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Raiders of the lost ark [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Lucasfilm Ltd. production ; a Steven Spielberg film ; director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; executive producers, George Lucas, Howard Kazanjian ; screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan ; story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman ; produced by Frank Marshall ; directed by Steven Spielberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 13282 | Paramount Home Entertainment13707 | Paramount Home Entertainment (set)Language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2008.Edition: Widescreen version ; [Special ed.]--French containerDescription: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415740194
  • 1415740658 (set)
  • 9781415740194
  • 9781415740651 (set)
Other title:
  • Title on container: Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark
  • Title on French container: Aventuriers de l'arche perdue
Uniform titles:
  • Raiders of the lost ark (Motion picture).
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- New introduction by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas -- The Indy Trilogy: A Crystal Clear appreciation -- The mystery of the melting face -- Snakes alive! The well of souls storyboards -- Photo galleries -- LEGO Indiana Jones: The original adventures game demo -- Language: English 5.1 surround ; French 2.0 surround ; Spanish 2.0 surround -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
Production credits:
  • Production designer, Norman Reynolds ; associate producer, Robert Watts ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins, Denholm Elliott.Summary: Indiana Jones and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD ACTION INDIANA Checked out 05/04/2024 33111010003206
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD New ACTION INDIANA Checked out 06/19/2024 33111010003214
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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

Also issued as part of the Indiana Jones : the adventure collection.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.

Special features: New introduction by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas; The Indy trilogy: a "Crystal" clear appreciation; The mystery of the melting face; Snakes alive! The Well of Souls storyboard; Photo galleries; LEGO Indiana Jones: the original adventures game demo (DVD-ROM).

Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- New introduction by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas -- The Indy Trilogy: A Crystal Clear appreciation -- The mystery of the melting face -- Snakes alive! The well of souls storyboards -- Photo galleries -- LEGO Indiana Jones: The original adventures game demo -- Language: English 5.1 surround ; French 2.0 surround ; Spanish 2.0 surround -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.

Production designer, Norman Reynolds ; associate producer, Robert Watts ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams.

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins, Denholm Elliott.

Indiana Jones and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo surround, THX.

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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