Raiders of the Lost Ark

by Robbo

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Posted on 23 April 2021

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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.

It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, and Denholm Elliott.

Ford portrays Indiana Jones, a globe-trotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces in 1936 to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, a relic said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former lover Marion Ravenwood (Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist Dr. René Belloq (Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.

Raiders of the Lost Ark has it’s roots firmly established in the early 20th Century serial films.

The main protagonist Indiana Jones, Professor by day, swashbuckling archaeologist by night is an American hero who steps in reluctantly to save the world, an outclassed hero who reflects the audiences’ own feelings of powerlessness.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is an instant classic that successfully balances action, suspense and comedy that has certainly left it’s mark on popular culture.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the original, and still the best which I would highly recommend.

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