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| The wonderfully crafted poster with lots of details and the irresistible title art for Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Archeologist, teacher and adventurer Indiana Jones is briefed by US intelligence services that Nazis are searching for the mythical Lost Ark in Egypt, believing that it will make their army invincible. - But not if Jones finds it first!
Raiders of the Lost Ark is written by Lawrence Kasdan (Dreamcatcher (2003)), with Philip Kaufman (Rising Sun (1993)) and George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)) contributing story elements, and directed by Ohioan master filmmaker Steven Spielberg (The Sugarland Express (1974)), whose 5th feature it is.
It is a pure breed of film, a rare experience in excitement, fun and imagination; thrilling, colorful and crammed with fantastical action sequences and magnificent music (score by John Williams (The Post (2017))), as well as unforgettable, charismatic performances by Harrison Ford (Ender's Game (2013)), Karen Allen (Year by the Sea (2016)) as Marion Ravenwood and Ronald Lacey (Valmont (1989)) as the ultra-evil German Toht.
The scenes that will etch themselves into your memory for all their unique charms, ingenuity and general awesomeness are pretty much standing in line in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 18-20 mil. $ (different accounts)
Box office: 389.9 mil. $
= Blockbuster (returned 20.52 times its cost)
[Raiders of the Lost Ark was released 12 June (North America) and runs 115 minutes. Spielberg was reportedly paid 1.5 mil. $ for directing, while Lucas got reportedly 2.5 mil. $ for his inputs, plus a gross percentage for Spielberg and a profit participation for Lucas, likely running into a huge multi-million dollar back-end payment for both. Ford was paid 5.9 mil. $ for his performance, while Alfred Molina received 2.5k $ per week. Shooting took place from June - September 1980 in England, France, Tunisia, Arizona, Hawaii and California, including in San Francisco. The film opened #1 to an 8.3 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it climbed the charts again after a few weeks and regained #1 in its 6th week, spending most of the following 9 weeks at #1 and a total of 40 weeks in the Top 10. It was the highest-grossing film of the year, grossing 212.2 mil. $ in North America (54.4 % of the total gross). Several re-releases continued to increase the total gross, and VHS and later DVD and Blu-ray releases further grew the feature's amazing profitability. The film was nominated for 9 Oscars, winning 5; for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Sound, Editing, Visual Effects and a Special Achievement Oscar for Sound Effects Editing. It lost Best Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe (Nijinski (1980))) to Vittorio Storaro for Reds, Director to Warren Beatty for Reds, Score to Vangelis for Chariots of Fire and Picture also to Chariots of Fire. It also won 1/7 BAFTA nominations, was nominated for a César award, a Golden Globe, and won a Grammy and a National Board of Review award, among other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 4/4 star review, translating to a notch over this one. The film spun a franchise with the next film, - with Ford, Spielberg and others returning, - being Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). IMDb's users have rated the film in at #60 on the site's Top 250 list, sitting between Wall-E (2008) and The Lives of Others (2006). Spielberg first returned with E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982). Ford first returned in Blade Runner (1982). Raiders of the Lost Ark is certified fresh at 93 % with a 9.0/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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