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

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. However, chamber three was undisturbed, and the undisturbed chamber

in the grave goods that were found in another in the area give us a

h reason to to date this friend as we have, um any questions?

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.

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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. Right, is exactly what the Nazis are looking for. What

does this arc look like? There's a picturehood right here, I said,

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? 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.

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. 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?

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

a great action adventure film is as only as good as a hero,

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. Then Ballot confronts Marian after capturing her Lot

the Jones in the bombers the meetin and Speck comments had been the Middlands.

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.

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.

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

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.

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. 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,

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,

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.

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,

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.

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. 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. 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.

Our film will be National Lampoon's Vacation for WM ANDH. Matt Connerton Unleashed.

This has been a classic film. Reading with Eric Filcher