The movie offers no explanation for this, but has shown Indy to be quite resourceful when it comes to transportation. And since he was previously able to purchase two Zeppelin tickets, it stands to reason he is not without money. Indy is also not above stealing or comandeering clothes and vehicles when in desperate need.
Because he prefers his chosen name of Indiana. Also, due to his strained relationship with his father, he's likely not thrilled about sharing his father's first name. Finally, when Henry calls Indy "Junior" it makes Indy feel like his father still sees him as a child.
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When archeology professor Dr Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr (Harrison Ford) learns that his father, Professor Henry Jones Sr (Sean Connery) has disappeared and Indy subsequently obtains his diary that holds clues and a map to find the Holy Grail, Indy and museum curator Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) travel to Venice, Italy in search of him. Aided by clues from a stone tablet found by private collector Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) and by Dr Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody), their search takes them to Berlin, where they become pitted against the Nazis in a race to find the Holy Grail.
The Last Crusade is the third movie in the Indian Jones series, preceded by Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (1984) and followed by Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (2008) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). The Last Crusade is based on a story conceived by American film maker George Lucas and Dutch-born screenwriter Menno Meyjes. The screenplay for The Last Crusade was written by American screenwriter Jeffrey Boam The Last Crusade was novelized in 1989 by Rob MacGregor and republished in 2008.
1912 (young Indy prologue) and 1938 (the rest of the film).
The box was part of the "magic" car on a traveling railroad circus. It had a trap door in the bottom which dropped Indy onto the tracks below the train, where you see him running away. Another explanation is that it was truly magic, since Spielberg does use many supernatural elements in his movies or intentional moments in which the audience is supposed to suspend disbelief. However, this would seem to run contrary to Indy's assertion that he doesn't believe in magic, stated early in Raiders of the Lost Ark (though numerous events in the prequel film Temple of Doom also cause problems with this theme).
To make it harder for thieves to find. The markers, the stone and the shield, were left as clues. Also, the locations of the markers were not revealed in the journal either; the knight probably thought that the right person or persons who would do research to find the markers, would be on the side of righteousness. Henry Jones Sr is such a person who did 20 years of research and was able to draw his map to the temple.
When Indy falls through one of the steps, you can see the floor from underneath. Some long, thin columns can be seen in the front, but contrary to what may be the initial thought, these do not support the correct tiles. Just compare: when Indy enters the room, freeze the frame. You can see the correct tile with the "I" is actually bordering on the top-left side of the "J" that Indy steps on. However, when he falls through, no column or support is seen anywhere close to him or underneath any tile within a 6-foot (1.8-meter) radius or so. Also, as Indy falls, he quickly grabs the ledges of the surrounding tiles. If only the correct tiles were supported, then many more tiles would have collapsed under the sudden force caused by his weight. Instead, watch closely when Indy steps on the "O" and crushes the tile behind it; a metal pin can be seen inside the stone along the edge of the tile. The entire floor is probably reinforced with a metal framework, which keeps the floor together but allows individual parts of the floor to collapse. The correct tiles are made of solid material, and the "wrong" ones are meant to break easily.
The bridge was painted or carved to perfectly match the cliff wall opposite and the blackness from the plummet below. This is revealed when the camera turns to the side to clearly show the solid structure, but when it turns back to Indy's point of view it blends right in with the wall. There is also the idea that because Indiana needed to have faith in order to cross, he "believed" the bridge into existence which you can see as the camera swings around. It's also possible it was some sort of magically invisible bridge that was solid underneath, but invisible when looking at it from the top. Hence why Indy threw some sand over it, to show there was solid ground to walk on.
In real life, no. The illusion works in the film because a camera has monocular vision. In real life, a human, having binocular vision, would have been able to easily perceive a difference in depth between the bridge and the far wall.
This is likely an instance of artistic licence. The filmmakers could have rendered the scene in Latin or Old English with English subtitles (Indiana Jones is shown to be able to read and translate Latin earlier in the film). But the Indiana Jones series is largely an homage to old film serials and B-movies from the 1930s-50s where English is the lingua franca of the universe, spoken by everyone from aliens to ancient Egyptians. Sacrificing drama for the sake of realism would be stylistically against the grain of the series. It is also possible that they are in fact speaking Latin, but rather than using subtitles, the film translates it directly so that the audience hears it as English.
The Nazis often held public rallies as a way of garnering support for their cause. The most famous rallies are probably the 1934 events that took place in Nuremberg, which are documented in Leni Riefenstahl's movie, Triumph of the Will (1935). At this particular rally, we see Hitler supporters throwing handfuls of books at a large bonfire. The Nazis were notorious for publicly burning books that they felt undermined or openly criticized the policies of Hitler and the Third Reich. The most famous of these burnings took place in May 1933 in Berlin.
No, since the quote is out of context. As he is about to leave the castle, Donovan receives two urgent telegrams from Germany that he reads: "We have Marcus Brody, more important we have the map" and "By the personal command of the Führer, secrecy essential to success, eliminate the American conspirators". After he reads both; as a purely personal comment to Vogel, he adds, "Germany has declared war on the Jones boys", as a way to joke about the order to execute them and not as a reference to any war literally being declared.
When Indy first pulls himself up out of the hole in the floor after falling through, Donovan and Elsa are shown in the background behind him near the blades. They watch his movements and Indy shouts out every letter he needs to step on, giving them the knowledge to pass as well.
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- How long is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?2 hours and 7 minutes
- When was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade released?May 24, 1989
- What is the IMDb rating of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?8.2 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?Henry Jones, Marcus Brody, Dr. Elsa Schneider, Sallah, Walter Donovan, Vogel, Kazim, Grail Knight, Fedora, Sultan, and others
- What is the plot of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- What was the budget for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?$48 million
- How much did Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade earn at the worldwide box office?$474 million
- How much did Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade earn at the US box office?$197 million
- What is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade rated?PG-13
- What genre is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?Action and Adventure
- How many awards has Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade won?9 awards
- How many awards has Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade been nominated for?33 nominations
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