• Hollywood film: Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost Ark
• Director:
Steven Spielberg
• Producer: Frank Marshall
• Story: George Lucas
• Cast:
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacy
• Rating: 4 on 5 Stars
Indian Jones buzz is here again. I am sure the new movie will be Top-Class but
before that I had to hunt for the first one – Raiders of the Lost Ark. Finally I
could lay my hands on this movie from my favorite Director Steven Spielberg. I
had heard a lot about this movie. Well I can say for sure now that it is worth
the praise. Cairo scenes, photography, tint of comedy and history, action and of
course Harrison Ford does make the first in the Indian Jones series a master
piece. In the first movie ‘Raiders of the lost Ark’ handsome daredevil
archaeologist Indian Jones (young Harrison Ford) embarks on a thrilling quest to
locate the mystical Ark of the Covenant.
He has to achieve the impossible before
Nazi Germans gets it. Interesting to see how the master story teller George
Lucas (Star Wars fame) manages to juxtapose myths with historical facts. You may
actually believe that if Hitler had found the Ark, history would have changed.
Sure, there is no historical justification about the quest shown in the movie
but it is an interesting film. Indeed, it is a fact that this movie has inspired
generations of Historians and Archaeologist to hunt for the mythical and powerful
Ark – a very center piece of Jewish and Christian religion.
If History Channel
is any success today, then may be this movie deserves some credit for that. Over
all a great movie hence a must watch for all generations. I am happy to rate it
4 on 5 stars. Cheers! Manish Jaiswal