Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Cord cutters, this week’s Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is available now to stream on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Epix.

Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, and Denholm Elliott. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

John Williams composed the score Indiana Jones. Williams also composed the score for Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards.

Based on the George Lucas story The Adventures of Indiana Smith. But Steven Spielberg didn’t like the name Smith. Lucas proposed Jones.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the movie that kicked off the Indiana Jones movie series:

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom (1984)
• Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

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Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes

All  Critics: 94%
Audience Score: 96%

Taglines

The Return of the Great Adventure.
Indiana Jones – the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.

By The Numbers…

Release Date: June 12, 1981
Running Time: 1h 55min
Rating: PG
US Theater Sales: $248,159,971
Worldwide Sales: $384,140,454
Budget: $18,000,000 (estimated)