Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny


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Editors – Mike McCusker ACE, Andrew Buckland ACE and Dirk Westervelt ACE

The INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY editing team of McCusker, Buckland and Westervelt have been amping up the action in the cutting room for a while now.  First joining up for James Mangold’s LOGAN (2017); the team would collaborate once more on Mangold’s FORD V FERRARI (2019) before finding themselves at the editorial helm of the fifth, and most likely final, installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.

INDANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY sees daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones race against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.

MIKE McCUSKER, ACE

Aside from his Oscar®-winning turn in Mangold’s FORD v FERRARI (2019), Mike McCusker is known for a wide variety of films including; WALK THE LINE (2005), AUSTRALIA (2008), THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) and THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017)

ANDREW BUCKLAND, ACE

Also an Oscar®-winner for FORD v FERRARI (2019), Andrew “Don’t call me Andy” Buckland is a frequent editorial collaborator with Mike McCusker on films like; 3:10 TO YUMA (2007), THE WOLVERINE (2013) and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2016).

DIRK WESTERVELT, ACE

When he’s not cutting for James Mangold on projects such as; LOGAN (2017) and FORD v FERRARI (2019), Dirk’s editing chops can be seen in  DEADPOOL 2 (2018) and ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (2019).

Editing INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

In our discussion with Mike, Andrew and Dirk, we talk about:

  • Making the most of motifs
  • To Wilhelm or not to Wilhelm
  • Dealing with dialogue during de-aging
  • A touch of 70’s cinema for Indy
  • Andrew Buckland – Man of a Thousand Voices

The Credits

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See Dirk present the Avid timelines from DIAL OF DESTINY

Listen to Mike and Andrew talk about their work on FORD v FERRARI

Hear Dirk discuss cutting ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

Watch Dirk present a behind the scenes tour of DEADPOOL 2

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