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The Great Adventure Returns
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The Return of the Great Adventure!
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A Warning to Keep Eyes Closed
Indiana Jones
Don't look, Marion! Keep your eyes shut!
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The Essence of Indiana Jones Adventure
Taglines
If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones!
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An Unwelcome Encounter at the Bar
Toht
Good evening, Fraulein.
Marion
The bar's closed.
Toht
We...we are not thirsty.
Marion
What do you want?
Toht
The same thing your friend Dr. Jones wanted. Surely he told you there would be other interested parties?
Marion
It must've slipped his mind.
[lights a cigarette]
Toht
The man is nefarious. I hope, for your sake, he has not yet acquired it.
Marion
Why? Are you willing to offer more?
Toht
Oh, almost certainly. Do you still have it?
[Marion blows smoke in his face and goes behind the bar]
Marion
No. But I know where it is. Hey! H-How about a drink for you and your men?
[sees the men penning her in]
Toht
Your fire is dying here. Why don't you tell me where the piece is right now?
[crosses to fireplace; stirs coals with a poker]
Marion
Listen, Herr Mac. I don't know what kind of people you're used to dealing with, but nobody tells me what to do in my place.
Toht
Fraulein Ravenwood, let me show you what I am used to.
Marion
Take your hands off me! Take your lousy hands off! Wait a minute, wait! I-I can be reasonable!
[Toht raises the poker toward her face, its end glowing hot]
Toht
That time is past.
Marion
You don't need that. Wait. I'll tell you everything.
Toht
Yes. I know you will.
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A Warning to Marion from Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
Marion, don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it, no matter what happens!
[as the Nazis are opening the Ark]
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Improvisation in High-Stakes Situations
Jones
I'm going after that truck.
Sallah
How?
Jones
I don't know. I'm making this up as I go.
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The Cost of Trust and Deceit
Belloq
Dr. Jones. Again, we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. And you thought I'd given up. You chose the wrong friends. This time it will cost you.
[Indy reaches for his gun, only to hand it over when the warriors draw back their weapons]
Jones
It's too bad the Hovitos...don't know you the way I do, Belloq.
[hands over the prized idol]
Belloq
Yes, too bad. You could warn them...if only you spoke Hovitos!
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Endless Challenges and Unforeseen Circumstances
Marion Ravenwood
We never seem to get a break, do we?
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Frustration with Bureaucracy in the Quest
Marion
Hey! What happened? You don't look very happy.
Jones
Fools. Bureaucratic fools.
Marion
What'd they say?
Jones
They don't know what they've got there.
Marion
Well I know what I've got here. Come on, I'll buy you a drink. You know, a drink?
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Tension Between Rivals in a Public Setting
Jones
Belloq.
Belloq
Good afternoon, Dr. Jones.
Jones
I ought to kill you right now.
Belloq
Not a very private place for a murder.
Jones
Well, these Arabs don't care if we kill each other. They're not going to interfere in our business.
Belloq
It was not I who brought the girl into all this. Please, sit down before you fall down. We can at least behave like civilized people. : I see your taste in friends remains consistent. How odd that it should end this way for us, after so many...stimulating encounters. I almost regret it. Where shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level?
[Indy then sits down as the monkey crawls off his shoulder and scampers away]
Jones
Try the local sewer.
Belloq
You and I are very much alike. Archaeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light.
Jones
Now you're gettin nasty.
Belloq
You know it's true. How nice. Look at this. It's worthless. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless! Like the Ark! Men will kill for it. Men like you and me.
[holds out a pocket watch]
Jones
What about your boss, der Führer? I thought he was waiting to take possession.
Belloq
All in good time. When I am finished with it. Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It's a transmitter! It's a radio for speaking to God, and it's within my reach!
Jones
You wanna talk to God? Let's go see Him together. I've got nothing better to do.
[prepares to shoot Belloq]
Belloq
Next time, Dr. Jones, it will take more than children to save you!
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Fear of Snakes in a Plane
Jones
THERE'S A BIG SNAKE IN THE PLANE, JOCK!
Jock
Oh that's just my pet snake Reggie!
Jones
I HATE SNAKES, JOCK! I HATE EM!
Jock
Come on, show a little backbone, will ya?
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Expressing Frustration with Indy’s Injuries
Marion Ravenwood
God damn it, Indy, where doesn't it hurt?
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A Battle of Wits and Ambitions
Belloq
Hello! Hello! Why, Dr. Jones, whatever are you doing in such a nasty place?
[looking down at Indy in the Well of Souls]
Jones
Why don't you come on down here? I'll show ya!
Belloq
Thank you, my friend, but I think we are all very comfortable up here. Yes, that's right, isn't it? Yes, we are all very comfortable up here. So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. What a fitting end to your life's pursuits. You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something!
Jones
Son of a bitch...
[laughs; mutters]
Dietrich
I'm afraid we must be going now, Dr. Jones. Our prize is awaited in Berlin. But we do not wish to leave you down in that awful place...all alone.
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Questioning the Quest for the Ark
René Belloq
Let me ask you this: Would you feel more comfortable opening the Ark in Berlin for your Führer? Finding out, only then, if the sacred pieces of the Covenant are inside? Knowing only then whether you have accomplished your mission, and obtained the one, true Ark?
[to Colonel Dietrich]
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Concerns About the Ark's Power
Sallah
Indy.. there is something that troubles me.
Jones
What is it?
Sallah
The Ark. If it is there, at Tanis.. Then it is something man was not meant to disturb. Death has always surrounded it. It is not of this Earth.
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The Significance of the Lost Ark
Brody
Marion's the least of your worries right now, believe me, Indy. I mean, for nearly three thousand years, man has been searching for the Lost Ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like...nothing you've ever gone after before.
Jones
Oh, Marcus! What are you trying to do, scare me? You sound like my mother! We've known each other for a long time. I don't believe in magic, a load of superstitious hocus-pocus. I'm going after a find of incredible historical significance. You're talking about the boogeyman! Besides, you know what a...cautious fellow I am.
[unwraps his gun and throws it into his packed belongings, just in case]
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A Command and Its Compliance
Jones
Stay here.
[hands Satipo the stick]
Satipo
If you insist, señor.
[shrugs]
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The Impact of Time and Experience
Marion
You're not the man I knew ten years ago.
Jones
It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage.
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Warning About the Ark of the Covenant
Old man
Come, come! Look, look here, look! Sit down. Come. Sit down.
[Indy and Sallah sit]
Jones
What is it?
Old man
This is a warning not to disturb the Ark of the Covenant.
[pointing out inscriptions]
Jones
What about the height of the staff, though? Did Belloq get it off of here?
Old man
Yes, it is here. This for the old way, this means six kadam high.
Sallah
About 72 inches.
Old man
Wait! And take back one kadam to honor the Hebrew god whose ark this is.
[shows more inscriptions on other side]
Jones
You said their headpiece only had markings on one side. You absolutely sure? Belloq's staff is too long.
[Sallah nods]
Jones, Sallah
They're digging in the wrong place!
Sallah
I am the monarch of the sea / I am the ruler of the Qu-
[laughing, singing]
Sallah
Bad dates.
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Facing Danger in the Underground Chamber
Sallah
Indy, why does the floor move?
Jones
Give me your torch. Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
[drops the torch into the chamber, revealing hundreds of snakes covering the floor of the Well]
Sallah
Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.
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Negotiation in a High-Stakes Situation
Jones
Give me the whip.
Satipo
Throw me the idol. No time to argue! Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip!
[they both see a stone door closing]
Jones
Give me the whip!
[throws the idol]
Satipo
Adiós, señor.
[drops the whip; leaves]
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Expertise and Comfort in Conversation
Maj. Eaton
Dr. Jones, we've heard a great deal about you.
Jones
Have you?
Maj. Eaton
Professor of Archaeology, expert on the occult and, how does one say it...obtainer of rare antiquities?
Jones
That's one way of saying it. Why don't you sit down? You'll be more comfortable.
Col. Musgrove
Thank you. Yes, you're a man of many talents. Now, you studied under Professor Ravenwood at the University of Chicago?
Jones
Yes, I did.
Maj. Eaton
And you have no idea of his present whereabouts?
Jones
Uh, just rumours, really. Somewhere in Asia, I think. I haven't spoken to him for ten years. We were friends, but we...had a bit of a falling out, I'm afraid.
Col. Musgrove
Now, Dr. Jones, you must understand this is all...strictly confidential.
Jones
I understand.
Col. Musgrove
Yesterday afternoon, our European section intercepted a German communiqué that was sent from Cairo to Berlin. Now-
Maj. Eaton
You see, over the last two years, the Nazis have had teams of archaeologists running around the world looking for all kinds of religious artifacts. Hitler's a nut on the subject. He's crazy. He's obsessed with the occult, and right now, apparently, there's some kind of German archaeological dig going on in the desert outside of Cairo.
Col. Musgrove
Now we've got some information here, but we can't make anything out of it, and maybe you can. ] development proceeding. Acquire headpiece, Staff of Ra, Abner Ravenwood, U.S.
[reads the communiqué; [w:Tanis|Tanis]
Jones
The Nazis have discovered Tanis.
Maj. Eaton
Just what does that mean to you, uh, "Tanis"?
Brody
Well it-
Jones
The city of Tanis is one of the possible resting places of the Lost Ark.
[interrupts him]
Col. Musgrove
The Lost Ark?
Jones
Yeah, the ]. The chest the Hebrews used to carry around the ].
[[w:Ark of the Covenant|Ark of the Covenant; [Ten Commandments]
Maj. Eaton
What do you mean, the commandments? You're talking about the Ten Commandments?
Jones
Yes, the actual Ten Commandments. The original stone tablets ] brought down from ] and smashed, if you believe in that sort of thing. Didn't either of you guys ever go to Sunday school?
[[Moses; [w:Mount Horeb|Mount Horeb]
Col. Musgrove
Well, uh, I-
Jones
Look, the Hebrews took the broken pieces and put them in the Ark, and when they settled in ], they put the Ark in a place called the ].
[[w:Canaan|Canaan; [w:Temple of Solomon|Temple of Solomon]
Brody
In ].
[[w:Jerusalem|Jerusalem]
Jones
Where it stayed for many years. Until, all of a sudden, whoosh, it's gone.
Maj. Eaton
Where?
Jones
Well nobody knows where, or when.
Brody
However, an Egyptian pharaoh...
Jones
].
[[w:Shishak|Shishak]
Brody
Yes...invaded the city of Jerusalem around about 980 B.C. and he may have taken the Ark back to the city of Tanis and hidden it in a secret chamber called the ].
[[w:Well of Souls|Well of Souls]
Maj. Eaton
Secret chamber?
Brody
However, about a year after the pharaoh had returned to Egypt, the city of Tanis was consumed by the desert in a sandstorm that lasted a whole year. Wiped clean by the wrath of God.
Col. Musgrove
Well, obviously we've come to the right men. Now, you seem to know all about this Tanis.
Jones
No, no, not really. Ravenwood's the real expert. Abner did the first serious work on Tanis. Collected some of its relics. It was his obsession, but he never found the city.
Maj. Eaton
Frankly, we're somewhat suspicious of Mr. Ravenwood. An American being mentioned so prominently in a secret Nazi cable.
Brody
Oh, rubbish. Ravenwood's no Nazi.
Col. Musgrove
Well what do the Nazis want him for, then?
Jones
Well obviously the Nazis are looking for the headpiece to the Staff of Ra and they think Abner's got it.
Maj. Eaton
What exactly is the headpiece to the Staff of Ra?
Jones
Well the staff is just a stick, I don't know, about this big, nobody really knows for sure how high. And it's... it's capped with an elaborate headpiece in the shape of the sun with a crystal in the center. And what you did was you took the staff to a special room in Tanis, a map room with a miniature of the city all laid out on the floor, and if you put the staff in a certain place, at a certain time of day, the sun shone through here and made a beam that came down on the floor here... and gave you the exact location of the Well of the Souls.
[gestures with his hands to convey the length of the staff; draws a diagram on a blackboard; contemplates the enormity of such a potential discovery]
Col. Musgrove
Where the Ark of the Covenant was kept?
Jones
That's exactly what the Nazis are looking for!
Maj. Eaton
Well what does this Ark look like?
Jones
Uh, there's a...picture of it right here. That's it.
[opens an old leatherback Bible to an illustration showing the Israelites holding the Ark above them, with great beams of light emanating from the Ark, piercing the ranks of the opposing army surrounding them, with the soldiers in various states of agony and death]
Maj. Eaton
Good God!
Brody
Yes, that's just what the Hebrews thought.
Col. Musgrove
Uh, now, what's that supposed to be coming out of there?
[pointing to the firebolts]
Jones
Lightning...fire...the power of God or something.
Maj. Eaton
I'm beginning to understand Hitler's interest in this.
Brody
Oh yes. The Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to entire regions. An army which carries the Ark before it...is invincible.
[he exchanges a grim look with Indy]
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Reunited with Unresolved Feelings in Nepal
Jones
Hello, Marion.
Marion
Ha! Indiana Jones! Always knew someday you'd come walkin back through my door. I never doubted that. Something made it inevitable. So what are you doing here in Nepal?
Jones
I need one of the pieces your father collected.
[turns away]
Marion
I learned to hate you in the last ten years!
[packs a solid right hook to his jaw]
Jones
I never meant to hurt you.
[holding his jaw]
Marion
I was a child! I was in love! It was wrong and you knew it!
Jones
You knew what you were doing.
Marion
Now I do. This is my place. Get out!
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Confrontation Over the Ark's Destruction
Jones
Hello!
[aims a rocket launcher at the Ark from a ridge above]
Belloq
Jones? JONES?!
[cannot believe it]
Jones
I'm gonna blow up the Ark, René!
Belloq
Your persistence surprises even me! You're going to give mercenaries a bad name.
Col. Dietrich
Dr. Jones? Surely you don't think you can escape from this island?
Jones
That depends on how reasonable we're all willing to be. All I want is the girl.
Col. Dietrich
If we refuse?
Jones
Then your Führer has no prize.
Belloq
Okay, stand back. All of you, stand back. Get back. Okay, Jones. You win. Blow it up. Yes, blow it up! Blow it back to God. All your life has been spent in pursuit of archaeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it open as well as I. Indiana...we are simply passing through history. This... This is history. Do as you will.
[to the soldiers; to Jones; soldiers move to encircle the Ark, but Belloq takes a machine gun and forces them back; gestures to the Ark; Marion, Toht, Dietrich and the soldiers exchange pensive looks]
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Assertion of American Identity and Rights
Marion Ravenwood
You can't do this to me! I'm an American!
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The Search for the Ark's Power
Brody
Where is the Ark?
Maj. Eaton
I thought we'd settled that. The Ark is somewhere very safe.
Jones
From whom?
Brody
The Ark is a source of unspeakable power and it has to be researched!
Maj. Eaton
And it will be, I assure you, Doctor Brody, Doctor Jones. We have top men working on it right now.
Jones
Who?
Maj. Eaton
Top...men...
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