Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones came out of a conversation on a Hawaiian beach in 1977, where George Lucas — waiting to see whether Star Wars would fail — pitched Steven Spielberg an archaeologist adventure serial after Spielberg said he wanted to make a Bond film. The result is a deliberate revival of the 1930s cliffhanger serial, complete with map-and-red-line transitions, and it works because Spielberg treats the pulp material with total technical seriousness.
About Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones came out of a conversation on a Hawaiian beach in 1977, where George Lucas — waiting to see whether Star Wars would fail — pitched Steven Spielberg an archaeologist adventure serial after Spielberg said he wanted to make a Bond film. The result is a deliberate revival of the 1930s cliffhanger serial, complete with map-and-red-line transitions, and it works because Spielberg treats the pulp material with total technical seriousness. The films are also notable for how much punishment the protagonist takes: he is beaten, dragged and outrun throughout, and frequently fails to affect the outcome at all.
The character was pitched on a beach in 1977 while Lucas waited for the first Star Wars reviews.
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Key eras
| Era | Years | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Original trilogy | 1981–1989 | Raiders, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. |
| Return | 2008–2023 | Two late sequels, decades after the original run. |
| Beyond film | 1992– | Television, games and comics expand the character's history. |