Two archaeologists watch, educate, and react to Raiders of the Lost Ark, our first introduction to Indiana Jones, and the ...

Origins: In the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, one particular scene consistently brings the house down: Indiana Jones, having survived an elaborate chase through a casbah, is confronted by an ...

In 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark was released. The movie, starring Harrison Ford as the intrepid archeologist Indiana Jones, was an instant hit, and did a lot to bolster George Lucas’ standing ...

Just before 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' opened in theaters on June 12, 1981, Daily News film critic Ernest Leogrande wrote that the movie was 'a delightfully special, big surprise package of a movie ...

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” was one of the first new movies to come out in the wake of the rise of the VHS. In 1983, Paramount produced a then-record 500,000 VHS copies of the film for retail sale.

Tom Selleck Was Almost Cast As Indiana Jones. Casting Raiders of the Lost Ark’s hero was the next step, and Steven Spielberg, after seeing The Empire Strikes Back, suggested Harrison Ford to ...

CON: I expect a film like Raiders will elicit approximately 21.3 questions per minute from an inquisitive kid who has no idea what the Lost Ark is, who the Nazis were, and why Han Solo just doesn ...

What makes Raiders of the Lost Ark the best action-adventure movie of all time, and one of the greatest American movies ever made, lies in its ability to pace itself perfectly, laying out each new ...

Playing René Belloq in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is something English actor Paul Freeman has always taken pride in. “The fact that it just keeps giving is wonderful,” he says. Portraying ...

I have seen “Raiders of the Lost Ark” at least 40 to 50 times. I wore out the old VHS copy that my parents had, then stole and wore out my grandmother’s copy. Any time the film shows up on cable, I ...