Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Summer Classics Film Series
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1h 55m / PG / Action, Adventure
TRAILER:
VENUE: Historic Duncan Auditorium
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Directed by Steven Spielberg, but based on a story by George Lucas and a screenplay written by Lawrence Kasdan, the (later) co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark isn’t just a love letter to the two-fisted, block-jawed serial adventure heroes that Lucas and Spielberg loved watching as kids. It practically gets down on one knee and proposes marriage. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is witty, sly, a brilliant professor and dashing explorer with just the right touch of vulnerability for a romantic lead; Marion (Karen Allen) is a damsel in distress with steely nerves, a valid grudge and a hard right hook; and the movie pulls them around the (literal) map in individual episodes that all feed into one big story. It’s unabashedly a movie’s movie, and it’s the reason theatre seats have edges.

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VIEW the full Summer Classics series, showing June 1 – August 31 at https://tampatheatre.org/movie-categories/summer-classics/.

The Summer Classics Movie Series is presented by Bank of America, series sponsor since 2015. Promotional support for the series is provided by WEDU PBS and Axios Tampa Bay.

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