Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008
12A
2h 2m

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6.2/10

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Adventure Epic Globetrotting Adventure Action Adventure

Set in 1957, it pits Indiana Jones against Soviet KGB agents led by Irina Spalko searching for a telepathic crystal skull located in Peru.Set in 1957, it pits Indiana Jones against Soviet KGB agents led by Irina Spalko searching for a telepathic crystal skull located in Peru.Set in 1957, it pits Indiana Jones against Soviet KGB agents led by Irina Spalko searching for a telepathic crystal skull located in Peru.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

498K

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POPULARITY

2,558

167

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 10 wins & 42 nominations total

Trivia
Harrison Ford was adamant that he got to wield Indiana's famous whip. Paramount executives wanted the weapon to be computer generated because of new movie safety rules, but Ford branded the rule "ridiculous".

Goofs
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Henry Jones drank from the cup of Christ, which was reported to give eternal life. In this movie he is said to have died. This is because he passed the seal on the floor where the grail was located. Once you cross the seal, you are no longer immortal.

Quotes
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.

Crazy credits
The movie begins with the Lucasfilm logo, followed by the 1954 Paramount "VistaVision" logo (with the text "PARAMOUNT" instead of "A PARAMOUNT PICTURE" and "A Viacom Company" instead of "A Gulf+Western Company" below "PARAMOUNT"). Gulf+Western became Paramount Communications in 1989, then merged with Viacom in 1994. The Paramount logo then dissolves into a gopher mound. (The static version of the current Paramount logo is seen at the end of the movie.)

Alternate versions
For those interested in the most arcane aspects of viewing this film, or simply skipped the theatrical and DVD releases, there is a detailed discussion of the differences between the original showing, and the broadcast premier on NBC TV, which may be found on movie-censorship.com. To summarize these differences, they mostly consist of differences in the aspect ratio of the film, a small amount of zooming the screen in order to tone down the most violent scenes, the dubbing in of less offensive language for a couple of 'four-letter' words, and, of course, the usual practice of broadcast television to de-emphasize the end credits in the name of advertising another program.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Made of Honor/Son of Rambow/Then She Found Me/Iron Man/Redbelt/Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

Soundtracks
Hound Dog
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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5/10

Who are all these people giving it 10???

I find it very amusing to read all the reviews here. I mostly agree with all the ones who found it disappointing, I can see why the Michael Bay-loving GTA-generation could give this a '10', however: Lots of CGI, fake green-screen action and style over substance.

For me - a die hard Indiana Jones fan, who grown up attending premieres for the first three - this was a big letdown, primarily because of the script, which could have been written by a 11 year-old.

A lot of Indiana Jones fans all over the world are probably scratching their heads these days, wondering why a script (Darabonts) which Spielberg called "the best he has read since Raiders", was scrapped by Lucas. So he could give us this? Tarzan meets X-files?

It just didn't rock my boat, like the first three. I even found 'National Treasure II' more entertaining, than this mess.