Matt Connarton Unleashed: Erich Pilcher reviews Raiders of the Lost Ark.

0:00 Neo meaning new and lithic ih i c meaning stone. All right, let's get back to this site. Turkenein barrel near Hazelton contains a central past passage and three chambers or cysts. Don't use that mcrod, in which case we mean the removal of the contents of the barrel. This site also demonstrates one of the great dangers of archaeology, not the life and limb, although that does sometimes take place. Now I'm talking about folklore. In this case. Local tradition held that there was a golden coffin buried at the site, and this accounts for the holes dug all over the barrel and the generally poor condition of the fine.

0:50 However, chamber three was undisturbed, and the undisturbed chamber in the grave goods that were found in another in the area give us a

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1:10 Okay, that's it for the day. Then um, don't forget Michael. Then chapters four and five for next time. And I will be in my office on Thursday, but not on Wednesday. I had it, Marcus, I had it in my hand. What happens? Yes, huh, bell luck want to hear about it, not at all. I'm show everything. You would do it for the museum. It conforms to the International Treaty for the Protection of Anti It's beautiful, Marcus. I can get it. I got it all figured out. There's no place you can sell at Marrakesh.

1:51 I need two thousand dollars listened to the five roots or people to see you. Look, I got these pieces. They're good pieces, Marcus. Look

2:00 as the museum will buy them as usual, no questions asked yesterday. Nice and we're at least the price of a ticket America. The sple librals are important in the waiting bomby intelligence and we're coming before. I did see to know everything. But what they want? What do I want to see them for? What am I in? Troubla Cereals are a major staple of early American cinema. Hundreds of men, women, and children would flock to local movie houses every week to catch the latest adventures of Zoro, Batman, Flash, Gordon Tarzian, and many others.

2:41 The influences of these episodic films inspired genres such as science fiction, in action adventure. It also provides the influence for this week's film in a franchise that has been one of the best for over forty years. Released in nineteen eighty one, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a story by Star Wars director George Lucas, Raiders of the Lost Arks starts the Indiana Jones franchise, and many argue Harrison Ford's greatest role and takes place in nineteen thirty six as Jones, an archaeologist, takes on the mission to battle Nazis VNE to gain control of the all powerful Lost Stark of the Covenant.

3:31 Aiding Jones is former love interest Marion Ravenwood, played by Karen Allen. Our opening clip was an introduction to Jones, an archaeology professor by day that moonlights as an adventurous archaeologist finding treasures for a museum. Our next two clips provide more introduction to these characters. Jones in Ravenwood first, in a direct continuation from our introductory clip, Indie is tasked by Army intelligence to go on a mission defined the famed Low Stark before the Nazis do. Then we will hear the terse reunion between Marian and Indie, former lovers bought together by world saving circumstances and doctor Jones, pretty great deal have you, professor of ideology, experts on the occulture, and I just wanted to say it's obtainer of rare antiquity.

4:36 What I was saying, why don't you sit down, you'd be more comfortable. Thank you. Yes, you're a man of many talents. You studied under Professor Ravenwood at the University of Chicago. Yes, I did you have no idea of his present whereabouts, which is rumors really somewhere in Asia. I thank you. I haven't really spoken to him for ten years. We were friends, but that a bit of a folly on. I'm afraid doctor Jones. Night. You must understand that this is all strictly confidentially. I understand. Yesterday afternoon our European sections intercepted a German communicate that was sent from Cairo Uberlin.

5:23 You see, over the last two years the Nazis have had teams of archaeologists running around the world looking for all kinds of religious artifacts. Hitler's a nuts on the subject. It's crazy. He's obsessed with the occult. And right now apparently there's some kind of German archaeological dig going on in the desert outside of Chira. We've got some information here, but we can't make anything out of it, and maybe you can. Tennis development proceeding choir headpiece staff of raw Abner Ravenwood.

5:56 Us Nazis have discovered Tennis. Just what does that mean to you, Tennis? Well, the city of Tennis is one of the possible resting places of the Lost Ark, the lost art, Yeah, the Ark of the Cove, the chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments in commands about the Ten Commandment. Yes, the actual Ten Commandments, the original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Montera up and smashed. If you believe in that sort of thing, did think, guys ever go to Sunday School. Well, oh, look, the Hebrews took the broken pieces and put them in the arc.

6:29 When they settled in Canaan. They put the ark in a place called the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, where it stayed for many years until all of a sudden whoosh is gone where Well, nobody knows where or when. However, an Egyptian pharaoh, Yes invaded the city of Jerusalem run about nine ABC, and they may have taken the art back to the city of Tennis and hidden it in a secret chamber called the Well of Souls. Secret Chamber. However, about a year after the Pharaoh would returned to Egypt, the city of Tennis was consumed by the desert in the Sad Storm, which lasted a whole year, wiped clean by the ruth of God.

7:08 Obviously we've come to the right man. Now. You seem to know all about this, Tank said, no, no, not really. Ravenwood is the real expert. Aner did the first serious work on Tennis. He collected some of its rolics. Was this obsession? Really? But I never found the city. Frankly where somewhat suspicious and mister Ravenwood, American being mentioned so prominently in a secret Nazi cable. Oh rubbish, raven Wood's no Nazi. Well what did the Nazis wanting for then? Well, obviously the Nazis are looking for the headpiece to the Staff of Ra and they think Abner's got it.

7:45 What exactly is a headpiece to the staff of Ra. Well, the staff is just a stick. I don't know about this big nobody really knows for sure how high it's It's up an elaborate headpiece in the shape of the sun with a Chris still live in the center. And what you did was you take this staff to a special room in Tatters, a map room with the miniature of the city all laid out on the floor. And if you put the staff in a certain place at a certain time of day, the sun shone through here and made a beam that came down on the floor here and gave you the exact location of the Well of the Souls where the ark of the Covenant was kept.

8:21 Right, is exactly what the Nazis are looking for. What does this arc look like? There's a picturehood right here, I said,

8:43 good God, Yes, that's just what the Hebrews thought. Now, what's that's supposed to be coming out of there? Fighting fire power of God or something? You know, to understand Hitler's interest, Oh yes, the Bible speaks of the art leveling mountains and laying waste to entire regions, an army, which kind of is the art before it is invincible. And now Marian, and indeed, hello, Marian, Hendria eat always new someday you'd come walking back through my door. I never doubted that something made it inevitable so what are you doing here in Nepal?

10:14 I need one of the pieces your father collected. I learned to hate you in the last ten years. I never meant to hurt you. I was a child, I was in love. It was wrong, and you knew it. You know what you were doing now I do. This is my place. Get out on, damn me, get a bully. I did what I did. You don't have to be happy about it, but maybe we can help each other out now.

10:41 I need one of the pieces your father collected. Bronze piece about this size with a hole in it, off center, with a crystal. You know the one? I mean, yeah, I know it. Where's an Where's Abner? Abners? Did Harry? I'm sorry? Do you know what you did to me? In my life? I can only say I'm sorry so many times. We'll say it again anyway. Sorry. Yeah, everybody's sorry, having never sorry for dragging me all over this earth looking for his little bits of junk. I'm sorry to still be stuck in this dive. Everybody's sorry for something.

11:21 It's a worthless brownsman down. You're married, You're gonna give it to me? Maybe I don't know where it is? Well, maybe you could find it three thousand bucks that will get me back. I'm not a to stire. I can get to another two when we get to the stakes. It's important, Marian. Trust me. You know the piece. I mean, you know where it is. Come back tomorrow?

11:56 Why Because I said so? That's why? See you tomorrow. Indiana Jones,

12:13 a great action adventure film is as only as good as a hero,

12:20 and conversely, the hero is only as good as the villain. Besides the aforementioned Nazis, this film has the nefarious doctor Renee Ballack played by Paul Williams. Bellak is not the typical villain that moviegoers encountered during this era. He was not loud, angry, and hot tempered. He is called callous and deliberate, so much so it might even be considered charming. Our next two clips are examples of this. First, Indie encounters his rival while he is intoxicated after believing Marion has died.

13:08 Then Ballot confronts Marian after capturing her Lot the Jones in the bombers the meetin and Speck comments had been the Middlands.

13:33 You're looking for me, Belle. Good afternoon, Doctor Jones, I gotta kill you right now. Not a very private place for an idea. Well, these ARBs don't care if we kill each other. They're not going to interfere in our business. It wasn't I who bought the girl into this business. Please sit down before you fall down. We can at least behave like civilized people. I see your taste in France remains consistent. How old that it should end this way for us after so many stimulating encounters, almost regretted.

14:24 When shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level? Try the local sewer. You and I are very much alike. Archaeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am a shadowy reflection of you. Take only a nudge to make you like me, to push you out of the like where you're getting nasty. You know it's true. Nice Look at this. It's worthless ten dollars from a vendor in the street, But I take it. I'm buried in the sand for a thousand years.

15:09 It becomes priceless. Like they art. Men will come for it, men like you and me. What about your boss? The fere I thought he was willing to take possession all in good time. When I'm finished with Jones, do you will realize what the art is. It's a transmedia. It's a radio for speaking to God, and it's within my reach. You want to talk to God, Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better

15:56 next time. In the end, Jones, it will big more and children to save you. I thought I would find you there than the United States Marines. Eh, there is dead. Yes, I know, I'm sorry.

16:33 Life goes on. Indeed he is the I'm much to tell you. Plus we will take that home and then I would take it to the old ap next Belloc and Marianna. If you're trying to escape on foot, the desert is three weeks in every direction, So please eat something. I must apologize for the treatment of you. Yeah, who lay? Was it? No food? No work? The kind of people are friends are yours? That's particular time and a plason for my work. They are necessary evils, not my friends. However, for the right connections.

17:36 Even in this part of the world, we are not entirely uncivilized. Beautiful. I would very much like to see you in it a better one. When you get to drink around here. I don't know have much time. Soon they will come to arm you, and I will not be able to stop them unless you are able to give me something to duplicate them, some piece of information which I can use to protect you from them. I've already told you everything I know. I have no loyalty to Jones. It's probably nothing but trouble,

18:38 and you are beautiful. I don't think you need a shopper. So many of the common tropes of action adventure films are excellently applied in this film. With that being said, of course, there has to be a love story,

19:02 and this film has one that is the one between of course, Marion and doctor Jones. As a matter of fact, it's a story that stretches across the entire franchise. In our final clip, Marion proceeds to help in the clean up following a battle and the relationship begins to grow again. This scene also features one of the most well known lines in the entire franchise.

19:37 Where did you get that from him? Good? Tell you, I've got a feeling I'm not the first woman to travel with these pirates. Lovely,

19:51 yeah, yeah, m hm, what did you say, I don't need he not the man I need ten years, ago years. It's the mileage.

20:30 Please, I don't need a nurse. I just want to such a babe away. Yes, why doesn't it hurt here? Here? That's too good, Johns Johnes. It never seemed to get a break doing. This film was released during a brief dry spell for Hollywood. Business had been down for the past year. It was felt by many that this film would be buried, going up against such films as Superman Too for Your Eyes Only and The Great Muppet Caper that, coupled with very low awareness regarding the film, had paramount prepared for the absolute worst.

22:07 Despite everything going against it, the film became the highest grossing film of nineteen eighty one. It generated over three hundred and thirty million dollars worldwide. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won five for Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects. The film has been a juggernaut in marketing as well, spawning video games, TV spinoffs, action figures, novels, trading cards, and so forth.

22:48 It has been an influence on characters such as Laura Croft from Tomb Raider. Finally, this film spanned four sequels that have been released over the last forty two years. The final film premiered on June twenty ninth, twenty twenty three. To know what a great franchise this series is, one must see where it began and you will see it is deserving of its place in the upper tier of all time grads. I hope you will join me in two weeks when we will go on a vacation with the lovable comedic Griswold family.

23:30 Our film will be National Lampoon's Vacation for WM ANDH. Matt Connerton Unleashed. This has been a classic film. Reading with Eric Filcher