Dr. Renï¿½ Belloq (Character) Dr. Renï¿½ Belloq (Character) There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Biography: Dr. Rene Belloq is a rival archeologist and the arch nemesis to Indiana Jones... See more » Filmography ... aka "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" - International (English title) (DVD title), South Africa (English title) (DVD box title), USA (reissue title) Additional Details Belloq : The girl was mine! Dietrich : She's of no use to us. Only your mission for the Führer matters. See more » Update You may correct errors and omissions on this page directly. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process. IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Dr. Renï¿½ Belloq (Character) - Quotes Dr.

Renï¿½ Belloq (Character) Belloq : How odd that it should end this way for us after so many stimulating encounters. I almost regret it. Where shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level? Indiana : Try the local sewer. Belloq : You and I are very much alike. Archeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am but a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light. Indiana : Now you're getting nasty. Belloq : Dr. Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. Belloq : So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. Belloq : What a fitting end to your life's pursuits. You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something. Indiana : Ha ha ha ha. [under his breath] Indiana : Son of a bitch. Belloq : All your life has been spent in pursuit of archaeological relics.

Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it opened as well as I. Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This, this *is* history. Belloq : Next time, Indiana Jones, it will take more than children to save you. [Indy meets Belloq in a crowded bar] Belloq : Good afternoon, Doctor Jones. Indiana : I oughta kill you right now. Belloq : Not a very private place for a murder. Belloq : Please, sit down before you fall down. Indiana : I'm gonna blow up the Ark, Rene. Belloq : Your persistence surprises even me. You're going to give mercenaries a bad name. Belloq : It's a transmitter, a radio for speaking to God. Belloq : Look at this. It's worthless - ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless. Like the Ark. Belloq : The girl was mine! Dietrich : She's of no use to us. Only your mission for the Führer matters.

[Marion and Belloq are both very drunk] Marion : [laughs] What is this stuff, Rene? Belloq : [laughing as well] I grew up on this. It's my family label. [Marion falls to the ground laughing, then calmly pulls out the knife she was concealing and points it at Belloq, who bursts out laughing in response] Marion : [laughs] We-he-he-ell, I have to be going now, Rene. Belloq : [flicking his hand and laughing] Ta-ta. Marion : [walking off] I like you, Rene, very much. Perhaps we'll meet again under better circumstances. Indiana : Too bad the Hovitos don't know you the way I do, Belloq. Belloq : Yes, too bad. You could warn them... if only you spoke Hovitos! [Belloq and the Nazis are walking and arguing] Belloq : I told you not to be premature in your communique to Berlin. Archeology is not an exact science. It does not deal in time schedules! Dietrich : The Fuhrer is not a patient man. He demands constant reports.

You led me to believe... Belloq : [interrupting him] Nothing! I made no promises! I merely said it looked very favorable. Besides, with the information in our possession, my calculations were correct. [Belloq and the Nazis are walking and talking some more] Belloq : Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps... Gobler : [interrupting him] Perhaps the girl can help us. Dietrich : My feeling exactly. She was in possession of the original piece for years. She may know much if... properly motivated. Belloq : I tell you the girl knows nothing. Dietrich : I am surprised to find you squeamish. That is not your reputation. Anyway, it needn't concern you. I have the perfect man for this kind of work. [Toht approaches] Toht : Heil Hitler. [Looking over the destruction of the airfield] Dietrich : Get the Ark away from this place immediately! Have it put on the truck! We will fly it out of Cairo! And Gobler, I want plenty of protection!

Gobler : Jawohl, Herr Ob... [Gobler is interrupted midsentence by an explosion] Belloq : [to himself] Jones! Raiders of the Lost Ark | Movies.com Example: 90064 or Los Angeles, CA On DVD: Now | On Blu-ray: Now Raiders of the Lost Ark Release Date: Jun 12, 1981 Rated: Runtime: 1 hr. 55 min. Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy DVD Synopsis Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a...

more News Raiders of the Lost Ark | DVD Review | Slant Magazine Raiders of the Lost Ark 3.5 Comments (0) Raiders of the Lost Ark‘s climax is unique among Hollywood blockbusters in that the hero and heroine are curiously passive. The film’s villain, rival archeologist Belloq (Paul Freeman), taunts Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), who has pursued the golden relic of the occult with two-fisted courage, moxie, and even recklessness. But his girlfriend, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) has been captured, the Nazis have stolen the prize away to a remote island, and Jones surrenders and allows himself to be tied up because, as Belloq says, “You want to see it opened as well as I.” For an action-adventure film, Lost Ark is about spectatorship, and our hero transforms into a stand-in for the audience. When the ark is opened, it’s as a Steven Spielberg-George Lucas laser light show of lightning, smoke, and holy fire, as well as a chamber of horrors where skull-faced ghosts swirl through the air and the faces of the various bad guys start melting into crimson jelly.

It’s unnerving and spooky, and a fitting conclusion to this strange, surprisingly dark bit of pulp filmmaking. It’s the A-version of a B movie, but it assumes that the kids in the audience will be able to take whatever the filmmakers throw at them. It’s reminiscent of serials and cartoon strips from the World War II era, which also assumed that the audience was tough enough to handle muscular action and bizarre terror on screen. Lost Ark is a throwback to that kind of storytelling, and also a reminder that in 1981 movies for children were less soft and didn’t bother coddling. You were expected to cover your eyes. Lost Ark starts off with a morbid adventure, with Indiana Jones entering into an underground cave and navigating a series of nightmarish traps. The caverns are appropriately ominous, with pitfalls, arrows, spikes, boulders, spiders, and a nefarious sidekick (Alfred Molina) who can’t be trusted when he says during a moment of crisis, “No time to argue! You throw me the idol, I throw you the whip!” Jones himself is first glimpsed in silhouette, a quiet and intense figure who seems possessed by self-interest as much as charisma.

Spielberg makes him alluring by keeping him mysterious—not necessarily a good man, but a committed one. With his stubble, dark leather jacket, and battered gray hat, Ford resembles less the cocksure Han Solo than a half-crazed Roy Dobbs from Treasure of the Sierra Madre . The less we know, the more we can project on him, the more appealing a hero he is. By the time the sequels came out, he had become cute in his cockiness, and easier to target as a moral figure. Why is it that nowadays movie characters in blockbusters have to conform to a limited idea of righteousness, or if they’re selfish jerks they have to somehow reform themselves into being the hero always inherent in who they are? Indiana Jones was more human somehow because he was a bit of a jerk, and even in that opening sequence where he tries (and fails) to steal an ancient golden artifact, we felt for him simply because he was trying willfully to achieve a goal.

One of the moments that attach the audience to him is when he’s hanging off of the edge of a precipice, having barely caught hold of a root jutting out of the ground, and Spielberg cuts to a close-up of Ford, smiling in relief that he’s saved his own neck, but when we go back to the wide shot, the root pulls itself out of the ground and he’s about to fall into oblivion. That close-up locks us into identification with Indiana Jones—that fleeting “Whew! Close one” before he fumbles and nearly dies. Lost Ark holds up for many reasons, not least of which is because of Spielberg’s consummate skill as a visual storyteller and his ability to draw charged performances from his actors. Each standalone set piece is virtuoso in its pacing, timing of jokes, and emotional payoff. The sequence in Marion’s Nepalese bar starts off with a burly drinking game (she wins). This is quickly followed by some sexual tension as Indiana returns to her life and they negotiate over a presumed missing artifact she may still have in her possession.

Eventually, Nazi thugs show up led by a swarthy, bespectacled, wheezing creep dressed all in black (Ronald Lacey) who, after referring to Indiana as being “nefarious,” proceeds to try mutilating Marion with a steaming hot poker. The action set piece that follows has Indiana Jones blazing into action and blowing away a bunch of bad guys, but it’s all the small moments in the sequence that make it memorable: bullets flying into a bucket of whiskey and Marion leaning over to take a gulp as it spills; Jones brawling with a giant thug whose arm is on fire; and the Nazi ringleader ordering his machine gun-wielding colleague to just go ahead and shoot them both. Unlike most action films, where it feels like you’re waiting for one thing to happen, then another, in linear sequence, Spielberg creates dynamic pictures with diverse on-screen action. In other words, Lost Ark never sits still long enough to get boring. The opening sequence announces Dr. Jones as a man of action (“If adventure has a name,” the tagline memorably proclaimed, “it must be Indiana Jones”). Throughout the story, he solves problems by shooting at them or cavalierly stealing from his enemies.

He’s not a moral boy scout like Luke Skywalker, such as in the infamous scene where he confronts an expert Arab swordsman and, after not being impressed by the fancy scimitar swordplay, whips out his revolver and blows the guy away. Indiana Jones didn’t fight fair and had a casual attitude toward death, unlike the goody-goody Skywalker who was like a cloying teenager whining about hot rods and whose attitude toward girls was chaste and pure. Jones, on the other hand, ditched his true love Marion in the middle of the desert, and now she’s a tough, cigarette-smoking broad in Nepal besting the locals in drinking games and, like Jones, punching people out as a way of solving problems. The vaguely immoral nature of Indiana Jones leads to the fascinating ending, where our hero wants to see the Ark opened just as much as his Nazi captors. The process of softening Indiana Jones began with the first sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , where he takes on a serious case of white man’s burden and saves a village full of children. That process of ennobling him seriously denigrates what separates Lost Ark from so many other films of its era.

It’s strange, considering that Temple of Doom is a significantly more brutal and violent film, depicting children in peril, scenes of torture, and moments where our heroes are transformed into murderous zombies. The dark side of Lost Ark is tempered by the fact that it’s essentially a boy’s adventure story, complete with varied locales and a hero who swings to the rescue on his trusty bullwhip. For all the callousness of Indiana Jones, he also was throwing himself full-tilt into the games kids imagine when they are running around in the woods. If anyone doubts that children’s games are dark as well as exhilarating, they lack an understanding of the true nature of kids. Remember it was Spielberg’s hero, Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie, who said that thus life goes ever on, so long as children are gay and heartless. Image/Sound Steven Spielberg's compositions are beautifully preserved in the widescreen transfer and, as you can imagine, the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio gets the full-on deluxe THX treatment.

I doubt Lost Ark has ever looked or sounded better, and its immaculate sound design in the jungle sequence in particular, with its shadowy color palette of dark greens and browns, feels like everything you'd want from the full movie-going experience. My biggest gripe against the sequels is that they looked and sounded like they were made right on the backlot, and you could tell they were sets, whereas Lost Ark has a lived-in quality and part of that is due to its attentive use of light, color and sound. Extras The introduction to the film by Spielberg and George Lucas feels like rehashing, since they've previously covered everything they say here in multiple interviews over the years. At this point, Spielberg seems more excited talking about how he wanted to be fiscally responsible while making this film, since his previous movies had gone so far over budget and schedule. Strangely, he talks about making Lost Ark as if it were a low-budget movie where he was racing so fast to get it done he missed significant pieces of scene coverage.

(In what world is Lost Ark perceived as an independent film?) The accompanying "Appreciation" featurette has cast and crew from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reminiscing about seeing Lost Ark for the first time, and some of it is appealing. Spielberg's favorite scene is the basket chase, which includes some silent movie-style sight gags, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull screenwriter David Koepp talking about seeing the film as a teenager with no preconception of what the film was about. The film had an unusual title, the ads were elusive, and the potential for great surprise was there. A sense of collective enthusiasm about the franchise almost disguises that the re-release of Lost Ark in a new box set is basically just PR for the latest sequel, and that this entire featurette is an attempt to psych up potential viewers for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There's a detailed featurette about how they created the special effects for melting the face of Toht (Ronald Lacey), which appropriately mortified viewers and pushed the limits of the PG rating. Also included are storyboards from the memorably scary Well of Souls sequence and trailers for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures video game.

All in all, the featurettes are serviceable but disappointing after the previous, more exhaustive extras on the 2003 DVD collection of the Indiana Jones films. Overall Raiders of the Lost Ark holds up as a spectacle film, spooky funhouse ride and rollicking adventure yarn. Steven Spielberg was, then and now, the finest director of grand-scale Hollywood blockbusters. Image New Introduction by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas "The Indy Trilogy: A Crystal Clear" Appreciation "The Mystery of the Melting Face" Featurette Snakes Alive!: The Well of Souls Storyboards Art and Promotional Galleries i>LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Game Demo and Trailer Buy Top 80 villains of the '80s: Moody to Belloq | Tampa Bay Times Top 80 villains of the '80s: Moody to Belloq Steve Spears I want to see more articles tagged I'm already following articles tagged 16 Comments Honest to god, I really never got the appeal of the movie Heathers. A hateful bunch of girls in high school get knocked off one by one? Sure. Whatever. Am I supposed to be happy, horrified, bemused? All of the above?

Maybe I grew up on the side the tracks where nobody would have dreamed of poisoning their friends with plumbing solution. I can honestly say I have more empathy toward French archaeologist Rene Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark than any cast member of Heathers. So there. Today's big winner: Joan Collins as Alexis Colby in Dynasty. There aren't a ton of females on the villain list. Perhaps because when a woman acts like a villain, we have better names for that. Previous: 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1 TOP 80 VILLAINS OF THE '80s (Nos. 31-40): 40. MOODY (Matt Dillon) in My Bodyguard (1980): "Hey, Shelly. Do you want to go to the movies? ... Have a good time while you're there." 39.

JIMMY SERRANO (Dennis Farina) in Midnight Run (1988): "You and that other dummy better start getting more personally involved in your work, or I'm gonna stab you in the heart with a pencil." 38. JOHN RYDER (Rutger Hauer) in The Hitcher (1986): "You wanna know what happens to an eyeball when it gets punctured? Do you got any idea how much blood jets out of a guy's neck when his throat's been slit?" 37. ALEXIS COLBY (Joan Collins) in Dynasty (1981-89): "I just can't wait for the day when I see you walking out of this house carrying the same two cheap plastic suitcases that you walked in here with." 36. AL CAPONE (Robert De Niro) in The Untouchables (1987): "I want you to find this nancy-boy Eliot Ness, I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND!" 35.

TONY MONTANA (Al Pacino) in Scarface (1983): "In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." 34. FREDDY KRUEGER (Robert Englund) in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy." 33. DAVID (Kiefer Sutherland) in The Lost Boys (1987): "Now you know what we are, now you know what you are. You'll never grow old, Michael, and you'll never die. But you must feed!" 32. THE HEATHERS (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker) in Heathers (1988): "Transfer to Washington. Transfer to Jefferson. No one at Westerberg is going to let you play their reindeer games." 31. RENE BELLOQ (Paul Freeman) in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): "Dr. Jones.

Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away." Sneak peak at tomorrow's list: "From now on we are enemies, You and I." Indiana Jones (character) | Lucasfilm Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Jones is most famously played by Harrison Ford and has also been portrayed by River Phoenix (as the young Jones in The Last Crusade) and in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles by Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick Flanery, and George Hall. Doug Lee has supplied Jones's voice to two LucasArts video games, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine , while David Esch supplied his voice to Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and John Armstrong in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings . [3] Particularly notable facets of the character include his iconic look (bullwhip, fedora, and leather jacket), sense of humor, supposedly deep knowledge of many ancient civilizations and languages, and fear of snakes. Since his first appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has become a worldwide star and remains one of cinema's most revered film characters. In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked him as the second greatest film hero of all time.

[4] He was also named the 6th Greatest Movie Character by Empire magazine. [5] Entertainment Weekly ranked Indy 2nd on their list of The All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture. [6] Premiere magazine also placed Indy at number 7 on their list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. [7] On their list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters, Fandomania.com ranked Indy at number 10. [8] Contents Edit Young Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade, played by River Phoenix A native of Princeton, New Jersey, Indiana Jones was first introduced in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark , set in 1936. The character is an adventurer reminiscent of the 1930s film serial treasure hunters and pulp action heroes, whose research is funded by Marshall College (named after producer Frank Marshall), [9] a fictional college in Connecticut, where he is a professor of archaeology. In this first adventure, he is pitted against the Nazis, traveling the world to prevent them from recovering the Ark of the Covenant. He is aided by Marion Ravenwood and Sallah .

The Nazis are led by Jones's archrival, a Nazi-sympathizing French archaeologist named René Belloq, and Arnold Toht, a sinister Gestapo agent. In the 1984 prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , set in 1935, Jones travels to India and attempts to recover enslaved children and the three Sankara stones from the bloodthirsty Thuggee cult. He is aided by Short Round , a young boy, and is accompanied by singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw). The third film, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , set in 1938, returned to the formula of the original, reintroducing characters such as Sallah and Marcus Brody , a scene from Professor Jones's classroom (he now teaches at Barnett College), the globe trotting element of multiple locations, and the return of the infamous Nazi mystics, this time trying to find the Holy Grail.

The film's introduction, set in 1912, provided some back story to the character, specifically the origin of his fear of snakes, his use of a bullwhip, the scar on his chin, and his hat; the film's epilogue also reveals that "Indiana" is not Jones's first name, but a nickname he took from the family dog. The film was a buddy movie of sorts, teaming Jones with his father , often to comical effect. Although Lucas intended at the time to do five films, this ended up being the last for over eighteen years, as Lucas could not think of a good plot element to drive the next installment. [10] The 2008 film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , became the latest film in the series. Set in 1957, 19 years after the third film, it pits an older, wiser Indiana Jones against Soviet agents bent on harnessing the power of a crystal skull associated with extraterrestrials discovered in South America by his former colleague Harold Oxley (John Hurt).

Jones is aided in his adventure by his former lover, Marion Ravenwood ( Karen Allen ), and her son—a young greaser named Henry "Mutt" Williams (Shia LaBeouf), later revealed to be Jones's biological child, Henry Jones III. There were rumors that LaBeouf will take over the Indy franchise. [11] This film also reveals that Jones was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (a predecessor department to the Central Intelligence Agency) during World War II, attaining the rank of Colonel in the United States Army and running covert operations with MI6 agent George McHale on the Soviet Union. Television Main article: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles From 1992 to 1996, George Lucas executive-produced a television series named The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , aimed mainly at teenagers and older children, which showed many of the important events and historical figures of the early 20th century through the prism of Indiana Jones' life.

Sean Patrick Flanery as the young adult Indiana Jones The show initially featured the formula of an elderly (93 to 94 years of age) Indiana Jones played by George Hall introducing a story from his youth by way of an anecdote: the main part of the episode then featured an adventure with either a young adult Indy (16 to 21 years of age) played by Sean Patrick Flanery or a child Indy (8 to 11 years) played by Corey Carrier. One episode, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues", is bookended by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, rather than Hall. Later episodes and telemovies did not have this bookend format. The bulk of the series centers around the young adult Indiana Jones and his activities during World War I as a 16–17 year old soldier in the Belgian Army and then as an intelligence officer and spy seconded to French intelligence. The child Indy episodes follow the boy's travels around the globe as he accompanies his parents on his father's worldwide lecture tour from 1908 to 1910. The show provided some backstory for the films, as well as new information regarding the character.

Indiana Jones was born July 1, 1899, and his middle name is Walton (Lucas's middle name). It is also mentioned that he had a sister called Suzie who died as an infant of fever, and that he eventually has a daughter and grandchildren who appear in some episode introductions and epilogues. His relationship with his father, first introduced in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, was further fleshed out with stories about his travels with his father as a young boy. Indy damages or loses his right eye sometime between the events in 1957 and the early 1990s, when the "Old Indy" segments take place, as the elderly Indiana Jones wears an eyepatch. In 1999, Lucas removed the episode introductions and epilogues by George Hall for the VHS and DVD releases, and re-edited the episodes into chronologically ordered feature-length stories. The series title was also changed to The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.

Video games Edit The character has appeared in several officially licensed games, including LEGO Indiana Jones video games, beginning with adaptations of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, two adaptations of The Last Crusade (one with purely action mechanics, one with an adventure and puzzle based structure) and Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures which included the storylines from all three of the original films. Following this, the games branched off into original storylines with Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis , Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine , Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings . [12] Emperor's Tomb sets up Jones's companion Wu Han and the search for Nurhaci's ashes seen at the beginning of Temple of Doom. The first two games were developed by Hal Barwood and starred Doug Lee as the voice of Indiana Jones; Emperor's Tomb had David Esch fill the role and Staff of Kings starred John Armstrong. Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was the first Indy-based game presented in three dimensions, as opposed to 8-bit graphics and side-scrolling games before. There is also a small game from Lucas Arts Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures .

A video game was made for young Indy called Young Indiana Jones and the Instruments of Chaos, as well as a video game version of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . Two Lego Indiana Jones games have also been released. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures was released in 2008 [13] and follows the plots of the first three films. It was followed by LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues in late 2009. The sequel includes an abbreviated reprise of the first three films, but focuses on the plot of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Indiana Jones has also made cameo appearances as an unlockable character in the games Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga . Social gaming company Zynga introduced Indiana Jones to their "Adventure World" game in late 2011. [14] Theme parks Main article: Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye Action on the set of Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida. Indiana Jones is featured at several Walt Disney theme park attractions.

The Indiana Jones Adventure attractions at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea ("Temple of the Forbidden Eye" and " Temple of the Crystal Skull ," respectively) place Indy at the forefront of two similar archaeological discoveries. These two temples each contain a wrathful deity who threatens the guests who ride through in World War II troop transports. The attractions, some of the most expensive of their kind at the time,[ citation needed ] opened in 1995 [15] and 2001, [16] [17] respectively, with sole design credit attributed to Walt Disney Imagineering.[ citation needed ] Disney did not license Harrison Ford 's likeness for the North American version;[ citation needed ] nevertheless, a differentiated Indiana Jones audio-animatronic character appears at three points in both attractions. However, the Indiana Jones featured in the DisneySea version does use Harrison Ford's likeness but uses Japanese audio for all of his speaking parts.[ citation needed ] In 2010, some of the Indy audio-animatronics at the Disneyland version were replaced and now resemble Ford.

[18] Disneyland Paris also features an Indiana Jones-titled ride where people speed off through ancient ruins in a runaway mine wagon similar to that found in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril is a looping roller coaster engineered by Intamin, designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, and opened in 1993. The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! is a live show that has been presented in the Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park of the Walt Disney World Resort with few changes since the park's 1989 opening, as Disney-MGM Studios. The 25-minute show presents various stunts framed in the context of a feature film production, and recruits members of the audience to participate in the show. Stunt artists in the show re-create and ultimately reveal some of the secrets of the stunts of the Raiders of the Lost Ark films, including the well-known "running-from-the-boulder" scene. Stunt performer Anislav Varbanov was fatally injured in August 2009, while rehearsing the popular show.

[19] Also at Disney's Hollywood Studios, an audio-animatronic Indiana Jones appears in another attraction; during the The Great Movie Ride's Raiders of the Lost Ark segment. [20] Character description and formation Harrison Ford as the mature Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) In his role as a college professor of archaeology, Henry Jones Jr. is scholarly and learned in a tweed suit, lecturing on ancient civilizations. In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , it is revealed that Jones is influenced by the Marxist Archaeologist, Vere Gordon Childe, whose qualified acceptance of cultural diffusionism theory he propounds. Ironically, though Childe loathes fieldwork, [21] Indy goes on to say, "If you want to be a good archaeologist, you gotta get out of the library." This is in tongue-in-cheek contrast to the previous film's comment, "Seventy percent of all archaeology is done in the library." However, at the opportunity to recover important artifacts, Dr. Jones transforms into "Indiana," a "non- superhero superhero" image he has concocted for himself.

[22] Producer Frank Marshall said, "Indy [is] a fallible character. He makes mistakes and gets hurt. [...] That's the other thing people like: He's a real character, not a character with superpowers." [23] Spielberg said there "was the willingness to allow our leading man to get hurt and to express his pain and to get his mad out and to take pratfalls and sometimes be the butt of his own jokes. I mean, Indiana Jones is not a perfect hero, and his imperfections, I think, make the audience feel that, with a little more exercise and a little more courage, they could be just like him." [24] According to Spielberg biographer Douglas Brode, Indiana created his heroic figure so as to escape the dullness of teaching at a school. Both of Indiana's personas reject one another in philosophy, creating a duality . [22] Harrison Ford said the fun of playing the character was because Indiana is both a romantic and a cynic , [25] while scholars have analyzed Indiana as having traits of a lone wolf ; a man on a quest ; a noble treasure hunter ; a hardboiled detective ; a human superhero ; and an American patriot.

[26] Like many characters in his films, Jones has some autobiographical elements of Spielberg. Indiana lacks a proper father figure because of his strained relationship with his father, Henry Senior . His own contained anger is misdirected towards Professor Abner Ravenwood, his mentor at the University of Chicago , leading to a strained relationship with Marion Ravenwood . [22] The teenage Indiana bases his own look on a figure from the prologue of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , after being given his hat. [27] Marcus Brody acts as Indiana's positive role model at the college. [27] Indiana's own insecurities are made worse by the absence of his mother. [28] In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , he becomes the father figure to Willie Scott and Short Round , to survive; he is rescued from Kali 's evil by Short Round's dedication. Indiana also saves many enslaved children. [28] Because of Indiana's strained relationship with his father, who was absent much of Indiana's youth searching for the Holy Grail , the character does not pursue the more spiritual aspects of the cultures he studies.[ citation needed ] Indiana uses his knowledge of Shiva to defeat Mola Ram .

[28] In Raiders, however, he is wise enough to close his eyes in the presence of God in the Ark of the Covenant . By contrast, his rival Rene Belloq is killed for having the audacity to try to communicate directly with God. [22] In the prologue of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jones is seen as a teenager, establishing his look when given a hat. Indiana's intentions are revealed as prosocial , as he believes artifacts "belong in a museum." In the film's climax, Indiana undergoes "literal" tests of faith to retrieve the Grail and save his father's life. He also remembers Jesus as a historical figure – a humble carpenter – rather than an exalted figure when he recognizes the simple nature and tarnished appearance of the real Grail amongst a large assortment of much more ornately decorated ones. Henry Senior rescues his son from falling to his death when reaching for the fallen Grail, telling him to "let it go," overcoming his mercenary nature. [27] The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles explains how Indiana becomes solitary and less idealistic following his service in World War I .

[29] In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Jones is older and wiser, whereas his sidekicks Mutt and Mac are youthfully arrogant and greedy, respectively. [30] Origins and inspirations Charlton Heston in Secret of the Incas Indiana Jones is modeled after the strong-jawed heroes of the matinée serials and pulp magazines that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg enjoyed in their childhoods (such as the Republic Pictures serials, and the Doc Savage series). Sir H. Rider Haggard's safari guide/big game hunter Allan Quatermain of King Solomon's Mines , who dates back to 1885, is a notable template for Jones. [31] The two friends first discussed the project in Hawaii around the time of the release of the first Star Wars film. [32] Spielberg told Lucas how he wanted his next project to be something fun, like a James Bond film (this would later be referenced when they cast Sean Connery as Henry Jones, Sr.).

According to sources, Lucas responded to the effect that he had something "even better," [32] or that he "got that beat." [33] Two of the possible bases for Indiana Jones are Professor Challenger , created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912 for his novel, The Lost World. Challenger was based on Doyle's physiology professor, Sir William Rutherford, an adventuring academic, albeit a zoologist/anthropologist. [34] The character was originally named Indiana Smith, after an Alaskan Malamute Lucas owned in the 1970s (Indiana); the name was perhaps in a nod to the 1966 Western film Nevada Smith .[ citation needed ] Spielberg disliked the name Smith, and Lucas casually suggested Jones as an alternative. [32] Lucas has said on various occasions that Sean Connery's portrayal of British secret agent James Bond was one of the primary inspirations for Jones, a reason Connery was chosen for the role of Indiana's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

[35] [36] Costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis noted that the inspiration for the series as well as Indiana Jones' outfit was Charlton Heston 's Harry Steele in Secret of the Incas (1954) and called Raiders of the Lost Ark "almost a shot for shot" remake of the Heston film, citing that Indiana Jones was "a kinder, gentler Harry Steele": "We did watch this film together as a crew several times, and I always thought it strange that the filmmakers did not credit it later as the inspiration for the series." [37] Historical models Harvard University archaeologist and art historian Langdon Warner . [51] Costume Edit Upon requests by Spielberg and Lucas, the costume designer gave the character a distinctive silhouette through the styling of the hat; after examining many hats, the designers chose a tall-crowned, wide-brimmed fedora. As a documentary of Raiders pointed out, the hat served a practical purpose. Following the lead of the old "B"-movies that inspired the Indiana Jones series, the fedora hid the actor's face sufficiently to allow doubles to perform the more dangerous stunts seamlessly.

Examples in Raiders include the wider-angle shot of Indy and Marion crashing a statue through a wall, and Indy sliding under a fast-moving vehicle from front to back. Thus it was necessary for the hat to stay in place much of the time. The hat became so iconic that the filmmakers could only come up with very good reasons or jokes to remove it. If it ever fell off during a take, filming would have to stop to put it back on. In jest, Ford put a stapler against his head to stop his hat from falling off when a documentary crew visited during shooting of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This created the urban legend that Ford stapled the hat to his head. [52] Although other hats were also used throughout the films, the general style and profile remained the same. Elements of the outfit include: The fedora was supplied by Herbert Johnson Hatters in England for the first three films. It was referred to as "The Australian Model" by costume designer Deborah Landis and was fitted with a Petersham bow. [53] The fedora for Crystal Skull was made by Steve Delk and Marc Kitter of the Adventurebilt Hat Company of Columbus, Mississippi.

[54] The leather jacket, a hybrid of the "Type 440" and the A-2 jacket , was made by Leather Concessionaires (now known as Wested Leather Co.) for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. For Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, jackets were made in-house at Bermans & Nathans in London based on a stunt jacket they provided for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Tony Nowak made the jacket for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.[ citation needed ] The Indiana Jones shirt is based on a typical safari-style shirt. Its distinctive feature is two vertical strips running from the shoulders to the bottom of the shirt tails and continued over both breast pockets. A common debate regards the original shirt color. Surviving samples of the original shirts seem to be darker in reality than they appear on screen. Most fans look for an off-white "stone" color for their replicas. The original shirts, however, may have been more of a "tan" or "natural" color. The shirt varied little from film to film, the only notable difference being the darker buttons in Temple of Doom and Last Crusade.

Originally designed by Andreas Dometakis for the films, this shirt was once one of the hardest pieces of gear to find. The pants worn by Indiana Jones in all three films were based on original World War II Army and Army Air Corps officer trousers. Although not original Pinks they are based on the same basic design and do carry a slight pinkish hue. The pants made for Raiders are said to be more of a greyish-brown where the pants made for Temple of Doom and Last Crusade were supposedly a purer reddish-brown. The pants were made of a khaki wool-twill, pleated with seven belt loops, two scalloped button flap rear pockets, a button fly and a four-inch military style hem. They were all most likely subcontracted by the costume department and made by famed London based cinema costumers, Angels and Bermans, to be tailored perfectly for Harrison Ford for the production. The bag was a modified Mark VII British gas mask bag, usually worn under the jacket with the exception of Crystal Skull where the bag was worn over the jacket.[ citation needed ] The whip was a Template:Convert bullwhip crafted by David Morgan for the first three films.

The whips for Crystal Skull were crafted by a variety of people, including Terry Jacka, Joe Strain and Morgan (different lengths and styles were likely used in specific stunts).[ citation needed ] The pistol was usually a World War I -era revolver, including the Webley Government (Last Crusade and Crystal Skull), or a .45 ACP Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector 2nd model revolver (Raiders). He has also used an M1917 revolver (Temple of Doom), a Nagant M1895 (Young Indiana Jones), and a 9 mm Browning Hi-Power (Raiders). [55] The weapon is carried in a military pattern flap holster. The shoes were made by Alden . A stock style (model 405) that had been a favorite of Ford's before the films, they are still sold today (though in a redder (brick) shade of brown than seen in the films) and are popularly known as "Indy Boots." [56] The fedora and leather jacket from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are on display at the Smithsonian Institution 's American History Museum in Washington, D.C.

[57] The collection of props and clothing from the films has become a thriving hobby for some aficionados of the franchise. [58] Jones' whip was the third most popular film weapon, as shown by a 2008 poll held by 20th Century Fox , which surveyed approximately two thousand film fans. [59] Casting Edit Originally, Spielberg suggested Harrison Ford; Lucas resisted the idea, since he had already cast the actor in American Graffiti , Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back, and did not want Ford to become known as his "Bobby De Niro" (in reference to the fact that fellow director Martin Scorsese regularly cast Robert De Niro in his films). [32] During an intensive casting process, Lucas and Spielberg auditioned many actors, and finally cast then little-known actor Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones. Shortly afterward pre-production began in earnest on Raiders of the Lost Ark. [32] However, CBS refused to release Selleck from his contractual commitment to Magnum, P.I. (which was gradually gaining momentum in the ratings ), forcing him to turn down the role. [32] One of CBS's concerns was that shooting for Magnum P.I.

conflicted with shooting for Raiders, both of which were to begin about the same time. However, Selleck was to say later in an interview that shooting for Magnum P.I. was delayed and did not actually begin until shooting for Raiders had concluded. After Spielberg suggested Ford again, Lucas gave in, and Ford was cast in the role less than three weeks before filming began. [32] Influence Edit Though some archaeologists criticize Indy's methods as befitting a "looter" rather more than a careful worker of precious sites, many have adopted the popular figure as something of a standard-bearer for their profession. [60] The industry magazine Archaeology, believing that Jones, as one editor said, was "a horrible archaeologist but a great diplomat for archaeology," [60] named eight past and current archaeologists who they felt "embodied [Jones'] spirit" as recipients of the "Indy Spirit Awards" in 2008. [61] That same year Ford himself was elected to the Board of Directors of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Commenting that "understanding the past can only help us in dealing with the present and the future," Ford was praised by the association's president for his character's "significant role in stimulating the public's interest in archaeological exploration." [62] While himself a homage to various prior adventurers , aspects of Indiana Jones also directly influenced some subsequent characterizations: Lara Croft , the female archaeologist of the Tomb Raider series, was originally designed as a man, but was changed to a woman, partly because the developers felt that the original design was too similar to Indiana Jones. [63] Paramount Pictures , which distributed the Indiana Jones film series, would later make two films based on the Tomb Raider games. Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes explained that their "inspiration was anything Harrison Ford has ever done: Indiana Jones, Han Solo." [64] The video game series Uncharted is also very heavily influenced and inspired by Indiana Jones. The main character, Nathan Drake , also shares many similarities with Jones himself, both visually and personality-wise. The design team felt the sources shared themes of mystery and "what-if scenarios" that romanticized adventure and aimed to include those in Uncharted.

[65] Gallery Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Movie Review – MRQE Rating: PG Running Time: 115 min. Synopsis: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible.

But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with a script co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride. Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series "prequel." User Reviews Very entertaining movie, solid 5 stars, the best movie of all time.

May 07, 2015 07:42 pm Quentin said: A Great movie! Great fight scenes, great scenes with no fighting. Harrison Ford was great. Great villains. However, it deserves a PG13 rating. Feb 11, 2016 07:31 am Zac said: A One of the best adventure movies of all time! Aged incredibly well and a classic for the ages! One to watch with the family! Feb 11, 2016 07:31 am Zac said: A One of the best adventure movies of all time! Aged incredibly well and a classic for the ages! One to watch with the family! Rate This Movie! Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) RayroadCrossing: @iSafeyeh @Farrah_Joon I'd love to go somewhere Middle East, ever since I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark as kid. My dad wanted to go++ m_dodd11: The only question I've known the answer to in western civ so far was about Raiders of the Lost Ark...

Bassey13455: @adamenglebright Indeed, I was just minding my own business learning how to play Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme on SG and it crashed and now- jackisbig: dear @mradamscott, the latest installment of TGEITVH was better than anything on Earth, including the pyramids and Raiders of the Lost Ark NYCBaby: @vasuvasu I am in love with the fact that our Founding Father was buried in a tomb straight out of Raiders of the Lost Ark!

Raiders of the Lost Ark, review: 'cracking' - Telegraph Film Reviews Raiders of the Lost Ark, review: 'cracking' Steven Spielberg's 1981 movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, which starred Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, remains a thrilling action adventure film 5 Raiders of the Lost Ark Photo: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features Image 1 of 2 The end of The Raiders of the Lost Ark where the band of Nazis who open the ark of the covenant get burnt By Martin Chilton , Culture Editor online 7:24AM GMT 15 Mar 2016 Follow I remember being captivated as a teenager watching Raiders of the Lost Ark at the cinema in 1981. Steven Spielberg's movie still looks buoyant and thrilling more than three decades later. Spielberg worked for the first time with his friend George Lucas to make a homage to the cliffhanger serials of the Thirties, and Raiders of the Lost Ark gave Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in Star Wars) his signature role, as an adventure-loving archaeologist named Henry Jones Jr – better known as Indiana Jones, or just Indy.

During term-time he's a bespectacled professor, but in the holidays he's a fearless adventurer, complete with fedora and bullwhip. When the Nazis discover the whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant (which will give them unstoppable power), Jones must stop them. The film is bursting with great set-pieces (such as Ford being chased by a giant boulder) and has some memorable images, such as the rays of sunlight that open granite doors, the work of the late and great cinematographer Douglas Slocambe . John Williams composed the Oscar-nominated score for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Raiders of the Lost Ark was the biggest film at the box office in 1981, and the recipient of nine Oscar nominations in all, including Best Director. It won for Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Effects Editing.

Related Articles Blade Runner: The Final Cut, review 27 Feb 2015 "We went on an adventure to make an adventure," Spielberg said in 2013 and part of the enduring appeal of the film – which was followed by 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – is the appeal of the charismatic hero figure. Jones is a brave and humourous hero but is allowed to show weakness and be afraid, making the character real. Who can forget the line: "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?", as he drops a torch into the Well of Souls, revealing a floor crawling with thousands of the poisonous creatures. Steven Spielberg's giant boulder was one of the dramatic scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark REX FEATURES The support cast around Ford is good, too, with Paul Freeman playing a rival French archaeologist (René Belloq), Denholm Elliott playing Indy's college colleague Marcus Brody; Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht; and Karen Allen as the fesity love interest Marion Ravenwood.

The film also crackles with humour. In one memorable scene, Indy is challenged to fight by a Cairo swordsman (played by Terry Richards). The actor had spent months in training for what was due to be a lengthy sword-versus-bullwhip choreographed fight. But Ford, along with many of the crew, was suffering from stomach illness. He suggested to Spielberg that they cut the scene short,: in his words they should "just shoot the f----er". Spielberg agreed, resulting in the biggest laugh of the film. There is a charm and vitality to Raiders of the Ark, which Spielberg later admitted was "the first movie where I actually shot the movie without thinking". Indy, whip in hand, even says the line: "I don’t know. I’m making this up as I go." A truly cracking film.

Start your free 30 day Amazon Prime trial» Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Steven Spielberg | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg Genres - Action , Adventure | Sub-Genres - Costume Adventure | Release Date - Sep 7, 2012 (USA - IMAX) | Run Time - 115 min. | Countries - USA | MPAA Rating - PG AllMovie Rating twitter Synopsis by Hal Erickson Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq ( Paul Freeman ), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes.

The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody ( Denholm Elliott ) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion ( Karen Allen ), evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg , with a script co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman , among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride.

Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series "prequel." Characteristics Raiders of the Lost Ark Plot and Cast | Movies.com DVD FULL SYNOPSIS Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor.

He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with a script co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride. Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first run.

It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series "prequel." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi Release date:June 12, 1981

Question: Which 1981 film features a suave French villain named Belloq?
Answer: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK