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* ActorInspiredElement: The fight with the swordsman in the market was supposed to be a full-on fight with three days set aside to shoot it. Unfortunately, a lot of the cast and crew came down with dysentery thanks to the local food, including Harrison Ford. He managed to make it to set and said to Spielberg, "Look, this is stupid. Indy has to save Marion and doesn't have time for this. Why doesn't he just shoot him?" They filmed Ford doing just that, and it got a huge laugh during test screenings.
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** Creator/DannyDeVito was initially chosen for Sallah before the casting of Creator/JohnRhysDavies, but dropped out of the project due to filming commitments to ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
** Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
** Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
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** Creator/DannyDeVito was initially chosen for Sallah before the casting of Creator/JohnRhysDavies, but dropped out of the project due to filming commitments to ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
''Series/{{Taxi}}''. Also, Kevork Malikyan was also set to play Sallah, but couldn't make it to the audition due to his car breaking down (he would later portray Kazim in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'').
** Julian Glover was originally cast as Colonel Vogel. He would later get cast as Walter Donovan in ''The Last Crusade''.
** Creator/MichaelSheard, Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
** Julian Glover was originally cast as Colonel Vogel. He would later get cast as Walter Donovan in ''The Last Crusade''.
** Creator/MichaelSheard, Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
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** Creator/TomSelleck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTJbHjClMI auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones]] before Creator/HarrisonFord was cast. However, Selleck turned it down due to contractual obligations with Creator/{{CBS}} for ''Series/MagnumPI''.
*** Creator/JohnShea, Creator/TimMatheson, Creator/PeterCoyote, Creator/HarryHamlin, Creator/BarryBostwick, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/SamNeill and Creator/DavidHasselhoff screen-tested for the part of Indiana Jones as well before the casting of Ford.
*** Creator/JohnShea, Creator/TimMatheson, Creator/PeterCoyote, Creator/HarryHamlin, Creator/BarryBostwick, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/SamNeill and Creator/DavidHasselhoff screen-tested for the part of Indiana Jones as well before the casting of Ford.
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** Creator/TomSelleck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTJbHjClMI auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones]] before Creator/HarrisonFord was cast. However, Selleck turned it down due to contractual obligations with Creator/{{CBS}} for ''Series/MagnumPI''. \n*** Creator/JohnShea, Creator/TimMatheson, Creator/PeterCoyote, Creator/HarryHamlin, Creator/BarryBostwick, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/SamNeill and Creator/DavidHasselhoff screen-tested for the part of Indiana Jones as well before the casting of Ford.
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-->''"You love fire. In the script, you're supposed to hate fire! Why do you like fire!? '''You're ruining my movie!'''"''
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** The legendary Cairo swordsman scene is one of the most famous in all movies. Harrison Ford had become horribly sick and was feeling too ill to shoot the (planned) highly elaborate sword vs whip fight, so he suggested Indy just [[CombatPragmatist shoot the bastard]], and the rest is history.
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** The legendary Cairo swordsman scene is one of the most famous in all movies. Harrison Ford had become horribly sick and was feeling too ill to shoot the (planned) highly elaborate sword vs whip fight, so he suggested Indy "[[CombatPragmatist just [[CombatPragmatist shoot the bastard]], and bastard]]" ({{bowdlerise}}d in some accounts to "just shoot the sucker"). The rest is history.
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** Creator/DebraWinger, [[Creator/JaneSeymourActress Jane Seymour]], Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DeeWallace, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/StephanieZimbalist and Creator/SeanYoung read for the role of Marion Ravenwood before the casting of Creator/KarenAllen.
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** Creator/DebraWinger, [[Creator/JaneSeymourActress Jane Seymour]], Creator/{{Jane Seymour|Actress}}, Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DeeWallace, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/StephanieZimbalist and Creator/SeanYoung read for the role of Marion Ravenwood before the casting of Creator/KarenAllen.
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** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but they ironically were too scared to move until a female tarantula was introduced[[labelnote:note]] This is due to the fact that female tarantulas have a tendency to eat male ones unless they are in the process of mating with them. As such, the presence of the female caused the males to enter a frenzy to get as far away from the female as possible[[/labelnote]].
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** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but they ironically were too scared to move until a female tarantula was introduced[[labelnote:note]] This is due to the fact that female introduced (female tarantulas have a tendency tend to eat male ones unless they are in the process of mating with them. As such, them, so the female's presence of the female caused made the males to enter a frenzy to get as far away from the female as possible[[/labelnote]].try and escape).
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** Originally, there was going to be more of a LoveTriangle, with Marion being attracted to both Indy and Belloq. This fell by the wayside at some point, and in the final version, Marion appears to be attracted only to Indy while regarding Belloq as an AbhorrentAdmirer.
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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: During one scene, Spielberg had set up a ring of torches to keep the snakes away, but being cold-blooded reptiles, they are naturally drawn to sources of heat and kept slithering nearer. At one point, he just grabs one by the 'neck' and stares it in the eyes, yelling:
-->''"Why do you like fire!? You're supposed to hate fire! '''You are ruining my movie!'''"''
** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but they did not move until a female tarantula was introduced.
-->''"Why do you like fire!? You're supposed to hate fire! '''You are ruining my movie!'''"''
** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but they did not move until a female tarantula was introduced.
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** During one scene, Spielberg had set up a ring of torches to keep the snakes away, but being cold-blooded reptiles, they are naturally drawn to sources of heat and kept slithering nearer. At one point, he justgrabs grabbed one by the 'neck' neck and stares it in the eyes, yelling:
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** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but theydid not ironically were too scared to move until a female tarantula was introduced.introduced[[labelnote:note]] This is due to the fact that female tarantulas have a tendency to eat male ones unless they are in the process of mating with them. As such, the presence of the female caused the males to enter a frenzy to get as far away from the female as possible[[/labelnote]].
** During one scene, Spielberg had set up a ring of torches to keep the snakes away, but being cold-blooded reptiles, they are naturally drawn to sources of heat and kept slithering nearer. At one point, he just
** The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Creator/AlfredMolina, but they
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Karen Allen came up with her own back-story for the character, such as what happened to her mother, her romance with Indiana at age 15, and her time in Nepal; Spielberg described it as "an entirely different movie". This even included Marion prostituting herself following her father's death.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Karen Allen came up with her own back-story for the character, such as what happened to her mother, her romance with Indiana at age 15, and her time in Nepal; Spielberg described it as "an entirely different movie". This even included Marion prostituting herself following her father's death.death (which is in fact hinted at in the {{Novelization}}).
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** The film's costume sketchbook shows that Miriam's white evening gown was originally supposed to be [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1347615 red]].
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** The film's costume sketchbook shows that Miriam's Marion's white evening gown was originally supposed to be [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1347615 red]].
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** In the uncut conversation between Indy and Marion at the Raven Bar, Marion explains the cause of Abner's death and tells Indy about the difficult last two years of her life. After having arranged the following day's appointment for the delivery of the medallion, Indy turns to leave, only to return under Marion's urge; she grabs his jacket and pulls him close for a kiss. The whole Raven Bar scene was cut because it was considered too long. The kissing part can be seen in The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark documentary. The scene appears in a script draft, the novelization and the Marvel Comics movie adaptation.
** A plot element involving the Ark of the Covenant was cut from the film and is only hinted at during the finale when the Ark is opened. Basically, there were 2 rules about the Ark not mentioned in the final cut of the film: 1. If you touch the Ark, you die. 2. If you look at the Ark when it is opened, you die. This is first explained in additional dialogue for the scene when Indy and Sallah visit the Imam. Before translating the writings on the headpiece that give the height of the Staff of Ra, Imam warns Indy not to touch the Ark or look at it when it is opened. The next scene involving this Ark subplot is when Sallah and Indy remove the Ark from the Well of the Souls. When Sallah first sees it he reaches out to touch it. Indy stops him before he does and reminds him of Imam's warning. Then they insert long poles through each side of the Ark to lift it out of its crypt. Notice that nobody ever touches the Ark throughout the rest of the film until the finale.
** While Indy Jones is in the Map Room trying to find the exact location of the Well of the Souls, two German soldiers approach Sallah and order him to help them remove their truck that had been stuck in the sand. In the process Sallah loses the rope with which he was supposed to help Indy get out of the Map Room. In a continuing scene we see Sallah entering a German tent looking for something to substitute his missing rope and awhile later he comes up with a "rope" made of bed sheets and a German flag. What we don't see is Sallah in a state of panic wandering in the Nazi camp at breakfast time. A group of German soldiers ask him to serve them water from a marmite. Sallah spills the content of the marmite on the German officers' uniforms and leaves promising to return with fresh water. The scene called for smoke in the background but unfortunately the tires used to produce the smoke were too many, thus making the scene too dark. Steven Spielberg opted to cut this scene instead of spending half a day shooting it again.
** With Indy and Marion left to suffocate in the Well of the Souls the Germans decide that Sallah should be executed. A young German soldier was supposed to carry out the dirty job but things changed when he later started having second thoughts. A German youth vacationing in Tunisia had been hired for the part of the young soldier. The funny thing is that this inexperienced young man managed to express brilliantly the moral dilemma of a young soldier forced to decide whether or not to kill a harmless stranger; this is the business of foreign wars, and this unknown German boy was able to convey it as well as any actor. The result was beyond description, with this German student playing an intensely moving and emotional scene, making David Wisnievitz and Karen Allen call it the greatest moment since the film began. Spielberg said the bitter truth was that brilliant and memorable though the scene was, it would probably end up on the cutting-room floor because it was just too long. So it did.
** There was a small cut during the scene where Indy and Marion escape from the Well of Souls. When Indy pushes the large stone brick out of the room filled with mummy's, there is an Arab guard standing outside. When the Arab and Indy come face to face, Indy simply knocks him unconscious. Evidence of this scene still remains in the film. As Indy steps out of the chamber, he pauses and looks off to the left side of the screen. In the following shot, when Indy and Marion run from the building to the German plane, that Arab is visible lying on the ground by the building.
** Indy surviving the submarine journey by lashing himself to the periscope with his whip. In the final film, the plot hole goes largely unnoticed. Most people seem to assume either that Indy snuck inside the sub or that it stayed on the ocean surface for the duration of the trip[[note]]This is entirely plausible - before the creation of nuclear submarines, subs used batteries to run while underwater, to prevent exhaust from A) giving away their position, B) using up air/forcing the craft to devote critical space to actually store air and C) endangering the crew in case of even the slightest leak; the diesel engines used when surfaced both recharged the batteries and were far more powerful, allowing the sub to move faster[[/note]]. This cut scene did appear in the Marvel Comics adaptation. The few pictures that have been found prove that they indeed filmed at least part of this scene.
** In the uncut conversation between Indy and Marion at the Raven Bar, Marion explains the cause of Abner's death and tells Indy about the difficult last two years of her life. After having arranged the following day's appointment for the delivery of the medallion, Indy turns to leave, only to return under Marion's urge; she grabs his jacket and pulls him close for a kiss. The whole Raven Bar scene was cut because it was considered too long. The kissing part can be seen in The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark documentary. The scene appears in a script draft, the novelization and the Marvel Comics movie adaptation.
** A plot element involving the Ark of the Covenant was cut from the film and is only hinted at during the finale when the Ark is opened. Basically, there were 2 rules about the Ark not mentioned in the final cut of the film: 1. If you touch the Ark, you die. 2. If you look at the Ark when it is opened, you die. This is first explained in additional dialogue for the scene when Indy and Sallah visit the Imam. Before translating the writings on the headpiece that give the height of the Staff of Ra, Imam warns Indy not to touch the Ark or look at it when it is opened. The next scene involving this Ark subplot is when Sallah and Indy remove the Ark from the Well of the Souls. When Sallah first sees it he reaches out to touch it. Indy stops him before he does and reminds him of Imam's warning. Then they insert long poles through each side of the Ark to lift it out of its crypt. Notice that nobody ever touches the Ark throughout the rest of the film until the finale.
** While Indy Jones is in the Map Room trying to find the exact location of the Well of the Souls, two German soldiers approach Sallah and order him to help them remove their truck that had been stuck in the sand. In the process Sallah loses the rope with which he was supposed to help Indy get out of the Map Room. In a continuing scene we see Sallah entering a German tent looking for something to substitute his missing rope and awhile later he comes up with a "rope" made of bed sheets and a German flag. What we don't see is Sallah in a state of panic wandering in the Nazi camp at breakfast time. A group of German soldiers ask him to serve them water from a marmite. Sallah spills the content of the marmite on the German officers' uniforms and leaves promising to return with fresh water. The scene called for smoke in the background but unfortunately the tires used to produce the smoke were too many, thus making the scene too dark. Steven Spielberg opted to cut this scene instead of spending half a day shooting it again.
** With Indy and Marion left to suffocate in the Well of the Souls the Germans decide that Sallah should be executed. A young German soldier was supposed to carry out the dirty job but things changed when he later started having second thoughts. A German youth vacationing in Tunisia had been hired for the part of the young soldier. The funny thing is that this inexperienced young man managed to express brilliantly the moral dilemma of a young soldier forced to decide whether or not to kill a harmless stranger; this is the business of foreign wars, and this unknown German boy was able to convey it as well as any actor. The result was beyond description, with this German student playing an intensely moving and emotional scene, making David Wisnievitz and Karen Allen call it the greatest moment since the film began. Spielberg said the bitter truth was that brilliant and memorable though the scene was, it would probably end up on the cutting-room floor because it was just too long. So it did.
** There was a small cut during the scene where Indy and Marion escape from the Well of Souls. When Indy pushes the large stone brick out of the room filled with mummy's, there is an Arab guard standing outside. When the Arab and Indy come face to face, Indy simply knocks him unconscious. Evidence of this scene still remains in the film. As Indy steps out of the chamber, he pauses and looks off to the left side of the screen. In the following shot, when Indy and Marion run from the building to the German plane, that Arab is visible lying on the ground by the building.
** Indy surviving the submarine journey by lashing himself to the periscope with his whip. In the final film, the plot hole goes largely unnoticed. Most people seem to assume either that Indy snuck inside the sub or that it stayed on the ocean surface for the duration of the trip[[note]]This is entirely plausible - before the creation of nuclear submarines, subs used batteries to run while underwater, to prevent exhaust from A) giving away their position, B) using up air/forcing the craft to devote critical space to actually store air and C) endangering the crew in case of even the slightest leak; the diesel engines used when surfaced both recharged the batteries and were far more powerful, allowing the sub to move faster[[/note]]. This cut scene did appear in the Marvel Comics adaptation. The few pictures that have been found prove that they indeed filmed at least part of this scene.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/IndianaJones Has its own part on a page]].
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** Creator/TomSelleck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTJbHjClMI auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones]] before Creator/HarrisonFord was cast. However, Selleck turned it down due to contractual obligations with Creator/{{CBS}} for ''Series/MagnumPI''.
*** Creator/JohnShea, Creator/TimMatheson, Creator/PeterCoyote, Creator/HarryHamlin, Creator/BarryBostwick, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/SamNeill and Creator/DavidHasselhoff screen-tested for the part of Indiana Jones as well before the casting of Ford.
** Creator/DebraWinger, [[Creator/JaneSeymourActress Jane Seymour]], Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DeeWallace, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/StephanieZimbalist and Creator/SeanYoung read for the role of Marion Ravenwood before the casting of Creator/KarenAllen.
** Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/GiancarloGiannini were considered for the part of Belloq before [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Paul Freeman]] was cast.
** Creator/DannyDeVito was initially chosen for Sallah before the casting of Creator/JohnRhysDavies, but dropped out of the project due to filming commitments to ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
** Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
** An early draft of the script had Indy traveling to Shanghai to recover a piece of the Staff of Ra. During his escape from the museum, where it was housed, he was to be sheltered from machine gun fire, behind a giant rolling gong. Also in the same script, Indy and Marion flee the chaos caused by the opening of the Ark in a wild mine-cart chase sequence. Both of these scenes were cut from the script, but ended up in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** On a more disturbing note, Lucas and Spielberg actually considered making Marion ''twelve'' in the backstory when she first had a relationship with an adult Indy. For perspective, that's the same age as [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Short Round]]. (Not that the final product wasn't that much of an improvement; in the [[AllThereInTheManual official backstory]], Marion was fifteen and Indy was still in his twenties.)
** The iconic scene where Indy shoots the sword wielding guard was actually meant to be a lengthy sword fight that would have taken three days to shoot. However, Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery at the time and could only film scenes in ten minute increments. Thus Ford and Steven Spielberg decided it would be better to simply have Indy shoot the swordsman instead.
** When Brody first goes to Indy's house to discuss the mission, Jones is dressed the way he is because he is entertaining a young woman in his bedroom. The script originally planned to show her before moving to the next scene, to give Indy a more worldly persona (like James Bond). However, her appearance was cut, as Spielberg thought that being a playboy did not fit Indy's character.
** In the original draft, Toht and Dietrich are named Belzig and Schleimann. Also in that draft, Toht/Belzig is in the rear car during the desert chase, and goes off the cliff with it. Dietrich is not present for the opening of the Ark, which takes place inside a Tabernacle tent. Instead he is outside, and is killed while pursuing Indy and Marion in their escape.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/indianajones/images/5/56/RoboToht.jpg Toht was originally a cyborg]] with a red eye and a metal arm that could change into a machine gun and a flamethrower. Creator/GeorgeLucas vetoed this for being too far-fetched.
** In Creator/LawrenceKasdan's earlier drafts of the film, Indy was the direct cause of Barranca's death instead of the Hovitos. When Barranca pulls his gun out ona page]].Jones, the archaeologist uses his whip to make Barranca shoot himself.
** The film's costume sketchbook shows that Miriam's white evening gown was originally supposed to be [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1347615 red]].
** Creator/TomSelleck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTJbHjClMI auditioned for the role of Indiana Jones]] before Creator/HarrisonFord was cast. However, Selleck turned it down due to contractual obligations with Creator/{{CBS}} for ''Series/MagnumPI''.
*** Creator/JohnShea, Creator/TimMatheson, Creator/PeterCoyote, Creator/HarryHamlin, Creator/BarryBostwick, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/SamNeill and Creator/DavidHasselhoff screen-tested for the part of Indiana Jones as well before the casting of Ford.
** Creator/DebraWinger, [[Creator/JaneSeymourActress Jane Seymour]], Creator/MarySteenburgen, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DeeWallace, Creator/BarbaraHershey, Creator/StephanieZimbalist and Creator/SeanYoung read for the role of Marion Ravenwood before the casting of Creator/KarenAllen.
** Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/GiancarloGiannini were considered for the part of Belloq before [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Paul Freeman]] was cast.
** Creator/DannyDeVito was initially chosen for Sallah before the casting of Creator/JohnRhysDavies, but dropped out of the project due to filming commitments to ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
** Creator/KlausKinski and Creator/RomanPolanski were originally offered the role of Major Arnold Toht before [[Series/{{Porridge}} Ronald Lacey]] was cast. However, even though Kinski wanted to work with Spielberg, he declined, calling the script "moronically shitty". He instead took a role in ''Film/{{Venom|1981}}'', which paid more.
** An early draft of the script had Indy traveling to Shanghai to recover a piece of the Staff of Ra. During his escape from the museum, where it was housed, he was to be sheltered from machine gun fire, behind a giant rolling gong. Also in the same script, Indy and Marion flee the chaos caused by the opening of the Ark in a wild mine-cart chase sequence. Both of these scenes were cut from the script, but ended up in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** On a more disturbing note, Lucas and Spielberg actually considered making Marion ''twelve'' in the backstory when she first had a relationship with an adult Indy. For perspective, that's the same age as [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Short Round]]. (Not that the final product wasn't that much of an improvement; in the [[AllThereInTheManual official backstory]], Marion was fifteen and Indy was still in his twenties.)
** The iconic scene where Indy shoots the sword wielding guard was actually meant to be a lengthy sword fight that would have taken three days to shoot. However, Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery at the time and could only film scenes in ten minute increments. Thus Ford and Steven Spielberg decided it would be better to simply have Indy shoot the swordsman instead.
** When Brody first goes to Indy's house to discuss the mission, Jones is dressed the way he is because he is entertaining a young woman in his bedroom. The script originally planned to show her before moving to the next scene, to give Indy a more worldly persona (like James Bond). However, her appearance was cut, as Spielberg thought that being a playboy did not fit Indy's character.
** In the original draft, Toht and Dietrich are named Belzig and Schleimann. Also in that draft, Toht/Belzig is in the rear car during the desert chase, and goes off the cliff with it. Dietrich is not present for the opening of the Ark, which takes place inside a Tabernacle tent. Instead he is outside, and is killed while pursuing Indy and Marion in their escape.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/indianajones/images/5/56/RoboToht.jpg Toht was originally a cyborg]] with a red eye and a metal arm that could change into a machine gun and a flamethrower. Creator/GeorgeLucas vetoed this for being too far-fetched.
** In Creator/LawrenceKasdan's earlier drafts of the film, Indy was the direct cause of Barranca's death instead of the Hovitos. When Barranca pulls his gun out on
** The film's costume sketchbook shows that Miriam's white evening gown was originally supposed to be [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1347615 red]].
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** Japan: ''Raiders: The Lost Tabernacle[[note]]Ark[[/note]]''
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* CaliforniaDoubling: On-location filming took place primarily in Hawaii and Tunisia, doubling for South America and Egypt respectively. In Hawaii, they filmed on the island of Kauai, where Speilberg would return to shoot the Isla Nublar scenes for ''Film/JurassicPark''. Tunisia also plays the Nazis' secret island for the scene when Indy threatens to blow up the Ark. In fact, it's the same canyon where R2-D2 was captured by Jawas in ''Film/ANewHope''. The submarine base is actually located in France, and was also featured in ''Film/DasBoot'', which was being filmed at the same time incidentally. With the studio sets built at Elstree Studios, most of the U.S. scenes were filmed at the nearby Royal Masonic School, with the result that England doubles for the U.S.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: On-location filming took place primarily in Hawaii and Tunisia, doubling for South America and Egypt respectively. In Hawaii, they filmed on the island of Kauai, where Speilberg would return to shoot the Isla Nublar scenes for ''Film/JurassicPark''. Tunisia also plays the Nazis' secret island for the scene when Indy threatens to blow up the Ark. In fact, it's the same canyon where R2-D2 was captured by Jawas in ''Film/ANewHope''. The submarine base is actually located in France, and was also featured in ''Film/DasBoot'', which was being filmed at the same time incidentally. With the studio sets built at Elstree Studios, most of the U.S. scenes were filmed at the nearby Royal Masonic School, with the result that England doubles for the U.S. Finally, the ending is set in Washington DC, but was actually filmed at the San Francisco City Hall.
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** The British Ronald Lacey plays the Gestapo officer Toht.
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** The British Ronald Lacey Creator/RonaldLacey plays the Gestapo [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] officer Toht.
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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted. If the work wasn't an adaptation, it doesn't count.
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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/HarrisonFord was always considered for Indiana Jones, especially after Creator/StevenSpielberg saw ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', but Creator/GeorgeLucas initially wanted a relatively unknown actor and he wasn't keen on reusing actors.
** Spielberg cast Creator/KarenAllen after seeing her in ''Film/AnimalHouse''.
** Spielberg cast Paul Freeman after seeing him in the MadeForTVMovie ''Death of a Princess''.
** Spielberg cast Creator/JohnRhysDavies after seeing him in ''Series/{{Shogun}}''.
** Spielberg cast Ronald Lacey because the actor reminded him of Creator/PeterLorre.
** Creator/DenholmElliott was Spielberg's only choice for Marcus Brody, as he was a fan of the actor. He didn't even have to audition.
** Creator/HarrisonFord was always considered for Indiana Jones, especially after Creator/StevenSpielberg saw ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', but Creator/GeorgeLucas initially wanted a relatively unknown actor and he wasn't keen on reusing actors.
** Spielberg cast Creator/KarenAllen after seeing her in ''Film/AnimalHouse''.
** Spielberg cast Paul Freeman after seeing him in the MadeForTVMovie ''Death of a Princess''.
** Spielberg cast Creator/JohnRhysDavies after seeing him in ''Series/{{Shogun}}''.
** Spielberg cast Ronald Lacey because the actor reminded him of Creator/PeterLorre.
** Creator/DenholmElliott was Spielberg's only choice for Marcus Brody, as he was a fan of the actor. He didn't even have to audition.
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* CommonKnowledge: Most people assume the shifty guy on the plane hiding behind a copy of Life magazine is Toht. He isn't, this guy is actually played by the movie's special effects artist Dennis Muren.
