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Steven SpielbergScreenplay:
Jeffrey BoamCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Michael Byrne, Kevork Malikyan, Alex Hyde-White (more)VOD (5)
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The third installment in the widely beloved Spielberg/Lucas Indiana Jones saga begins with an introduction to a younger Indy (played by the late River Phoenix), who, through a fast-paced prologue, gives the audience insight into the roots of his taste for adventure, fear of snakes, and dogged determination to take historical artifacts out of the hands of bad guys and into the museums in which they belong. A grown-up Indy (Harrison Ford) reveals himself shortly afterward in a familiar classroom scene, teaching archeology to a disproportionate number of starry-eyed female college students in 1938. Once again, however, Mr. Jones is drawn away from his day job after an art collector (Julian Glover) approaches him with a proposition to find the much sought after Holy Grail. Circumstances reveal that there was another avid archeologist in search of the famed cup Indiana Jones' father, Dr. Henry Jones (Sean Connery) who had recently disappeared during his efforts. The junior and senior members of the Jones family find themselves in a series of tough situations in locales ranging from Venice to the most treacherous spots in the Middle East. Complicating the situation further is the presence of Elsa (Alison Doody), a beautiful and intelligent woman with one fatal flaw: she's an undercover Nazi agent. The search for the grail is a dangerous quest, and its discovery may prove fatal to those who seek it for personal gain. (official distributor synopsis)
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Definitely the best part, with gripping pace, fantastic action, and a plot filled to the brim. The Holy Grail is also by far the most interesting trophy out of the three. There’s also a bit of mystery and humour. Sean Connery fits perfectly and together with Harrison Ford they form a phenomenal duo. Steven Spielberg bombards the viewer with the same visual spectacle, but it still has an impact. You are drawn into the story and don’t even notice the minor logical flaws, of which there are undoubtedly a few. Overall, funny and fast-paced, exactly what you expect from a summer hit. If only all threequels were as good as this one.
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When I wrote about Raiders of the Lost Ark that it is the best adventure movie, I was in two minds because the proverbially second best is The Last Crusade. If I were to specify it in percentage terms it would look a bit like this: Raiders 100% and Last Crusade 99.9%. By a hair’s breadth. It probably lacks the element of surprise, or the darkness that surrounded the Ark of the Covenant. But what The Last Crusade lacks in darkness it makes up for in inventiveness, fun and Sean Connery (they say that Lucas was originally against having a former James Bond playing Indy’s father, but Spielberg insisted that this would be the joke :-). Marvelously handled father son theme is a great sideline to the story developing around the legend of Christ’s grail. If you want the whole family to enjoy, the last part of the trilogy is the perfect choice. By the way, the reason why a fourth Indy hasn’t been made yet is that Lucas subconsciously knows that it wouldn’t work these days. Plus what better ending to the legendary trilogy can you imagine than the heroes driving off into the setting sun.
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Lucas' and Spielberg's apology for the dark pulp flick Temple of Doom, which paradoxically with its "white savior" concept was most in line with the original idea of conceiving Indiana Jones as the cliffhanger adventure short familiar in the 20s and 30s. As vocal as there were voices that adding another dimension to the central character by pinning his impractical father on him would rob Indiana of some of the mystery that surrounds him, on the contrary, the move was helped in particular by a noticeably aged original cast, the new wrinkles and tired eyes simply added a human dimension to the adventurers, not to mention the fact that after the second installment you quite welcome the fact that the sidekick is not a loose young girl lusting after Jones's sweaty, sweaty body between screams. Otherwise, again, the dozens of different sub-quests, the world locations we get to see, the tangibility and light-heartedness of the action, the beautiful framing, and the relentless torture of the crew in their quest to film the never-before-seen, it's still such a beautiful and forgotten cinematic discipline that I'm defining a special way of sitting on the couch that's just for this trilogy. The fourth installment never existed, you may even remember seeing it, but no, it was just a bad dream. This way it’s just fine.
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This is my favorite installment in the film series mainly because it features Sean Connery, who complements Ford perfectly. In addition, we get Nazis and a wonderful meeting with Hitler. Overall, it's fun and very action-packed, especially the scene with the tank, which is just divine. The search for the grail becomes somewhat secondary because it’s all about the journey here.
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Music has Mozart, painting has Da Vinci, football has Pelé, porn has Johnny Sins and film has Steven Spielberg. The Last Crusade is quite possibly the funniest, most balanced and most beautifully told big screen movie ever made in Hollywood. A thrilling ride through bombastic locations, peppered with smart wit, surprising action and such likeable clowns that James Cameron can go fuck himself. Dramatically better and more playful than the already amazing first part. A pleasure factory... 100%
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