The Rewatchables: ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Published 2021-06-08; 1:55:22 by the feed.

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Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The opening Peruvian temple sequence
    “it's in the running for best opening scene of all times.”
    unknown · 0:39:56
  2. pick The Cairo sequence, Indy shooting the swordsman
    “We had the Egypt fight scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:03
  3. pick Indy finding the Ark in the map room
    “Indie finding the arc.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:45:55
  4. floated The snake pit in the Well of Souls
    “The snake pit scene had that as well.”
    unknown · 0:46:29
  5. floated The airplane fight into the truck chase
    “the airplane fight right into the truck chase.”
    unknown · 0:47:51
  6. pick The face melting at the end
    “the last one I have is face melted palooza.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:04
  7. pick The exposition scene where the agents visit Marcus and Indy at college
    “So as exposition scenes go?”
    unknown · 0:49:33
  8. pick The opening scene, with the airplane fight into the truck chase second
    “I have the opening scene as my most rewatchable scene”
    unknown · 0:51:45

Ebert's review · Reading of Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick Raiders of the Lost Ark: Four stars; he called it a series of breathless and incredible adventures.
    “Roger Ebert, our guy, 4 stars.”
    unknown · 0:37:51

Oscar redo · Who would win the 1981 best director Oscar in a redo.

  1. pick Reds: Warren Beatty would still beat Spielberg for Reds; Raiders and Reds both better than Chariots of Fire.
    “I think Beatty still wins.”
    unknown · 0:35:13

What aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

  1. pick John Williams's score
    “I think we've neglected to like nominate the score in a couple of more recent ones and I just want to say that this is probably my favorite.”
    unknown · 0:54:46
  2. pick The sub-two-hour running time
    “Less than 2 hours.”
    unknown · 0:55:36
  3. pick Indy's fedora
    “Harrison Ford's hat is great.”
    unknown · 0:55:49
  4. pick Alfred Molina as Satipo
    “Really young Alfred Molina?”
    unknown · 0:56:19
  5. pick Paramount's cheap VHS release of Raiders: Best-selling VHS of the 80s.
    “Paramount releases 500,000 home video copies of Raiders priced at 3995.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:57:26
  6. pick Paul Freeman as Belloc: The fly going into his mouth while Indy threatens him.
    “So another what stage the best, Paul Freeman”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:12
  7. pick Indy aiming the rocket launcher at Belloc
    “It's the moment when Indy has the rocket launcher”
    unknown · 0:58:36
  8. pick Nazis as movie villains
    “Nazis as villains, all those great things.”
    unknown · 0:58:47
  9. pick The student who leaves Indy an apple, which Marcus eats
    “the one male student in his class who leaves him at Apple”
    unknown · 0:59:04
  10. pick Karen Allen going to Cruising, followed by Raiders
    “Karen Allen going cruising, followed by Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:36
  11. pick The flashback bar in Airplane, the bar in the middle of nowhere
    “I had one more would say the best, because airplanes the year before this.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:00:08

What aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

  1. pick The Indy and Marion chemistry: Never buys them as a couple; calls it the biggest flaw of the movie.
    “The Indiana Jones marrying chemistry.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:17
  2. pick The original name Indiana Smith
    “I can't believe the original name for Indiana Jones was Indiana Smith”
    unknown · 1:03:10
  3. pick Karen Allen: Complained that her backstory ideas were cut.
    “Karen Allen did a lot of bitching about this movie”
    Bill Simmons · 1:03:31
  4. pick The ghost special effects and red-line travel map
    “The ghost are pretty rough.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:04:35
  5. pick Casting British actors as non-British characters
    “anytime there's a character who is not English or American, they're like, let's cast a British guy.”
    unknown · 1:07:50
  6. pick Paul Freeman as Belloc: Should have gone to a better-known actor.
    “I had Paul Freeman in what stage the worst.”
    unknown · 1:08:13
  7. pick Marcel the monkey from Friends
    “Up there with Marcel and Friends is my least favorite.”
    unknown · 1:09:16
  8. pick Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    “The sequel.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:09:40
  9. pick Pauline Kael's review: She missed the point of what was changing, though it is an incredible review.
    “I would put it more in the what's age the worst”
    unknown · 1:10:56
  10. pick Cutting the Playboy intro for Indy
    “I don't know why they cut the Playboy stuff”
    unknown · 1:11:14
  11. pick Indiana Jones as archaeologist or looter
    “one of the things that's aged the worst is like, you know, they got the British Museum returning artifacts.”
    unknown · 1:47:28

Casting What Ifs · Who was almost cast or considered.

  1. pick Philip Kaufman: Kaufman was to direct but left for The Outlaw Josey Wales.
    “So Coffin was supposed to direct this film.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:13:22
  2. pick Debra Winger as Marion
    “Lucas wanted Deborah Winger wasn't interested.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:13:35
  3. pick Sean Young: Screen-tested opposite Ford, which led to Blade Runner.
    “They use Sean Young for the screen test for all the India auditions”
    Bill Simmons · 1:13:50
  4. pick Jeff Bridges as Indiana Jones
    “Jeff Bridges would have been good.”
    unknown · 1:14:15
  5. pick Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones: Fit for the costume, but tied to Magnum P.I.
    “Lucas's wife preferred Tom Selleck, planted that bug.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:53
  6. pick Danny DeVito as Sallah
    “DeVito was supposed to play Sala.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:31
  7. pick Klaus Kinski as Toht
    “Klaus Kinsky. Was offered the role of, of Tot”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:51
  8. pick Jonathan Pryce as Belloc
    “Jonathan Price was considered for Bellac”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:13

Joey Pants Award · Best that guy.

  1. winner Paul Freeman as Belloc
    “So Paul Freeman probably wins for Belloc”
    unknown · 1:22:53
  2. nominee Ronald Lacy as Toht
    “And Ronald Lacy was taught.”
    unknown · 1:23:00
  3. nominee John Rhys-Davies as Sallah
    “So John Reece Davis is too big for”
    unknown · 1:23:07

Vincent Hanna Award · Best overacting.

  1. winner Alfred Molina as Satipo
    “I have Molina and Carrot Allen.”
    unknown · 1:23:20
  2. winner Karen Allen as Marion
    “I have Molina and Carrot Allen.”
    unknown · 1:23:20
  3. nominee Denholm Elliott as Marcus Brody
    “Denham Elliott has a little bit of, like, stop trying to interrupt indie energy”
    unknown · 1:23:34

Jed Nelson Award · The character who seems to be in a completely different movie.

  1. winner The Sherpa
    “The Sherpa, the Sherpa is like in, you know, yeah, maybe the Sherpa.”
    unknown · 1:24:06
  2. nominee Katanga as Katanga: Seems to be in a James Bond movie.
    “What about Katanga?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:24:10

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. nominee The eyelid student
    “The nominees are the eyelid student.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:24:19
  2. nominee Pat Roach as Bald Nazi mechanic and giant Sherpa: Killed twice.
    “His name was Pat Roach, Burly British wrestler.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:24:30
  3. winner Katanga
    “I have Mr. Katanga for this.”
    unknown · 1:24:40

Reverse Dion Waiters · The one who does the least with the most.

  1. winner The Cairo swordsman: Has the drop on Indy, talks a lot, and gets shot.
    “reverse Dion Waiters for the guy who does the least with the most”
    unknown · 1:24:50

Apex Mountain · Where a star's career or a thing sits on the mountain.

  1. winner Harrison Ford: At the summit with Star Wars, Raiders and Blade Runner.
    “Ford.”
    unknown · 1:34:53
  2. winner Karen Allen
    “Karen now in Apex Mountain, yes.”
    unknown · 1:35:46
  3. winner Denholm Elliott
    “Denholm Elliott had trading places the following year.”
    unknown · 1:35:49
  4. winner Nazis as movie villains
    “Nazis is movie villains.”
    unknown · 1:36:17
  5. winner Monkeys in comedy movies
    “Monkeys as, uh, comedy movie things that go badly.”
    unknown · 1:36:50
  6. winner John Williams: The apex is a 50-year plateau; Jurassic Park and Indy sit near the top.
    “And it seems like his apex just lasted for 50 years.”
    unknown · 1:38:45
  7. winner Fedoras
    “I think, like, being an American man in the 1940s and 50s is Apex Mountain for Fedorus.”
    unknown · 1:39:39

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick The dead Molina dummy
    “The dead Melina dummy is tough.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:39:50
  2. pick Indy taking punches from the bald Nazi
    “Indie taking 15 straight to the face punches”
    Bill Simmons · 1:39:56
  3. pick Why they never just kill Indy
    “Why didn't they just kill Indie 7 points during the movie?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:40:04
  4. pick Marion's drinking as Marion
    “Was Marion like John Paul Bonham?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:40:10
  5. pick Nobody reacts enough to finding the Ark
    “I just feel like everybody is underreacting to the fact that they found the Ark of the Covenant.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:41:36
  6. pick How Indy knows closing your eyes works
    “how does Indy know that closing your eyes spares you from the ghosts coming out?”
    Chris Ryan · 1:42:03
  7. pick Who maintains the snakes in the tomb
    “who's handling snake maintenance in that tomb?”
    unknown · 1:42:35
  8. pick Whether Hitler really loved the occult
    “Did Hitler really love the occult this much or did they just shoehorn that in?”
    unknown · 1:43:03

Unanswerable questions · Questions the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Was Marion's bar breaking even
    “You think she was breaking even on that thing?”
    unknown · 1:45:02
  2. pick Why Belloc's head exploding isn't the go-to reference over Scanners
    “Why didn't Bellox head exploding become the go-to exploding head reference and not scanners?”
    unknown · 1:45:18
  3. pick Is the movie worse with Tom Selleck: Would it still be a $330 million movie.
    “This movie's worse with Tom Selleck.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:46:04
  4. pick Does E.T. happen without this movie
    “Does ZT happen without this movie?”
    unknown · 1:46:31
  5. pick Satchel or man purse
    “Would you call it a man purse, that indie hat or would you call it a satchel?”
    unknown · 1:46:57
  6. pick Archaeologist or just looter
    “Archaeologist or just looter?”
    unknown · 1:47:25
  7. pick Why Marion keeps changing outfits
    “everybody wants to give Marian a different outfit to wear in this movie.”
    unknown · 1:48:29
  8. pick What actually motivates Indiana Jones
    “what is actually motivating Indiana Jones?”
    unknown · 1:49:20

Memorabilia · A prop they would own.

  1. pick Katanga's white turtleneck
    “I love Katanka's turtleneck.”
    unknown · 1:51:08
  2. pick The medallion
    “I thought the medallion would be good.”
    unknown · 1:51:38
  3. pick Indy's satchel
    “Indies satchel would be cool.”
    unknown · 1:51:46
  4. pick The bullwhip
    “I thought the bull whip would be cool.”
    unknown · 1:51:49
  5. pick The fedora
    “But I think the fedora is the answer.”
    unknown · 1:51:50
  6. pick The boulder
    “I'd like to park that boulder right in my driveway.”
    unknown · 1:51:53

Who Won the Movie · Who came out ahead from the movie.

  1. nominee Harrison Ford
    “Ford.”
    unknown · 1:52:20
  2. winner Steven Spielberg
    “I think it has to be Spielberg”
    unknown · 1:52:56
  3. winner Harrison Ford
    “Ford.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:54:54

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