Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raiders is back on UK cinemas this weekend March 1st - 3rd.

 

If they knew they were here they would have killed us already.

 

Got my tickets to see it tonight at a local cinema, just need the guides and the donkeys to take me there.

 

I mean if they knew we were here ha. Have fun!

 

*face melts due to ticket being too bright*

 

I told you not to look.

 

The 1980's had a lot of great films, Raiders is one of them.

 

The Raiders soundtrack is being re-released on double vinyl in the UK on June 28th. My assumption is that it will the same as the 2016 double vinyl release but with different packaging, that one rather annoyingly used a Temple of Doom pic on the rear art. For the purists amongst us though they have used the Indiana Jones and the .... title for this 2024 re-release.

 

The music with the Ark being taken away on the plane/mechanic fight is quite stirring. As is when Indy is riding the horse going after the truck.

 

Just watching an old episode of Cagney and Lacey from season 3 called Victimless Crime. It feature me a detective from Paris who is there to observe how the department do things in New York. The French detective in question is played by Paul Freeman bringing back his Belloq accent.

 

Considering how big Raiders was (and how good Freeman was in it) it's surprising he didn't have a bigger career.

 

Same with Karen Allen. It's infuriating how fickle Hollywood is sometimes.

 

Karen Allen was in a lot of good movies. Off the top of my head Animal House, Raiders, Starman, Scrooged, The Wanderers & The Sandlot.