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Release Date:
22 May 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
In May, the adventure continues. more
Plot:
Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 5 wins
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24 nominations
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Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 20 November 2009, 9:40 AM, PST)
Disaster movie 2012 opens with $225m tidal wave at global box office
(From The Geek Files. 17 November 2009, 4:37 PM, PST)
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 20 November 2009, 9:40 AM, PST)
Disaster movie 2012 opens with $225m tidal wave at global box office
(From The Geek Files. 17 November 2009, 4:37 PM, PST)
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Entertaining in that self-parodying sort of way, but somebody PLEASE tell George Lucas to retire!!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harrison Ford | ... | Indiana Jones | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Irina Spalko | |
| Karen Allen | ... | Marion Ravenwood | |
| Shia LaBeouf | ... | Mutt Williams | |
| Ray Winstone | ... | 'Mac' George Michale | |
| John Hurt | ... | Professor Oxley | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Dean Charles Stanforth | |
| Igor Jijikine | ... | Dovchenko | |
| Dimitri Diatchenko | ... | Russian Suit | |
| Ilia Volok | ... | Russian Suit | |
| Emmanuel Todorov | ... | Russian Soldier | |
| Pavel Lychnikoff | ... | Russian Soldier (as Pasha D. Lychnikoff) | |
| Andrew Divoff | ... | Russian Soldier | |
| Venya Manzyuk | ... | Russian Soldier (as Veniamin Manzyuk) | |
| Alan Dale | ... | General Ross |
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Also Known As:
Fourth Installment of the Indiana Jones Adventures (USA) (working title)
Indiana Jones 4 (USA) (working title)
Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (USA) (working title)
Raiders of the Lost Ark Sequel (USA) (working title)
The Untitled Genre Project (USA) (working title)
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Indiana Jones 4 (USA) (working title)
Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (USA) (working title)
Raiders of the Lost Ark Sequel (USA) (working title)
The Untitled Genre Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.
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122 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:12 |
Ireland:12A |
UK:12A |
Sweden:11 |
Singapore:PG |
Denmark:11 |
Norway:11 |
Finland:K-13 |
Australia:M |
Netherlands:12 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:Atp |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Spain:T |
Portugal:M/12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44295) |
Malaysia:U |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Peru:PT |
Germany:12 |
Austria:10 |
New Zealand:M |
South Africa:13V |
Iceland:12
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Trivia:
Denholm Elliott, who played Indy's friend and colleague Marcus Brody in the previous films, died in 1992. He was replaced with Jim Broadbent. As a tribute to Elliott, a portrait of Brody can be seen in Marshall College.
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Goofs:
Errors in geography: The Mayan Indians primarily lived in southern Mexico and Belize, not in Peru. The Incan Indians lived in Peru.
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Indiana Jones:
Brutal couple of years, huh, Charlie? First Dad, then Marcus.
Dean Charles Stanforth: We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.
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Dean Charles Stanforth: We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.
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References Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Little Bitty Pretty One
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Usually, when you go to see an action/adventure movie, especially an Indiana Jones movie, you're going to suspend your disbelief and just allow yourself to "get into" the movie. These kinds of movies are supposed to be mindless escapist fun. Still, one might expect some small modicum of plausibility or connection to the real world. When it comes to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," forget about suspending disbelief. Just pretend you're in another dimension altogether. If you do that, you'll have have met one of the two prerequisites for seeing this movie. (If you don't believe me now, you will when you see this film and see our hero survive a cataclysmic event in a fairly cartoonish manner a mere 15 minutes into the film.) The other prerequisite is that you've seen the other three movies...religiously. A huge chunk of the entertainment value of this film comes from nostalgia, in-jokes, and self-parody. It is an entertaining movie and I had fun and laughed while I was watching it and the reason for this is because we are either enjoying seeing all of the same old gags done once again in a bigger and cooler way, or we are enjoying seeing those gags mocked. Trusty bullwhip? Check. Fedora? Check. Long car chase with fighting and leaping and what-not? Check. Dark tombs lit only by torches? Check. Gross creepy crawly critters? Check.
This is what makes the movie entertaining, but is also what prevents it from greatness and what makes me hesitant to call it a true "Indiana Jones" movie. George Lucas (who co-wrote the screenplay) has tried to do here what he did to the "Star Wars" prequels, namely that he thinks that appealing to the fan base with in-jokes, self-parody, and re-hashing the same old stuff can take the place of actually writing a a story that can stand on its own merits. The "Star Wars" prequels failed because Lucas could not get past his constant references to the original trilogy and so instead created fan fiction instead of true prequels. (Well, there was also the fact that Lucas' dialogue SUCKED.) Here, the stunts and action sequences and in-jokes keep us feeling entertained during the course of the film, but when we walk away, we wonder where was the real story.
Indiana Jones is a homage to 1930s serials about treasure hunters. He's out of place in the 1950s. Also out of place are the Soviets(led by Cate Blanchett in a Rosa Kleb-like role). And there are many, many, MANY instances where you will get to wondering just how implausible the next stunt will be. All of that I can put up with, though, and in fact can and do add to the entertainment value of the film. What I could not put up with was the ending, which will remind you not of Indiana Jones but of the ending to another Spielberg movies that pre-dates "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
This movie is lots of fun to watch, but it doesn't take itself seriously and probably shouldn't be part of the Indiana Jones canon.