"Premakes" Raiders of the Lost Ark (1951)

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What if...

Raiders of the Lost Ark was a 50s film serial? Who would be best suited for the role of Indiana Jones? How would his villains translate to this era? What would the film's musical score sound like?

Thankfully, since George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created Raiders as a homage to classic serials, these questions are easily answered. Both directors have acknowledged that specific films influenced key sequences across all four Indiana Jones films. I tried my best piece these films together and create a loose narrative. I hope you enjoy this homage to "Raiders" and the many great films that inspired it.

This "pre-make" is a mash-up of old trailers and clips found all over Youtube. It is fake, independent, and not for profit. It is not endorsed or connected to Paramount or Lucasfilm. It was made as a purely technical exercise, and as a reflective deconstruction of elements in modern cinema.

Here is the recipe:
The 10 Commandments, Prince Valiant, Naked Jungle, Secret of the Incas, Jungle Queen, Zulu, Look to Lockheed for Leadership, Casablanca, The City of Brass, Mr. Moto takes a Vacation, Star in My Crown, A Pain in the Pullman, On Dangerous Ground, Patton, King Solomons Mines, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Greatest Show on Earth, David and Bathsheba, The Screaming Skull, When You Know, Mysterious Mr. Moto, Lawrence of Arabia, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and Superman at Bay.

Want to see more "pre-makes"? Check out:
Ghost Busters (1954)
Forrest Gump (1949)

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  Film & Animation

[d3in0nychu5]

LOL this is too perfect. Did you know, Ronald Lacey was cast as the creepy Nazi precisely because he reminded Steven Spielberg of Peter Lorre?

[deckard97]

Very entertaining i think you should show it to Lucas/Spielberg as a homage to their homage

any thought to the Alien series in the same venicular?

[Kerry Smith]

This is from the movie lost world 1960

[CubanPete1990]

Next time use some clips from the mummy's hand!

[Neil Leslie]

Frakking brilliant! Well done! Charlton Heston as Indy? We can only imagine!

[azboomer1950]

I had no idea!

[thechrisandmikeshow]

Luv it!

[farley fuentebella]

peter lorre is surprisingly young here. so Indiana Jones is no creation of George Lucas and so was not included in the purchase by Disney.

[marioroxmysox]

Someone make a "Premake" Trailer of Popeye, cartoon style!

[Alain Leccia]

God! How can it be real, for a moment i really thought Indy was a remake LOL! Seriously you are incredibly talented!!!

[tigerspirit1917]

Why is the swastika in the beginning to the left? :P This is pretty funny though XD

[marcd30319]

Love that monkey!