Talk:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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It is Indiana Jones's last crusade because Indiana breaks his leg at the end.
- Heh, heh. :) --Brion
In the case of Last Crusade, one word has been removed from all video versions the world over: During the bit where Donovan offers the Sultan the trunks full of treasure, in the cinema Donovan says that it has been "donated by some of the richest JEWISH families in Germany".
For TV and video broadcast, the word JEWISH has been removed for some reason, despite the fact the line as it stood actually carried a very clever undercurrent which has now been lost. "Donated" indeed! Look at the way the Sultan passes Donovan's face as he says "Jewish", and then pause in the soundtrack: it's very lucky he was in the way so the lips could not be seen moving.
PMelvilleAustin 17:32 Mar 19, 2003 (UTC)
I think Last Crusade is the best of the three Indiana Jones movies made to date. Mainly because of the addition of Sean Connery to the cast, and the interactions between Jones and his father. (I wonder how Indiana survived with his father around.)
- JesseG 01:30, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I wonder, was the grail really lost again at the end of the film? We don't exactly see what happened to the Knight at the end. He had the "aw great, now I gotta clean all this up look" on his face, leading me to wonder if he was able to retrieve the grail after everyone left or not?
- JesseG 01:51, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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Quotes
Shouldn't the Quotes section be moved to Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page)? – Kaonashi 04:40, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hatay
Isn't the area of the grail temple named Hatay? From its article, it was semi-independent in 1938.
- Yup. From the IMDb: In the movie the grail is located in the Republic of Hatay near the city of Alexandretta. There actually was a Republic of Hatay from 1938 to 1939, after the region was granted independence from French Syria and before it became a province of Turkey. The capital of Hatay was Alexandretta before 1939 when the city's name was changed to Iskenderun and the capital moved to Antioch. An early title indicates the movie's action takes place in 1938. james_anatidae 23:50, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)
Unwittingly?
Schneider unwittingly chooses a false grail for Donovan, killing him.
I always thought she did that on purpose. Doesn't she say afterwards to Indy, "It would not have been made of gold"? (Or does Indy say that?) Acheron 20:16, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, she says that and Indy says, "That's the cup of a carpenter." when he eyes the true Grail. I didn't notice that detail had changed. It originally said "Schneider intentionally chooses a false grail" in fact, so I'll change it. --Mrwojo 20:47, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Trivia
I removed the following bullet from the article:
- In the Venice library, the tomb is surraunded in gas, yet Indy manages to be able to open his eyes and see
I assume it's referring to the part where Indy has his eyes open while swimming to find a way out. This can probably be explained by saying the petroleum was floating on water. I think its worse that the flaming bits falling from the torch don't start a conflagration the way the match does...
In either case, I don't see how this sort of trivia really adds to an encyclopedic article. --Mrwojo 19:47, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
