USA, 1989
127m
35mm film, 70mm film (blow-up), Panavision (anamorphic), colour, 2.35:1
Dolby Stereo (35mm prints), 70mm 6-Track (70mm prints), English
An American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg.
Plot Summary
Indiana Jones again battles the Nazis who have kidnapped his father, renowned archaeologist Professor Henry Jones whose diary contains a map which may lead to the Holy Grail. Indy has to venture into Germany itself to get his father back and try to prevent the Nazis from getting their hands on the Grail.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) 1989
Paramount Pictures presents a Lucasfilm Ltd. production. A Steven Spielberg film
Executive Producers: George Lucas, Frank Marshall
Produced by: Robert Watts
Associate Producer: Arthur Repola
Screenplay by: Jeffrey Boam
Story by: George Lucas and Menno Meyjes
Based upon characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe
Editors: Michael Kahn, George Lucas *
Music: John Williams
Sound Mixer: Tony Dawe
Costume Designed by: Anthony Powell with Joanna Johnston
Make-up Supervisor: Peter Robb-King
Chief Hairdresser: Colin Jamison
Chief Make-up Artist – Prosthetics: Nick Dudman
Mechanical Effects Supervisor: George Gibbs
Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael J. McAlister
Visual Effects Produced at: Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., Marin County, California
Production Designer: Elliot Scott
Cast
Harrison Ford (Dr Henry ‘Indiana’ Jones Jr)
Denholm Elliott (Dr Marcus Brody)
Alison Doody (Dr Elsa Schneider)
John Rhys-Davies (Sallah)
Julian Glover (Walter Donovan)
River Phoenix (young Indiana Jones)
Sean Connery as Professor Henry Jones
Michael Byrne (Vogel)
Robert Eddison (Grail knight)
Richard Young (Fedora)
Alexei Sayle (Sultan)
Kevork Malikyan (Kazim)
Alex Hyde-White (young Henry)
Paul Maxwell (Panama Hat)
Mrs Glover Isla Blair] (Mrs Donovan)
Vernon Dobtcheff (butler)
J.J. Hardy (Herman)
Bradley Gregg (Roscoe)
Jeff O’Haco (half breed)
Vince Deadrick (rough rider)
Alternative Titles
Indiana Jones e a Grande Cruzada – Portugal
Indiana Jones e a Última Cruzada – Brazil
Indiana Jones e l’ultima crociata – Italy
Indiana Jones és az utolsó keresztes Lovag – Hungary
Indiana Jones et la derniere croisade – France
Indiana Jones i ostatnia krucjata – Poland
Indiana Jones ja viimeinen ristiretki – Finland
Indiana Jones och det sista korstaget – Sweden
Indiana Jones og det sidste korstog – Denmark
Indiana Jones und der letzte Kreuzzug – Germany
Indiana Jones y la última cruzada – Spain
Links
Sequel to
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Sequels
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Extracts included in
The American Film Institute’s Tribute to Steven Spielberg (1995)
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2001)
References
Periodicals
- Cinema 31 August 1989 – review (by Heiko Rosner)
- New Musical Express 9 September 1989 p.31 – uncredited review
- Premiere October 1989 p.15 – review (by Jean-Claude Loiseau)
- Starlog March 1990 pp.41-43, 56 – illustrated article (The Real Indiana Jones by Robert Dassanowsky)
- Strange Adventures vol.2 no.7 (no.19 August 1990) p.3 – illustrated review (Videozone: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by T.L. [Tony Lee])
- Studio October 1989 p.19 – review (by Marc Esposito)
- TV Times 19 December 1992-1 January 1993 pp.7, 27, 82 – review, credits
