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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
8.7
Ratings: 8.7/10 from 333,879 users
Metascore:
90/100
Reviews: 643 user | 158 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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Won 4 Oscars.
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| Wolf Kahler | ... | ||
| Anthony Higgins | ... | ||
| Vic Tablian | ... |
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Storyline
The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Renee Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it. Written by John Wiggins
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Indiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.Parents Guide:
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark See more »Box Office
Budget:
$18,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,305,823 (USA) (14 June 1981) (1078 Screens)Gross:
$384,140,454 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Satipo: [picking up poison dart] The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh, three days. They're following us.
Barranca: If they knew we were here, they would've killed us already.
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(1878) (uncredited)
From "H.M.S. Pinafore"
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Sung a cappella by John Rhys-Davies See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Indiana Jones' name comes from the name of George Lucas' dog and is a play on Steve McQueen's eponymous character name in Nevada Smith. Indiana the dog, who was a Malamute, also served as the inspiration for Chewbacca in Star Wars. In the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, it is revealed by Indiana's father that Indiana is really named Henry Jr., but went by the name of his dog, Indiana. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: (At 20:50) When we see Indy's house, his fireplace is unnaturally lit from the flue, downward. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Satipo: [picking up poison dart] The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh, three days. They're following us.
Barranca: If they knew we were here, they would've killed us already.
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Crazy Credits
The mountain in the Paramount logo dissolves into the mountain in the Peruvian jungle.See more »
Soundtracks
"A British Tar"(1878) (uncredited)
From "H.M.S. Pinafore"
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Sung a cappella by John Rhys-Davies See more »
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