I was 14 when this came out theatrically, my friends and I had no idea what the movie was about, only that it starred the guy who played Han Solo and directed by the guy who made Jaws. This is one of the greatest movies ever.👍

The music soundtrack was created by John Williams who also wrote the soundtrack to just about every Spielberg and Lucas films (Jaws, Schindler's List, E.T., all the Star Wars movies, all the Indiana Jones movies, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Home Alone, Hook, etc.) He is an absolute legend and renown for his ability to make the music a character in movies.

Not only were there planes that looked like that, but flying was considered such an extravagance that people mostly only wore their finest clothes on them.

He's an archeologist and treasure hunter. Bounty hunters capture people; treasure hunters capture stuff. Those planes were known as clippers.

He is an archeologist and professor.

Forget it , no movie made today with this theme comes even close to this . Classic ! Spielberg, Lucas and Williams are once in a lifetime and I was lucky enough to grow up with the work of these three geniuses of the movie industry.

I only remember 1 sequel as very worthy. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with Sean Connery as his dad.

That is Karen Allen, a very underrated actress. Watch Starman with her and Jeff Bridges.

John Rhys-Davies, what a legend. Love him in everything I've seen him in. Such a strong presence.

Kabir...in the 1930s, civil aviation was headed in the direction of using seaplanes and flying boats for long range flights. For one thing, as others have noted, aircraft that could land on water did not need large airports to be constructed for them, since their runways were the harbors and rivers of the cities they were in. For another thing, planes that could land on water were considered much safer for long distance flight, since if they had any trouble or ran into bad weather, they always had the ability to find a place to land. In fact, it was World War II and the huge number of airfields that were built all over the world that in large part first decisively steered global aviation in the direction of civil aviation centered on airports. Of course, flying boats are not nearly as good with jets as they are with propellers...the jets have to be mounted very high to keep them from ingesting too much water...so once jet airliners came along airports were a clearly superior option, and that put the absolute final nail in the coffin of the flying boats.

Harrison Ford became a household name starting with 1977's Star Wars. Bounty hunters look for people. Indy is an archaeologist. I think it could be said that Spielberg's fingerprints as the director are even more heavily felt than Lucas's (as the producer and co-writer). And, for those playing, this review had: 1 mention of therapy, therefore 1 shot of alcohol

The planes were sometimes a mix of a boat and plane. When crossing the ocean, not every island could support a runway.

Indy's Egyptian friend is the actor who played Gimli in Lord Of the Rings. How could it be an icon movie since 1981 and not be incredible? In 1939 John Wayne made a movie called Stagecoach. The most famous stuntguy in movie history Yakima Canutt, invented a stunt where he jumped on the running horses, and crawled underneath the stagecoach to the back. They reproduced that stunt with Indy and the military truck.

Fun fact! The swordsman scene was supposed to be an actual fight, but Harrison ford got food poisoning the day before. He asked Spielberg about using the gun. Speiberg agreed

My sister is an archaeologist and it's quite common in that field to become a college professor also. Of course, in your "spare time", you go and DIG. That's what she did for years and years. Of course, this is a highly romanticized version of an archaeologist's life. My sister refused to see this movie for years because she , and many others, got the idea from the promo's that Indy was what's known as a "pot hunter" -- someone who loots sites for valuables and sells them for a living - a HUGE no-no in the archaeology world. We finally convinced her to go, and she absolutely loved it, as she realized he was doing all this for the love of history/archaeology, not for anything else.

Witness, Working Girl, Presumed Innocent, Patriot Games and The Fugitive are great Harrison Ford movies and of course, an early one to watch is American Graffiti circa 1973.

GREAT choice. Now you're obliged to watch "Temple Of Doom" and "The Last Crusade". The fourth movie (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) is generally hated, but feel free to watch it and form your own opinion.

ILMs special efforts this movie continue to amaze me. How they pulled off the melting face is amazing.

To answer a question you will ask when you start the next film (Temple of Doom), the stories don't take place in order. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1936, Temple of Doom - 1935, Last Crusade - 1938. So the next film could be called a prequel, but it's more like an episode. They're not connected in their content other than Indy being in them.

When this came out it was playing on 6 separate screens of a 12 screen theater (in south FL) and the line still went around the building. If you went for an 8pm show for example and stood in line, you got in by the 10pm show... and that was with 6 of them playing in a staggered rotation.

Whether Hitler actually believed in the occult stuff is a matter of debate, but the people around him certainly did. The _Ahnenerbe_ were the people who ran searches all over the world, pursuing the kookiest of theories. Very real.....And yes, seaplanes were very much a thing until the mid-50's.

One of my favorite movies! You'll love it! Hes a professor, not a bounty hunter. Lol Kabir, I got a kick out of your reaction to this movie!

The Ark isn’t Satanic nor have demons in it. At first it just had the Ten Commandments in it but later Aaron’s rod, some manna, anointing oil, and a chest was added. It was made clear if you look inside it or even touch it you will die.

He's an archaeologist. Not a bounty hunter.

Your "Oh my god" comments at the beginning with the spiders are 100% me - as is the passing out!!

Movies from this era (80s) have a feel, especially with this being a throwback to another era with a feel, the old adventure serials from the 40s and 50s. Such a fun movie!!

Fun fact: a majority of the "snakes" down in the chamber were actually legless lizards! With the exception of the cobra and a few others 😛

There are currently 4 Indiana Jones films, with a 5th on the way. Also, a television series was made back in the 90s, Young Indiana Jones, which was meant to teach kids about history & such. And, Indy's an archeaologist, not a bounty hunter.

11:27 The monkey man is played by Vic Tablian who also played the guy who pulled the gun on indy in the opening of the film. This was an homage to the republic serials wich often used the same actors for multiple roles.

When Indy shot the huge guy with the giant sword, that wasn’t how it was written. Harrison was sick that day and couldn’t to the big fight scene with him. But this is better than anything they coulda written.

Such a classic. I especially like John Rhys Davies as Indy's sidekick. He had a pivotal role in my favourite James Bond movie, The Living Daylights, as a Russian politician.

This one redifined all adventure movies. One of the greatest of all time.

The plane you didn't recognize was the Short Solent Mark III flying boat. This was actually an historical inaccuracy, as that particular model wasn't put into production until the 1940s. Originally, the plane was supposed to be a Martin M-130 flying boat, which would have been accurate for 1935, but the Short Solent Mark III was undergoing restoration nearby and was therefore more readily available.

The next movie, Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom is technically a prequel. It is set in 1935, and this movie is in 1936.

Apparently George Harris, the actor who played the ship captain, was in the later Harry Potter movies as Kingsley Shacklebolt, though looking at his credits list, I know him from playing Osman Ali Atto in Black Hawk Down.

The lost ark is the Ark of the Covenant... the box holding the stone tablets upon which the 10 Commandments were carved. He was not a part time teacher and part time bounty hunter... he was a professor who was also an archeologist.

Lucas and Spielberg wanted to create a serial similar to the adventures they saw as kids. That is why it feels like it does.

Sooooo glad you're watching this! One of my all time faves ever! Watch them all!

Yes, there were "flying boats" like that. Sometimes there were called "clippers" after the fast sailing ships designed to make long trips relatively quickly. Range was not as good as modern planes, so they usually followed island chains, such as US to Hawaii to Midway to the Philipines or Japan, to China. In the Atlantic for a some routes they actually had refueling ships out in the ocean the planes would land at and refuel from. Rather risky that since they could miss the ship even with radio or seas could be rough. The Nazis did have organizations hunting for various treasures like the Ark and The Spear used stab the side of Christ when he was on the Cross. They also searched for, or fabricated, evidence for the mythical Aryan super race. Other parts researched various occult practices.

He's an Archaeologist and full time teacher, not a bounty hunter. Yes planes looked like that back then. The range on planes weren't as far as planes now so you needed the ability to land on water to refuel. Harrison Ford was already a household name at this point in 1981. He was in American Graffiti (1973), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Star Wars (1977) and Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Angels of death. Not demons. Demons run from God. It was fun watching it through your eyes and the discoveries you made. My 2 oldest sons and I went to see it several times when it first came out. Amazing film. Be safe

There are sooo many iconic movies that so many young people have not even heard of! I'm actually amazed you never heard of it.

The large Nazi fighting Indy is English professional wrestler Pat Roach. He's been in many movies like Temple of Doom and Conan the Destroyer

The composer for the music is John Williams. He is arguably the most prolific movie composer. He composed for the Star Wars series, Indiana Jones series, the original Superman, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and the list goes on and on. 😁

Yes indeed. Big old Seaplanes like that, were really a thing back then.

I can't watch this movie anymore without thinking how in Big Bang Theory they realize that nothing Jones did made a difference...

Also, in the beginning when Indy falls while running away from the rolling bolder...that was an accident. Again, they thought it was great & kept it a part of the movie.

I just realized they digitally took out the cobras reflection in the glass that was separating Ford and the snake. Also, the scene with the swordsman was improvised. Ford was so sick that day that instead of the long fight scene they had practiced. He just asked Spielberg if he could just shoot him so he could get back to his hotel room to rest. Turned out to be one of the best scenes in cinema.

Back in 1981, it was just called Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was 17. It was playing at the .99 cent movie house and my friends and I saw it about 9 times.

This is a movie best enjoyed on the big screen. I was working for Youth News in Oakland and this was my first movie review. Stylised as the Saturday Matinee Serials, Jones was a real live Superman with non-stop action. Marion is the best Jones-Gal in the series.

Hitler was interested in all kinds of superstitions but Himmler, the head of the SS was very keen on all kinds of mythology and the Nazis did indeed fund several expeditions to find archaeological evidence of Nordic and Germanic mythology to support their very dodgy theories on religion, race etc.

One of my all time favorite movies!

Marion wouldn't have needed therapy. She had owned and ran a bar in Nepal. People back then weren't the jellyfish that most are today.

Kabir, the passenger airplane that you noticed was a real aircraft type, called a flying boat. These planes were built to take off and land on water during the decades when aircraft could not fly across bodies of water in one hop, but had to go from mainland to island to island etc. If the engines broke down, the ability to set the plane down on water was a way to save the passengers and crew.

An absolute banger classic, they don't make them like this anymore.

I think that Belloq was interested in Marion because of his rivalry with Indy. As he said, “There is nothing that you possess that I cannot take away.”

Karen Allen was the leading lady in this film. Also in the cast were John Rhys-Davies & Alfred Molina. If you're not familiar with their names, I suggest you look 'em up.

What I love about the large German pugilist that fights Indiana around the airplane is that he is just excited to box Indiana. He just tells him to "get down from there and come here. let's fight" Nothing nefarious about him lol.

funny at the beginning of the reaction Kabir kept referring to Indiana Jones as a bounty hunter. lol

The boat captain that you can't pinpoint... He played Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter movies: "You may not like him minister, but you can't deny Dumbledore's got style!"

Will it have those actual powers when he finds it Ha! George L and Steven S, “Hold my beer!” I love how they based the show Warehouse 13 off of the last scene. That’s a great show too

OMG, I ❤️ Indiana Jones movies. The historical storyline makes archaeology interesting. My favorite is the one with Sean Connery as Indy’s dad. Also Die Hard & Bad Boys are good action movie series as well.

My favorite videos that you do are of your reactions to movies! 😊

That passenger boat/plane was real but, sitting at the dock, most of that shot was a matte painting. In the sky it was a miniature.

"Were there actual planes that looked like that?" I sometimes forget how young some of these KZfaqrs are. Yes there were planes that looked like that. They were the old flying boats of the 30s and '40s. Google pictures of them, especially the interior. They were absolutely amazing. It was literally like luxury flying. Go to some of your military aviation museums in England and you'd probably see the Sunderland bombers from World War II. Same general idea.

The planes were prior to airports being all over. They could land in harbors. When airports became common, these planes died out.

8:09 Flying boats are a real thing!

Joseph Gerbils the head of the SS was into weard acult things. Even had a castle for ceremony's. And yes traveled the world for artifacts.

Bounty hunters hunt for criminals, not ancient artifacts. The street peddlers had watermelons not mangoes and they were selling not giving. The score is by John Williams who did write the score for "Star Wars", but is otherwise not associated with George Lucas. He is, however, Steven Spielberg's permanent composer.

I was a small kid when I first saw this. I was not ready for the face melting scene.

I've always loved Harrison Ford, especially the Indiana Jones character. I've watched all the movies so many times. I even named the dachshund that I rescued 4 years ago, Indy, after this character. Can't wait to see you react to the rest of the movies. 😊

As a writer I have to stand up for Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote it, not George Lucas. Sorry to have to correct you but someone must.

Originally her eyelids said fuck me, not love you. Such a classic. Cheers bro for another splendid reaction.

"That's got to be a fast horse to catch up with a truck" Keep in mind that's a truck on a dirt road. It makes BIG difference. :)

You’ve been reacting to a lot of my favorite movies lately

Angie? Marion was played by Karen Allen. I don't know where you got Angie. The music gives you "George Lucas vibes" because John Williams composed the score for Indiana Jones and Star Wars, as well as most of the iconic 70's and 80's blockbusters.

The sea plane from the movie was a Pan Am Clipper which in real life would have been a Martin M-130 or a Boeing 314. When they made the movie there was a Short Solent Mark III flying boat being restored that they copied for the movie (it wasn't made till the late 1940's). The plane is still at the on display at the Oakland Aviation Museum in California, and visitors can enter it. Sea planes / flying boats were far more common before WWII.

The actor with the pipe trying to assure Indiana Jones about the Ark is also in the Star Wars original trilogy as one of the rebellion pilots "Porkins" in "A New Hope"

This movie is one of my all time favorites. Glad you enjoyed it too! Cheers!

I can see that you would think he was a bounty hunter. That's not the case. He actually is a Professor and collector of antiquities.

OMG.... I got married in 1981. Time flies.

That was one of the greatest openings in the history of cinema.

12:14 This scene was ad-libbed. It was scripted as a big dramatic fight. On the first take, Ford remembered that his character was still wearing a gun on his hip. He shot his opponent in order to deliver a funny outtake. Spielberg thought it was so great, he ditched the fight scene and kept the film as it was shot.

Not a bounty hunter. Bounty Hunters search for fugitives who fail to show up in court. Dr. Jones is an archeologist.

If I recall correctly, they made the punch sound effect by hitting a pile of leather jackets with a baseball bat.

In the 1930's, there were many flying boats. One example: "Boeing 314 Clipper" flying boats were owned by Pan Am. They were nicknamed Yankee Clippers.

These music is my John Williams . He always did the sound track for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg . He has scored numerous soundtracks and won many Oscars.

I can't speak for planes from the 30's but in 1958 we flew from Kansas City, Missouri to San Francisco, California on a TWA Constellation, a four prop engine plane. Before jet flights for passenger lanes. Check it out, interesting design.

When you get to #4 (CRYSTAL SKULL), you'll learn more about life in warehouses.

just to answer your question Hitler was NOT interested in the occult, however, one of his senior officers was. i can see his face but can't remember his name. the third movie the last crusade actually dealt with an actual small one-person quest for the holy grail that ended in failure. there was a Nazi below Hitler who was interested int he occults, so in a way it was True ...To a point. oh now I know the name of the officer name now. it was Himmler who was interested in the occult this movie is amazing even after all this time, I was fourteen when I saw it for the first time, and I've been in love with it ever since, you're right this movie is something else. This is a movie that will stick with you. movies like this bring out your inner child, this is what movies are for. in a single word, FUN! yes it didi take a long time to film this almost two years and the practicallity of the effects was right. it took them almost a full year to get the effects done.thats why it took so long. and by the way in response to your question how many snakes were there, according to Steven Spielberg there was about five to seven thousand snakes in the well of the souls set. now that you've tasted the spirit of Indiana jones my only question is will you watch the rest?

George Lucas made a movie before Star Wars called American Graffiti. It's a real classic, and not a sci-fi picture at all. You might want to check it out. A bounty hunter tries to capture people who have rewards on their heads (often people who have skipped on their bail). Indiana Jones in an archaeologist who looks for artifacts. Of course, today what he does would be considered looting of cultural treasures. The plane at 8:07 is a Pan Am Clipper(AKA a Martin M-130). It's a type of flying boat, designed to take off from and land in water. They're also called China Clippers. They were the first type of plane used for transoceanic passenger flights. The bit at 12:02 where Indy shoots the swordsman wasn't scripted. It was originally supposed to have been a long fight scene, but Harrison Ford had been ill and wasn't feeling up to it. He asked Spielberg if he could just shoot the guy, and Spielberg agreed. Sometimes the best things come about by accident. Most of the ancient Egyptian tombs were looted a long time ago. Regardless, taking something of value from a place like a pyramid is a serious crime. The reason the music sounded "Star Warsy" is that the movies used the same composer: John Williams. He's the most prolific composer of movie scores in Hollywood history. He also did the scores for Jaws, The Poseidon Adventure, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Home Alone, JFK, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Lincoln, and many other films.

Great reaction, K. I love to see you react to classic blockbuster movies like this one. But PLEASE react to the other sequels! Based on your reaction to this movie, I think you'll love them! ❤ I know you are a busy man, but please don't forget to react to the other sequels soon.. thanks, my friend. 👍

(7:58) Pan American Clipper. The name it was built under, Boeing 314. The movie is set in 1936. Only one problem, the 314 wasn't flying until 1938.

@Kabir Considers, Indy isn't a bounty hunter. He is a archaeologist and professor @ brown university. Also the guy with him in the beginning who got killed is the same actor who played doc oc in the spiderman films. and in the beginning it wasn't filmed in south america, it was filmed in California George Lucas's backyard.

*”What the hell am I supposed to do with an Empty Case?!”* - Zorg

12:03 I heard that scene was supposed to be more elaborate, but Harrison Ford improved it. That he had some kind of stomach virus and wasn't feeling up to doing much acting that day. Hence the slow draw of his gun and the tired look on his face.

Saw this in the theater. Awesome movie. Great reaction!

I was a baby when this movie came out back in 1981. I didn't see it until the early 90s and I just absolutely love it. it's crazy how some of the effects still hold up 41years later. Awesome reaction my friend and I can't wait for you to watch the rest. I know you're gonna enjoy them as well

(Correct me if im wrong) The Ark of the Covenant was the chest blessed by God to the Israelites. It was the chest that contained the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, the Holy Grail, and one other item I forget. Since being given it by God, the Israelite army would carry it with them on any campaigns. Anyone who touched it without using the “carry sticks” died on the spot. Anyone who opened it without special permission from God died on the spot.

To answer one of your questions, Hitler was obsessed with the occult.