Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 film about archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones, who is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do.
- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.
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[edit] Indiana Jones
- [being chased by the Hovitos] JOCK!!!!!! START THE PLANE!!! (in film adaptation and book('s) the name of the pilot is spelled Jock and is not a misspelling .)
- [handing a torch to Marion] Here. Wave it at anything that slithers.
- (looking down into a pit): Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
- [to an amorous Marion] It's not the years, honey; it's the mileage.
[edit] Rene Belloq
- [First line] Doctor Jones, again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. And you thought I'd given up!
- [to Indy] You and I are very much alike. Archeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am a shadowy reflection of you. And it would take only a nudge to make you like me, to push you out of the light.
- Look at this. [holds up a silver pocket watch] It's worthless. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless! Like the Ark. Men will kill for it; men like you and me.
- [after trapping Indy in the Well of Souls] You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows, in a thousand years, even you may be worth something!
- [When Indy commands Belloq to step back and threatens to blow up the ark with a bazooka] Yes, blow it up! Blow it back to God. All your life has been spent in search of archaeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it open as well as I. Indiana, we are simply passing through history. [pointing to the Ark] This...this is history. Do as you will.
- [At the sight of the spirits emerging from the Ark] It's beautiful!
[edit] Dialogue
- Belloq: Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It's a transmitter, it's a radio for speaking to God, and it's within my reach.
- Jones: You want to talk to God? Let's go see Him together, I've got nothing better to do.
- Sallah: Indy. Why does the floor move?
- Jones: Gimme your torch. [drops the torch into the Well of Souls and finds it covered with snakes] Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
- Sallah: Asps. Very dangerous. [pause] You go first.
- Belloq has trapped Indy and Marion in the Well of Souls
- Colonel Dietrich: Our prize awaits us in Berlin.
- Belloq recounts the time in Peru when he appeared with a platoon of Hovitos to force Indy to hand over the golden idol
- Rene Belloq: Just like before, Doctor Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine!
- Jones: I'm going after that truck.
- Sallah: How?
- Jones: I don't know, I'm making this up as I go.
- Marion: You're not the man I knew ten years ago.
- Jones: It's not the years, honey; it's the mileage.
- Colonel Dietrich: Monsieur, I am uncomfortable with the thought of this Jewish ritual. Are you quite sure it's necessary?
- Rene Belloq: Let me ask you this: Would you feel more comfortable opening the Ark in Berlin, for your Fuhrer? Finding out, only then, if the sacred pieces of the Covenant are inside? Knowing, only then, whether you've accomplished your mission and obtained the one true Ark?
[Indy has found a large snake in his seaplane]
- Jones: There's a huge snake in the plane, Jock!
- Jock: Oh, that's just my pet snake Reggie!
- Jones: I hate snakes, Jock! I HATE 'EM!
- Jock: Come on! Show a little backbone, will ya?
[edit] Taglines
- The return of the great adventure.
- The creators of JAWS and STAR WARS now bring you the ultimate hero in the ultimate adventure.
- A film from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
- Indiana Jones: the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.
[edit] Cast
- Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
- Karen Allen - Marion Ravenwood
- Paul Freeman - Rene Belloq
- John Rhys-Davies - Sallah
- Denholm Elliott - Marcus Brody
- Ronald Lacey - Major Toht
- Wolf Kahler - Colonel Dietrich
- Anthony Higgins - Gobler
- George Harris - Katanga
[edit] See also
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
