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'Indiana Jones' explores Indonesia's forests
Without fanfare, the Hollywood star known for his role in the Indiana Jones movies, Harrison Ford, is headingdeep into Indonesiaâs forests
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ithout fanfare, the Hollywood star known for his role in the Indiana Jones movies, Harrison Ford, is headingdeep into Indonesia's forests.
Ford and his team are in Indonesia as part of the documentary on climate change entitled Years of Living Dangerously, which is being co-produced by James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie is set for a premiere in April 2014.
Ford, who arrived in Jakarta on Sept. 1 on a chartered jet at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in East Jakarta, will interview a number of Indonesian environment figures as part of his narration role in the documentary about Indonesian rainforests, which deals with the issues of forest fires, peatland conservation and palm oil plantations.
The list of Ford's interviewees include President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Presidential Working Unit for Supervision and Management of Development (UKP4) chief Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan, plantation businessman Franky Widjaja and Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) deputy chair for the environment and climate change Shinta Widjaja Kamdani.
Presidential special staffer for disaster relief Andi Arief said on Saturday Yudhoyono would be interviewed on Sept. 10. "But I am not sure if the President's meeting with Ford will also be shot as part of the movie," he told The Jakarta Post.
Andi added the location of the interview with Yudhoyono had not yet been determined.
Shooting of the documentary is underway in Jakarta and will move on to Riau. Ford recently shot inclusive peatland conservation activities conducted by Dharsono Hartono and activists from international environmental groups the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Greenpeace.
Yudhoyono, who is attending the G20 leaders summit in St Petersburg, Russia, notified his ministers of Ford's two-week trip to Indonesia four days before the Idul Fitri holiday.
During a Cabinet meeting, the President said Ford had asked him for a meeting and an interview.
After receiving the President's nod, Ford, through Presidential Palace officials, enquired which of his movies the President wished to collect, to which the President was quoted as saying "Indiana Jones."
Ford said he would bring the movies as a gift for the President.
