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May 26, 2009

Film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Starring: Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones or Dr. Jones, Cate Blanchett as Irina Spalko, Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, Shia LaBeouf as M...

Film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Starring: Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones or Dr. Jones, Cate Blanchett as Irina Spalko, Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Igor Jijikine.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg.

Story written by: George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson.

Screenplay written by: David Koepp.

Distributed by: © Paramount Pictures.

Theatrical Release Date: May 22, 2008 (USA)

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Synopsis!
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is a 2008 adventure film. It is the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise, created by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. Released nineteen years after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the film acknowledges its star Harrison Ford's age by setting itself in 1957. It pays tribute to the science fiction B-movies of the era, pitting Indiana Jones against Soviet agents led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) for a psychic alien crystal skull. Indiana is aided by his former lover Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and their son Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf). Ray Winstone, John Hurt, and Jim Broadbent are also part of the supporting cast.

The film languished in development hell because Spielberg and Ford disagreed over Lucas' original concept, which featured a more overt focus on aliens. Screenwriters Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, Frank Darabont, and Jeff Nathanson wrote drafts, before David Koepp's script satisfied all three men. Shooting began on June 18, 2007, and took place in various locations: New Mexico; New Haven, Connecticut; Hawaii; Fresno, California; and on soundstages in Los Angeles. To keep aesthetic continuity with the previous films, the crew relied on traditional stunt work instead of computer-generated stunt doubles, and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński studied Douglas Slocombe's style from the previous films.

Marketing relied heavily on the public's nostalgia for the series, with products taking inspiration from all four films. Anticipation for the film was heightened by secrecy, which resulted in a legal dispute over an extra violating his non-disclosure agreement and the arrest of another man for stealing a computer containing various documents related to the production. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released worldwide on May 22, 2008, and was a financial success, grossing over $786 million worldwide, becoming the second highest grossing film of 2008. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, but fan reaction was mixed, but mostly positive.

Plot!
In 1957, Indiana Jones and his long-time partner George "Mac" McHale are kidnapped by a group of Soviet agents led by the psychic Colonel Dr. Irina Spalko. The Soviets infiltrate a government warehouse in Nevada and force Indiana to find a crate containing the remains of an extraterrestrial life form that crashed ten years prior in Roswell, New Mexico. After finding the crate, Mac double-crosses Indiana, having been bought off by the Soviets. Indiana manages to escape into the desert, where he stumbles upon a nuclear test town and survives a nuclear explosion by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator. He is later found and debriefed by the FBI because of Mac's Soviet ties. Shortly after returning to Marshall College, Indiana is offered an indefinite leave of absence to avoid being fired because of the incident.

At a train station, Indiana is stopped by greaser Mutt Williams, who tells him that his old colleague Harold Oxley was kidnapped after discovering a crystal skull in Peru. Indiana proceeds to tell Mutt the legend of a skull found in the mystical city of Akator, in which whoever returns the skull to the city would be given control over its supernatural powers. Mutt gives Indiana a letter from his mother, who was also kidnapped, containing a riddle written by Oxley in an ancient Latin American language, which leads them to the Nazca Lines in Peru. There they discover that Oxley was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital, having suffered a mental breakdown from the powers of the skull, until he was kidnapped by the Soviets. In Oxley's cell, they find clues that lead them to the grave of Francisco de Orellana, a Conquistador who went missing in the 16th century while searching for Akator. They discover the skull at the grave, with Indiana reasoning that Oxley had hidden it there after finding it.

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supakewlryan (5 months ago) Show Hide

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AMAZING MOVIE!!!

DrRipper19 (3 months ago) Show Hide

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I don't understand why so many people hated it... I thought it was solid in every way.

picknana (3 months ago) Show Hide

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They feel the film went too far.

DrRipper19 (3 months ago) Show Hide

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There are many theories of "ancient aliens"

The first three movies had made-up supernatural elements--attached to religious artifacts--in them. I thought that this movie had the coolest mythological elements of all of them. I do suppose that the aliens were a bit unconventional for Indy, though.

picknana (3 months ago) Show Hide

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You could associate it with scientology

DrRipper19 (3 months ago) Show Hide

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Oh... good point lol.

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