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Indiana
Jones Fact File |
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of the Lost Ark (1981) is set in 1936. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)
is assigned by government agents to locate the Ark of the Covenant
before the Nazis do, to make them invincible like the Israelites in
the Old Testament, who revered it as the dwelling place of God. The
Nazis are being helped by Indiana’s nemesis Rene Belloq (Paul
Freeman). With the help of his old flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen)
and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies), Indiana manages to recover the Ark
in Egypt. The Nazis manage to steal the Ark and capture Indiana and
Marion. Belloq and the Nazis perform a ceremony to open the Ark, but
when they do so, they are all killed gruesomely by the Ark’s
wrath. Indiana and Marion, who survived by closing their eyes, manage
to get the Ark back to America, where it is stored in a secretive
government warehouse.
Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom (1984) is set in 1935, a year before Raiders. Indiana
escapes Chinese gangsters with the help of singer/actress Willie
Scott (Kate Capshaw) and eleven-year-old taxi driver Short Round
(Jonathan Ke Quan). The trio crash-land in India where they come
across a village whose children have been kidnapped. A destructive
cult led by Mola Ram (Amrish Puri) have also taken the holy Sankara
Stones, which they will use to take over the world. Indiana manages
to overcome Mola Ram’s evil power, and rescues the children
and returns the stones to their rightful place, overcoming his own
mercenary nature.
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| Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) opens in 1912 where a thirteen-year-old
Indiana (River Phoenix) attempts to recover an ornamental cross belonging
to Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a task which he finally completes
in 1938. Indiana and his mentor Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) are
assigned by American businessman Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) to
find the Holy Grail. They are teamed up with Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison
Doody), following on from where Indiana’s estranged father Henry
(Sean Connery) left off before he disappeared. It turns out Donovan
and Elsa are in league with the Nazis, who captured Henry in order
to get Indiana to help them find the Grail. However, Indiana recovers
his father’s diary filled with his research, and manages to
rescue him before finding the location of the Grail. Both Donovan
and Elsa fall to the temptation of the Grail, while Indiana and Henry
realize that their relationship with each other was more important
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DVDs of all
three Indiana Jones’ films are available at video stores all
over Pakistan. After all, these films have played to packed houses
over the years. So if you’re young enough to have missed all
the whip cracking excitement that Indiana Jones has to offer, we
suggest you delve into the entire series. Indiana Jones is an intrinsic
part of film history, just like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings!
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