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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition) (Spanish Packaging) (Widescreen)
- Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott
- Director: Steven Spielberg
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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, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Category: Costume Adventure
- Theme: Heroic Mission, Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects, Treasure Hunts
- Release Date: May 20, 2008
- Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)Rating Opens in New Window - Suitable for Children, Violence
- Studio: Paramount
- Lead Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler
- Supporting Actors: Frank Marshall, George Harris, Ishaq Bux, Malcolm Weaver, Matthew Scurfield, Terry Richards, Tony Vogel, Don Fellows, Jack Dearlove, Kiran Shah, Steve Hanson, Fred Sorenson, Anthony Chinn, Bill Reimbold, Pat Roach, Eddie Tagoe, John Rees, Tutte Lemkow, William Hootkins, Ted Grossman
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 55 min
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: English, French, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Awards
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Awards: Academy Awards (5)
Nominations: Academy Awards (4), Golden Globe Awards (1)
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Picture 1981, Frank Marshall
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Director 1981, Steven Spielberg
Nominee: Golden Globe Awards Best Director 1981, Steven Spielberg
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-02-0738
- ASIN: B002ITVH7G
- Catalog #: 11368059
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.53 inches length x 5.45 inches width x 0.59 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.15 pound.
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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, All Movie Guide
