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"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.
Apr 30, 2000 · Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" plays like an anthology of the best parts from all the Saturday matinee serials ever made. It takes place in Africa, Nepal, Egypt, at sea and in a secret submarine base.
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The story is based on William Faulkner's novel, and tells about a magnificent trip between Jefferson and Memphis, back in 1912, in a kidnapped Winton Flyer. The trip was organized by an adventuresome chauffeur ( Steve McQueen ), and joined by a 12-year-old (Mitch Vogel) and his Negro second cousin ( Rupert Crosse ).
Roger Ebert recently re-reviewed Raiders of the Lost Ark as part of his tribute to "Great Movies". Here's a couple of insightful comments he made: The Saturday serial aspects of "Raiders...
Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the ark of the covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments.
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Chicago Reader Dave Kehr. Travels fast and straight down a linear plot, and the ceaseless rush quickly becomes monotonous. See all 17 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
May 9, 2024 · Raiders of the Lost Ark is a American action-adventure film, released in 1981, that was the first film in the blockbuster Indiana Jones series about a fictional archaeologist who travels to exotic locales throughout the world in search of precious artifacts.
