"Premakes" Raiders of the Lost Ark (1951)

[LSGProdaksn034]

now i understand south park !!! :) fucking Spielberg .I.

[norskman69]

So your telling me that Indiana jones (the one with Harrison Ford) is a remake?!

[frankjfalco]

Peter Lorre & Anthony Quinn! Brilliant casting!!

My guess for the male and female leads before I clicked were Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

[Serai3]

Oh. My. God.  This is BRILLIANT.

[CoolerKing37]

Raiders was already based on old film serials, so you made a parody of a tribute. It'd be like doing a "What If Kill Bill was an 70's samurai flick."

[MisterSable]

This is awesome! What film is the ark footage from?

[CaptCrunge]

Absolutely brilliant! I would go to a theater to see a fully realized version of this concept. Hollywood would do well to take a page from your book and return to good story telling uncluttered with effects and noise.

Its a shame Indy 4 was such a mess. What were they thinking? It took Lucas,Spielberg and Harrison Ford nineteen years to agree on that script?

Sadly, the poor performance at the box office would put a damper on any chances of a fifth Indy. Bradley Cooper as Indy!

[Serai3]

@CaptCrunge Ya'll seem to forget what CRAPFEST Indy 2 was. Temple of Dumb!

[CaptCrunge]

@Serai3

Actually,I think Indy 2 sucked also. I';ve read accounts where Lucas apologizes for it...saying he was going thru a divorce at the time which accounted for the shitty story and dark tone to the movie. Part 3 had a few good moments. But parts 2 and 4 were atrocious.

I think they dropped the ball and ruined any chance of continuing the art that was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[VortexatGOZIE]

Sadly when the 4th movie was made the nostalgic moments of this yester year was desecrated as they NUKED THE FRIDGE>> R.I.P. Classic INDY..:(

[inwalters]

What movie is the scence with the ark from? I know it's not from Secret of the Incas.

[Naamalum]

@inwalters

It's from a 1951 film called 'David and Bathsheba'.

[mikenike123454]

This must have been one of the easiest ones to make, since Indiana Jones was based on so many old serials.

[manhattan77]

Hilarious!!! Made with a great deal of reverence for the old school of movie making. Love it!

[lahering]

Excelent

[q8indy]

Goddddd great job you almost got me

[q8indy]

Bordered great job, you a

[TitenSxull]

People forget that these kind of films and old serials were what inspired Lucas to create Indiana Jones in the first place. Awesome trailer :D

[stebunn]

Brilliant!

[inwalters]

The scene with the ark, what movie is that from? I'm sure that's not in "Secret of the Incas".

[MrSherlockWatson]

what movie is it at 1:35

[SuperJamesbyrne]

@MrSherlockWatson The movie is a quick clip from Heston in THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

[VictorVonHelsinki]

I must say you made this movie look like even more interesting this way8)

[KillerSalmon]

Hey, is that Buster Crabbe?!?!

[tsunamaisurfer606]

I am so confused?!?!?!?! HELP ME!!!!!!!!

[phsycoblah]

w00t I saw all these movies xD

[moonymonster]

This is AMAZING. It made me want to see THIS movie instead of the actual Indiana Jones movie....(although if this actually existed I think the world would implode from awesome). Super cool! Though it made me think Indy was a rip-off, not a homage....

[ZemplinTemplar]

LOL, Lorre as Belocq ?! :-DDD Cool.

[connerspencern]

Charlton Heston with Peter Lorre? Now that is AWESOME!!!!!!

[vson8]

@whoiseyevan This was absolutely brilliant. Seamless, I couldn't tell it was stitched together from multiple movies. Lovingly produced. And a good homage: good to see Spielberg's inspirations and influences!

[Pynaegan]

HA! what FUN!

You made my morning!

Now do something with Starwars using old Flash Gordon or maybe Buck Rogers.

[Pynaegan]

@Pynaegan Oops! you beat me to it. Guess I shouldda looked first!

: D

[VddEnergise]

so this video is fake ? not for real ? anyway good work :)

[azrael723]

Amazing job!

[BigHairyKev]

Very well done : )

[MrCwells74]

OMG!!! hahaha This is GREAT! Really good job, I thoroughly enjoyed watching...

[americaneagle2076]

FAN-TAS-TIC!!!!!!!!!

[manofmystery26]

wow these serials look awesome straight up indiana jones!:)



[codename617]

@manofmystery26 hell yeah, they should have them one a good friday or saturday night. They should bring back stuff like this.

[manofmystery26]

@codename617 yes they should play these like on amc or something i would watch them and im only 19 years old seriously they should bring stuff like these back!!!

[SuperJamesbyrne]

whoiseyevan - you have a remarkable talent, in fact, you are that good that some of the posters here think that this is an actual trailer to a 1950s B-movie called RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Thankyou also, for resurrecting the wonderful old Chuck Heston movie SECRET OF THE INCAS and for breathing new life into it.

James Byrne.

[jackJoker89]

So the gut with the glasses that asks if he wants him to shoot him is Toht?

Cool video, but was there actually a serial where they found the lost ark?

[lightingcobra]

Nice video and interesting concept

[littlefuzz4]

Very well done. You must have seen alot of old serials and black & white films to put all these clips together. That is basically what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have to do. They too have seen the serials and that is what Indiana Jones is based on. I don't care if an idea came from a 1930's or 1940's movie. It's all good.

[chevypillow247]

Thumbs up if you want to see a 1940s or 50s version of The Hangover

[UncleMikeNJ]

Anthony Quinn as Sallah! Brilliant as the rest of it!

[TheGoldcountry]

@RogerBravoLucas Really? Spielberg and Lucas are very honest about stealing from the past, and reusing famous themes and concepts. Nothing original has been done in a long time. Good artists take the good things and repackage. That's not a bad thing; sometimes things have to be restructured for a younger audience.

[trinity6diversia]

I'm stunned. Again. Seriously, how DO you DO this?!?! It's one of the best videos I've ever seen!

[BeeBeeTeeVee]

Great effort. One of the smartest videos I've seen on You Tube. Brilliant.

[arcaperdida]

Music of Patton???

[Gepeto]

Is Peter Lorre the guy that looks like Major Arnold Toht?

[whale0melette]

i thought it was some amazing old b-movie id missed somehow, fucking well done- id so watch this.

[Giel1987]

Amazing! Very well done!

LOL Peter Lorre as Toht! They cast Ronald Lacey 'cause he reminded them of Lorre

[dmfalk]

Brilliant!

[TheEbbemonster]

Really brilliant job on your video! You have really found some great videos to illustrate where "Raiders of the Lost Ark" got its inspiration!

[bashfulbrother]

This is brilliant. Nive work.

[The3ninjakids]

did steven spielberg steal the raiders ideas from secret of the incas and all these other clips?

[Icnon2]

@The3ninjakids

Secret of the incas was one of Spielberg's inspirations .

[jazzx251]

that was brilliant.

[image99dcpl]

Jajaja WOW!!!

[handymandan100]

this trailer is chocked full of WIN!!

[tinyflyonthewall]

Very well done!

[flcl4evr]

WAIT....I heard the theme from Patton! That didn't come out till 1970!

[B17Boy]

@flcl4evr - Yeah! I heard the theme from Patton, too. But this is still a great gag and I like it. I'm sure many of these scenes from all these different movies influenced Spielberg somewhat.

[GodCutter]

And I thought I had come across this idea first. Guess I was wrong.

How did you come up with the idea of premakes?

[JamesEMcCormick]

This is so well done.

[supercoolbrian]

I've always kind of seem the connection.

[someguy6481]

very well done.

[FIBackRoom]

Beautiful, well made and excellently done. I especially like the Ten Commandments references. Nearly died laughing.

[Tritonium2k7]

What the EF !

This is not a major Hollywood production from the 50ths ???

This is impossible!

[SaraConr]

Absolutely ingenious!!!!

[Ichibanoldpoop]

Always thought it interesting the similarity between Raiders and the book "The Spear of Destiny," by Trevor Ravenscroft. Nazis seeking an occult symbol of immense power, a Professor Ravenswood (~ Ravenscroft~) and the story ends with the item hidden in a US govt warehouse. Lots of similarities.

[jonnyqwst]

This is great fun. VERY well done, an example of fan talent turned into a great tribute. The atmospherics of a 1940s film is right on the money.

[iknowmy3table]

TRON premake, light cycle chases on oscilometer screens

[whatevers31]

dude remake this ur self dont steal from secret of the incas

[whoiseyevan]

@whatevers31 I'm guessing you missed the point of "premakes". I wouldn't dream of stealing... I'm actually trying to get people to remember that these films exist.

[MORKOS621]

@whoiseyevan That whatevers31 reminds me of some people. I write a superhero style version of Jane Eyre and they think I'm plagiarizing. Even after I tell them about Pride, Prejudice and Zombies.

[993ti]

@whatevers31 Lol, someone missed the brain train :P

[whatsitsgalore]

Is that monkey from a Harold Lloyd movie? Is it The Kid Brother?

[comraderaoul]

This would have totally been better than the actual version.

[RollingOrmond]

@comraderaoul Bullshit

[azzythehero]

If it wasn't for this, I would have never heard of The Secret of the Incas. Gonna go watch it now.

[whoiseyevan]

@azzythehero My work here is done :)

[nobodysperfect06]

I thought it would be 1954, I thought premakes was 30 years earlier? since Gremlins came out 1984

[nobodysperfect06]

would have been better if the actual Indiana Jones theme was used

[shaunrat66]

Anthony Quinn as Sallah! :) Genius Indy!

[beakebros3]

back to the furture starring james dean as marty McFly and Richard denning as doc brown

[beakebros3]

how about back to the future from 1955 ?

[MONDARIZDK]

Great job!

[zack9786]

how about this saw in 1952!

[funcooldrew2]

what the f is this real tell me fuck help raiders from lost ark is a remake????

[CharlieChristMovie]

Love it!

[cordell1999]

@whoiseyevan star wars episode 3 from 1959

[mumupy]

jaws from the 1950's?

[TheDejael]

This is great! Of course, we know where Lucas & Spielberg got Indiana Jones from, he was actually Charlton Heston's Harry Steele in "Secret of the Incas" (Paramount, 1954) in beautiful Technicolor!

I love this "what if " idea...great editing!

[master09shredder]

Hah pretty easy job with all the Secret of the Incas footage

Pretty sweet though

[Ophidiophobic75]

awesome

[bicz67]

o legitimo !

[RideMyBMW]

Dude, you´re a fu%$in genius man! You just invented a new genre!

[SwampDaddy7]

Nicely done! Can you do Smokey & the Bandit like it's from the '50's?

[kelillo]

a proposition: "Helter skelter" or a movie about Manson filmed in the 40s or mid 50`s

:)

[supercoolsondra]

Damn you! You got me!

[indyfanmodder]

wow awesome job. good editing

[bastardvideos]

Gremlins if it was from 1951

[woollybully100]

Gregory Peck as the villian?! thats makes the whole nuking the fridge thing seem possible... oh wait.

[tigersharka]

Nice job....bringing the inspirations for Indy together. Thanks

[Tempusviator]

Very clever ! Very cool ! Think about it, there is no limit to the number of movies that you could create this way ! The major motion picture companies should hire you to make trailers because you have created real art with them !

[em23]

Get your paws of me you damn dirty nazi!

[hopop313]

It looks like it would have actually been really if it was real

[KingCharltonHeston]

Hahahaha, that's great

[Nagneto]

Well technically Raiders was a homage to all this classic Colombia adventure movies.

[SuperJamesbyrne]

The great thing about this mini classic is it leaves you wanting more ... much more in fact. I loved the way "whoiseyevan" successfully welded together Heston characters Harry Steele and Brad Braden to create a very believable black and white Indiana Jones.

[gridus81]

Indiana Jones una serie degli anni 50? :D

[oestfalcon]

That is about the cleverest thing I've seen in a while.

[weikko79]

Pretty cool!

[janlomona]

Sir, you are a certified bloody genus! Just added this to my FB page in honour of Raiders 29th anniversary.

[woollybully100]

gregory peck in raiders of the lost ark would be pretty cool.

[randomdave30]

What a great, original, innovative concept and a concept well-executed - 'premakes' - GREAT!

[quidnick]

george lucas tht little bitch even stole the score from this earlier film!

[3investigators]

amazing how much the "raiders" franchise swiped and claimed as its own. Even the big boulder!

[jerrymaguirenator]

@3investigators Raiders was very obviously a tongue-in-cheek homage to these very movies and Sunday serials that Lucas and Spielberg both loved. Both of them have admitted as much on numerous occasions. In other words Raiders of the Lost claimed nothing as its own. Just to clarify.

[Palpatin77]

Great work! You re-made my favorite movie of all time using the very films and serials that influenced the film! My jaw dropped when I saw the rolling boulder and the Ark of the Covenant. Very impressed with your effort here, sir. Take a bow.

[jedivisconti]

This Gregory Pack Movie, wich movie is this? What the title?

[IAmFwee]

Considering that Indiana Jones was based on the serials of the 1930s, I would say that this was a GREAT choice for premaking. It's really convincing!

[skinwalkerxxx]

@whoiseyevan That's a trooper! ;) Great work again!

[pakunala]

This is fantastic. Very well done.

[joelbritomusic]

This is amazing!! It seems so real!!!

[LeighMet]

It was based on the 1930s serials

[Wellsian]

This is BRILLIANT!!! Well done!

[JMYodaTHX]

Having old movie buffs for parents I grew up watching the classics on TV while being taken to see "modern" classics like Star Wars and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" so this trailer is a little slice of heaven for me and I appreciate the hard work that went into making it. I can't wait for your "Star Wars" and I'd love to see you tackle "Close Encounters" using films like "Earth Versus the Flying Saucers", "War of the Worlds' and "The Man from Planet X". (If not I may ,I want to learn editing.)

[JixMa]

Wow! The parallel elements were amazing! Great job putting this together! 5*****

[rzapalac]

This is absolute sheer brilliance! Thanks for sharing!

[ThrilloVanHouten]

Man, this must have taken a lot of effort! Awesome job!

[saphopoem]

For Indiana Jones id say Cary Grant or Clark Gable

[grvtykllr]

nicely done.

[letourp72]

Love your work! Absolutely fabulous! You totally respect and understand the early cinematographers. This is really outstanding! I'd love to see you work on a full scale film using these techniques. Of course the copyright nazis will go nuts, but WOW WHAT FUN!!

[egirard56]

well planned out and an excellent job of editing.

[yaronimus1]

the charlton heston and peter lorre and anthony queen choise of cast is genious. thank you!!

[paolomanueldec]

Try it anyway if you can, man! This indiana jones one is perfect, excellent editing by the way. impressing.

[SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6]

Oh, Yeah! Charlton Heston as Indianna Jones!

[becasmar]

bravo... very good :)

[allegropiano2000]

Actually "The Secret of the Incas" has always been one of my favorite Heston films---long before Indiana Jones ever came onto the screen! It is a long lost relic for sure! A real gem!

[dinner2dr]

Ty allegropiano2000 for the tip, I'm going to check it out, I hope it's still out there.

[JMYodaTHX]

@allegropiano2000 I saw it on the OLD Family Channel in the early 90s and I KICK myself for not recording it since it's not on DVD. I'm a huge Chuck Heston fan and a huge Indiana Jones fan and the parallels of him being a fedora and leather jacket wearing Tomb Raider was striking. It was obvious the look and even some of the attitude influenced our beloved Indy even though Lucas has never acknowledged it but then "The Making of Star Wars" mentions "Flash Gordon" but not "The Hidden Fortress".

[deadman00]

amusing

[redjameskidd]

I think it's funny that half the people commenting here think for some reason that all these clips came from some single lost film. It says right up in the description which movies were sampled, fellahs....some 24 different ones.

Great job on the Peter Lorre "Mr. Moto" addition, btw.

[Moviesoundtrackguy]

Is this real?

[cineobscure]

This was simply brilliant !

[indianaj89]

'Secret of the Incas' is the name of the movie these clips are from. I still haven' t seen it:/

[youngrebels75]

GREAT JOB! :-D Spielberg and Lucas would be proud.

[Patrick19833]

What movie you got the clips from? It looks Indiana Jones ripped that movie off lol

[atomichead777]

i'd definitely want to see this if this was real :D

[ardashir51]

You, sir, are a genius.

[classicqueen13]

Could someone tell me what Charlton Heston film this is that keeps popping up? Very cool vid, btw

[classicqueen13]

I found it!

[FunkyFrank10]

Indiana Jones was inspired by old 30s, 40s, and 50s serials, so this is very fitting.

[queenbeehoneyd]

dude. that was awesome! heard about this in entertainment weekly and had to check it out. they were right. your trailers are amazing! keep up the great work dude! cant wait to see the next one.

[knoxvilleguy2]

WHO MADE THIS ?

Damn, it's FREAKIN' FANTASTIC, I hope they think about film school / cinematic arts. REALLY.

[Carandini]

To keep things really evocative of the era, I'd just have Chewbacca as your standard guy in a gorilla suit. The one Crash Corrigan used was probably the best looking one of the era, so I'd look at some of his movies.

[jazzx251]

That was just amazing!

In a way, Raiders was just like a 50s trailer, except all the way through with no boring bits.

Raiders is easily the best adventure film ever made because it stayed true to the best bits in its source material, the old swashbucklers which this brilliantly made trailer emulates.

[regioking]

awesome

[skinwalkerxxx]

C3P0 as a woman? lol so fitting.

[actionflickchick]

Love this! They were always open with the fact that Raiders was an homage to old movies, esp. serials. Interesting to see this particular premake clip. Thanks for sharing it.

[guileniam]

wers the charlton heston footage from?

[Faust6688]

From Secret of the Incas

[LAFilmcutter]

OMG!!! This is AWESOME!!! Well done! The music, the editing, the titles.....BRILLIANT!!!

[skinwalkerxxx]

How about this for challenge:

Star Wars if it had been filmed in the 40s.

[markbaland]

A Star Wars pre-make could make use of old Flash Gordon movies, The Day The Earth Stood Still, It Came From Outer Space, Forbidden Planet, etc...

[jsl151850b]

@skinwalkerxxx

Yeah... but instead of a trailer...

Chapter 13 of the 13 part serial.

"Attack the Death Star".

Models on strings pushed down a long hallway with artwork on the floor.

(The animatic process used to choreograph the speeder bike sequence of RotJ.)

Sparklelers for rocket engines?

[MrBrianNZ]

Good Even !!

[myfajahas400children]

real?

[Angela2BPecked]

Getting FB'd!

[gradgurl2007]

Excellent! Peter Lorre is such a great villain.

[venom11808]

Haha, that was funny. Really good job.

[DavidsLostGirl]

Very cool :D

[TheGurry]

wow.....

so is Raiders like a great big homage or a great big ripoff?

Like I love Raiders to death, but like.... wow.

[angryrootbeer]

Not very quick are you?