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Bookmark this pageRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Hollywood's chutzpah whizzkids Spielberg and Lucas team up to bring the audiences who flocked to Star Wars and Close Encounters a replay of the innocent pleasures of Saturday serials, but done at two hours length with a much larger budget than the old cliffhangers could command. Spielberg's evasion of present day realities in an effort to recapture the sheer childlike fun of moviegoing is as perverse as was his previous film, 1941. What he offers is one long, breathtaking chase of a plot as his pre-World War II superhero, outsize and Bogartian, races to prevent the omnipotent Ark of the Covenant from falling into the hands of Hitler's Nazis. Whether you swallow it or not, see it for a handful of totally unexpected visual jokes, worth the price of admission alone.Author: RM
User reviews of this film
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- Daniel Cullinane said...
- Posted on Apr 10 2009 09:10 The film is just outstanding and supplies a great beginning to the franchise with its great peformances and action sequences.
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- Steve T said...
- Posted on Oct 16 2007 21:42 Even after all this time this movie is just amazing, it is what cinema is supposed to be all about.
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Cast & crew
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Frank Marshall
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Rated: PG
Duration: 115 mins
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