523 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
523 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Begins with a shot of a peak in the jungle which is reminiscent of the
Paramount Pictures logo. See also
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)" (qv), and
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)" (qv))
- 'Tom Selleck' (qv) originally cast as Indiana Jones, but was committed to
""Magnum P.I." (1980)" (qv).
- Jock's airplane at the beginning has the registration number ``OB-3PO'',
referring to Obi-wan and C-3PO from "Star Wars (1977)" (qv).
- Script originally included a long fight between a swordsman and Indiana with
his whip. Actor 'Harrison Ford' (qv) was suffering diarrhea at the time,
and asked ``Why don't I just shoot him?'', so they filmed this instead.
- The truck that didn't have Marion in it was flipped over by firing a section
of a telephone pole through the floorboards.
- Ford badly bruised his ribs during the scene where he is dragged behind
the truck.
- The hieroglyphics in the map room include engravings of R2-D2 and C-3PO (from
"Star Wars (1977)" (qv), etc), however they do not appear on film.
- A fly can be seen crawling into Belloq's mouth (and not reappearing) when
he threatens the Ark with a bazooka.
- 'Harrison Ford' (qv) did not use a stunt player for the scene where Indy
is dragged behind the truck. When asked if he was worried, Ford quipped:
``No. If it really was dangerous, they would have filmed more of the movie
first.''
- Director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) was quoted as saying: ``I made it as a
B-movie... I didn't see the film as anything more than a better made version
of the Republic serials.''
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]
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