![]() It was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, in 1982 and won four more in Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. Easily the highest-grossing film of 1981, earning $384 million worldwide, and at the time, one of the highest-grossing movies ever made. When released on June 12, 1981, the $20 million (USD) film was a huge success. Production was set at Elstree Studios, and filming took place in La Rochelle, Tunisia, Hawaii and the other United States from June to September 1980. Which left Harrison Ford to star as Indiana Jones. Tom Selleck was cast in the role, but he was unavailable because of his commitment to the television series Magnum, P.I. ![]() Lucas persuaded Spielberg to look for someone else. ![]() Spielberg originally suggested casting Ford as Jones, Lucas objected that he did not want the actor to be constantly associated with his films. The film's origins came from Lucas' desire to create a modern version of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. ![]() In which the medallion will pinpoint The Well of the Souls outside Cairo, Egypt, the Ark's resting place. Indiana and the Nazis search for a medallion dubbed Headpeice to the Staff of Ra, owned by Indy's old flame Marion Ravenwood. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise, and pits Indiana Jones against the Nazis, who search for the Ark of the Covenant, to make their army become invincible. Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a 1981 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. ![]()
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