The Indiana Jones Trilogy - Speilberg never falters!
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Alfred Molina, Alexei Sayle, Kate Capshaw, Roshan Seth, Ke Huy Quan, Dan Aykroyd, Alison Doody, Sean Connery, River Phoenix ,Julian Glover
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the lost ark (), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ().
The Main plots of the films:
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Rader’s of the Lost Ark was the first of three epics in the Indiana Jones Trilogy. Released to worldwide audience in 1981, the film was a huge success, grossing more than $383 million worldwide. The story follows the adventurous travels of Dr Indiana Jones. Many people will be well aware of the opening scene to the film, which has stuck in the heads of many people. The opening scene opens in 1936, with Dr Jones traveling into the Peruvian Jungle in search for a hidden artifact; however he must successfully go through a set of well designed booby traps. Jones manages to recover the artifact however is later surrounded by an army who was also in search of the artifact. The story continues with Jones back in America,
teaching a class of college students, when he is approached by agents of the Government who have to ask him some questions. The agents tell Jones that the Nazi army is in search for the most sacred of sacred artifacts, the Ark of Covent, which supposedly holds the TEN COMMANDMENTS. The Ark cannot fall into the wrong hands, so Jones being the adventurer he is must, stop the Nazi’s from obtaining the Ark and opening it, as doing so will have grave consequences on mankind. To make matters worse, the key headstone to the ark is in the hands of Jones ex – girlfriend who he now hates. The film follows the two as they search for the ark, whilst also settling their differences. Packed with action from start to finish, this film is just brilliant.
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom:
This was the second installment of the trilogy; released in 1984 it grossed $179 million worldwide. The film once again follows the adventures of Dr Jones, and his quests to find treasure. Just like the first film, the second film too has an explosive beginning, which sets a structure for the rest of the film. Jones is in Shanghia, were in a nightclub, he is about to trade the remains of Nurhaci for a large diamond, however things turn bad, when a gangster named Lao Che double crosses him. Indiana along with the nightclub singer Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott must escape the nightclub, however there is an army of gangsters in their way, with help from Jones young friend manage to escape and fly off out of shanghai, however the plane is sabotaged and Indiana and the other have no choice but to jump out of the plane, and as they wake up, they realize they are in India. The story then picks up, with Jones traveling to a village were all the children have been kidnapped and made to work as slaves in the Pankot Place, which is run by Mola Ram (Amrish Puri). The villagers ask Jones to save their children, whilst also finding the three sacred Sankara stones, which were stolen from the village by Mola Ram. Jones and co, travel to Pankot palace, but all is not as it seems, and we soon realize that things are really bad. Mola Ram the worshiper of Kalima, sacrifices people to the God, and Indiana is next. It is up to the other to help Indiana escape, whilst also tracking down the children and the stones.
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade:
The final installment to the trilogy, released in 1980; the film was the most successful of all three grossing more than $474 million worldwide. The film once again follows Dr Jones, this time accompanied by Sean Connery who players Jones father. When Indiana’s father, Dr Henry Jones Sr goes missing, Indiana Jr must go on the trail to find his father. The only way to find his father is to read his journal to find the last steps his father took, however Indiana realizes his father was on the trail for the Holy Grail, which was in the hands of the Nazi’s, which once again are used in the film as they were in the first installment. Jones is reluctant to believe that the cup of Christ really exists; however his father’s passion and belief make them go on the search. Indiana’s father is badly hurt whilst on the trail for the grail, and facing death; however legend has it that the grail holds the key to internal life. Indiana must find a way of finding the grail, which many had tried to find before, but couldn’t as it has the key to save his father.
Each film has its central theme or plot, which makes the story flow, the first one involves finding the ark, the second saving the children and the third saving his father, yet each film was unique and if you watched the first film you never anticipate what would happen in the second or third. The brilliant minds of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas created one of the most exciting and adventurous films of all time.
The cast also made the film more appealing, exciting and funny to watch. Harrison Ford plays the role of Jones every well, adding flavor and excitement to the character, whilst also charming the viewers and showing his humorous side. Sean Connery also makes the third film more exciting because we get to see a somewhat unusual father son relationship, between Indiana and his father. It is only in the closing scene that we here his father say Indiana, and see a sense of love and emotion. All in all this trilogy and DVD box set is just brilliant, non stop action from the start to the finish. Fantastic
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