Indiana Jones [ 4K - HDR ] and The Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Golden Idol - Opening (1981)

[@bkatbamna]

One of the greatest openings of a movie ever.

[@kurtcobainpizza5606]

They don't make them like this anymore

[@peabarter_3074]

I saw this in 1000 seat theater in downtown New York City. It was a spectacular performance! At one point, a black man sitting two rows behind my brother and I reacted to this scene and exclaimed damn this is one bad dude. 555.

[@6tkyou]

absolute agreement

[@Zakalwe76]

One of the greatest openings to a film I've seen. Perfectly demonstrates Indy's character in 5-10 minutes. I used to watch it over and over again as a kid.

[@6tkyou]

absolute agreement

[@andydoms2001]

I love this opening sequence so much. There’s very little action or dialogue, it’s mostly just watching them solve a big puzzle, and you perfectly are introduced to who Indy is through all of it.

[@Howlingburd19]

Here’s some fun facts about this scene: -It says “South America, 1936”, but it doesn’t note that the temple is specifically in Peru. -The full name of the Golden Idol is the “Chachapoyan Fertility Idol”, housed inside the “Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors”. Both of which were created around 64 BC by the Chachapoyans (who would end up being conquered by the Incas). The Hovitos (the people with the bows and stuff) accompanying Belloq are descendants of the of the Chachapoyas. -The idol is based on Pachamama, the Goddess of Fertility and Earth. -Once you look closer at the idol, you’ll see it shows a goddess-like figure giving childbirth in a kneeling position. -The giant rolling boulder is made of fiberglass, and the sound of it rolling is a Honda Civic driving over gravel (slowed down). -Those spiders are specifically Mexican red-knee tarantulas; the species is actually relatively tame. Around two dozen of them were on Molina (who played Satipo)! During the first few takes, all of them were completely still, which made them look fake. Once it was discovered all of the tarantulas were male, they decided to add one female, which finally got them to move! Molina also got itchy because of the tarantulas’ irritating hairs (New World tarantulas have “irritating hairs”). -If you listen, Ford mispronounces Satipo’s name as “Sapito”. :)

[@danieltobin4498]

I hope Molina was paid a pretty penny for having all those spiders on him! That being said, even though I have arachnophobia I did find those spiders to be kinda cute?

[@bleppebleppsson1169]

...and them fuckin' thiueves who deservres this!

[@WilliamR.Graham]

Never gets Old..... I've been watching Indy ever since I was 21 years old in 1981. Now after 4 sequels of Indiana Jones Adventures. It's time for me to " hang up my fedora " at 63 years old. " It's Not the Years honey, just the Mileage " 🤠-Indiana Jones

[@godstomper]

Sand is symbolic of imminent disaster. Remember when they opened the ark and pulled out a handful of sand only to let it pour ? Same with Indy letting sand pour from the bag but also he forgot about keeping extra sand in the bag as a offering to the idol. Don't forget Anakin hated sand for a reason.

[@funkydozer]

I always thought he said Adios Stupido

[@chrisnelson6763]

This was a Golden Age in cinema. Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, it just doesn't get any better. Even movies like Beverly Hills Cop were fresh and fun. There just seems to be a lack of imagination and creativity in Hollywood today.

[@moretea512]

Until 4k, I never noticed the Idols eyes moving to look at Indy. Love it.

[@cqtaylor]

You're right!!!!

[@moretea512]

@@cqtaylor yeah, I'd heard about it and seen the prop mechanism pics before, but never actually saw the movement until 4k came along. Adds a whole new level to the movie.

[@verinonrenthar9176]

wait what....

[@moretea512]

@@verinonrenthar9176 The eyes move ever so slightly back and forth as Indy approaches the Idol. Raiders was initially supposed to be far more supernatural than it ended up being.

[@Queen_Miku]

Holy fuck, that’s just creepy to watch-

[@disneystarwars0078]

I think Raiders of the Lost Ark is the best Indiana Jones movie ever. This is one of my top favorite scenes.

[@aussiecoastie72]

Absolutely agree

[@GabesEdtiz]

Based 💯

[@kevinswift850]

kingdom of crystal skull was insanely bad, I wanted my 3 hours back. I was shocked by it.

[@aussiecoastie72]

@@kevinswift850 at Last ! Someone agrees with me there ! Yep

[@TheChosen2030]

My favourite is the last crusade

[@justinbergmans36]

The best Indiana Jones film of all time. It had every ingredient that makes a film like this a classic. One of the best chase scenes in history, and Spielberg as a young director, had a mean streak with violence. This was a hard violent film in 1981.

[@Shadowman820]

For a PG rating yeah it was .

[@kevinswift850]

its dr. octopus and dr. jones.

[@DrasticFox2004]

The ultimate team.

[@venkatramannayak6062]

Na it's president Ross nd doc ock

[@stopmotionstudios6061]

"The power of the idol in the palm of my hand"

[@luislopez3726]

Han Solo and Dr. Octopus

[@trolololotrololo853]

ock said "butter fingers" when Indy didn't catch whip

[@diegofavaratozfilms962]

The best opening sequence ever

[@PrimarchX]

I remember seeing it for the first time on opening night in the theater in 1981. What a moment!

[@carddealer34]

Absolutely the greatest opening scenes in film. Nothing can compare to the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark!

[@Sash77....oldmanradic]

opening scene of Mad Max 2 is equal

[@middleman79tommygun63]

This is nothing like Netflix. The HDR looks insane. Is this from the new 4K release ?

[@4KArchives]

Yep. It's from the remastered 4K collection released earlier this month

[@nathancruz9172]

@@4KArchives that’s awesome 👏🏻

[@StefanoKocka]

@@4KArchives i would add a ref link to amazon in the description. i think people might be interested in buying one for their collection, and with this way they can support your channel too.

[@cetinmetin9193]

2:14 This scene is the spider's first attack on the Doctor Octopus.

[@dylanmorgan2374]

This is peak cinema along with the original Star Wars trilogy

[@trolololotrololo853]

it's little better than Morbius

[@princessmarlena1359]

5:30 “Why, you little….!”

[@구루둥]

시작부터 끝날때까지 긴장을 늦출수 없는 영화역사상 가장 위대한 오락물..저 필름을 컴퓨터 그래픽 없이 엑스트라와 특수효과로만 1980년에 제작했다는 것에 경이로움과 극한의 찬사를 보내지 않을 수 없다

[@ytuser_3122]

Man, I never appreciated how nice the cinematography is, especially when Indy grabs the idol with the wide angle of him about to swap it with sand. Edit: I added in a few words that were originally left out

[@sickheadache9903]

Douglas Slocombe was the Cinematographer for the First Three Indiana Jones,..Nominated for an Oscars for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Douglas Slocombe did some pick up work on Close Encounters, All of the India Scenes were photographed by Douglas Slocombe..when Spielberg was trying to “Fire” Vilmos Zsigmond from Close Encounters! (When Vilmos accepted best cinematography for CEOTK ..Vilmos never mentioned Steven Spielberg at all) there were Five Additional Cinematographers picking up day weeks works..since Vilmos Had already finished his own work on CEOTK.

[@Cornerboy73]

Back when movies were awesome.

[@tonejames2080]

Just such a cool movie

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

The setup of the spike trap is so clever - the first time when you see Satipo's reaction it's like a funny gag, but then the second time actually sent chills down my spine...

[@henry8651]

Anyone else notice that the partner/sidekick (Alfred Molina) is Dr. Octopus from Spider-Man?

[@bruhmaster6950]

Yeah, in fact, that was his film debut

[@harrisonstewart3781]

@@bruhmaster6950 You’re both absolutely right.

[@SCoolBoyYT]

I thought he looked familiar

[@ytuser_3122]

Just as we noticed Indiana Jones is Han Solo from Star Wars

[@wa-bu3ke]

I had no idea

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Man. 1981. I feel so bloody old. But then again, I loved "The Maltese Falcon", "Casablanca" and even the 1950's "Cyrano" and "The Great Dictator". 🙂 So... whatever. Great films are timeless.

[@andyberridge6455]

Raiders of the lost ark is easily the greatest indiania jones movie. Definitely one of the best openings to a movie for sure.

[@Heartland.Productions]

4:33 Yes, the idol’s eyes move in the final cut, despite the false popular belief that the eye movement was cut out of the film entirely.

[@Howlingburd19]

5:15 waiting for your grandma’s Christmas money like… And this is still true in 2024 lol

[@Soloohara]

XD

[@MrPicklerwoof]

2:34 So what happens if they had gone into the tomb at night time? I guess this trap wouldn't have worked.

[@triax7006]

Probably would have been a trap set for at night as well, after all it's fantasy so why would there not be?

[@marcreeves5980]

If you think about it, Dr Jones was a terrible archaeologist. He destroyed ever site he found

[@thunderbolt2145]

I had an archaeology professor in college who said the same thing 😄

[@JohnRambo-o9i]

Any die hard movie fans will agree that the only Indiana Jones movie are the first 3. Same way as Terminator ended with Judgment Day

[@17moonbeams]

Sunday 28th January 2024. Raiders of the lost ark will always be the best of all the Indiana Jones films. Thank you Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford and the rest of you. Best of luck! From Virginia Clark.?! ;) ;( :) 🤠🐒🐘🐴❤️

[@nathancruz9172]

6:40-6:43 Boulder

[@beakingsman777]

This is the most memorable and fun intro to any movie that I've ever seen 🙂

[@rajasekhardhulipala4311]

Photography by Douglas Slocombe and Music by John Williams is just impeccable !😊

[@howardkaman8418]

One of the best film openings ever... and credit must be given as well to John Williams' music of course!

[@AHMEDKHAN-ep2uh]

One of the greatest opening sequences, introducing of an iconic character by the master Steven Spielberg and the brilliant score of John Williams

[@TrillgataQ]

Unmatched cinema

[@theseageek]

This movie was such a big part of my childhood

[@elnovato1741]

I wish Indiana Jones gets revived. Who has the rights? Looking forward to see a new Indiana jones movie. The legacy of Indiana Jones should continue..

[@charlielucas3386]

I swear, from 4:17 onwards, the music sounds eerily similar to the scenes in the first Resident Evil game in the hallways and some of the locked rooms.

[@yellowgetbright]

I wouldn't be surprised if Indy inspired it.

[@markharris6171]

No way that bag of sand weighs as much as that gold statue.

[@m0csk0s_lopitikus]

Probably not a solid idol, partialy hollow.

[@NJTDover]

Unforgettable and unbeatable.

[@chiefscheider]

Also deplorable and unfathomable. -- Jackie Chiles

[@Plathismo]

Every shot, every cut, every camera movement is just optimal. Peak Spielberg.

[@darthcheeseburger]

Easily in my top 3 fav films of all-time. It's absolutely masterful in every way. I would argue it's Spielberg's best film as well. An actual perfect film!

[@JamesBondStarWarsFan1983-by6qp]

Raiders of the Lost Ark along with First Blood are both my absolute favorite action films and Raiders of the Lost Ark is my all time favorite Indiana Jones film. Raiders of the Lost Ark had a great opening sequence in Peru, Harrison Ford was awesome as Indiana Jones, and this was the film that saved Steven Spielberg's film directing career after 1941 was a terrible disappointing film. Raiders of the Lost Ark was the pinnacle of LucasFilm for Harrison Ford, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg, the John Williams music score was brilliant, and Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood was an excellent female character.

[@carddealer34]

And it's not Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark....but simply.....Raiders of the Lost Ark....SHEESH!

[@rfletch62]

Geez! Movies used to be such fun.

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

We have no idea what tricks and traps await us in this course. - Edd/Double D, Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (2005)

[@HalfEatenMedia]

5:10 this movie set should’ve been preserved and turned into a museum for people to see. Such a brilliant and detailed set. Had they known how iconic these films would be they may have saved pieces of the sets for people to enjoy. Such a shame that so much work got put into sets like these for them to be destroyed. But that’s the nature of the business.

[@yellowgetbright]

You should have just said "IT BELONGS IN THE MUSEUM!"

[@Myself-yf5do]

That guy with the gun worked for Voldemort and wanted to protect his master's horcrux lol

[@Grandizer8989]

Was so lucky to see this when it came out as an 11 year old

[@philiplinder3473]

Beautiful! Like watching in the cinema as I did in 1981, Indianapolis. As many times as I could.

[@tonywillingham8109]

This was the greatest movie experience of my life. As a 10 year old, I thought I was about to watch a Bible movie about Noah's Ark.

[@Rockhound6165]

Dr. Indiana Jones and Dr. Otto Octavius on an adventure.

[@niceguy1774]

It's so silly on It's own, but recognizing the homage to the 30's and 40's serials is key. Though as a child I required no such appreciation. Makes sense.

[@6tkyou]

This film is another definition of the word immersion

[@louisbuzzi869]

I saw this in a movie theater when it came out, it was a Wednesday.

[@markgramm8448]

So the Aztecs developed photo electric sensors to activate their traps? What an advanced culture.

[@brandonthorpe3577]

one of my all-time favorite films

[@ccptube3468]

Love the HD! And this film was made before I was born.😮

[@glennblaylock5197]

There is something about this opening sequence that most people don't recognize. There is no way that the bag sand could have simulated the weight of the idol. Gold is VERY heavy. It would actually take about 7 times the volume of sand to equal the weight of that gold idol.

[@Myself-yf5do]

6:38 "I think I'll saltpeter..." that makes no sense🤨

[@veeseee128]

back wen Doc Ock was a servant boy.

[@BENNYB-ze4dw]

one of the most incredible movies ever

[@anamericanman]

It didn't get any better for a 10-year-old kid in 1981.

[@44excalibur]

It is just called Raiders of the Lost Ark! The name Indiana Jones didn't appear in the titles until the second film, Temple of Doom.

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

Yep…correct.

[@YESITSWILL]

Thanks to 4K I just realized the opening scene was shot in front of a green screen.

[@mz6504]

Best movie ever made.

[@jagruthnayak3465]

Me putting weight on the Space bar 😅

[@patrickantone1203]

why is it in the wrong aspect ratio?

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

After this movie, other movies, TV shows & video games would reference both the idol & bolder chase scene

[@rasenks]

Estoy aquí por el nuevo juego, es posible que alguna vez haya visto alguna película de IJ de niño pero no recuerdo su historia y recuerdo que me parecían algo anticuadas pero esto se ve algo interesante, puede que las vea luego.

[@sanghoonlee5171]

So Indiana Jones and Dr. Octopus walk into a temple...

[@Scavenger82]

Alfred Molina's first movie role at 28 years old.

[@garygary1100]

Great Movie 👍😎😃

[@k31rifleman]

The soundtrack My God the soundtrack equal to the movie!!!❤

[@almagrista4669]

the opening was inspired in the chavin culture from peru

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Look how he takes the idol and then runs and gives the idol to this man and he runs off leaving him to get off the edge of the cliff and takes the idol after the spike trap killed that man in the yellow top and then gets chased by the giant boulder

[@kubarybczynski661]

No shit

[@MarianoCorimayo-u1b]

Una obra de arte está película

[@vincently1995]

Best Part

[@fr9714]

Such a cheesy movie but elevated by being made so well.

[@crash-symbols]

All the mechanical devices work perfectly after centuries, yet I have a padlock on my shed that's so rusted it's useless.

[@rodhanson7112]

HARRISON FORD IS IN THIS MOVIE AND HE WAS IN A MOVIE CALLED RADRADERS OF THE LOST ARK AND HE WAS IN A MOVIE CALLED KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL AND I'VE GOT THOSE MOVIES ON DVD 😁

[@strikerdelta]

Our gratitude, Captain Obvious.

[@GusRJ70]

yt doesn't like guns... so the owner edit it out. Now I am protected !

[@egym]

Yes. Its him

[@AdamSander-b3b]

I’ve been in this exact same situation 3 times before.

[@GamingTitanGod]

2:50 fnaf moment here

[@egym]

Now I 'm. 48

[@fylecabagnot5703]

Damn!!! Doc oc as a kid!!!!! Then fuck, I'm old!!!!!

[@veeseee128]

Ever notice, when he's back teaching as Dr Jones he's clean shaven? But when he's Indy on some secret mission he's got a full 5, 0clock shadow beard. LOL No one can grow a 5 o'clock shadow that quick. I know its just a movie but hey,.. its still weird.

[@woojeonglee1301]

옥토퍼스 박사님~!!

[@dudepeep6429]

3:01 Is it me, or did this whole scene look and sound like a predator movie,

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

Seen on a bigger screen (not on a phone)…you can see the very waterfall that they’re standing looking at marked on jones tattered map. Detailed movie-making.

[@v.nageswararao4313]

I never seen before such a entrance seen of a Hero . I like this movie. This movie is included my Top Ten movies. Unfortunately I have seen this movie Vijayawada Leela Mahal no sound no clarity ....😂😂😂

[@theoriginalthinker9199]

Would be much better if it weren't so dark.

[@n.pags.99]

Knowing all of them are on Disney plus now I think I will watch them since I’ve seen each one but didn’t get to 100% see every one weird enough

[@mcstrangelove]

This scene is incredible. I know Spielberg borrows from some heavy hitters, esp Hitchcock in this scene. And John Williams is pretty much copying Gustav Holst in his score. But the amalgamation of all these older ideas and utilizing them to create what would turn out to be a template for modern action films is beyond genius-level. Raiders is easily the greatest action film of all time. Chariots of...what???

[@benschulz2166]

yes, the Academy Awards made an error. in the last 40 yrs, C of Fire has fallen to irrelevance, while Raiders has exploded into a Ben Hur-like Classic !!!!

[@tomasbenedictomaza]

que gran pelicula tenia 15 años cuando la vi en el cine eso eran películas pero viendo estas imágenes en alta definición mee dado cuenta de dos cosas la primera es que no echa mucha tierra en el saco y la otra salta a la vista como es que el ídolo de oro esta impoluto es decir no está lleno de polvo y telarañas parece que la señora de la limpieza cumple con su obligación esas cosas seven con la edad y el fijarse más este es el camino

[@ayoluca1]

the same background music as pretator in one section, kind of nice

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

John Williams was one of Alan silvestri heroes.

[@drummerman1964]

sorry...but this is wrong aspect-ratio... it is not 2.35 : 1

[@StephenLuke]

Exactly.

[@ricemanclips7650]

What is the correct aspect ratio then?

[@drummerman1964]

@@ricemanclips7650 so take a look at "Raiders truck chase" from channel High-Def Digest...THATS correct. All Indiana Jones-clips here at 4k Archives are wrong aspect-ratio...and this ruins the experience.

[@StephenLuke]

@@ricemanclips7650 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

[@maxxgunner5573]

Girls on an Adventure: Satipo Men on an Adventure: Indiana Jones

[@AlanCabrera-ky3tj]

Una escena icónica del cine