<P> In 2014, film director Steven Soderbergh published an experimental black - and - white version of the film, with the original soundtrack and dialogue replaced by an electronic soundtrack . Soderbergh said his intention was to encourage viewers to focus on Spielberg's extraordinary staging and editing: "This filmmaker forgot more about staging by the time he made his first feature than I know to this day ." </P> <P> Assessing the film's legacy in 1997, Bernard Weinraub, film critic for The New York Times, which had initially reviewed the film as "deliriously funny, ingenious, and stylish", maintained that "the decline in the traditional family G - rated film, for' general' audiences, probably began" with the appearance of Raiders of the Lost Ark . "Whether by accident or design," found Weinraub, "the filmmakers made a comic nonstop action film intended mostly for adults but also for children ." Eight years later, in 2005, viewers of Channel 4 rated the film as the 20th - best family film of all time, with Spielberg taking best over-all director honors . </P> <P> On Empire magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, Raiders ranked second, beaten only by The Godfather . The film was ranked at number 11 in a list of the 25 best action and war films of all time by The Guardian . </P> <P> In conjunction with the Blu - ray release, a limited one - week release in IMAX theaters was announced for September 7, 2012 . Steven Spielberg and sound designer Ben Burtt supervised the format conversion . No special effects or other visual elements were altered, but the audio was enhanced for surround sound . </P>

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