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Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones, an archeol091st who barely escapes with his life several limes in "Raiders of the

Spielberg and Lucas make a modern movie serial itching to once again be Superman. The opportunity soon comes. In one of those dull, now-it's-time-to-slt-on.your. with something for everyone - but is that enough? hands expository sequences, we dis- cover, during a top-secret American Steven Spielberg, have said in inter- Intelligence briefing, that the Nazis RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, directed by Steven ences reared Onone-damn-thing-after- are carrying on a mysterious excava- Spielberg, produ"Ced by frank Marshall, executive views that "Raiders" is their tribute to another TV heroics, that lack of producers, George lucaa, Howard Kazanjian, movie serials, but neither of them is script by lawrence Kssdan, dialributed by inspiration may be reassuring. Lucas 'Raiders'/O-5, Col. 1 Pararnount Pictures. Rated PG. old enough to have been formed by and Spielberg's approach carries no Indiana Jones .,. Harrison Ford those serials, which were mostly awe - neither for the wondrous Marion. . Karen Allen popular In the '308 and '408. What treasures of antiquity at the heart of Diefrich Wolf Kahler really appears to have formed them Beucq , . Paul Freeman their movie, nor for the magic of are the serial hand-me-downs on TV. movies. They've scaled down their Godard once characterized the people imaginations in tribute to trash. By Peter Rainer in his movie "Masculin-Feminin" as At the beginning of the movie, set Herald Examiner film critic "the children of Marx and Coca-Cola." in 1936,Indiana Jones