Object Details
- Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
- Description
- Screenplay for the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The 160-page script is on white and blue paper. Steven Spielberg directed this iconic film about an archaeologist and adventurer hired by the United States government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
- Filmmaker George Lucas conceived of Indiana Jones as a globe-trekking archeologist to pay homage to classic Hollywood adventure films. Jones is a reluctant hero who finds himself fighting evil-doers of all sorts while seeking to preserve cultural heritage. The Indiana Jones series, directed by Steven Spielberg, is among the most successful movie franchises in American history.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Deborah Nadoolman Landis
- 1980
- ID Number
- 1989.0401.02
- accession number
- 1989.0401
- catalog number
- 1989.0401.02
- Object Name
- screenplay
- Physical Description
- metal (binder material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Movies
- Movie Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Movie
- Record ID
- nmah_1347616
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a183-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
