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  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
IMDb > Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Exterior footage of the DC3 airplane carrying Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood across Asia is taken from the remake of Lost Horizon (1973).
Raiders introduced this as a standard that the sequels had to live up to.
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  Raiders of the Lost Ark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981.
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.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark is the soundtrack that is most notable for featuring the rousing and iconic song "The Raiders March" that came to symbolize Indiana Jones.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Karen allen (born october 5, 1951) is an american actoractress most famous for her roles in the films national lampoons animal house (1978), raiders...
The ark of the covenant (in hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the hebrew bible as a sacred container built at the command of moses, in which rested the...
Raiders of the Lost Ark was nominated for eight Academy Awards[Click link for more facts about this topic] in 1982 and won four (Best Sound, EHandler: no quick summary.
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 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Raiders of the Lost Ark (xhtml)
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is an out-of-body experience, a movie of glorious imagination and breakneck speed that grabs you in the first shot, hurtles you through a series of incredible adventures, and deposits you back in reality two hours later -- breathless, dizzy, wrung-out, and with a silly grin on your face.
What is a little amazing about "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is that this plot somehow holds together and makes some sense, even though it functions primarily as a framework for the most incredible series of action and stunt set pieces I've ever seen in a movie.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is a swashbuckling adventure epic in the tradition of "Star Wars," "Superman -- The Movie," the James Bond pictures, and all the other multimillion-dollar special-effects extravaganzas.
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"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the work of Spielberg's recaptured adolescence, I think; it contains the kind of stuff teenage boys like, and it also perhaps contains the daydreams of a young Jewish kid who imagines blowing up Nazis real good.
The plot hinges on Hitler's desire to recapture the long-lost ark. "Hitler's a nut on the subject," Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is told by a government recruiter.
When the ark is being transported in the hold of a Nazi ship, inside a stout lumber crate, the swastika and other Nazi markings spontaneously catch fire and are obliterated.
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 Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By the time Raiders of the Lost Ark was made, Harrison Ford had filed off the rough edges that were apparent in his first outing as Han Solo.
One thing that makes Raiders of the Lost Ark so fresh is a sense of spontaneity, some of which is the result of on-set changes and ad-libs.
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie to be savored by viewers of all ages and all persuasions.
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 Filmtracks: Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
Why Raiders of the Lost Ark lost the Academy Award to Chariots of Fire is one of the more baffling mysteries of film music, and caused strain between those who believe in the sanctity of orchestral scores over that of electronic pop music.
As a side note, though the theme for the Ark is cleverly hinted at in the underground scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Williams chose not to employ a variation of the Nazi theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark in that third sequel, which I felt was very unfortunate.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was a trend setter; after being re-released in 1995 by the DCC record label, other labels took it upon themselves to release E.T. in 1996, the Star Wars scores in 1997, Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1998, and many others.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark - Uncyclopedia
Down at having lost their fifth game in a row and in danger of dropping out of the league altogether, the team decide that they need a new coach.
At first, of course, things start to go badly for the Raiders, but at half-time Indy decides to try opening the Ark. To his surprise and to that of everyone watching, the Stereotypes are blasted with power and melted where they stand.
There follows a desperate rooftop chase as Indy attempts to recover the lost Ark. This is followed by a desperate biplane chase, a desperate car chase, a desperate camel chase and a desperate shark chase.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark returned me to those days and forever changed the action genre.
Hitler is obsessed with religious treasures and is searching for the lost Ark of the Covenant, the sacred box that held the original Ten Commandments.
Lost Ark is a movie that combines religious symbolism, highly polarized moral standards and believable characters into something that is just fun to watch.
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 TheRaider.net - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Spielberg and his crew shot Raiders of the Lost Ark in 73 days on a budget of $18 million, filming the desert sequences in Tunisia in 130-degree heat.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was released on June 12, 1981 and quickly made the record books with a domestic box-office of more than $242 million and a worldwide box-office of approximately $384 million.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Indiana Jones Collection) (1981)
It seems that Hitler thinks the Ark possesses magical powers, so he orders his forces to pull out all the stops in their hunt for it.
Don’t take Raiders to be nothing more than a random collection of action set pieces without anything interesting to connect them.
Raiders of the Lost Ark appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a feature film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981.
The plot line of the film relates to saving the Ark of the Covenant and its supposed incredible powers from the Nazis in 1936, shortly before World War II.
Raiders of the Lost Ark is comic book-like in tone, with a glamorous heroine, over-the-top villains, and impressive stuntwork combined with moments of comedy.
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 Rambles: Raiders of the Lost Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raiders of the Lost Ark (renamed Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark for the DVD release) brought to my youth the kind of big-screen astonishment that old movie serials sparked in an earlier generation.
Raiders, set in 1936, makes an obvious choice for its villains: Nazis, the goose-stepping group we all love to hate.
Jones is dispatched by U.S. military intelligence to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant, last known residing place of the shattered tablets of Moses, before Hitler's minions can retrieve it for an evil purpose.
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 Mutant Reviewers from Hell do "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Many scenes from Raiders are inseparable to the legend of Indiana Jones: Indy rubbing his chin before removing a gold idol, Indy using that bullwhip the first time on an armed man, Indy foregoing a duel to just shoot a bad guy armed with a sword.
The scene where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark with a bazooka as it is being carried through a canyon was filmed in the same canyon in Tunisia used in Star Wars when R2-D2 was zapped and stolen by Jawas.
The crate in which the Ark is placed at the end of the movie has the number 9906753.
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 BBC News | Middle East | Real 'Raiders of the lost Ark'
An American archaeologist says he is close to unearthing the lost Ark of the Covenant, the ancient casket believed to contain the Ten Commandments.
The Ark is said to have gone missing in 566BC, and Vendyl Jones - a Texan archaeologist who believes he may have been the inspiration for the film character Indiana Jones - says he has located where it is buried.
The Ark is reputed to contain the Ten Commandments and lies at the centre of Jewish spiritual life.
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 The Raiders of the Lost Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" was followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "Indiana Jones and the Lost Continent" as well as four made for TV movies and a TV series called "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", which wasn't too bad.
Also, when the ark was to have been opened, Indy and Marion were to escape into a mine and have a wild mine-cart chase sequence.
The canyon used for the scene were Indy threatens to blow up the ark with a bazooka was the same canyon used for the scene in "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope" when R2-D2 was zapped and stolen by the Jawas.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark Movie Rewind «
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The idea for "Raiders" was originally thought up by Lucas whilst on vacation in Hawaii after the completion of "Star Wars", whilst building sandcastes with his friend, Steven Spielberg.
The scene where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark with a bazooka as it is being carried through a canyon was filmed in the same canyon in Tunisia used in Star Wars (1977) when R2-D2 was zapped and stolen by Jawas.
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 GoneMovie.com -> Raiders of the lost ark Starring Harrison Ford. Directed by Steven Spielberg.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raiders of the lost Ark starring Harrison Ford.
As this is the 1930s, the Nazi´s are in on the act and have sponsored Belloq to find the Ark so that they can harness its power for their own evil ends.
Raiders of the lost ark ranks number 16 in the American box-office rankings.
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 eBay - VHS: Raiders of the Lost Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When the Allies discover the Nazis are planning to use the Lost Ark of the Covenant as a weapon, the U.S. government enlists archaeologist-adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) to locate the biblical treasure chest where the remains of the broken tablets of the Ten Commandments were placed.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was completed under its budget of $20.4 million and exactly on schedule.
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 Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
There are 3 movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade.
''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made.
Just how Marion has come to be running a gin mill in Nepal is never explained, but ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is great fun as much for the things it explains as for the explanations it withholds.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jones, 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.
Their staff is too long, and they are thus digging for the Ark in the wrong place.
Threatening to destroy the Ark with a rocket launcher, Jones is soon convinced by Belloq to surrender, giving in to his own deep desires as an archeologist to see the Ark's contents.
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Raiders Of The Lost Ark, was the first in the Indiana Jones trilogy, and by far the best.
Raiders has been my personal favorite movie ever since I was a little boy.
Raiders of the Lost Ark : The Ark is a direct method of speaking to God...."oh, why not, i've got nothing better to do"!
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 "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK" -- by Lawrence Kasdan
The men do not touch the Ark itself; rather they carry it by use of two long wooden poles which pass through rings in the corners of the Ark. The painting is very dramatic, full of smoke, tumult and sinewy dying men.
AMIR This is a warning...not to disturb the Ark of the Covenant.
As the Ark begins to be exposed, the air seems to almost vibrate, to become electrostatically charged.
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 AMCTV.com MEMBER REVIEWS: Raiders of the Lost Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raiders of the Lost Ark is the one of the greatest movies of all time.
Be warned: this rating is a representation of the VIEWING EXPERIENCE of Raiders of the Lost Ark on AMC on the date of January 23, 2003.
RAIDERS is a 5 rating movie, but calculating time lost x annoyance factor + rate of increasing hatred for this host to the power of the factor of pure anger, I arrive at the rating of negative 5,439,092.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [1981]: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raiders finds Dr Jones in the middle of a Nazi plot to use the mysterious powers of the Ark of the Covenant to win the war.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first installment of a continuing series chronicling the adventures of archaeologist Indiana Jones, is a thrill-filled tribute to the Saturday-afternoon serials of the 1930s and 1940s.
Set in 1936, Raiders of the Lost Ark pits professor-fortune hunter Jones (Ford) against a team of Nazis in a desperate race to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant, the sacred chest where the Hebrews had placed the fragments of the original Ten Commandments.
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