Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
From one Lucasfilm franchise to another, today we look at Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first movie in the Indiana Jones franchise. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Harrison Ford starred as Indiana Jones, and other stars included Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, and John Rhys-Davies. Raiders of the Lost Ark led to three sequels, a television show, and multiple video games featuring the character of Indiana Jones. It was the top grossing movie of 1981, and it was nominated for nine Oscars, winning four (Art Direction, Film Editing, Sound, Visual Effects) and earning a special award for Sound Effects Editing. Raiders of the Lost Ark still garners acclaim, consistently ranking among the best films of all time. Raiders of the Lost Ark begins in 1936 with archaeologist Indiana Jones on a quest for a rare artifact. Av...