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An ESL / EFL Online Gap-Fill Quiz on Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action- film directed by Steven Spielberg, by George Lucas, and Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise. It sets Indiana Jones against a group of Nazis who are searching for the Ark that Hitler believes will make his army invincible. The film with Lucas' desire to create a modern of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. It became the year's top- film of 1981 and remains one of the highest- films ever made. It was for eight Academy Awards in 1982, including Best Picture, and won four (Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects).

The film's and popular success led to three films - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). There was also a television , The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1996), and over 15 video games. Bruce Williamson said: "There's more in the first ten minutes of Raiders than any movie I have seen all year.” The New York Times’ Vincent Canby the film, calling it, "one of the most [amazingly] funny, ingenious and American adventure movies ever made." “Entertainment Weekly” said Indiana Jones was its third favourite action ever.