Trivia: The German U-boat in this movie is actually a mock-up built for Spielberg's earlier movie, 1941. It's only the front half of the sub, so you never see past the conning tower in close-ups. When you see the sub in its entirety, it's a model, which was also built for 1941.
Mark Bernhard
16th May 2005
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Suggested correction: This entry conflicts with the entry stating that the U-Boat used in "Raiders" was the prop used in "Das Boot" that Spielberg had loaned.
13th May 2005
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Trivia: According to Steven Spielberg, in the scene when Indy steals the horse and chases after the truck, you can see two men in the camp are cooking a dog on a spit.
13th May 2005
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Trivia: The truck that Indy gets dragged under and the one that he blows up when he thinks he's killed Marion are actually the same truck. It was built specifically for the moving fight scene because they couldn't find a real truck that would work with all the stunts that were written for it. They used it again in the bazaar scene so that it would look like that type of truck was a common vehicle at the time.
13th May 2005
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Trivia: When the Nazis have taken the ark from the Bantu Wind (Captain Katanga's ship) and no one can find Indy (until he climbs aboard the sub), Spielberg actually filmed Indy diving off the ship and swimming all the way to the sub. Harrison Ford did the stunt himself, though the footage was never used.
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