Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The adventure continues...
Country
Production
Budget
$185 000 000
Box office
$786 636 033
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Shawn Kelly
Audition
Editing
Short description
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming in New Mexico, the crew encountered three rattlesnakes that had to be carefully relocated.
- Harrison Ford had only one day off during the filming of the movie.
- The soldiers who participated in the filming of the movie gained a lot of new impressions. Some were amazed by the ancient Mayan sculptures, others by the skulls in one of the scenes, and some by the rock dancers in the rain.
- M. Night Shyamalan and Tom Stoppard were approached to write the screenplay.
- Professor Jones teaches at Marshall University, named after the film's producer, Frank Marshall.
- 30 leather jackets were sewn for the characters of Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf).
- To film the 'quicksand' scene, the actors stood on a platform controlled by a special effects specialist. This created a kind of elevator on the set.
- Filming of the movie lasted only 79 days. This is much less than the production of any major film – stories about the adventures of Indiana Jones tend to be filmed very quickly.
- Harrison Ford and Karen Allen celebrated their birthdays during the filming of the movie.
- Harrison needed 6 days of training to relearn how to work with the iconic Indiana Jones attribute – the whip.
- The music playing in the scene where Russians force the captured Indiana Jones to stare at the crystal skull almost note-for-note repeats the music used by scientists as a means of communicating with aliens in Spielberg’s 1977 film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.
- According to the safety rules for filming approved by the Association of Cinematographers, whips in the film were equated to potentially dangerous props and therefore had to be created during post-production using computer animation.
- M. Night Shyamalan and Tom Stoppard were offered to write the screenplay.
- The music playing in the scene where the Russians force a captive Indiana Jones to look into the eyes of the crystal skull almost note-for-note replicates the music used by scientists as a means of communication with aliens in Spielberg's 1977 film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.
- In the warehouse, at the very end of the scene, they show the “Lost Ark,” the very artifact Jones was looking for in the very first Indiana Jones installment.
- Earning 100 million dollars over a three-day weekend, the film became Spielberg's highest-grossing opening weekend, far surpassing his other movies. The closest was 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' with 72 million.
- In Oxley's chamber, the inscription “Return” is written in different languages, including Russian.
- Having earned $100 million over a three-day weekend, the film became Spielberg's highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, far surpassing the others. The closest was “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” — $72 million.
- Professor Jones teaches at Marshall University, named after film producer Frank Marshall.
- It took Harrison six days of training to relearn how to work with Indiana's iconic attribute—the whip.
- A total of 36 fedora hats were made in Mississippi for the film's shooting.
- Thirty leather jackets were sewn for the characters of Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf).
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