Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) PG | WATCH NOW ON DISC Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Director: a list of 29 titles created 16 Nov 2012 a list of 24 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 32 titles created 03 Mar 2013 a list of 47 titles created 28 May 2015 a list of 39 titles created 28 Nov 2015 Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars.

Another 30 wins & 23 nominations. See more awards » Videos When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace. Director: Steven Spielberg Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. Director: Robert Zemeckis A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg. Director: James Cameron After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Director: Irvin Kershner Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr.

Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls. Director: Steven Spielberg During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Director: Steven Spielberg Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. Director: George Lucas After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force. Director: Richard Marquand 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs.

Director: James Cameron While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. Director: Peter Jackson Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Director: Steven Spielberg Edit Storyline The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it. Written by John Wiggins Indiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.

See more » Genres: 12 June 1981 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $1,673,731 (USA) (7 September 2012) Gross: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Originally mechanical snakes were going to be used in the Well Of Souls sequence, but it was decided that they looked too fake so they opted for real snakes instead. See more » Goofs Ronald Lacey shaved the top of his head to play Toht. In one scene Toht removes his hat to wipe sweat from his supposedly bald pate, but stubble showing the actor's real hairline can be seen. See more » Quotes [first lines] Satipo : [picking up poison dart] The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh, three days. They're following us. Barranca : If they knew we were here, they would've killed us already. The mountain in the Paramount logo dissolves into the mountain in the Peruvian jungle.

See more » Connections (Berlin) – See all my reviews Nowadays we keep forgetting how beautiful blockbusters can be. Too much CGI makes everything possible and therefore very often also arbitrary. In Raiders you actually seem to feel the physical pain some of the actors/stuntmen had to go through to provide 2 hours of pure entertainment. Of course the story isn't waterproof, the Nazi weren't that present in Egypt in 1936 and how did Indy survive that ride on the submarine again? But lots of good and variable action scenes are accompanied by a story that develops fast and excitingly and is always close to being implausible but luckily never is. Spielberg, Lucas and most of all Harrison Ford created a hero that is nowadays iconic. With their attempt to make an homage to adventure comics of the 1930's they created their own legend. It's funny, exiting, thrilling and romantic. What more can you ask for? 157 of 212 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts | Mental Floss 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts Image credit: Like us on Facebook Twenty-seven years after we saw the first installment of the Indiana Jones series, the fourth movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens nationwide tomorrow. In honor of the occasion, we'll take a look at all the movies and tell you some stories you may not know about the Indy franchise. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 1. It Started with Bond Ambitions George Lucas wrote a story called "The Adventures of Indiana Smith" in 1973. While on vacation in Hawaii in 1977, he spoke with Steven Spielberg, who mentioned he always wanted to do a James Bond film . Lucas told him the Indiana Smith character was even better than James Bond, and that's how the collaboration between the two movie giants began. * 2. Tom Selleck Almost Starred in It Spielberg wanted to use Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones from the beginning, but Lucas rejected the idea, since he had already used Ford in American Grafitti and Star Wars. So Tom Selleck was chosen for the role.

However, he dropped out to star in the television series Magnum, P.I. Selleck thought it would be a scheduling conflict, but filming on Raiders of the Lost Ark finished before Magnum went into production. Nick Nolte turned down the role also. Danny DeVito was the first choice for the character Sallah, but dropped out to do the TV show Taxi. 3. The Fourth Wall (it keeps out snakes) Indiana Jones is not the only one afraid of snakes . When Marion (Karen Allen) falls in the snake pit, you can see the reflection of a cobra in the glass wall between them. You can also see a glass wall between Indiana and the cobra in the original movie and videotape, but it was cleaned up for the DVD release. The Temple of Doom (1984) 4. Star Wars Tributes There are many Star Wars touches in The Temple of Doom. The name of the nightclub in Shanghai is Club Obi Wan. The sound effect you hear when the lava pit opens as they begin to sacrifice Willie is the sound of Darth Vader opening his light saber. The sound effect of the plane failure is the same sound effect used for the Millennium Falcon when it stalls in The Empire Strikes Back.

And the vest that Indy wears in his palace room was made for Han Solo. * 5. Dan Akroyd has a Cameo? Part of the crew made cameo appearances. In the airport scene at the beginning of the movie, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, costume design Anthony Powell, and PR man Sid Ganis are missionaries. Executive producer George Marshall is a coolie pulling a rickshaw. Dan Akroyd (not a crew member) appears as an airport official who walks the cast to the plane. 6. An Elephant Almost Ruined the Movie The dress Kate Capshaw wore in the Shanghai nightclub scene was covered with rare vintage beads made in the '20s and '30s. The club scene was filmed last, but the dress also made an appearance during the camping scene, where an elephant began eating it! Since there were no extra beads to match, the costume department had to repair the dress as best as they could. The result was so tight that Capshaw had trouble moving in it when they filmed the nightclub scene. Costume designer Anthony Powell filled out insurance forms for the dress, citing the cause of the damage as "dress eaten by elephant".

This was only the second movie for Capshaw , who has a masters degree in special education. Spielberg married Capshaw in 1991. The Last Crusade (1989) 7. Even the Rats were Insured The thousands of rats used in The Last Crusade were insured. The insurer wanted to know the minimum number of rats the scene could be shot with, and used the answer to write a policy with a "1,000 rat deductible." The cast was padded with another thousand mechanical rats. Their voices were enhanced with the sound effects of ....chicken voices! * 8. Lucas' Dog was his Inspiration At the end of the movie, Jones explains to his friend Sallah that his nickname Indiana came from his pet dog from long before. Sallah responds, "You were named after a dog?" and gets a great laugh out of it. But it's true. Indiana was the name of an Alaskan malamute George Lucas owned in the '70s. The same dog inspired the look of the Star Wars character Chewbacca. Jones' real first name is Henry, which is why his father Henry Jones, Sr. calls him Junior.

The characters Willie and Short Round in The Temple of Doom were also named after other people's dogs. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 9. The Sequel Almost Involved Mars Nineteen years is a long time to come up with a new title for a movie, and many were posed before producers settled on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Fake titles that have been released over the years include Indiana Jones and the Staff of Moses, Indiana Jones and the Shores of Avalon, Indiana Jones and the Jade Princess,Indiana Jones and the Raiders of Time, and Indiana Jones and the Ravages of Time. Real script titles or ideas that were rejected were Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life, Indiana Jones and the Monkey King, Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars, and Indiana Jones and the Red Scare. Working titles for The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull have included Fourth Installment of the Indiana Jones Adventures, Indiana Jones 4, Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, Raiders of the Lost Ark Sequel, and The Untitled Genre Project. It is clear that a lot of work went into the movie before they even knew what it would be about! 10.

The Secret of the Film's Look Great pains were taken to give the fourth movie the look and feel of the first three, despite the time gap. Steven Spielberg insisted on using stunt men instead of computer animation. Computer-generated effects are used only when absolutely necessary. The footage was shot on film instead of digital format. Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski painstakingly studied the first three movies in order to preserve the style of previous cinematographer Douglas Slocombe (who is now retired). The result looks, as George Lucas said , "like it was shot 3 years after the Last Crusade, you'd never know there was 20 years between shooting." Unlike a certain other George Lucas franchise we all know and love. * * * * * Test your knowledge of the franchise with Stacy Conradt's Indiana Jones quiz . More from mental_floss... Raiders of the Lost Ark | Indiana Jones Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark 4,555pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications.

Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Raiders of the Lost Ark Director(s) "If you don't go to the movies - you won't see…" ―Tagline[src] Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action / adventure film created by George Lucas and released through Paramount Pictures in 1981. It is the first Indiana Jones movie ever released and is considered to be chapter twenty-four in The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones . To be consistent with later titles in the franchise, the film was retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark for its video release packaging in 1999, though the original title is retained onscreen in the movie. Amongst fans it is usually referred to simply as Raiders. Lucas began production on the movie soon after the surprise success of his 1977 motion picture Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope . While vacationing in Hawaii with friend and director Steven Spielberg , Spielberg mentioned how he'd always wanted to make a " James Bond -like film".

Lucas countered that he had a story that was better, and proposed a concept he and writer/director Philip Kaufman had worked on in 1975 based around Lucas' desire to see a movie-style return of 1930s and '40s action serials. The story was set aside while Lucas finished his work on Star Wars. Spielberg's comment gave Raiders new momentum and together, with Spielberg directing, contacted Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay. Set in the early half of the 20th century, the film is the story of an archaeologist named Indiana Jones hired by the US government and pitted in a race against time to locate the mysterious and supernatural Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of Adolf Hitler and his regime of Nazi supporters who seek to use the Biblical artifact's power as a means for world domination.

Shot in just 73 days and with a budget of around $18,000,000 ( US ), the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark on June 12, 1981 saw the movie quickly become the highest grossing film of the year with $384,140,454 worldwide, and in 1982 was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture from which it won four: Best Sound , Best Film Editing , Best Visual Effects , and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration . It was re-released on video in 1999, again in 2003 for the DVD release and once more in 2008. [1] In 2012, the film received a restored, high-definition home video release as part of Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures . Contents Edit Indy being chased by a giant boulder Set in 1936 , a year after the events in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , the story begins with Dr. Indiana Jones 's journey into a Peruvian jungle with a few local guides to find the Golden Idol of Fertility within the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors .

Jones avoids various traps, the betrayal of his two guides, Barranca and Satipo , and a giant rolling boulder that chases him out of the temple. Waiting for him outside is his nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq , and a small army of Hovitos natives. Belloq steals the idol from Jones, who barely escapes in a pontoon plane piloted by Jock Lindsey waiting nearby. United States Edit Back at Marshall College where he teaches, two US Army intelligence men summon Jones into the auditorium along with Marcus Brody , head of the department and a good friend of Indy. The men explain that the US has intercepted a cryptic Nazi message that mentions a Professor Abner Ravenwood being under the scrutiny of German intelligence. Indy, a former student of Ravenwood, helps interpret the message as an indication that the Nazis are close to finding the Ark of the Covenant — a golden and jeweled chest constructed under the guidance of God and Moses that housed the remnants of the tablets of the Ten Commandments . Legends imply that Adolf Hitler could use the Ark to render his rising army invincible. The Germans believe that Ravenwood has the headpiece to the Staff of Ra needed to pinpoint the Ark's resting place.

The headpiece is a golden disk that, when affixed to the top of a shaft of specific height, focuses a beam of sunlight onto a model of Tanis , an ancient Egyptian city, thus revealing the Ark's location. According to Ravenwood, the Pharaoh Shishak stole the Ark from Jerusalem then buried it in the desert sands of his capital city, Tanis, in the Well of the Souls . Nepal Edit Indy engages Toht and his men in a gunfight in the Raven. Indy flies via a Pan Am Clipper to snowy, mountainous Nepal to speak with Marion Ravenwood , the professor's tough-minded and independent daughter, only to find that her father died and that she's reluctant to part with the headpiece. Jones is chased away when a sadistic and ruthless Nazi agent named Arnold Toht who had followed the archaeologist to Marion tries to take the piece from her by force, threatening her with a hot iron. Indy, noticing the commotion, returns to the bar and engages in a fierce gunfight with Toht and his men. Marion then teams up with Indy.

The pair drive off the assailants, although in the process Toht inadvertently brands the markings of one side of the headpiece onto his palm when he tries to grab the artifact from the fire which broke out during the commotion. Cairo, Egypt Edit Jones and Ravenwood fly to Cairo and meet Indy's friend Sallah , a skilled Egyptian digger and archaeologist, to find help in decoding the markings in the headpiece that specify the height of the staff needed to hold it. While touring about Cairo's markets, Indy and Marion encounter hired swordsmen , which results in a huge street fight. Even though Indy battles and then fights off all of the attacking bazaar mercenaries (and killing the lead swordsman by just simply shooting him), Nazi operatives grab Marion and throw her in a truck, but the vehicle crashes and explodes when Indy dispatches the driver with his pistol. Fearing that Marion was killed in the blast, Indy retreats to a local tavern and encounters Belloq — hired by the Nazis to find the Ark — once more. Wishing to attack Belloq despite the Frenchman's sermon about the Ark's wonders, Sallah and his children rescue Indy from Belloq's bodyguards.

That evening, Sallah takes Indy to an old Imam who decodes the markings. He notes that one side of the piece said says that the staff must be shortened out of respect for the Hebrew God. It appears that the Nazis have misread the headpiece (since they only have a copy of one side's markings on Arnold Toht's hand). Their staff is too long, and they are thus digging for the Ark in the wrong place. Indy and Sallah in the Well of Souls. Indiana Jones finds Marion alive at the Tanis site. She has been bound and gagged by her captors but Jones decides to leave her behind and come back for her later, as her disappearance would jeopardize his finding the Ark. Tanis Edit Infiltrating the dig, Indy and Sallah use the headpiece in the map room to then find the Ark deep within the snake -infested Well of Souls. Belloq, Toht and the Germans, led by the sadistic Colonel Dietrich and his assistant Gobler , surround the entrance, take the Ark, push Marion into the pit, and then they leave Indy and Marion to die in the snake-infested Well of Souls.

They escape though a weak stone wall and arrive in time to see a Luftwaffe aircraft being prepared to ship the Ark to Berlin . After attempting to stop the pilot, Indy gets entangled in a fight with a muscular soldier around the spinning propellers of the plane. Marion knocks out the pilot and fends off some infantrymen with the plane's coaxial machine gun while Indy — outclassed by his foe — hides his face when his opponent is torn apart by a propeller. Indy and Marion flee as gas ignites the plane, but Belloq and Dietrich put the Ark on a truck instead planning to fly it from Cairo to Berlin. Stealing a horse and charging off at the truck convoy, Indy manages to take control of the truck , defeating the Nazi soldiers in the truck and on the other support vehicles, and escaping from Belloq and Dietrich. Reaching Cairo with the Ark, Indy and Marion depart from a happy Sallah and sail with it on the Bantu Wind , a ship bound for England, under Captain Simon Katanga .

Opening of the Ark Edit A Nazi U-boat with Belloq and Dietrich on board stops the ship and takes back the Ark and Marion, but Indy covertly follows the sub (having already stowed on board). It docks at a submarine pen on an island in the Aegean Sea, where Indy steals a soldier's uniform. Threatening to destroy the Ark with a rocket launcher, Indy is soon convinced by Belloq to surrender, giving in to his own deep desires as an archaeologist to see the Ark's contents. Marion and Indy are tied up and forced to view a ceremony where Belloq opens the Ark in front of a group of German soldiers. Strange and mysterious spirits emerge, killing Belloq (whose head explodes), Dietrich (whose head implodes), Toht (whose face melts), and the rest of the soldiers, evaporating their souls into the afterlife. Indy and Marion are spared when Jones realizes that the spirits must not be viewed and shuts his eyes, instructing Marion to do likewise. The couple thus escape the wrath of God. Epilogue: Washington D.C.

Edit Later, the two Army intelligence representatives in Washington DC inform Indy that "top men" are studying the Ark, but in reality the Ark is sealed in a wooden crate and stored in a giant government warehouse filled with countless other similar crates. Crew Assistant Production Manager .... Patricia Carr Second Assistant Directors .... Assistant Construction Manager .... George Gunning Assistant Art Directors .... Senior Effects Technician .... Peter Dawson Effects Technicians .... Special Effects Welder .... Yves De Bono Effects Assistants .... Edit George Lucas originally became involved in the project in 1977. Like Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, he saw it as an opportunity to create a modern version of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. The early 1970s had been dominated by action films either with a certain gritty realism, such as the Dirty Harry series, or that were massive productions with huge casts and elaborate special effects such as The Poseidon Adventure. By contrast Raiders of the Lost Ark is comic book-like in tone, with a glamorous heroine, over-the-top villains, and impressive stunt work combined with moments of comedy.

It was also limited in its ambitions as it was shot in only 73 days, the plot is rather straightforward, and there are only a few principal characters. Lucas had conceived of the idea in discussion with Philip Kaufman who had worked on a treatment. In a "Making of..." TV special, Lucas said that the mental picture of Indy chasing the truck on horseback, in the style of a western hero chasing a runaway stagecoach, was his initial inspiration for the film. He told his colleague, "I want to see this movie!" Steven Spielberg had expressed an interest in directing a James Bond film, but to no avail from EON Productions, the company that owned the rights to the character. Lucas convinced his friend Spielberg that he had conceived a character "better than James Bond": Indiana Jones. While on holiday in Hawaii, the pair worked out the basis for the film. At the time, Spielberg's career was suffering due to the expensive bomb 1941 so it was agreed that Lucas would produce and Spielberg would direct. A new screenplay was commissioned from Lawrence Kasdan.

Raiders was conceived by Paramount Pictures as a star vehicle for Tom Selleck but he was not available due to a commitment to star in the American television show Magnum, P.I., so Harrison Ford was cast instead. Deleted Scenes Right Before Indy leaves the Raven Bar he comes to Marion and they kiss. The original version of the Cairo swordfight pitted the Arab Swordsman 's sword against Indy's whip The Imam warns Indy and Sallah about the dangers of the Ark : if anyone touches the Ark they will die, and if anyone looks at the Ark when it is opened, they will die. While Indy is down in the Map Room , Sallah accidentally spills marmite on two soldiers and promises to return with water. Dietrich suggests that Sallah should be executed. He orders a Young Soldier to do it, but the Young Soldier lets Sallah go instead. Right when Indy and Marion escape the Well of Souls , Indy comes face to face with an Arab and knocks him out. When the Nazi submarine goes underwater, Indy lashes his whip onto a periscope and rides the way to the Nazi 's secret island.

Reaction Edit The $20-million film was a huge success, easily the highest grossing film (earning $210 million approx.) of 1981, and, at the time, one of the highest-grossing movies ever made. According to the 2005 edition of The World Almanac (from Variety data), the first two Star Wars films are the only pictures released prior to 1981 that have out-earned Raiders. Film aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 94% rating, calling it, "one of the most consummately entertaining adventure pictures of all time." Metacritic gave the film 90/100, saying it's, "...one astonishing cliffhanger after another...". The box office success of the film led to a prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and two sequels, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

Critics consider the 1954 Paramount Pictures adventure film Secret of the Incas starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact, to be prototypical to Raiders of the Lost Ark in both theme, and style. [2] While the film is not officially credited as an influence, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman notes that the Steele character's outfit was the direct inspiration for Jones's attire and recognises Secret of the Incas as Raiders almost shot for shot. [3] In 1998, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 60 on its top 100 films of the first century of cinema. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. An amateur shot-for-shot remake was made by Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb. It took the boys seven years to finish from 1982-1989. It was discovered by Eli Roth, given notoriety by Harry Knowles of AintItCoolNews and acclaimed by Spielberg himself.

Awards 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1982 and won four (Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration). It won numerous other awards including seven Saturn Awards . Home video Raiders of the Lost Ark 2003 DVD cover. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2008 DVD cover. The film was released on VHS, Beta, CED and laserdisc, and was one of the first films which led to the concept of consumers owning films, rather than renting them. For its 1999 VHS re-issue, and the subsequent DVD release four years later, the outer package bears the new title Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. However, the title in the film itself remains unchanged, even in the restored DVD print. This change was made to correlate with the titles of the film's prequel and sequel. Raiders was later released on DVD in 2003 and was reissued in May 2008.

Video games Edit The only video game based exclusively on Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in 1982 by Atari for their Atari 2600 console. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures 's first twelve levels are based on the movie, as are the first six of LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures . Toy line Edit There was a toy line for Raiders of the Lost Ark released in 1982. The line was made by Kenner and was a huge hit. It only lasted through 1983. Numerous action figures, vehicles, playsets, and a 12 inch Indiana Jones large sized action figure were released. Years later, in 2001, Disney Parks released an Indiana Jones toyline based on Raiders of the Lost Ark. A second line was also released in 2003. On May 1, 2008, a brand new Raiders of the Lost Ark toyline hit stores. The line is in conjunction with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Toylines will also be released for the other three Indy films. Click here to see a brief article on Collecting Indiana Jones figures.

[1] Trivia Edit Steven Spielberg suggested casting Harrison Ford as Jones, but George Lucas objected, stating that he didn't want Ford to become his "Bobby DeNiro" or "that guy I put in all my movies." Desiring a lesser known actor, Lucas convinced Spielberg to help him search for a new talent, and the actor they both became keen for was Tom Selleck, who possessed features similar to Ford's and a much larger physical frame. However, Selleck was infamously unavailable for the part because of his commitment to the television series Magnum, P.I.. Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, and Tim Matheson were also considered for the role of Jones. But in the end, Spielberg convinced Lucas to offer the role to Ford, who graciously accepted. The gag where Indiana Jones shoots the sword-wielding assassin in the market was improvised on the set. Harrison Ford had been suffering from dysentery and exhaustion due to the extreme heat of Tunisia during filming. As originally planned, the scene was elaborately choreographed, with Jones facing the expert swordsman and trying to defeat him with just his whip.

Some footage of the planned fight was shot (and was seen in at least one of the movie's trailers) but the filming was proving to be very tedious, both for Ford and the crew, and at some point Ford had had enough. It has been widely reported that he said something to Spielberg along the lines of, "Why don't we just shoot the bastard?" Spielberg liked the idea, scrapped the rest of the fight scene, and filmed the brief sequence that is the iconic scene in the movie. Comic book artist Jim Steranko was commissioned to produce original illustrations for pre-production, which heavily influenced Spielberg's decisions in both the look of the film and the character of Indiana Jones himself. All of the scenes taking place in Cairo, Egypt were actually filmed in Kairouan, Tunisia. In the scene where Jones threatens to destroy the ark, he's holding a Soviet RPG, which didn't appear until well after the war. He should be using either an anti-tank rifle or a rifle-fired grenade, since the film takes place years before the outbreak of the Second World War. This scene was also shot in the same Tunisian canyon where George Lucas shot a scene involving Jawas kidnapping R2-D2 in his earlier film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Later in the scene, when Belloq is negotiating with the RPG-toting Jones, it appears that a fly crawls into actor Paul Freeman's mouth. In the DVD version, however, you can see it fly off at the moment it "enters" his mouth. The scenes of the Tanis excavation and Jones leaping from horseback onto the convoy truck were filmed just a few hundred meters from the Tunisian canyon at Sidi Bouhlel on the outskirts of Tozeur. Pat Roach , the actor who played the large mechanic with whom Jones brawls in the famous plane sequence was such a formidable opponent for Jones that he returned in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in similar roles as huge, burly fistfighters. In the airplane scene, a drivechain can be seen turning the plane's undercarriage in several shots. Can you find R2 and C3PO? In the scene where Indiana Jones is lifting the Ark of the Covenant out of its holding place in the Well of Souls, one of the hieroglyphs is meant to resemble Star Wars characters C-3PO and R2-D2.

When Indiana Jones is breaking out of the Well of Souls, he shoves a heavy stone block out of the wall. The sound effects and shadow indicate the block bounced. The U-boat scenes were shot at La Rochelle , both outside the harbor and inside the U-boat bunkers there, built by the Germans in 1942. Filming was done here due to the need to obtain a U-boat to film with — the film "borrowed" the U-boat that was being prepared for filming Das Boot , which was also filming at the same time and in the same area. The film was originally set to be rated R because, during the climax of the film, there is a visual of an exploding head. After it was obscured by a column of fire, the rating was lowered to PG. During the Well of Souls scene, when Indy stares at the cobra, the snake's reflection is visible in the glass separating the two to prevent the cobra from actually harming any of the actors (the reflection was digitally removed for the DVD releases). There were three stunt doubles for Harrison Ford, the primary being British born stunt man Vic Armstrong , who reportedly resembled Ford to the degree that people off camera often mistook him for Harrison Ford.

But Ford fought to do much of the fights and stunts himself, citing there wouldn't have been much else for him to do if he wasn't in the thick of it. When Belloq, Dietrich and Toht die, all of their deaths have something to do with their heads. In the opening scene, the rolling boulder booby trap was inspired by the 1954 Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge adventure "The Seven Cities of Cibola" (Uncle Scrooge #7). The movie plot is also similar (and probably inspired as well) to many Carl Barks "Uncle Scrooge" comic books, which were often center around journey for a famous (historical/legendary) treasure. In fact one episode of DuckTales, a series based on the Uncle Scrooge comic books, is titled "Raiders of the Lost Harp". The Chachapoyan fertility idol, sought by Jones and Satipo in South America in the opening scenes of the film, was designed with eyes that would unnaturally follow Jones around the room.

Although this was eventually cut from the film, the idol's eyes can be seen scanning back and forth briefly as the camera pushes in for its first real look at the artifact, just after Jones bounds over the steps leading up to the sanctuary. Comic book artist Jim Steranko was commissioned to produce original illustrations for pre-production, which heavily influenced Spielberg's decisions in both the look of the film and the character of Indiana Jones himself. The path taken in the movie. In the Nepal scene, one of the Nazi thugs is seen firing an MP40 , which was designed in 1938, entered service in 1939, and didn't exist back in 1936. The Nazis in the film wore uniforms of AfrikaKorps, which didn't exist until 1941 (the film took place in 1936). It was the SS (which was never part of AfrikaKorps) who went digging for artifacts during that era. The scene in which Jones threatens Belloq with a rocket propelled grenade was shot in the exact same Tunisian canyon where George Lucas shot a scene involving Tusken Raiders attacking Luke Skywalker in his film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).

Later in the scene, when Belloq is negotiating with the Panzerschreck-toting Jones, it appears that a fly crawls into actor Paul Freeman's mouth. In the DVD version, however, you can see it fly off at the moment it "enters" his mouth, ending rumors that Freeman swallowed the bug. Pat Roach , the actor who played the large mechanic with whom Jones brawls in the famous plane sequence was seen as such a formidable physical opponent for Jones that he returned in both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in similar roles as huge, burly fistfighters. Roach also played the hulking gunman accompanying the SS operative Toht in Nepal. Thus, Roach is one of very few actors who is seen being killed twice in the same movie. Vic Tablian plays not only Barranca, who attempts to murder Jones by the water just after the opening credits (and is later seen as a victim of the Hovitos), but also the "Monkey Man" who rides the motorcycle following Jones in Cairo. His face is seen in close-up as both characters, yet effective makeup and costuming make him very difficult to recognize.

Director David Lean cited this as one of his favorite films after it came out. Lean's Lawrence of Arabia is on record as being director Steven Spielberg's favorite film. During the Map Room scene, Indy is dressed very similar to Lawrence. Several of the vehicles used by the Nazis are either anachronistic or not German at all, or both. The Cairo truck that flips over and blows up is a Mercedes-Benz L 701, which wasn't manufactured until 1943. The gas truck and troop carrier seen at the Tanis airfield are both British Morris-Commercial models, CD and CV respectively, and are both from two to three years after the movie is set. The German Mercedes-Benz 320 staff car is actually a Jaguar MK9 with a modified MK5 body, two were built for the movie by Classic Cars of Coventry. The cargo truck is a Mercedes-Benz LG3000 replica built on a GMC CCKW. The troop car is a total fabrication. The Staff of Ra and the Ark of the Covenant were both added as background elements to the Clone Wars television series.

20 THINGS YOU GENUINELY DIDNï¿½T KNOW ABOUT INDIANA JONES 20 THINGS YOU GENUINELY DIDNï¿½T KNOW ABOUT INDIANA JONES Probably in preparation for the inevitable, though heavily delayed, Indiana Jones IV, the original Indiana Jones Trilogy ï¿½ Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Temple Of Doom and The Last Crusade ï¿½ has just been re-released worldwide as a three video box set. In addition, LucasFilm is releasing the entire series of Young Indiana Jones Adventures, chronologically numbered alongside with the big screen movies, so you can follow the life of Harrison Fordï¿½s swashbuckling archaeologist from little guy through to big guy. Bubblegun has chained itself to the hype wagon to bring you 20 Things You Genuinely Didnï¿½t Know About Indiana Jonesï¿½ Keeping out of the public eye during the release of Star Wars in May 1977, George Lucas took a Hawaiian holiday with his friend Steven Spielberg. While soaking up the UV on the beach one afternoon, Spielberg happened to mention how much heï¿½d love to direct a James Bond movie.

Lucas hit him an idea he was toying with based upon the cliffhanger adventure serials of the 1930s. Three years later, Spielberg was directing Raiders Of The Lost Ark from a script by Lucas. It has made more than $240,000,000 at the US box office alone. The first choice for Indy was ET actor Peter Coyote, when it was realised that no one knew who he was Tom Selleck was approached to play ï¿½Indiana Smithï¿½, but he had to drop out due to filming commitments on Magnum P.I. The character was renamed when Lucasï¿½s carpenter chum Harrison Ford was brought on board. Harrison Ford wasnï¿½t the only Star Wars connection in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The plane seen in the opening sequence has the registration OB-CPO, while hidden among hieroglyphics in the Well Of Souls are engravings of druids R2-D2 and C-3PO. The scene where Indiana Jones threatens to destroy the Ark Of The Covenant with a bazooka was filmed in the same Tunisian canyon as the scene from Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi is first introduced.

In Temple Of Doom, the opening nightclub sequence is set in ï¿½Club Obi-Wanï¿½. During the sequence set in the Nazi submarine base, the tannoy calls out the words: "eins, eins, drei, achtï¿½, or ï¿½One, one, three, eightï¿½ ï¿½ a reference to Lucasï¿½s first movie, THX 1138. An early draft of the script featured many of the more extreme scenes later used in Temple Of Doom; Indiana hiding behind a giant rolling gong, a mine cart chase sequence, and leaping out of an aeroplane in a rubber dinghy, and subsequently using it to slide down a mountain. They were considered a little too ï¿½out thereï¿½ at the time of Raiders. The famous scene where Indiana Jones shoots a master swordsman in a crowded marketplace was improvised on set, and suggested by Harrison Ford. The script originally had the swordsman being disarmed by Indyï¿½s whip.

The final effect sequence, in which ghosts are unleased from the Ark Of The Covenant, was achieved using a water tank technique pioneered on Spielbergï¿½s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. For the effect of the Nazis being struck by lightning the actors were required to wear flashbulbs beneath their costumes. The shot of the melting Nazi heads was achieved by constructing models out of gelatine, and melting them with electric fires. The footage was then speeded up to achieve the desired effect. Temple Of Doom was released in 1984, but was in fact a prequel to Raiders Of The Lost Ark, set approximately a year earlier. It featured the worse movie tagline of all time: ï¿½The Man With The Hat Is Backï¿½, suggesting that the focus original film had been about a man with a notable hat, and not a high-octane action/adventure. No better was The Last Crusadeï¿½s ï¿½The Man With The Hat Is Backï¿½ And This Time Heï¿½s Bought His Dadï¿½.

Indyï¿½s Temple Of Doom sidekick Short Round was named after the dog of the filmï¿½s screenwriter Willard Huyuck. Temple Of Doom was the least successful of the trilogy. It could be Huyuck who placed the kiss of death on its fortunes; he also wrote the other LucasFilm flops Howard The Duck, Radioland Murders and More American Graffiti. Pray Lucas doesnï¿½t enlist the skank to help with Star Wars Episode II. During filming the crew played bizarre practical joke on Harrison Ford. While chained to a stone waiting to be whipped by Thugee guards, Barbara Streisand appeared and began whipping Ford, shouting ï¿½Thatï¿½s for Hanover Street ï¿½ the worse movie I ever saw!ï¿½, at which point his Star Wars co-star Carrie Fisher arrived to defend him from Steisandï¿½s mock punishment. Perhaps you had to be thereï¿½ The Last Crusade was released in 1989, and was something of a return to form for the series after the relatively disappointing Temple Of Doom. Even so, it failed to achieve the same box office success as Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

Sean Connery isnï¿½t the only James Bond actor to appear in The Last Crusade. John Rhys-Davies was in The Living Daylights, Alison Doody (Dr. Elsa Schneider) had been a Bond girl, Michael Byrne (Vogel) and Billy J. Mitchell (Dr Mulberry) were officers in Tomorrow Never Dies and Never Say Never Again respectively, Vernon Dobtcheff (a butler) had played a nightclub owner in The Spy Who Loved Me, and Julian Glover (Walter Donovan), Stefan Kalipha (a tank gunner) and Pat Roach (a Gestapo officer ï¿½ best known as Bomber in Auf Wiedersehen Pet) had all been Bond villains or henchmen. The late River Phoenix, who plays the young Indiana Jones during the filmï¿½s opening moments, had previously played Harrison Fordï¿½s son in The Mosquito Coast. Phoenix claimed that his portrayal of the character was based on Harrison Ford himself, and not on Fordï¿½s own portrayal of Indiana Jones. The young Indy sequence reveals the origin of the characterï¿½s prominent chin scar as being the misuse of his whip.

In reality Harrison Ford got the scar during a car crash when he was 20. The revelation of the ï¿½Indianaï¿½ name being based on the boy Indyï¿½s dog is another example of real life intruding upon the film; during the 1970s, George Lucas had a dog called Indiana. Harrison Ford was 47 when he made The Last Crusade. Sean Connery, who plays Indyï¿½s father, is just 12 years older than Ford. As with all the Indiana Jones movies The Last Crusade opens with a shot that perfectly matches the famous Paramount mountain logo that preceeds it. In this instance it was a rock formation in the Utah desert. In Temple Of Doom it was engraved onto the big gong that Indy shields himself behind. The Young Indiana Jones TV series was a testbed for production and digital effects techniques that Lucas would later use on his Star Wars prequels.

Huge crowd scenes were accomplished using virtual actors, while Cory Carrier, who portrayed the character between the ages of 8 and 12, was digitally ï¿½shrunkï¿½ when he filmed additional scenes for the 1996 special edition of 1991ï¿½s series pilot Curse Of The Jackal. In addition to Harrison Ford, four other actors have played Indiana Jones to date; River Phoenix in The Last Crusade (age 16), the aforementioned Cory Carrier, Sean Patrick Flannery (in Young Indiana Jones, aged 17 to 21), and George Hall (as the old Indy during the seriesï¿½ framing sequences). Harrison Ford reprised the role for one episode of Young Indiana Jones set in the 1950s. Indiana Jones wears a hat. This site is copyright ï¿½ Bubblegun.com Limited 1999, 2000 and its respective copyright owners, unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.

Harrison Ford - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Actor | Writer | Producer Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at ... See full bio » Born: a list of 36 people created 09 Jun 2011 a list of 40 people created 23 Dec 2011 a list of 41 people created 28 Feb 2013 a list of 21 people created 17 Jan 2015 a list of 26 people created 18 May 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Harrison Ford's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 36 nominations.

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(TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2011-2015 Access Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2010-2015 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2015 Five News (TV Series) Himself 1993-2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2015 Rotten Tomatoes (TV Series) Himself 2006-2015 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2015 Star Wars: Greatest Moments (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2008-2014 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2008-2014 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) Himself 2014 Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series documentary) Himself 1991-2013 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2013 Wetten, dass..?

(TV Series) Himself 2013 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1996-2013 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Larry King Now (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 The Morning Show (TV Series) Himself 2013 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short) Himself 2011 Close Up (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee / Actor 2011 The Love We Make (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1999-2011 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2011 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) Himself 2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2003-2010 The Daily Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2010 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) Himself - César d'honneur - 35ème nuit des Césars (2010) ...

Himself - César d'honneur 2010 Xposé (TV Series) 2010 The Doctors (TV Series) Himself 2010 The Hour (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2009 Scream Awards 2009 (TV Special) Himself 2008 The Movie Loft (TV Series) Himself 2008 The Crystal Skulls (Video documentary short) Himself 2008 Eigo de shabera-night (TV Series) Himself 2008 Spike Guys Choice (TV Movie) Himself 2008 The View (TV Series) Himself - Guest - Episode #7.153 (2000) ...

Himself - Guest 2008 Nova (TV Series documentary) Himself - Narrator 2008 The Immortal Beaver (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2008 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Himself 2008 Temple of Doom: An Introduction (Video documentary short) Himself 2008 The Last Crusade: An Introduction (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Movies Rock (TV Movie) Himself - Presenter 2007 Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Scream Awards 2007 (TV Special) Himself 2006 In the Cutz (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2006 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Caiga quien caiga (TV Series) Himself 2005-2006 Corazón de...

(TV Series) Himself 2005 'Star Wars': Feel the Force (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2004 The Characters of 'Star Wars' (Video documentary short) Himself - 'Han Solo' 2004 Tinseltown TV (TV Series) Himself 2003 The Stunts of 'Indiana Jones' (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 Je suis venu(e) vous dire (TV Series short) Himself 2003 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) Himself 2003 Young Hollywood Awards (TV Special documentary) Himself 1999-2003 The Directors (TV Series documentary) Himself 1989-2002 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself 2002 Leute heute (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Harrison Ford: Just Another Pilot (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 VH-1 Where Are They Now?

(TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Rank (TV Series documentary) Himself / #19 2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (TV Special short) Himself (uncredited) 2000 Comme au cinéma (TV Series documentary) Himself - Interviewee - Episode #6.13 (2000) ...

Himself - Guest 2000 Legends (TV Series documentary) Himself (2000) 2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV Special documentary) Himself 1999 Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 1997-1999 Larry King Live (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1999 Celebrity Profile (TV Series documentary) Himself 1998 Harrison Ford: The Reluctant Hero (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1998 Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1997-1998 Mundo VIP (TV Series) Himself 1998 Biography (TV Series documentary) Himself 1998 The Magic Hour (TV Series) Himself 1997 Ôsama no buranchi (TV Series) Himself 1997 Frontline (TV Series documentary) Narrator 1997 Tæt på troldmanden George Lucas (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1995 Everyman (TV Series documentary

) Narrator 1994 Lista Top 40 (TV Series) Himself 1994 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself 1994 Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice) 1993 American Masters (TV Series documentary) Himself 1991 E.T.

- Entretenimento Total (TV Series) Himself (1991) 1989 Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1988 Bains de minuit (TV Series) Himself 1987 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1981 Clapper Board (TV Series) Himself 1980 The Risk Business (TV Series documentary) Himself 1977 The Making of 'Star Wars' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2009-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself 2015 Star Wars at the BBC (TV Short documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2015 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee - Episode #44.13 (2015) ...

Himself - Interviewee 2015 Extra (TV Series) 2015 Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) Himself 2015 The Insider (TV Series) Himself 2013 Movie Guide (TV Series) Jock Goddard 2011 Love Lust (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 Wishful Drinking (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2010 P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) Himself 2008 Closing: Team Indy (Video short) Himself 2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV Series) Himself (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") 2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV Short documentary) Himself Himself - at 75th Annual Academy Awards (uncredited) 2005-2006 MythBusters (TV Series documentary) 2006 Corazón de... (TV Series) Himself 2005 Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

(TV Series documentary) Himself 2003-2004 Celebrities Uncensored (TV Series) Himself 2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV Special documentary) Himself - #90: Indiana Jones and the Golden Earring 2004 Michael Moore, el gran agitador (TV Short documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 1995 The Movie Show (TV Series) Himself 1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) Himself Prof. 'Indiana' Jones from film RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Episode dated 1 July 1981 (1981) ... Prof. 'Indiana' Jones from film RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK TV commercial: Kirin lager beer (Japan) See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Biographical Movies | 6 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 47 Interviews | 47 Articles | 25 Pictorials | 82 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Jethro the Bus Driver | Harrison J.

Ford Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on Inside the Actors Studio (1994)] As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish. See more » Trivia: His character, Han Solo, was ranked number 33 in Comedy Central's "Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses". See more » Trademark: Frequently plays characters who use their intelligence rather than physical strength See more » Nickname: 10 Actors Who Almost Played Indiana Jones | Moviefone 10 Actors Who Almost Played Indiana Jones 10 Actors Who Almost Played Indiana Jones The rumor that Robert Pattinson is at the top of the list to play Indiana Jones in a new Indy-led franchise may be crazy, but the idea that Harrison Ford was not the first choice to play the world's preeminent archeologist is even crazier. But it's true. From Jack Nicholson to Chevy Chase, here are 10 actors who were either considered for or turned down the role of the intrepid Indiana Jones in " Raiders of the Lost Ark ." Super Reviewer ½ This was a very high quality film. Unfortunately the cheese factor was way over the top for me.

So much so that it was on the verge of a cartoon. The other issue with this film (and many other to follow these days), is that the CG was well done, but very unnecessary. I am no longer surprised by anything done on a computer. Once you see one CG creature or effect you are no longer surprised by all the others. Let?s bring back some of the old school film techniques like actual stuntmen. This adds so much more realism back in the picture (way to go Christopher Nolan for doing this in ?The Dark Knight?). Jon Lantz Super Reviewer ½ the movie was a lot of fun, but entertainment and a bit of nostalgia were the only things this film really accomplished. this film doesnt downgrade the franchise because it was a very solid movie, but it was a mere shadow of indiana jones glory. ultimately, the real problem was sheer silliness. the entire film i thought multiple times, "that was really silly." karen allens character was so silly she seemed drunk the whole film, and most of the action sequences were so silly that they felt like they belonged in a national lampoons spoof version of indiana jones.

i didnt mind the absurdity of the plot that ive heard many complain about because temple of doom was equally absurd and i enjoyed that film, but the other indy films maintained semblences of realism within the adventure, this one did not. this might be nitpicking, but the lighting in this film was also really bad, it sort of felt too bright, like the characters were glowing. indiana jones is supposed to be a dark film. in all a good watch, but disappointing as an indy jones film. danny d Super Reviewer An older Indy but the same feel at least to me. A solid adventure film in the old school style of cinema from Lucas and Speilbergs youth. John Manard

Question: What was the name of the first Indiana Jones movie?
Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark