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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Storyline
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy, and his ex-flame Marion, escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo. |
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The Director
 Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, video game designer and studio executive. In a career spanning five decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders of the DreamWorks movie studio.
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films, Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing fil m made at the time. To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide. Forbes puts Spielberg's wealth at $3.0 billion.
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Revisiting Raiders of the Lost Ark for the AFI Project
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From August 21, 2009:
What's the AFI project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.aspx
Raiders of the Lost Ark is on the following AFI lists:
The Original Top 100 (#60)
100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies (#10)
100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains (Indiana Jones is the #2 hero)
The Revised Top 100 (#66)
Ah...Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is probably going to be another wholly biased review because, frankly, I have seen this movie almost as much as Star Wars or the Wizard of Oz and practically know it by heart. Raiders of the Lost Ark is, hands-down, the best entry in the Indiana Jones series. It remains exciting and fun to watch even though I have seen it enough to recite lines along with the film. It completely deserves its AFI rankings (though I might have rated it a bit higher on the 100 Greatest lists). Plus, it's just one of those films that most people know and love, and that kind of popularity should be worth something.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is an archaeologist, but not just any archaeologist. When he is not hazarding South American jungles and perilous trap-laden caves in search of golden relics that seem to be subsequently stolen by his arch rival, a Frenchman named Rene Belloq (Paul Freeman), he is playing professor of archaeology courses seemingly teeming with admiring women. His finds are sold to a museum helmed by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), who on Indy's most recent return from Peru, invites him to speak to two representatives of the United States government. These representatives tell Indiana that the Nazis are in sear...
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reviewed by Pippin2010 (Filmaster.com) on the 11th of March 2010
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While I'd really like to like this, I think it's pretty boring for the most part, or mediocrely entertaining. While I LOVE the character and the music(!) and for that reason occasionally feel like rewatching the trilogy, I don't think any of them are that great cinema:
Raiders: 3
Temple of Doom: 4
Last Crusade: 3
Crystal Skull: 2