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Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits

Contributed by Patrick Concannon on May 21st, 2023. Artwork published in
June 1981
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Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits 1
Paramount Pictures. License: All Rights Reserved.

From Wikipedia:

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former romantic interest Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist Dr. René Belloq (Paul Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.

The opening credits pair Open Kapitalen with Eurostile. Eurostile Extended is used for “of the Lost Ark” and “South America, 1936,” whereas other credits use the Regular, optically stetched to around 150% its original width to give the impression of the Extended. The map, seen during location transitions, features Legende (with alternates) and ITC Serif Gothic, with both set in all caps. The end credits are set in Friz Quadrata.

Titles by MGM Title Department, credited as MGM Titles.

See also the title sequences for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits 2
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Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits 3
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Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits 4
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Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits 5
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  • Open Kapitalen
  • Eurostile
  • Legende
  • ITC Serif Gothic
  • Friz Quadrata

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