2019-04-16 Guide to the Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay, Revised Fifth Draft, 1980 May 19 SPEC.RARE.MMS.0339 Finding aid prepared by Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2019 March This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-06-12T09:43-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay, Revised Fifth Draft SPEC.RARE.MMS.0339 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections MMS 16 0.02 Cubic feet 1980 May 19 Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first in the series of Indiana Jones movies, which was released June 12, 1981 by Paramount Pictures. The story was originally called "The Adventures of Indiana Smith", and was meant to recreate the popular movie serials of the 1930s-1940s for a 1980 audience. The Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay, Revised Fifth Draft includes a copy of the fifth and final draft to George Lucas’s first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, dated May 19, 1980. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Kasdan, and is a photocopy of the original, which was stamped in red with “ROLA 103020” on each page as a security measure. (1) letter file folder English Kasdan, Lawrence, 1949- Acquisitions Information

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 Historical Note

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first in the series of Indiana Jones movies, released June 12, 1981, by Paramount Pictures. The story was originally called "The Adventures of Indiana Smith", and was meant to recreate the popular movie serials of the 1930s-1940s for a 1980 audience. After meeting Steven Spielberg while on vacation in Hawaii, Lucas and Spielberg decided to work together on the idea, and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan was hired by Lucas. Filming for the movie began on June 23, 1980, and John Williams composed the score, which would later be reused for sequels. The script went through five drafts, and some scenes or ideas that were cut from Raiders of the Lost Ark were used in other Indiana Jones films. The film was marketed under the title Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 Scope and Contents

Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay, Revised Fifth Draft includes a copy of the fifth and final draft to George Lucas’s first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, dated May 19, 1980. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Kasdan, and is a photocopy of the original screenplay, which was stamped in red with “ROLA 103020” on each page as a security measure. Portions of the script have been struck through with black lines, indicating they were cut.

 Kasdan, Lawrence, 1949- Lucas, George, 1944- Spielberg, Steven, 1946- Action and adventure films--United States--20th century Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark (Motion picture) Raiders of the lost ark (Motion picture) Screenplays