Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Cast & Crew.
Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones
Karen Allen
Marion Ravenwood
Paul Freeman
Dr. René Belloq
John Rhys-Davies
Sallah
Ronald Lacey
Major Arnold Toht
Wolf Kahler
Colonel Dietrich
Anthony Higgins
Gobler
Denholm Elliott
Dr. Marcus Brody
Alfred Molina
Satipo
Vic Tablian
Barranca / Monkey Man
Don Fellows
Col. Musgrove
William Hootkins
Major Eaton
George Harris
Katanga
Fred Sorenson
Jock
Anthony Chinn
Mohan
Eddie Tagoe
Messenger Pirate
Bill Reimbold
Bureaucrat
Patrick Durkin
Australian Climber
Matthew Scurfield
2nd. Nazi
Malcolm Weaver
Ratty Nepalese
Sonny Caldinez
Mean Mongolian
Pat Roach
Giant Sherpa / 1st Mechanic
Christopher Frederick
Otto
Tutte Lemkow
Imam
Ishaq Bux
Omar
Kiran Shah
Abu
Souad Messaoudi
Fayah
Terry Richards
Arab Swordsman
Steve Hanson
German Agent
Frank Marshall
Pilot / Producer
Martin Kreidt
Young Soldier
John Rees
Sergeant
Tony Vogel
Tall Captain
Ted Grossman
Peruvian Porter
Vic Armstrong
German Soldier (uncredited) / Stunts
Peter Diamond
German Soldier (uncredited) / Stunts
Nick Gillard
German Soldier (uncredited)
Romo Gorrara
German Soldier (uncredited) / Stunts
Rick Lester
German Soldier (uncredited) / Stunts
Rocky Taylor
German Soldier (uncredited) / Stunts
Reg Harding
German Lieutenant (uncredited) / Stunts
Harry Fielder
German (uncredited)
Billy Horrigan
Gobler's Gunner (uncredited) / Stunts
Terry Leonard
Driver of German Truck (uncredited) / Stunts
Sergio Mioni
Driver of German Truck (uncredited) / Stunts
Dennis Muren
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr.
Flying Wing Mechanic (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator
Michael Sheard
U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
Frank Welker
Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)
Egbert Sen
(uncredited)
Barrie Holland
Archivist (uncredited)
Howard G. Kazanjian
Executive Producer
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Steven Spielberg
Director
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Mary Selway
Casting
Ben Burtt
Sound Designer
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Michael Kahn
Editor
George Lucas
Editor / Executive Producer / Story
Norman Reynolds
Production Design
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Mike Fenton
Casting
Danny Shelmerdine
Second Assistant Camera
Gerry Crampton
Stunts
Pamela Mann
Continuity
Peter Brace
Stunts
Jack Dearlove
Stand In
Martin Grace
Stunts
Paul Weston
Stunts
Bill Welch
Construction Manager
John Fenner
Assistant Art Director
Patricia Carr
Assistant Production Manager
Bill Weston
Stunts
Robin Vidgeon
Assistant Camera
Martin Evans
Gaffer
Ron Cobb
Production Artist
Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Frank Bruton
Property Master
Colin Manning
Dolly Grip
Red Lawrence
Rigging Supervisor
Andrew Garnet-Lawson
Scenic Artist
David Tomblin
First Assistant Director
Roy Button
Second Assistant Director
London Symphony Orchestra
Music
Kenneth Wannberg
Supervising Music Editor
Sharon Cartwright
Art Department Assistant
Gill Case
Production Assistant
Daniel Parker
Production Assistant
Deborah Fine
Researcher
Simon Atherton
Armorer
Sue Wain
Wardrobe Assistant / Assistant Costume Designer
Patrick Cadell
Second Assistant Director
Ken Court
Assistant Art Director
George Djurkovic
Draughtsman
Peter Grives
Apprentice Sound Editor
Rita Wakely
Wardrobe Supervisor
Andy Patterson
Dialogue Editor
John Dunn
Foley Editor
Fred Hole
Assistant Art Director
Ed Verreaux
Production Illustrator
Ian Hickinbotham
Wardrobe Assistant
Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Effects Editor
Arthur Carroll
Production Accountant
Shirley Lee
Production Accountant
Dorothy Marchini
Production Manager
Bonne Radford
Accountant
Ridha Turki
Accountant
Chrissie England
Administrative Assistant
Brian Ralph
Negative Cutter
Terry Chostner
Still Photographer
Vincent Joliet
First Assistant Director
Maile Semitokol
Location Manager
Derek Robbins
Unit Publicist
Samuel Comstock
Animation Supervisor
Laura Kaysen
Production Accountant
Deitrich Friesen
Animation Supervisor
Stella Quef
Accountant
Thaine Morris
Pyrotechnician
Junior Charles
Production Assistant
Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Assistant Art Director
Patricia Blau
Production Coordinator / Visual Effects Coordinator
Habib Chaari
Location Manager
Naceur Ktari
First Assistant Director
Louis G. Friedman
Second Assistant Director
Michael Larkins
Assistant Accountant
Laurie Vermont
Production Coordinator
Tarak Ben Ammar
Production Coordinator
Hassine Soufi
Production Manager
Alan Brady
Gaffer
David Kakita
Production Accountant
Hassen Soufi
Assistant Art Director
Michael Lloyd
Production Artist
Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Wendy Leech
Stunts
Robert Watts
Associate Producer
Bryan Coates
Location Manager
Paul Beeson
Additional Photography
John Ott
Driver
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Costume Design
Michael Bay
Production Intern
Leslie Dilley
Art Direction
Michael Ford
Set Decoration
Terry Pritchard
Driver
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mike Lockey
Hairstylist
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Paul Huston
Visual Effects
Jim Gillespie
Makeup Artist
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Douglas Twiddy
Production Supervisor
Lawrence Kasdan
Screenplay
Philip Kaufman
Story
Graham Churchyard
Costume Assistant
Carl Fortina
Orchestrator
George Gunning
Construction Manager
Keith Short
Modeling
Terry Schubert
Special Effects Technician
Dave Middleton
Construction Foreman
Yves De Bono
Special Effects
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Phil Sanderson
Assistant Editor
Wally Byatt
Camera Operator
Rodney Fuller
Special Effects Technician
Trevor Neighbour
Special Effects Technician
John Salter
Boom Operator
David Lusby
Set Buyer
Terry Glass
Special Effects
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kit West
Special Effects Supervisor
Peter Dawson
Special Effects Technician
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jerry Dunkley
Camera Operator
Eric Shirtcliffe
Painter
Peter Hancock
Property Master
Stefano Priori
Accountant
Ray Hanson
Special Effects Assistant
Charles Torbett
Property Master
David Worley
Camera Operator
Chris Tanner
Assistant Camera
Eamonn O'Keeffe
Second Assistant Camera
Chris Condon
Special Effects
Roy Coombes
Special Effects
Eric Whitfield
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Colin Wilson
Assistant Editor
Ken Gittens
Special Effects Assistant
Gary Summers
Sound Effects
Jim Kane
Dolly Grip
Curt Schulkey
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Roy Charman
Production Sound Mixer
Eric Tomlinson
Sound Recordist
Chris Walas
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Maggie Jones
Continuity
Don Dow
Visual Effects Camera
Kim Knowlton
Animation
Scott Caple
Animation
Bill Neil
Visual Effects Camera
Michael Hook
Second Assistant Director
Alan Maley
Matte Painter
Scott Marshall
Animation
Joe Johnston
Visual Effects Art Director
Miki Herman
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Garry Waller
Animation
Jim Veilleux
Visual Effects Camera
John T. Van Vliet
Animation
Loring Doyle
Animation
Carlos Gil
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Bruce Nicholson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Conrad Buff IV
Visual Effects Editor
Clint Palmer
Visual Effects Camera
Thomas G. Smith
Visual Effects Supervisor
Duwayne Dunham
Assistant Editor
Michael Lamont
Assistant Art Director
Bob McMillian
Color Timer
Peter Amundson
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Harry Ueshiro
Transportation Captain
Albert Clark
Still Photographer
Richard Mills
Makeup Artist
Judy Elkins
Animation
Sylvia Keulen
Animation
Mohamed Ali Cherif
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 12, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$389,925,971
Filming LocationsHawaii · California · San Anselmo · San Francisco City Hall · Anahola, United States of America · San Francisco · Richmond, United States · Kairouan · Tozeur, Tunisia · La Rochelle, France · Hertfordshire · Royal Masonic School for Girls · Elstree Studios, United Kingdom
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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former romantic interest Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist René Belloq (Paul Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.
Lucas conceived Raiders of the Lost Ark in the early 1970s. Seeking to modernize the serial films of the early 20th century, he developed the idea further with Kaufman, who suggested the Ark as the film's goal. Lucas eventually focused on developing his 1977 film Star Wars. Development on Raiders of the Lost Ark resumed that year when he shared the idea with Spielberg, who joined the project several months later. While the pair had ideas for set pieces and stunts for the film, they hired Kasdan to fill in the narrative gaps between them. Principal photography began in June 1980 on a $20 million budget, and concluded that September. Filming took place on sets at Elstree Studios, England, and on location mainly in La Rochelle, France, Tunisia, and Hawaii.
Pre-release polling showed little audience interest in the film leading up to its June 12, 1981 release date, especially compared to Superman II. Despite this, Raiders of the Lost Ark became the highest-grossing film of the year, earning approximately $354 million worldwide, and played in some theaters for over a year. It was also a critical success, receiving praise for its set pieces, humor, and action. The film was nominated for several awards, and won five Academy Awards, seven Saturn Awards, and one BAFTA, among other accolades.
Raiders of the Lost Ark is considered one of the greatest films ever made and has had a lasting impact on popular culture, spawning a host of imitators across several media and inspiring other filmmakers. The United States Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1999. Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first entry in what became the Indiana Jones franchise, which includes four more films—Temple of Doom (1984), Last Crusade (1989), Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and Dial of Destiny (2023)—a television series, video games, comic books, novels, theme park attractions, and toys.