Marion Ravenwood: So, you still living in a trail of human wreckage or have you retired?
Indiana Jones: Why, you're looking for a date?
Marion Ravenwood: Anyone but you!
In the church, you can see modern brass panic bars on the doors. See more...
The young Henry nicknamed himself "Mutt, which is also a term for a dog. Indy named himself after a dog he had as a child that was called Indiana (as noted in the third movie). This is the first hint about their relationship. See more...
Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf (add more)
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On the scene where they are at the cemetery in Nazca, they show the Nazca lines right off the cemetery. These lines are so big that you need to be in a plane to actually see them. They are about 8 kms long each, and from the top of the hill in the movie they show at least three of them. [It is a myth that you need an airplane to see the Nazca lines, a hill or small mountain is enough.]
Indiana Jones fires an RPG-7 from the truck they are escaping with. RPG-7 was not produced until 1961. [This is incorrectly considered to be a film goof. The RPG launcher could be an RPG-2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-2 which differs slightly from th RPG-7 in the design of the rear of the launcher (no shoulder stock). The launcher is not fully shown in the movie so we cannot say if it was an RPG-7 or the earlier and very similar RPG-2.]
In the chase scene around the campus Mutts' motorcycle has a belt drive. Harley Davidson did not make belt drive bikes until two decades later. [Actually, Harley Davidson made the belt drive during WWII, to combat the sand in the chain problem in North Africa.]
The scene at the graveyard takes place at Nazca, but after the scene, when the route they fly is marked on the map, they fly out of Cuzco. Cuzco is far up in the Andes, and it is very unlikely that they'd travel by land that far and then fly from Cuzco. [They would have to if that was the only place they could fly out of. This isn't a mistake.]
The Jeeps used during the Russians entry to Nevada was wrong. In 1957 the Army drove the Jeep Willys (early CJ) with wing fenders on front. The ones driven in the movie had round fenders. [The Jeeps they drove were Willys M38A1 which went into production around 1953, and had rounded fenders.]
In the opening scene, the soviet throws Indy's hat onto the ground, one can see that the hat is out of shape and smashed in, yet when Indy picks it up to put it on it has the perfect signature shape. [Any time he picks his hat up off the ground, he gives it a 'shake' kind of motion to get it back to it's shape. Even that time.]
In the scene Where Indy is being attacked, in the cemetery, the sidekick is about to be shot with a dart, Indy pops up and blows into the other end killing him. That would have only been possible had the dart been pointing towards the original attacker. [Just because the dart would have gone in the attacker's throat backwards doesn't mean the poisoned tip couldn't have penetrated the thin tissue inside his mouth or throat.]
Corrected by JC Fernandez
One of the characters says that the Conquistador took the skull in the "Fifteenth Century." The Fifteenth Century ended in 1501, while the first Conquistadors did not come to the Americas until several years later. [It's a fairly common error to call 1500s 15th century. It is wrong, but it is a character mistake.]
Indy blowing the poison dart back into the mouth of the attacker is almost identical to a scene in a previous Spielberg-produced (but Barry Levinson directed) film. In "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985) Sherlock dispatches Mrs. Dribb by blowing a dart into her mouth in the exact same manner. [Just because something happens in another movie is not trivia. This same stunt has occured in other movies, such as Hudson Hawk.]
Corrected by Guy Brigman
In the scene where they travel to South America, the plane shown is an older Pan Am twin-engine aircraft (a DC-3, I believe), perhaps intended as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the earlier films. In reality, in 1957 Pan Am was flying Douglas DC-6, DC-7 and (possibly) Lockheed Constellation aircraft - all large 4-engine piston aircraft - on its Latin American routes. The Boeing 707 was only two years away. [DC-3 was in service with PanAm at the time. It might have been a less important destination, a replacement plane, a cargo flight, or a charter. It might be unexpected, but it is neither impossible nor unreasonable for them to fly in a DC-3.]
In the last scene when Ox is speaking to the inter dimensional being, Indy says he is speaking Mayan, however the language he is speaking sounds nothing like Mayan. [He could very well be speaking an ancient dialect of Mayan. English in the Middle Ages sounded nothing like modern English, and in fact sounds completely different (and had many differences in spelling) from English today.]
When Indy and company arrived at the temple containing the Crystal Skulls, they needed the key to access the stairs leading down to the temple (or whatever it was). As they descended the stairs, the steps disappeared into the wall, and they fell into the water but stayed perfectly dry. So, how did the bad guys get down with no stairs or other visible means, and also appear dry in their next scene? [The well-equipped Soviets could have used ropes to descend to the temple's entrance, which would also allow them to remain dry. As to Indy and company falling into the water and then reappearing dry inside the temple, that is a separate mistake which has already been noted.]
Corrected by raywest
Professor Ox is talking Mayan in the temple in Peru. In the Peruvian jungle, they speak Aymara. Mayan was spoken in Mexico, Guatemala and all Mayan countries. Also, the stone temple shown in the Amazon was made by Mayans in such countries, not like the ones made by Incas in Peru. [He is speaking to an inter-dimensional being, not a Peruvian. The aliens traveled all over the world, as noted by their collection of artifacts. The alien language appears to be the source from which the Mayan language evolved. And since the temple was built as per the instructions of the aliens, it isn't a mistake to find a temple that doesn't look like the others in the area. It seems the Mayan architecture as well was heavily influenced by their visit from the aliens. ]
Corrected by Phixius
In the cut scene where Indy and Mutt are captured by the Soviets in South America and flown to Nazca, the plane we see is an Antonov An-12 "Cub" - this only existed in prototype form in 1957, and didn't enter active service in the Soviet Air Force until 1959. [Same explanation as the AK47. This was an elite group and they could have used whatever their government wanted to provide for them.]
In the warehouse, Indy is escaping the Russians using his whip around the bars in the ceiling. He does not take it with him, but when the rocket stops it is suddenly next to him ready to use. [Who said he didn't take it? After he whips the ceiling to go up, we don't see it, but he had enough time to put it by his side. The fact that you don't see him saving his whip doesn't mean he didn't do it.]
When Indy and the others are in the Lost City they are looking at the murals on the wall, Indy comments that they were sun worshippers 'like the Egyptians'.
Not quite true - the Egyptians were a poly-theistic society (they worshipped many gods) apart from one small foray into being sun-worshippers under their leader Akenaten. After his death, the entire society shifted back into being worshippers of many gods again and most of Akenaten's legacy was destroyed. [Indy never states that the Egyptians only worshipped the sun. He just states that they worshipped the sun, and since there is a sun god in Egyptian mythology, this isn't a mistake.]
In the opening sequence, it's laughably unlikely that a few border guards are the only resistance that Spalko's troops would encounter when intruding such a highly sensitive military facility. [Normally no, that wouldn't happen. But as the guard explains, the entire area has been evacuated for testing (the bomb that goes off later). This is why there is a bare minimum of guards securing the gate, and presumably precisely why they chose this moment to attack.]
Corrected by Phixius
Throughout the movie 57 Chevrolet cars abound, but since the movie appears to take place in the spring of 57 they would be nowhere to be seen as they would not have been for sale until September of 1957. [Even back then, automobile makers released the next year's line in the early fall of the year before. The 1957 models would have been released for sale in September (or thereabouts) of 1956. Plenty of time for numerous 1957 models to be on the road in the spring of 1957.]
Corrected by Zwn Annwn
If the crystal skulls are supposed to be the actual skulls of the alien creatures, how were they able to speak or eat with their lower jaws fused to the upper jaw? [Well as it was explained several times in the movie the aliens were telapathic and were able to communicate that way and remember they are a alien race who is to say they even eat with their mouths there could be other "unknown" openings for that. Another explanition is that they could get a form of "lock jaw" after death causing their joints to fuse together. Little to nothing is know about these aliens and there is no way from what we saw to explain their eating and speaking methods.]
Corrected by Spaceboy_007
When the two Russians are chasing Indy and Mutt, they crash into Marcus Brody's statue and the head of Marcus crashes through the windshield. Only moments later, when Indy and Mutt escape and the Russians give up the pursuit, you can see that the windshield is intact. It's clear that the glass is still intact because the rearview mirror is firmly attached to the glass and there are no cracks anywhere, or debris for that matter. And to top it off, the windshield before it gets broken is two panes, divided in the middle by a piece of plastic/metal. Afterwards, it's one pane of glass. [They are in a different car, and most likely are different Russians alltogether. Remember, the are being pursued constantly, it makes no sense that only one car would be chasing them.]
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