Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Written by	Jeffrey Boam (screenplay) George Lucas (story) Menno Meyjes (story)
Starring	Harrison Ford Sean Connery John Rhys-Davies Alison Doody Denholm Elliott
Produced by	Robert Watts
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	24 May 1989
Runtime	127 min.
Language	English
Budget	$48,000,000
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix and John Rhys-Davies. This film is the third released, though the twenty-fifth chronologically, in a series of film and TV productions about the adventures of the heroic fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones. Image File history File links Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade DVD cover. ... Jump to: navigation, search Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona) is an Oscar winning Jewish American film director and producer. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who, between 1977 and 1983, appeared in what were then the top ten highest-grossing movies of all time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sean Connery as James Bond 007 in Goldfinger. ... John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is a Welsh actor. ... Alison Doody (born November 11, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actress and the youngest of three children. ... Denholm Elliott in The Signalman Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2002. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Jump to: navigation, search Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona) is an Oscar winning Jewish American film director and producer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who, between 1977 and 1983, appeared in what were then the top ten highest-grossing movies of all time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sean Connery as James Bond 007 in Goldfinger. ... Denholm Elliott in The Signalman Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television. ... Jump to: navigation, search Julian Glover in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Alison Doody (born November 11, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actress and the youngest of three children. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho (1991). ... John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is a Welsh actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones Indiana Jones is a fictional bullwhip-toting archaeologist with an overdeveloped ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) played by Harrison Ford. ...

When Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. (played by Sean Connery) vanishes while pursuing a life-long search for the Holy Grail, Indiana must retrace his father's steps in the hopes of rescuing him — and the Grail — from the clutches of the Nazi military machine. Jump to: navigation, search Grail redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Nazi on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Plot summary

The movie starts in 1912 with Indy (Phoenix) as a boy scout in a failed attempt to retrieve the Cross of Coronado from grave robbers. The small adventure inspires his whip, fear of snakes, fedora (and style of dress), and even the scar on his chin. The story then advances to 1938; Indy (Ford), now a grown man, is successful in getting the Cross and donating it to Marcus Brody's (Elliott) museum. For professional sport scouts, see Scout (sport). ... Jump to: navigation, search Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (ca. ... A whip is a cord or strap, usually with a stiff handle, used for delivering blows to human beings or animals as a means of control or punishment or torture. ... Jump to: navigation, search Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Jump to: navigation, search A fedora, which in this case has been pinched at the front and being worn pushed back on the head, with the front of the brim bent down over the eyes. ...

Walter Donovan (Glover) informs Indy that Henry Jones Sr., his father (Connery), vanished while searching for the missing half of a clue leading to the Holy Grail, which has the power to grant eternal life. Indy and Marcus travel to Venice to meet Dr. Elsa Schneider (Doody) to follow the footsteps of his father. Inside the library (a converted church which is actually the Church of San Barnaba in Campo San Barnaba) where his father was last seen, Indy discovers the tomb of a knight of the "Last Crusade" which holds information needed to begin the quest for the Grail. Indy encounters a secret and fanatical religious cult determined to protect the Grail at all costs. The cult leader, Kazim, tells him that his father is being held in Brunwald Castle near the Austrian-German border. Jump to: navigation, search Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate length, of time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the medieval Crusades . ...

In Germany, Indiana finds his father but both find themselves being betrayed by both Schneider and Donovan. Indy discovers that both work for the Nazis and that his father's kidnapping was staged to get him to solve the mystery of the Grail for them. Indy and his father escape the Nazis and go to Berlin, to retrieve his father's Grail diary needed to complete the quest. Meanwhile, the Nazis capture Brody, somewhere in Turkey, and learn where to start the Grail quest. Jump to: navigation, search Berlin â–¶(?), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; the city is now home to 3. ...

Donovan and Schneider, with Brody, begin the Grail quest on one path, as does Indy with his father and Sallah on another, and the cult on yet another. Eventually, their individual quests cross paths and lead to a confrontation where cult leader Kazim is killed by Donovan's men and a desert chase that reunites Indy and his father with Brody and Sallah.

The "Treasury" at Petra, Jordan, location of the Holy Temple in the movie

The quest reaches its climax at the Canyon of the Crescent Moon, in Hatay near Iskenderun, where the Holy Temple (secret home to the Grail) is located. Donovan captures Indy in the temple and shoots Indy's father, forcing him to face a set of challenges and retrieve the Grail for its healing powers to save his father's life. Indy, guided by his father's diary, surpasses the challenges, arriving in a room with Holy Grail hidden amongst many false grails and a knight of the last Crusade surviving by the Grail's power. Donovan and Schneider immediately follow Indy. Schneider then picks out a golden, bejeweled grail which Donovan drinks from. The grail was a false one and Donovan is killed. The Treasury at Petra. ... The Treasury at Petra. ... The Treasury at Petra Petra (from petrus, rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, al-Bitrā) is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Wadi Araba, the great valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Jump to: navigation, search Flag of the Republic of Hatay. ... İskenderun, formerly known in the west as Alexandretta or previously as Scanderoon (Arabic الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn), is a city in the Turkish province of Hatay. ...

Indy picks the true Grail, but the knight commands him not to let the Grail go "past the Great Seal", as it is the boundary of immortality. Indy takes the Grail with the holy water and heals his father. Schneider then tries to leave with the Grail and crosses the Great Seal. As the knight warned, the building collapses and she loses her balance at the edge of a crevasse. Indy tries to save her, but she falls into the abyss while trying to recover the Grail. Then Indy attempts to get the Grail, but his father tells him to "let it go", thus the Grail is never recovered as the heroes escape the crumbling Holy Temple. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ends with Henry Sr. revealing that "Indiana" was the family dog's name; Indy, his father, Sallah, and Marcus ride off into the sunset.

Cast listing

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Overview

This installment in the Indiana Jones series has more humor than the previous two films. The humor is mainly shown through the relationship between Indiana and his father. Also Marcus Brody is a less serious character than his previous appearance in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, being described as a museum curator who "once got lost in his own museum". The lightheartedness of the movie especially contrasts to its predecessor Temple of Doom, which is usually cited as the "darkest" in the trilogy. Jump to: navigation, search Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, first released in the United States on May 23, 1984, is a prequel to the hugely successful action movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. ...

Last Crusade is estimated to have grossed nearly $200 million domestically and $277 million overseas. It was second-best domestically (after Batman) and the first in overseas sales. Jump to: navigation, search The comic book character Batman, originally and still sometimes referred to as The Batman, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

Production

Indiana Jones artist Drew Struzan created the film's distinctive artwork. Also like the previous films in the series, the soundtrack was composed by John Williams. After producing the three Indiana Jones movies in the 1980s, no further movies have been made by Lucas or Spielberg in the Indiana Jones series as of 2005. Yet there have been persistent rumors of Indiana Jones 4 in that time. Drew Stuzan Artist Drew Struzan with his famously distinctive signature Drew Struzan (born 1947) is an American artist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra during the recording of the score for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Indiana Jones IV is the working and fan title given to what is expected to be the fourth of the Indiana Jones series of theatrical films. ...

Video games

In 1989, Lucasfilm Games released both a graphical adventure game and an action game of the same name, based on the film. Official LucasArts logo LucasArts Entertainment Company (sometimes shortened to LEC), is a video game developer and publisher. ... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1989, published by Lucasfilm Games (now LucasArts). ...

Trivia

• A notable item in the movie is the Grail diary of Henry Jones Sr. In the story it contains important clues that are needed to find and safely obtain the Holy Grail. Some Indiana Jones fans have attempted to create replicas.

• Harrison Ford and Pat Roach are the only actors to appear in all three films in the trilogy (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).

• The opening sequence, with River Phoenix as the young Indiana Jones, was shot at the end of production. The rock formations during the opening credits belong to Arches National Park, outside of Moab, Utah. The circus train was shot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which runs between Antonito, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico. As with the previous two films, studio filming took place at Borehamwood Studios in Hertfordshire, England.

• River Phoenix, who plays the younger version of Harrison Ford, played Ford's son in The Mosquito Coast.

• During a sequence in which Indy is flipping through the Grail Diary, there is a glimpse of the top half of the broken slab in Donovan's office.

• In the Boy Scout Scene, Indiana Jones is a life scout. He was supposed to be an Eagle Scout, but the badges are not given out to anyone other than Eagle Scouts - So he had to be just one under!

• In the Young Indiana Jones television series, the reason why the elderly Indiana appears so spry for his advanced age may be linked to drinking from the Grail.

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Home video releases

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was released on laserdisc in 1990, on VHS in 1999, and on DVD in October 2003. The film in each was release, was packaged along with the other two installments of the series: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Jump to: navigation, search Pioneers LaserDisc Logo The laserdisc (LD) was the first commercial optical disc storage medium, and was used primarily for the presentation of movies. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Jump to: navigation, search DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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