Raiders of the Lost Ark

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action-adventure film film

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg that introduced archaeologist Indiana Jones in a quest to recover the biblical Ark of the Covenant.

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action-adventure film → film →
academyAward	Best Art Direction → Best Film Editing → Best Sound → Best Visual Effects →
academyAwardSpecialAchievement	Sound Effects Editing →
antagonistGroup	Nazi Germany →
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	over $300 million →
budget	approximately $20 million →
castMember	Denholm Elliott → Harrison Ford → John Rhys-Davies → Karen Allen → Paul Freeman → Ronald Lacey →
character	Indiana Jones → Marcus Brody → Marion Ravenwood → René Belloq → Sallah →
cinematographer	Douglas Slocombe →
composer	John Williams →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Steven Spielberg →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
editor	Michael Kahn →
executiveProducer	George Lucas →
followedBy	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom →
franchise	Indiana Jones →
genre	action → adventure →
homeMediaFormat	4K Ultra HD → Blu-ray → DVD → VHS →
influenced	modern action-adventure cinema →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Indiana Jones →
mpaaRating	PG →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Picture →
notableScene	boulder chase sequence → marketplace sword vs. gun confrontation →
plotFocus	search for the Ark of the Covenant →
producer	Frank Marshall →
productionCompany	Lucasfilm Ltd. →
protagonistPortrayedBy	Harrison Ford →
recognizedAs	classic American film →
recognizedBy	American Film Institute →
releaseDate	1981-06-12 →
releaseYear	1981 →
runningTimeMinutes	115 →
screenwriter	Lawrence Kasdan →
seriesFirstInstallment	Indiana Jones film series →
settingPeriod	1936 →
storyBy	George Lucas → Philip Kaufman →
title	Raiders of the Lost Ark →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Molina → Harrison Ford → John Rhys-Davies → Lawrence Kasdan → Richard Edlund → Steven Spielberg → Steven Spielberg →	notableWork
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! →	basedOn
Steven Spielberg →	directed
Indiana Jones franchise →	firstFilm
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom →	follows
Indiana Jones franchise →	hasPart
Paramount Pictures →	notableFilm
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom →	prequelTo
George Lucas →	produced
Raiders of the Lost Ark →	title
Richard Edlund →	workedOn
Lawrence Kasdan →	wroteScreenplayFor