Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers (WGA):

David Koepp (screenplay)
George Lucas (story) ...

Release Date:

22 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

In May, the adventure continues.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Soviet | Skull | Professor | Power | Jungle

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

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
Pasha D. Lychnikoff	...	Russian Soldier
Andrew Divoff	...	Russian Soldier
Venya Manzyuk	...	Russian Soldier (as Veniamin Manzyuk)
Alan Dale	...	General Ross

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)
Indiana Jones y el reino de la calavera de cristal (Argentina) (Bolivia) (Chile) (Colombia) (Costa Rica) (Dominican Republic) (Ecuador) (Guatemala) (Mexico) (Panama) (Paraguay: Spanish title) (Peru) (Puerto Rico) (Spain) (Spain: Castilian title) (Uruguay) (Venezuela) [es]
Indiana Jones e o Reino da Caveira de Cristal (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Indiana Jones et le royaume du crâne de cristal (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Indiana Jones és a kristálykoponya királysága (Hungary) [hu]
Indiana Jones - Regatul craniului de cristal (Romania) [ro]
Indiana Jones Ka Aakhri Karnama (Pakistan: Urdu title) (alternative transliteration) [ur]
Indiana Jones e il regno del teschio di cristallo (Italy) [it]
Indiana Jones i el regne de la calavera de cristall (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Indiana Jones i kraljevstvo kristalne lubanje (Croatia) [hr]
Indiana Jones in kraljestvo kristalne lobanje (Slovenia) [sl]
Indiana Jones ja kristallikallon valtakunta (Finland) [fi]
Indiana Jones ja kristallpealuu kuningriik (Estonia) [et]
Indiana Jones kai to vasileiou tou Krystallinou Kraniou (Greece) [el]
Indiana Jones och Kristalldödskallens rike (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Indiana Jones och kristalldödskallens rike (Sweden) [sv]
Indiana Jones og krystalkraniets kongerige (Denmark) [da]
Indiana Jones og krystallhodeskallens rike (Norway) [no]
Indiana Jones und das Königreich des Kristallschädels (Germany) [de]
Indiana Jones ve Kristal Kafatasi Kralligi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Indijana Dzouns i kraljevstvo kristalne lobanje (Serbia) [sr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

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 Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | 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

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The poster art for the movie was drawn by Drew Struzan, the same artist who also created the poster art for the previous two Indiana Jones films. He took over from original Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) poster artist Richard Amsel who died in 1985.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the warehouse Indiana uses his whip to try to swing onto a jeep that is moving away. He fails, swings back and falls onto a truck, letting go of the whip. In one of the following scenes, while he is still on the truck, the whip is neatly folded and hangs from Indy's belt.

Quotes:

Mutt Williams: What's he gonna do now?
Marion Ravenwood: I don't think he plans that far ahead.
Mutt Williams: Yeah.
Indiana Jones: [pops out from the inside of the truck with a bazooka] Scooch over, will you, Son?
Mutt Williams: Don't call me "son." Don't.
Indiana Jones: [ignoring Mutt's complaint] I think I'd cover my ears if I were you.
[Indy fires a rocket at a giant tree cutter, but it sends the large circular blade bouncing straight for them, cutting through other trucks as it goes]
Indiana Jones: Duck! Duck!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Supernatural: Monster Movie (#4.5)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Little Bitty Pretty One

Why all the hate? Is it because we've grown up? This is still a fun movie!

Reading all the comments here, it looks like this is one of the worst films ever made, and it's absolute rubbish, Shia's character is Jar Jar Binks, etc.

But it's earning a ton of money, and the rankings (7.6) are high, so what does that tell you? That compared to the haters, MOST people came to his movie expecting a fun adventure movie and got it.

Look, the Indiana Jones movies aren't flawless. Even in the previous movies, you had to suspend belief (people melting? someone surviving a fall from a plane just on a craft? a Knight living more than 1,000 years?) and just enjoy the action scenes - and you have them here! Mutt swinging on the vines is real corny but the car chase through the jungle, complete with sword fight, fisticuffs, giant ants, etc. - they are what you can expect from an Indiana Jones movie. And Cate Blanchett is a SUPER villain, Harrison somehow makes it all believable for him to still be an action star at 60 plus, and it's great to see Marion Ravenwood again.

STAR WARS I was a major major disappointment, but this one is NOT. We have wanted to see Harrison Ford suit up as Indy again, and here he has a good cast with him, and yet we bash the movie because it isn't RAIDERS? Nothing can be as much fun as the first Indy Jones movie. But this one is still MUCH MUCH better than any adventure movie out there for the past several years.

Just watch it with an open mind. Don't expect miracles, but fun entertainment for 2 hours and you will get it.