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Raiders
of the Lost Ark |
aka: Indiana
Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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Runtime:
115 min. |
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Aspect
ratio:
2.35:1 |
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Paramount
Pictures presents
a Lucasfilm LTD.
production.
Directed
by: Steven Spielberg
Story by: George
Lucas & Philip Kaufman
Screenplay by:
Lawrence Kasdan
Executive Producers:
George Lucas & Howard G. Kazanjian
Produced by:
Frank Marshall
Starring:
Harrison Ford .... Indiana Jones
Karen Allen .... Marion Ravenwood
Paul Freeman .... Dr. Rene Belloq
Ronald Lacey .... Major Toht
John Rhys-Davies .... Sallah
Denholm Elliott .... Dr. Marcus Brody |
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The
swashbuckling archaeologist idea first came to
George Lucas. He created the Indiana Jones action
hero inspired by the Saturday afternoon serial
adventure movies he used to watch in his youth.
Lucas worked on the concept together with writer
and director Philip Kaufman, who introduced the
Ark of the Covenant as the story's engine. In
the end Lucas decided to put the project on the
shelf and make Star Wars instead.
It wasn't until Star
Wars was released, and lying with his friend
Steven Spielberg on a Hawaiian beach, that George
Lucas mentioned his old idea. Spielberg always
wanted to make a "James Bond like" film
and saw this as the perfect opportunity. They
put Star Wars: Episode
V - The Empire Strikes Back writer Lawrence
Kasdan to work on the screenplay.
Spielberg and his crew shot Raiders
of the Lost Ark in 73 days on a budget
of $18 million, filming the desert sequences in
Tunisia in 130-degree heat. Some 80% of the film
was storyboarded beforehand, with 60 percent of
that shot as envisioned. The other 40% was "made
up as they went along".
Raiders
of the Lost Ark was released on June 12,
1981 and quickly made the record books with a
domestic box-office of more than $242 million
and a worldwide box-office of approximately $384
million.
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Production
Dates: |
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Pre-production:
April
1980 - June 1980 |
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Principal
photography:
Start:
23 June 1980
End: September 1980 |
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Release
date:
12
June 1981 (USA) |
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Business: |
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Budget:
$18,000,000
(estimated) |
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Gross:
$242,374,454 (USA)
$141,766,000 (Foreign)
= $384,140,454 (Worldwide) |
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