

Jones entrusts Marcus with a map from the diary detailing a route to the Grail and sends him to İskenderun to rendezvous with their old friend Sallah. Jones spares the group's leader, Kazim, who informs him that Henry is being held at a castle in Austria. The two are subsequently attacked by a mysterious group who reveal themselves to be the secret Order of the Cruciform Sword, dedicated to protecting the Grail. Beneath the library where Henry was last seen, Jones and Schneider discover a catacomb containing an inscribed shield which reveals that the path to the Grail begins in İskenderun. Jones receives a package containing Henry's diary, which includes his research on the Grail, and travels to Venice alongside Marcus Brody to meet Henry's associate Elsa Schneider. Walter Donovan, his father's financial backer, tasks Jones with finding both Henry and the Grail. Years later in 1938, Jones again confronts the employer off the Portuguese coast, recovering the crucifix and escaping.Īfter returning to the United States, Jones learns that his father Henry has disappeared while searching for the Holy Grail. However, the town sheriff arrives and forces Jones to hand it over to the robber's employer.

Believing it belongs in a museum, Jones takes the crucifix and evades the robbers to return home. In 1912, a teenage Indiana Jones discovers a group of robbers finding a crucifix owned by Coronado while exploring caves with his Boy Scout troop in Utah. A sequel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, followed in May 2008, while a fifth and final film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, was released in June 2023. It also won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing and was nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound at the 62nd Academy Awards. It was a financial success, earning over $474 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1989. The film received generally positive reviews from critics for Ford and Connery's performances, humor, the father-son relationship, action sequences, and John Williams' score. The Last Crusade was released in the United States on May 24, 1989, by Paramount Pictures. Filming locations included Spain, Italy, West Germany, Jordan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. During the five years between The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade, he and executive producer Lucas reviewed several scripts before accepting Jeffrey Boam's. In the film, set in 1938, Indiana searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped and held hostage by the Nazis while on a journey to find the Holy Grail.Īfter some of the criticism that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) received, Spielberg chose to make a more lighthearted film for the next installment, as well as bringing back several elements from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Other cast members featured include Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. Harrison Ford returned in the title role, while his father is portrayed by Sean Connery.
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It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones film series and the direct sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes.
