Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
The action adventure follows Dr. Indiana Jones an Archaeologist and adventurer who is hired by the government to retrieve Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
10 April 1921, Erick, Oklahoma, USA
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
2 February 1948, England, UK
18 September 1955, San Diego, California, USA
9 May 1947, Northampton, England, UK
1 November 1946, Glendale, California, USA
29 June 1942
19 May 1937, Birmingham, England, UK
January 7, 1940 in Edmonton, London, England, UK
18 January 1943, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
July 08, 2016
This bullwhip-cracking action-adventure launched the series starring Harrison Ford.
October 19, 2015
Raiders of the Lost Arc could be a silent film at times, because Spielberg favors actions over words, telling the story with great camerawork. [Full review in Spanish]
August 08, 2011
Raiders of the Lost Ark has it all -- or, anyway, more than enough to transport moviegoers back to the dazzling, thrill-sated matinee idyls of old.
February 04, 2014
Raiders of the Lost Ark is my favorite movie. I don't have to tell you why it's great. You know why it's great. Instead, what follows is a list of very personal moments.
June 28, 2007
...a crackerjack fantasy-adventure that shapes its pulp sensibilities and cliff-hanging serial origins into an exhilarating escapist entertainment that will have broad-cased summer audiences in the palm of its hand.
August 04, 2013
Yes, it's as entertaining as you have heard. Maybe more so. Raiders of the Lost Ark is, in fact, about as entertaining as a commercial movie can be.
June 28, 2007
One would think that a collaboration between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas would produce something better than this giggly pastiche of a Republic serial...
May 27, 2008
The thrills are fully consumed while you're seeing this movie, and it's totally over when it's over. It's a workout. You feel as if you'd been to the desert digs: at the end your mind is blank, yet you're parched, you're puffing hard -- you want relief.
June 14, 2016
The script Lawrence Kasdan constructed from Lucas and Philip Kaufman's original treatment built a real structure for those breathless set pieces, and populated it with characters that moved far beyond the cardboard cutouts of the originals.
December 24, 2013
There is a charm and vitality to Raiders of the Ark, which Spielberg later admitted was "the first movie where I actually shot the movie without thinking".
June 16, 2015
Raiders of the Lost Ark has more size than substance but nevertheless it's a delightful special big surprise package of a movie that should turn Indiana Jones into a national figure.
June 16, 2015
It is intensely watchable, with the relentless accumulation of effects used here for the purposes of eliciting suspense rather than provoking comedy.
