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Rating: Null/10 (18 March 2009)

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARKDirector Steven SpielbergElstree Studios Cast IncHarrison FordKaren Allen A great joy to watch Mr Spielberg at work.. The whole sequence was set out on storyboards. A master of his craft There's about twenty of the chaps dressed up as (It's that word again) GERMAN'S. And it's near the end of the film where the bad guys find The Ark and all us bad guys are going to get our just desserts.
When The Ark is opened strange things start to happen and strong winds and sand are blown all over the set. Steven tells us to react to strange ghost like creatures coming out of the Ark. He'd point at us and shout above the noise of the wind, ''It's coming for you now react, now it's got you round the face, react to it.'' George Lucas was standing next to Steven at times and seemed to be enjoying the action. Harrison and Karen were tied to a stake at the time so I couldn't get any help from that quarter Of course all the special effects are put onto screen months later as is most films these days I read Steven Spielberg's life story and he didn't always have it easy. (Read it) And the last word on this tale must go to Harrison Ford's stand/in Jack (Chalky) Dearlove, who is still working for himHello Jack