Film Forum

U.S., 1989
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott
Music by John Williams
Approx. 127 mins. 4K DCP.

“The film begins with a rip-roaring origin story set in 1912, in which a young Indy (played by River Phoenix) stumbles across a gang of grave robbers who discover a golden crucifix. Indy intervenes and a chase ensues. From there the pace never lets up. We go from seeing Indy galloping alongside a circus train (and having a brush with a bullwhip and a lion), to exploring spooky Venetian catacombs, solving ancient riddles, and jousting Nazis on motorbikes. And, just when you think he could do with a lie down, he still has to crash-land a biplane, attack a tank while on horseback — and bump into Hitler. Finally, he finds himself in the mysterious Canyon of the Crescent Moon, and heads start to roll in a more literal sense.” – The Guardian

Reviews

“Of the three JONES films, THE LAST CRUSADE may well become the sentimental favorite, the INDIANA to end them all.”
– The New York Times

“Spielberg handles the mechanics of the piece with the economy of a master.”
– The Guardian