Raiders of the Lost Ark - Wikiwand
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas a...
www.wikiwand.comIn 1981, a bold action-adventure directed by Spielberg, showing Indiana Jones retrieving the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can use its power. Jones journeys through Cairo, jungles of Peru and Egypt, culminating in the Well of the Souls and the final testing scene on a remote island where the Ark is opened. Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones, with Karen Allen and Freeman, plus John Rhys-Davies as Sallah. Kasdan wrote the script, and it spawned a franchise that branched into sequels, novels, and games. Its blend of archaeology, adventure, and pulpy thrills is notable, and for popularizing iconography like the golden idol, the Staff of Ra, and the Well of Souls that recurs in later films.