The 9th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1981, were held on July 27, 1982. It was hosted by Sandahl Bergman and Richard Lynch at the Director's Guild Theater Complex on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
Steven Spielberg, Best Director winner
Harrison Ford, Best Actor winner
Karen Allen, Best Actress winner
Burgess Meredith, Best Supporting Actor winner
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay 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, Jones races to stop rival archaeologist René Belloq from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.
1982 theatrical reissue poster by Richard Amsel
Producer Frank Marshall in 2012. As well as producing, Marshall had a minor role in the film as a Nazi pilot.
Actor Tom Selleck; initially cast as Indiana Jones, Selleck was forced to withdraw due to his contractual obligations to the television series Magnum, P.I.
A 1930s Mercedes-Benz 2.5 ton diesel truck used in the film on display at Disneyland, California
