“Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark”, 1981 film.

 

Philip Nicholls, “The Science in Science Fiction”, 1982 was the topic of an earlier blog post

Here I present: “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark”, 1981 film.  

Philip Nicholls in his book asks the question of what is the Science in a SciFi story.  In the George Lucas written “Indiana Jones”, 1981 film the science is Archaeology.  The story below by the characters and plot.

CHARACTERS.

Indiana Jones, protagonist archaeologist, part-time professor of archaeology.

Marion Ravenwood, love interest of protagonist Indiana Jones.

Rene Belloq, antagonist rival archaeologist, employee of Nazi Germany.

Major Arnold Tohl, agent of the German Gestapo.

Sallah Mohammed, Egyptian excavator and old acquaintance of Indiana Jones.

PLOT.

In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is recruited by the United States government to obtain the “Ark of the Covenant”. Indiana Jones competes with rival archaeologist Rene Belloq, who Nazi Germany employed to obtain the “Ark of the Covenant”.

 

Here I presented: “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark”, 1981 film.

COMMENTS.

 This is a SciFi story and answering the question posed by Philip Nicholls “What is the science in a SciFi story?” _ the answer is: the science is Archaeology.  Archaeology as shown ABOVE in the diagram consists of other subjects.  Archaeologist primarily are concerned with “excavation of ancient sites”.  The history of writing shown BELOW is sometimes used by archaeologist to discover architectural remains in the excavation sites.

Hollywood actor, Harrison Ford has played the character of Indiana Jones archaeologist in five (5) films from 1981 to 2023.
Philip Nicholls, “The Science in Science Fiction”, 1982 was the topic of an earlier blog post