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| | Remembering “Raiders of the Lost Ark” | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
| Compiled by: Michael Coate, Hollywood, USA | Date: 19.07.2010 | A quick-reference tribute to the greatest action-adventure movie ever made…
CAST: Indiana Jones – Harrison Ford Marion Ravenwood – Karen Allen Rene Belloq – Paul Freeman Arnold Toht – Ronald Lacey Sallah – John Rhys-Davies Marcus Brody – Denholm Elliott
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
SCREENPLAY: Lawrence Kasdan (Screenplay), George Lucas and Philip Kaufman (Story)
RELEASE DATE: Friday, 12 June 1981
PROMOTIONAL SLOGAN: “Indiana Jones—the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.”
PRODUCTION BUDGET: $22 million
OPENING-WEEK BOOKINGS: 1,078
OPENING-WEEKEND BOXOFFICE GROSS: $8.3 million
DOMESTIC BOXOFFICE GROSS: $242.4 million
RANK ON YEAR-OF-RELEASE’S TOP-GROSSING FILMS: 1
RANK ON ALL-TIME BOXOFFICE LIST AT CLOSE OF RUN: 3 | More in 70mm reading:
Remembering “Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade”
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| Memorable Dialogue | | “I hate snakes, Jock. I hate ’em.” — Indy
“Bad dates.” — Sallah
“Trust me.” — Indy
“Asps. Very dangerous. You go first!” — Sallah
“Truck? What truck?” — Indy
“Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It’s a transmitter. It’s a radio for speaking to God.” — Belloq
“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.” — Indy
“The thing to keep in mind about this film is that it is only a movie. It takes all the license of an exotic entertainment that aims to thrill and scare and strike one with a sense of wonder.” — Steven Spielberg | | What the Critics Said | | “The guys who made 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars' have done it again. It’s too good to be true.” — David Ansen, Newsweek
“Two hours of non-stop thrills.” — Rex Reed
“Hurrah and hallelujah! It’s hats-in-the-air, heart-in-the-mouth time at the movies again.” — Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
“'Raiders' has it all—the best two hours of pure entertainment anyone is going to find—a blockbuster on the order of 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'.” — Richard Schickel, Time Magazine
“Saturday afternoon is back! — Hank Burchard, The Washington Post | | Awards | | AWARDS: Film Editing (Oscar), Art Direction (Oscar), Sound (Oscar), Visual Effects (Oscar), Sound Effects Editing (Special Achievement Oscar), Favorite Motion Picture (People’s Choice Award), Golden Reel (Motion Picture Sound Editors), Best Fantasy Film (Saturn), Best Edited Feature Film (ACE Eddie), Production Design/Art Direction (BAFTA), Film Music (BAFTA), Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television special (Grammy), Best Dramatic Presentation (Hugo). | | Release dates (day.month.year) | | • Go to “Raiders of the Lost Ark”: The North American 70mm Engagements
12.06.1981 … Canada 12.06.1981 … United States 16.07.1981 … Argentina 30.07.1981 … United Kingdom 07.08.1981 … Sweden 13.08.1981 … Australia 13.08.1981 … New Zealand 13.08.1981 … Netherlands 21.08.1981 … Brazil 16.09.1981 … France 10.10.1981 … Norway 15.10.1981 … Spain 22.10.1981 … Italy 29.10.1981 … West Germany 18.12.1981 … Finland 19.12.1981 … Japan 25.12.1981 … Colombia 25.12.1981 … Mexico 15.01.1982 … Denmark 21.01.1982 … Hong Kong
RE-RELEASES: 16 July 1982; 25 March 1983
HOME VIDEO RELEASE: December 1983 | | Trivia, Tidbits & Factoids | | The idea for “Raiders” was told to Steven Spielberg by George Lucas on a beach in Hawaii during a May 1977 vacation.
Indiana was the name of one of George Lucas’ pet dogs.
Tom Selleck was originally cast in the role of Indiana Jones.
The canyon where Indy threatens to blow up the Ark and subsequently surrenders to Belloq and the Nazis was the same Tunisia location where R2-D2 was captured by the jawas in “Star Wars”.
Images of “Star Wars” characters R2-D2 and C-3PO were included among the hieroglyphics on the walls of the Well of the Souls set.
The classic “Wilhelm” scream can be heard during the truck chase sequence.
Producer Frank Marshall played the pilot of the German “Flying Wing” plane. | | Sources/References | | Numerous newspaper articles, reviews and advertisements; and Boxofficemojo; “Great Movie Stunts: The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures); The Hollywood Reporter; Internet Movie Database; “The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981, Ballantine); “The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures); “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981, Lucasfilm Ltd./Paramount Pictures); Time Magazine; Variety.
Special thanks to Miguel Carrara and Bill Kretzel. | | | | Go: back - top - back issues - news index Updated 05-02-24 | |
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