MOVIES - Aug. 19, 1988

Even the legendary archeologist Indiana Jones gets a little professional flack once in a while. So when George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and company wanted to film some scenes of the latest Jones serial at Colorado’s famous (and fragile) Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, park archeologist Jack Smith nixed the idea. Initially, that is. But Lucasfilm spokesman Don Levy said Wednesday that the regional office of the National Park Service--which employs Smith--has decided the filming would have no adverse impact on the ruins and can continue. The Park Service’s action was protested by Terri Martin, Rocky Mountain regional director of the National Parks and Conservation Assn., who said: “We didn’t set aside our great national park to be used as Hollywood stage sets.”