SCRIPT TO SCREEN: On Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | 1981 | USA | Format: 35mm | 111 min 

Need to see this by Jamie Benning on the making of Raiders of the Lost Ark. So much filmmaking and storytelling insight, it's ridiculous. And well worth the popcorn. Watch it in installments.

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