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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
Indiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.
Plot:
Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars.
Another 24 wins
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21 nominations
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A blockbuster how it was meant to be
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harrison Ford | ... | Indiana Jones | |
| Karen Allen | ... | Marion | |
| Paul Freeman | ... | Belloq | |
| Ronald Lacey | ... | Toht | |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Sallah | |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Brody | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Satipo | |
| Wolf Kahler | ... | Dietrich | |
| Anthony Higgins | ... | Gobler | |
| Vic Tablian | ... | Barranca / Monkey Man | |
| Don Fellows | ... | Col. Musgrove | |
| William Hootkins | ... | Major Eaton | |
| Bill Reimbold | ... | Bureaucrat | |
| Fred Sorenson | ... | Jock | |
| Patrick Durkin | ... | Australian Climber |
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Also Known As:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (South Africa: English title) (DVD box title) (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
115 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
USA:PG (edited for re-rating) (certificate #26345) |
USA:R (original rating) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Italy:T |
Iceland:12 |
Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) |
South Korea:12 |
Brazil:Livre |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Israel:PG |
Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:15 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2004) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1987) |
West Germany:16 |
Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating)
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Revealing mistakes: The plane that is circling on the ground is driven by a chain around its wheels.
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A British Tar
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Nowadays we keep forgetting how beautiful blockbusters can be. Too much CGI makes everything possible and therefore very often also arbitrary. In Raiders you actually seem to feel the physical pain some of the actors/stuntmen had to go through to provide 2 hours of pure entertainment.
Of course the story isn't waterproof, the Nazi weren't that present in Egypt in 1936 and how did Indy survive that ride on the submarine again? But lots of good and variable action scenes are accompanied by a story that develops fast and excitingly and is always close to being implausible but luckily never is.
Spielberg, Lucas and most of all Harrison Ford created a hero that is nowadays iconic. With their attempt to make an homage to adventure comics of the 1930's they created their own legend.
It's funny, exiting, thrilling and romantic. What more can you ask for?