Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

This week’s Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is available now to stream on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and EPIX.

Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, and Denholm Elliott. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

John Williams composed the score Indiana Jones and received an Oscar Nomination for this movie. Williams also composed the score for Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards.

Based on the George Lucas story The Adventures of Indiana Smith. But Steven Spielberg didn’t like the name Smith. Lucas proposed Jones.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the third movie in the Indiana Jones movie series:

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom (1984)
• Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

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Throwback Thursday Movie: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes

All  Critics: 88%
Audience Score: 94%

Oscar Nominations

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing – WINNER
Best Sound
Best Music, Original Score (John Williams)

Taglines

He’s back in an all new adventure. Memorial Day 1989.

Have the adventure of your life keeping up with the Joneses

The man with the hat is back. And this time, he’s bringing his Dad.

By The Numbers…

Release Date: May 24, 1989
Running Time: 2h 07min
Rating: PG-13
US Theater Sales: $197,171,806
Worldwide Sales: $474,171,806
Budget: $48,000,000 (estimated)