Raiders of the Lost Ark Quote
Brody : However, an Egyptian pharaoh...
Indiana : Shishak.
Brody : ...yes, invaded the city of Jerusalem round about 980 B.C., and he may have take the Ark back to the city of Tanis and hidden it in a secret chamber called The Well of Souls.
Major Eaton : [ skeptically ] Secret chamber?
Brody : However, about a year after the pharaoh had returned to Egypt, the city of Tanis was consumed by the desert in a sand storm which lasted a whole year. Wiped clean by the wrath of God.
Major Eaton : [ turns slowly toward Col. Musgrove ] Uh... huh.
Colonel Musgrove : Obviously, we've come to the right men. Now you seem to know, uh, all about this Tanis, then.
Indiana : No, no, not really. Ravenwood is the real expert. Abner did the first serious work on Tanis. Collected some of its relics. It was his obsession, really. But he never found the city.
Major Eaton : Frankly, we're somewhat suspicious of Mr. Ravenwood, an American being mentioned so prominently in a secret Nazi cable.
Brody : Oh, rubbish. Ravenwood's no Nazi.
Colonel Musgrove : Well, what do the Nazis want him for then?
Indiana : Well, obviously, the Nazis are looking for the headpiece to Staff of Ra and they think Abner's got it.
Major Eaton : What exactly is a headpiece to the Staff of Ra?
Indiana : Well, the staff is just a stick. I don't know, about this big. Nobody really knows for sure how high. And it's... [ turns blackboard to blank side ]
Indiana : it's, uh... it's capped with an elaborate headpiece in the shape of the sun with a crystal in the center. And what you did was, you take the staff to a special room in Tanis, a map room with a miniature of the city all laid out on the floor. And if you put the
Indiana : Shishak.
Brody : ...yes, invaded the city of Jerusalem round about 980 B.C., and he may have take the Ark back to the city of Tanis and hidden it in a secret chamber called The Well of Souls.
Major Eaton : [ skeptically ] Secret chamber?
Brody : However, about a year after the pharaoh had returned to Egypt, the city of Tanis was consumed by the desert in a sand storm which lasted a whole year. Wiped clean by the wrath of God.
Major Eaton : [ turns slowly toward Col. Musgrove ] Uh... huh.
Colonel Musgrove : Obviously, we've come to the right men. Now you seem to know, uh, all about this Tanis, then.
Indiana : No, no, not really. Ravenwood is the real expert. Abner did the first serious work on Tanis. Collected some of its relics. It was his obsession, really. But he never found the city.
Major Eaton : Frankly, we're somewhat suspicious of Mr. Ravenwood, an American being mentioned so prominently in a secret Nazi cable.
Brody : Oh, rubbish. Ravenwood's no Nazi.
Colonel Musgrove : Well, what do the Nazis want him for then?
Indiana : Well, obviously, the Nazis are looking for the headpiece to Staff of Ra and they think Abner's got it.
Major Eaton : What exactly is a headpiece to the Staff of Ra?
Indiana : Well, the staff is just a stick. I don't know, about this big. Nobody really knows for sure how high. And it's... [ turns blackboard to blank side ]
Indiana : it's, uh... it's capped with an elaborate headpiece in the shape of the sun with a crystal in the center. And what you did was, you take the staff to a special room in Tanis, a map room with a miniature of the city all laid out on the floor. And if you put the
Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark
