25 Rare, Behind-the-Scenes Photos from the Indiana Jones Movies
'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' the first movie in the franchise, is now 40 years old—and it holds up.
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Indiana Jones is an institution. The hat. The grin. The John Williams score. The movies are a spectacle—packed with adventure, humor, and some questionable ancient history. Forty years ago, on June 12, 1981, Indy hit theaters for the first time in Raiders of the Lost Ark. If the boulder chase in the opening sequence didn't get you, Indy's fear of snakes sure did. (He was also the most stylish archaeologist to appear on the silver screen.) To mark the anniversary, here are 25 rarely-seen behind-the-scenes photos from all four of the movies. And in case you didn't know, there's another movie on the way (read all about it here).
'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' the first movie in the franchise, is now 40 years old—and it holds up.