Raiders of the Lost Ark
Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
Harrison Ford
Karen Allen
Paul Freeman
John Rhys-Davies
Denholm Elliot
Alfred Molina
Steven Spielberg
Producer:
Frank Marshall
Written by:
George Lucas, Philip Kaufman (Story), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay)
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
$18 million
Box Office:
$212,222,025
Awards:
Won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford), Best Sound (Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman) Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn) Best Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (Frank Marshall), Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe) ,Best Music, Original Score (John Williams)
Won the Bafta for Best Production Design/Art Direction (Norman Reynolds)
Metacritic Score:
90
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
95%