Raiders of the Lost Ark costume budget: Museum Object and Cultural History
Raiders of the Lost Ark costume budget: date made: 1980. Object Name: booklet. Physical Description: metal (staple material).
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Costume budget for the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark. This 7-page budget list is typed and includes a detailed numbering of costumes and their costs for each character in the movie. Steven Spielberg directed this iconic film about an archaeologist and adventurer hired by the United States government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
Filmmaker George Lucas conceived of Indiana Jones as a globe-trekking archeologist to pay homage to classic Hollywood adventure films. Jones is a reluctant hero who finds himself fighting evil-doers of all sorts while seeking to preserve cultural heritage. The Indiana Jones series, directed by Steven Spielberg, is among the most successful movie franchises in American history.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1980
- Object Name: booklet
- Physical Description: metal (staple material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
- Associated Place: United States: California, Los Angeles
- Subject: Movie
- ID Number: 1989.0401.03
- accession number: 1989.0401
- catalog number: 1989.0401.03
- Credit Line: Deborah Nadoolman Landis
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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