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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - 89 corrections

Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure

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After Indiana Jones was fired from the University, he said he would go to Leipzig to teach. In 1957, Leipzig was behind the Iron Curtain and deep within the Soviet Communist Zone of East Germany. This makes no sense since, prior to Indiana Jones saying he was going to Leipzig, the Soviets had kidnapped him and almost killed him before he escaped. Doubtful they would later welcome him with friendly arms or that he would ever entertain the thought of even stepping foot in Leipzig. [He was being ironic, since the tone of the conversation was 'I don't even recognize this country anymore'.]
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During the car chase scene at the start of the movie, the truck crashes into one of the boxes, ripping the side of the box off and revealing inside it the golden ark which was put in the same storage facility at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. [This was already posted, but it's still far too obvious to be trivia.]
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Just after Mac's treachery, when Indy is escaping the warehouse, one of the crates in the warehouse is blown open, revealing for a few seconds the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark. [FAR too obvious to be trivia.]
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Indiana Jones states the crystal skull is made out of quartz. If it were, a skull of that size would be much heavier than the way the actors treat it. It is, obviously, a prop made out of plastic. [He states this before he knows the full story behind the skull. In the end it turns out to be something alien, so there's no reason it shouldn't have been light.]
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The female Russian spy's uniform looks more like the German WWII era uniforms than USSR ones of the time. Additionally, her holster is on the front on her right hip. Soviet officers wore their holsters behind their right hips. [She is a representative of a very secret "special" branch of the Red Army, dealing with paranormal phenomena. Her uniform naturally is different from any others, and as both this branch and the uniforms thereof are completely fictitious, they can look however the film makers want. In addition, the position of the holster is a matter of personal choice by her. Given her position, she is allowed a lot of personal leeway.]
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Mutt always has a knife with him that he uses to get out of tricky situations. This reflects Indiana's use of his whip. Another hint of their actual relationship. [This is critical analysis, not trivia.]
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After being captured, Indy is shackled to a chair, unable to move his arms. Later, "Ox" staggers into the tent, and we see from behind as Indy reaches up and grabs his arm to steady him. Later still, Indy is again shackled to the chair. [When the camera pulls back as Indy is holding Ox's arm, you can see the binding around his wrist showing him shackled to the chair.]
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To keep the plot a secret, this film has had quite a few fake titles, including, but not limited to: Indiana Jones and the Destroyer of Worlds, Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, Indiana Jones and the Four Corners of the Earth, Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Gold, and Indiana Jones and the Quest for the Covenant. [These were titles of previous (unsuccessful) script submissions, not to keep the plot secret. However, the DVD extras reveal that during production the film was simply titled "Genre" to keep it secret.]
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This film had been in the works for a long time, mostly because of problems with the script and inability to settle on a McGuffin, or plot device. Several screenwriters had been commissioned to write scripts, but none were satisfactory, and in one case, the screenwriter couldn't get Lucas and Spielberg to concentrate. Writers also didn't want to approach the task, because they felt the shoes Lucas and Spielberg wanted them to fill were too big. Eventually, however, Lucas and Spielberg settled on the crystal skull as the McGuffin and also upon a screenplay which they thought was what they wanted. [General knowledge is not trivia.]
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