Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Theatrical Release Date: 1981 06 12 (USA) / 2012 09 07 (USA - IMAX)

UPC: 032429134943

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Violence, Suitable for Children]

Summary: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with a script co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride. Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series "prequel." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Action

Awards: Best Production Design/Art Direction – British Academy of Film and Television Arts 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Director – null Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – People's Choice Awards

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 12/17/2013

Audio: DHMA, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 115 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Rebecca Flint Marx

An homage to the glory days of Saturday matinee adventure serials and back-lot B-movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most unabashedly enjoyable cinematic events of the 1980s. Packed with breakneck action, a cheerfully absurd plot involving Nazis and lost treasure, exotic locales, and a bit of romance, Raiders celebrated old-school adventure and made it palatable to an increasingly jaded contemporary audience. One of the most ingenious and stylish action films ever made, it became an almost instant classic, turning otherwise stodgy film critics into gleeful children and pulling in millions of dollars from filmgoers who found it the most thrilling theatrical event since Star Wars four years earlier. That Raiders spawned three sequels, a slew of inferior imitations, and settled into the cultural lexicon is a testament to both its initial impact and enduring appeal, as well as the outwardly contradictory notion that originality can spring from a tried-and-true formula. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Willard Huyck  Screenwriter 
Lawrence Kasdan  Screenwriter 
Howard Kazanjian  Executive Producer 
George Lucas  Executive Producer 
Frank Marshall  Producer 
Steven Spielberg  Director 
John Williams  Composer (Music Score) 
Harrison Ford  Actor 
Karen Allen  Actor 
Denholm Elliott  Actor 
Paul Freeman  Actor 
Wolf Kahler  Actor 
John Rhys-Davies  Actor 
Ronald Lacey  Actor 
Anthony Higgins  Actor 
Alfred Molina  Actor 
Vic Tablian  Actor 
Vic Armstrong  Actor 
Peter Brace  Actor 
Gerry Crampton  Actor 
Jane Feinberg  Actor 
Mike Fenton  Actor 
Martin Grace  Actor 
Billy Horrigan  Actor 
Terry J. Leonard  Actor 
Sergio Mioni  Actor 
Mary Selway  Actor 
Rocky Taylor  Actor 
Chuck Waters  Actor 
Bill Weston  Actor 
Paul Weston  Actor 
Reg Harding  Actor 
Don Fellows  Actor 
William Hootkins  Actor 
Bill Reimbold  Actor 
Fred Sorenson  Actor 
Patrick Durkin  Actor 
Matthew Scurfield  Actor 
Malcolm Weaver  Actor 
Anthony Chinn  Actor 
Pat Roach  Actor 
Tutte Lemkow  Actor 
Ishaq Bux  Actor 
Kiran Shah  Actor 
Terry Richards  Actor 
Steve Hanson  Actor 
Frank Marshall  Actor 
George Harris  Actor 
Eddie Tagoe  Actor 
John Rees  Actor 
Tony Vogel  Actor 
Ted Grossman  Actor 
Jack Dearlove  Actor 

Country: USA