Initially perceived as a $20.8 million spin on the Saturday matinee serials ("I made it as a B-movie," said Spielberg), it would go on to gross $363 million (Paramount's biggest ever earner until 1994's Forrest Gump). More significant, though, is Raiders' resonance. The Star Wars-inspired registration of Jock's plane (OB-CPO) the hieroglyphics of R2-D2 and C-3PO in the Well Of Souls and cameos by ILM's Dennis Muren (as a Gestapo agent) and producer Frank Marshall (a Nazi pilot). And, yes, there is a multitude of treasures to be unearthed. In fact, even if it opened in the UK just one day after Charles and Di tied the knot, in the "Where were you when?" stakes, some would say there's no contest.
So, how about the fact that the name of the "obtainer of rare antiquities," actually first belonged to George Lucas' dog? Oh, that too? And herein lies our problem - Raiders Of The Lost Ark is so adored, so worshipped, that it has been analysed to death. Tom Selleck was originally pencilled in to play Indiana Jones, don't you know.
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