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Raiders of the Lost Ark (later marketed as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Lawrence Kasdan from a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It was produced by Frank Marshall for Lucasfilm Ltd., with Lucas and Howard Kazanjian as executive producers. The film originated from Lucas’s desire to create a modern version of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. The first installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, the film stars Harrison Ford as archaeologist Indiana Jones, who battles a group of Nazis searching for the Ark of the Covenant. It co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana’s former lover, Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana’s rival, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as Indiana’s sidekick, Sallah; Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana’s colleague, Marcus Brody. Production was based at Elstree Studios, England, but filming also took place in La Rochelle, France, Tunisia, Hawaii, and California from June to September 1980.
This is the first film produced in the series, but technically not the first in the film’s timeline, that belongs to the Temple of Doom. This is a movie my parents had, and so I watched it growing up. I’ve seen it at least a million times. It still hasn’t gotten old.
Harrison Ford is another actor favorite (I mean he’s also Han Solo), and I quite like his female counterpart (who reappears in a sequel). This is also another action adventure classic movie and movie series. There isn’t much else I can say except it’s been a movie favorite of mine for a couple decades now.
My Rating: ★★★★
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