Raiders was released in the summer of 1981 and grossed over $300 million, which was the most of any film released that year. It is considered a tribute to the older "serial" films of earlier times. The famous George Lucas, who wrote the film, based it off of previous literature that he had wrote called The Andventures of Indiana Smith. The story is that Lucas and Steven Spielberg were in Hawaii together and spielberg mentioned that he wanted to direct a James Bond movie. Lucas responded by saying that he had a character that was better than James Bond. They both decided that Smith was a terrible last name and decided to name him Indiana Jones. Indiana was the name of Lucas' dog.
Raiders chronicles the adventure of Indiana Jones as he races against the Nazis for the Ark of the Covenant which supposedly contains "unspeakable power." The Nazis are in it for obvious reasons, while Indiana's are less clear. Indiana teams up with a past love named Marion Ravenwood near the beginning of......

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Title: Indiana Jones
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