Set in 1957, this fourth movie in the Indiana Jones movie series is based around an older and wiser Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford) against agents of the Soviet Union–led by Spalko (Cate Blanchett)–for the crystal skull.
Set in 1957, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull starts at a restricted US military base in Nevada. Here Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his sidekick Mac (Ray Winstone) escape from an encounter with Russian agents led by Colonel Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett).
The fifth and concluding film is set in 1969, twelve years after The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Indiana has moved to New York City, teaching at Hunter College with plans to retire, after his marriage with Marion collapsed following Mutt's death in the Vietnam War.
Set in 1957, it pits Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against Soviet KGB agents led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) searching for a telepathic crystal skull located in Peru. Jones is aided by his former lover, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), and their son, Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf).
In the film, set in 1938, Indiana searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped and held hostage by the Nazis while on a journey to find the Holy Grail. Lucasfilm Ltd.
The second Indiana Jones film, Temple of Doom, is actually the first Indy movie chronologically — it takes place in 1935, one year before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible.
Considering Mutt was only 19 years old during Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it appears he died while he was in his 20s or early 30s at the latest. The tragedy of losing his son also had larger ramifications on what happened to Indiana Jones between Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny.
Why isn't Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny? The diplomatic answer is that director James Mangold simply wanted to go in a different direction. "I wanted to capture that wonderful energy between Indy and an intrepid female character," he said in a red carpet interview with Variety.
Missing the big screen since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, the fourth installment of his adventures has been pushed back time and again since his announcement in 1994, due to the overcrowded schedules of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford.
While Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took place in 1957, Dial of Destiny primarily takes place twelve years later, in 1969. For those who don't remember, the fourth picture ended with Indiana Jones and his old flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) finally tying the knot after decades of on-again/off-again flirtations.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the fifth film in the series- and is coming to theaters on June 30, 2023. It has already been confirmed to be the final story- as the actor Harrison Ford is now 80-years-old.
Many believe these skulls were carved thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Others think they may be relics from the legendary island of Atlantis or proof that extraterrestrials visited the Aztec sometime before the Spanish conquest.
The infamous fridge scene and the reliance on CGI in the film hurt the suspension of disbelief and detract from the old-school charm of the series. The weak second half of the movie and the fact that it undoes the perfect ending of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade contribute to its widespread dislike.
In 1973, four years before George Lucas directed a small sci-fi caper you may have heard of called Star Wars, he penned a script entitled The Adventures of Indiana Smith.
Temple of Doom has a special place in Indiana Jones timeline, taking place in 1935, one year before Raiders of the Lost Ark. The change is largely unimportant to the main series but has caused some confusion to fans who don't watch the films back to back or simply didn't notice upon a few rewatches.
Set in 1957, this fourth movie in the Indiana Jones movie series is based around an older and wiser Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford) against agents of the Soviet Union–led by Spalko (Cate Blanchett)–for the crystal skull.
Mutt does not appear in the new (and final) film, this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" - but Indiana does explain what happened to his son and why he's not around.
The director chose the latter. Instead of forcing a story that he felt had no emotional weight, Mangold did the opposite. He decided to kill off Indy's son because it paved the way for an emotionally resonant story that didn't need an alternate Indiana Jones 5 ending.
By 1969, their relationship had gone sour due to the death of Mutt in the Vietnam War and Marion filed for an uncontested divorce on June 28th. However, by the time Jones had returned from his adventure with his goddaughter, Helena Shaw, Marion came back to his apartment.
How did Indiana Jones know not to look at the ark?
In the nick of time, he remembers the prophetic words of Imam, who claimed that anyone who turned their faces upon the light of the Ark would be annihilated. This timely realization allows Indy and Marion to avert their gazes and escape a similar end.
Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is the title character and protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials.
