It was nominated for Oscars!? This changes everything! Someone remind Lucas quick so he can stop these shenanigans! *shakes first at marketing and licensing* Damn them!
Its not like the Cairo swordsman shoots first now.
I'm not even sure what your point is. So in your heart of hearts you still know its really still only called Raiders because of the 'professional source' IMDB? ...okay then, super....
Let me put it another way. Pop in the DVD and see what title comes up onscreen.
That is the title of the film. Unlike the sequels, "Indiana Jones" is not part of the title card. It's not in my heart of hearts, it's on the copy of the film you have in your house, even if you bought that copy yesterday.
Will "Batman Begins" be retitled "The Dark Knight Begins" simply to unify it for branding of the trilogy for home video and related consumer products going forward? Who knows, but if the title "Batman Begins" remains on the film itself, then
that is the title, whatever the packaging or marketing materials say.
Newer film history books, and significantly, even the fairly recent, definitive analysis of the Indy films, "The Complete Making of Indiana Jones," do not use the altered title, only "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In the recent landmark interview with Spielberg in the New York Times regarding the IMAX release, the film is never referred to by the altered title. Not sure what to tell you - it appears on advertizing and consumer materials, yes, but it not widely known by that altered title (hence the confusion expressed by the thread originator,) and it does not appear on the film itself.
