Raiders of the Lost Ark is 40 years old this year
Raiders of the Lost Ark is 40 years old this year 3 minute read Indiana Jones, 40 years of adventure. It's a, well, blockbuster year for anniversaries in 2021, with a whole raft of classics celebrating their birthdays. This time it's the turn of Steve Speilberg's seminal adventure yarn, Raiders of the Lost Ark, which turns 40 this year. Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first instalment in the blockbusting Indiana Jones franchise, burst onto our screens a scarcely-believable 40 years ago. But of course, it’s not the years, it’s the mileage… The origin story of this legendary character is...