Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) movie poster

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

"Have the adventure of your life keeping up with the Joneses."
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๐Ÿ‘ 89%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 74% (RT: 84%, MC: 65) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
2h 7m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.8/10 (10,918 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
65
Cast
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
Sean Connery as Professor Henry Jones
Denholm Elliott as Marcus Brody
Alison Doody as Elsa
Julian Glover as Walter Donovan
River Phoenix as Young Indy
Michael Byrne as Vogel
Yes. 89% of real audiences liked it based on 10,918 votes. Critics gave it 74%.
Overview
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world! Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • Before Harrison Ford was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
  • During the filming of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harrison Ford improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • The incredible score for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
Audience Consensus

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, the third installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. Harrison Ford returns as the globe-trotting archaeologist, this time searching for the Holy Grail while racing against the Nazis, who believe the Grail's legendary power of eternal life will help them win the coming war. The film introduces Indiana's father, Professor Henry Jones Sr., played by Sean Connery, whose lifelong obsession with the Grail has led to his capture by the Nazis, forcing Indiana to mount a rescue that takes them from Venice to Austria to the deserts of Hatay.

The casting of Sean Connery as Indiana's father was a masterstroke โ€” the chemistry between Ford and Connery, built on affectionate bickering, mutual exasperation, and deeply buried paternal love, transformed what could have been a standard sequel into an emotionally resonant story about fathers and sons. Connery's Henry Jones Sr. was perpetually befuddled by practical matters while being the intellectual superior in matters of history and faith, creating a dynamic that enriched both characters. The Last Crusade consciously returned to the lighter, more humorous tone of Raiders of the Lost Ark after the darker Temple of Doom, and included an opening prologue featuring River Phoenix as a young Indiana Jones that established the character's origin story.

John Williams's score expanded his iconic Raiders March with new romantic and adventure themes. The film earned $474 million worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 1989.

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In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), the Nazi outfits are genuine World War 2 uniforms, not costumes. They were found in Eastern Europe by Co-Costume Designer Joanna Johnston.
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In 1989โ€™s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, anyone with a lapel flower tries to kill Indy. Indy even signals Elsa is bad by giving her a flower when they meet.
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