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#Crusaders of the lost idols holy hand grenade movie#

Spielberg's comment gave Raiders new momentum and together, with Spielberg directing, contacted Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay. The story was set aside while Lucas finished his work on Star Wars. Lucas countered that he had a story that was better, and proposed a concept he and writer/director Philip Kaufman had worked on in 1975 based around Lucas' desire to see a movie-style return of 1930s and '40s action serials. While the filmmaker vacationed in Hawaii with friend and director Steven Spielberg, Spielberg mentioned how he'd always wanted to make a ' James Bond-like film'.

#Crusaders of the lost idols holy hand grenade movie#

Lucas began production on the movie soon after the surprise success of his 1977 motion picture Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Amongst fans it is usually referred to simply as Raiders. To be consistent with later titles in the franchise, the film was retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark for its video release packaging in 1999, though the original title is retained onscreen in the movie. It is the first Indiana Jones movie ever released and is considered to be chapter twenty-four in The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones. Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action/adventure film created by George Lucas and released through Paramount Pictures in 1981. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ' The Return of the Great Adventure.' ―Re-release tagline