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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones , a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the ...
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Prologue: South America, 1936
The story begins with Dr. Indiana Jones's journey into the South American jungle with a group of porters 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...
United States
Back at the school where Jones teaches, two US Army intelligence men meet with the archaeologist in the auditorium along with museum curator Marcus Brody, a good friend of Indy who has brought the Washington men to see him. The pair 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 find...
Nepal
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 but a sadistic and ruthless Nazi agent named Arnold Tohtwho 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...
Other characters
1. Anubis (Statue) 2. Apple-carrying student 3. Archivist 4. Blond Driver 5. Cairo Henchman 6. Capuchin monkey 7. Forrestal (Remains) 8. Jasmine el-Kahir 9. Moshti el-Kahir 10. Gunner 11. Jesus Christ (Mentioned only) 12. Anna Jones (Mentioned only) 13. "Love you" student 14. Lieutenant 15. Michaelson (Mentioned only) 16. Nazi Agent 17. Number One 18. Abner Ravenwood (Mentioned only) 19. Reggie 20. Second German Agent 21. Second German Mechanic 22. Third German Agent 23. Tough Sergeant 24. Os...
Artifacts
1. Ark of the Covenant 2. Chachapoyan Fertility Idol 3. Headpiece to the Staff of Ra 4. Ram's-head staff
Locations
1. Asia 1.1. Afghanistan (On map) 1.2. Bhutan (On map) 1.3. China (On map) 1.4. French Indochina (On map) 1.5. India (On map) 1.5.1. Karachi (On map) 1.6. Iran (On map) 1.7. Iraq (On map) 1.7.1. Baghdad (On map) 1.8. Jordan (On map) 1.9. Nepal 1.9.1. Patan 1.9.1.1. The Raven 1.10. Oman (On map) 1.11. Palestine (On map) 1.12. Philippines (On map) 1.13. Saudi Arabia (On map) 1.14. Syria (On map) 1.15. Thailand (On map) 1.16. Tibet (On map) 2. Bay of Bengal (On map) 3. Egypt 3.1. Cairo 3.1.1. Do...
Production
In the early 1970s, during what was supposed to be research for his space-fantasy story, The Star Wars, a distracted George Lucas began noting ideas for an archaeologistwho was actually a grave robber that sought out supernatual artifacts. Like Star Wars, Indiana Smith–as it was then known–was inspired by the 1930s and '40s matinee serials that Lucas had enjoyed in his youth. Where the space-fantasy was influenced by Flash Gordon, Indiana Smith had its basis in the likes of Don Winslow of the...
Deleted scenes
1. 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. 2. Right before Indy leaves the Raven he comes to Marion Ravenwood...
Continuity
While the movie takes place in 1936, sources vary on the exact time placement. 1. The World of Indiana Jonessimply states Early 1936 for the South America scenes with the rest of the movie in Late 1936. 2. Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guideplaces the events of the Peru sequence in February with the search for the Ark of the Covenant happening in April. 3. The Lost Journal of Indiana Jonesdates the events in late July-early August. 4. The junior novelizationof the film is set in the weeks follo...
Raiders of the Lost Ark on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)Raiders of the Lost Ark on WikipediaRaiders of the Lost Ark at the Internet Movie DatabaseJun 12, 1981 · Raiders of the Lost Ark: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey. In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American adventure movie directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan. It is based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott and Alfred Molina.
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