Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Movie script (Copy) Complete script and has 102 pages Third Draft August 1979 with revisions Directed by Steven Spielberg Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman Produced by Frank Marshall 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. Will be packaged and shipped with great care.