a bazaar), and it was while recounting this memory during a recent CNN interview that the actor revealed how the film's director remained healthy during production. Ford explained,
