The "Raiders of the Lost Ark" script is maybe the greatest adventure movie ever written. It contains amazing set pieces, dialogue, and exposition. So there's a lot to learn. Let's read it and examine the lessons. Screenplays are living documents that change at every level. Today we're going to look at the script for Raiders of the Lost Ark and discover how it set the blueprint for the modern studio adventure film while subverting the tropes of the genre. An old draft for Lawrence Kasdan's Raiders of the Lost Ark script has appeared over at Cinephilia & Beyond with tons of notes in the margins from Harrison Ford himself. So check those images out if you want to learn more. But we're going over the third draft of Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was written by Lawrence Kasdan with a story by George Lucas and contains a multitude of screenwriting lessons. Let's roll... Read the Raiders of the Lost Ark script here! Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 18 June, 2019