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Awesome 1981 television special hosted by Harrison Ford on the making of the film plus an overview of the history of stunt work in the movies.
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Oct 5, 1981 · Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark: Directed by Robert Guenette. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Steven Spielberg, Douglas Fairbanks.
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- Robert Guenette
- 1981-10-05
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was a 1981 behind-the-scenes documentary focusing on the stuntwork of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Narrated by Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford, the hour-long television program aired October 5 on CBS as part of the network's premiere week.
It was later released on home video by Paramount Pictures as a double bill alongside The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark documentary as "Great Movie Stunts & The Making Of Raiders of the Lost Ark".
•Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Internet Movie Database
Oct 14, 2014 · Great Movie Stunts Raiders of the Lost Ark (CBS TV Special 1981) Harrison Ford hosts this special that focuses on Hollywood stuntmen and the amazing stunts they do to help create some of...
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- The filmmaking. As "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was the first film in the series, Spielberg and producer George Lucas had a lot more freedom when it came to shooting.
- The villains. You can't go wrong with Nazis as your villains. Whatever bad things happen to them, you never feel bad for them. The main baddies in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" are the most distinct of the series.
- The script. Lawrence Kasdan was fresh off writing "The Empire Strikes Back" when he was hired by Spielberg to write the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" script, and the result is a witty, efficient screenplay that constantly propels the story forward.
- The plotting. For all the smug "well, actually" posts out there pointing out plot holes in classic movies, what's remarkable about "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on a rewatch is how the smallest leap in logic is explained in the script.
Nov 6, 2021 · As the rollocking cinematic adventure turns 40, read an epic oral history on how it was made – featuring Spielberg, Lucas, Ford, writer Lawrence Kasdan, producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen...
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.
