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Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Special Edition [1981]
from Paramount Home Entertainment
starring Harrison Ford, Frank Marshall, George Harris, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
directed by Steven Spielberg

Features:

• PAL
• Special Edition

Editorial Review:

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's 1981 resurrection of the Saturday-matinee adventure genre was deservedly popular, and kicked off a successful trilogy. Set in 1936, this first feature introduces Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist and adventurer whose quests for rare antiquities frequently find him running from one menace or another. Raiders Of The Lost Ark finds Dr. Jones in the middle of a Nazi plot to use the mysterious powers of the Ark of the Covenant to win the war. Karen Allen plays the love interest with an old-fashioned "man's woman" appeal (she can drink anybody under the table and is free with her fists). The constant, cliffhanger appeal of the movie is great fun--one is always wondering how Indy will get out of one scrape after another--and Ford's career got a big boost with his self-effacing but masculine portrayal of the hero. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• STEVEN SPIELBERG AT HIS BEST
  Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Special Edition [1981]
  Steven Spielberg at HIS BEST. Another movie from my Dad's Collection. The action never stops and there's a carefully calculated high-point every 15 minutes at least. The effects are well co-ordinated, and the film is easily Spielberg's most genuinely riveting. The film is produced by George Lucas. Harrison Ford, discovered by Lucas, for STAR WARS, plays the title character, who is BOGART, FLASH GORDON and HAN SOLO rolled into one.

• Strap Yourselves into Your Seat Boys and Girls...
  You are in for the ride of your life! If you love adventure, romance, murder, mystery and intrigue this movie is for you. It has it all.
  The expectations were high when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg got together to make this movie. They set the bar a couple of notches higher with this film.
  What boy or man hasn't dreamed of finding lost treasure? And what girl or woman hasn't dreamed of a dark mysterious man who literally sweeps her off her feet and takes her for an adventure she never... more info

• Deserves it's place in history.
  An absolutely faultless film from start to finish. I must have seen it over a hundred times and it's still as thrilling to me today as it was when I first saw it aged 10.
  A classic movie to stick on after Christmas dinner. Great casting, superb plot devices, wonderful music, it's all here.
  Hard for me to be subjective about this film really. I just adore everything about it.

• a great central character makes a great action adventure
  Harrison Ford (Star Wars) stars as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist who is sent on a mission to find the Ark of the Covenant.
  Coming off the epic Star wars trilogy, Harrison Ford and George Lucas teamed up with Steven Spielberg to create an adventure masterpiece in this Oscar winning action adventure.
  Ford leads the way as Jones, a cocky and intelligent man who uses rough, dangerous and intriguing techniques to get what he wants and through Ford's acting, do we see a great character and a strong... more info

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