Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Trivia: This is the only film in the series in which the Paramount logo does not match-dissolve to a similar shape. The Lucasfilm logo does instead.

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Trivia: When we see Indy watching television in his apartment, there is a painting on the wall. This is a painting of the magical "Leap of Faith" bridge, which was seen in the climax of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

Trivia: SPOILER: The movie reveals that Indy and Marion's son, Mutt, was killed while serving in Vietnam. Shia LeBeouf, who played Mutt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has been vocal about his dissatisfaction with his performance in the film, much to the chagrin of both Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. That, coupled with the negative fan reception of his character/performance, are likely the reasons that LeBeouf did not return for this film.

Phaneron ★

Trivia: When Indy pulls the Nazi guard off the edge of the train, the guard lets out a Wilhelm scream.

Trivia: This is the only film in the franchise to not have an official poster illustrated by Drew Struzan as he had retired.

Phaneron ★

Trivia: This is the first movie in the Indiana Jones series not directed by Steven Spielberg, nor with a story written by George Lucas.

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Mistakes

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Continuity mistake: When the villains are following Indy through the caves, the old wooden bridge completely breaks and falls apart. However, when they make their escape across the same bridge, it's intact with only a couple of wooden slats broken.

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Suggested correction: You can see a goon holding it up when they come back.

He's just holding it steady, the mistake is right and there's a picture online to prove it.

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Quotes

Indiana Jones: I've believed in magic a few times in my life. I've seen things... things I can't explain. I've come to believe it's not so much what you believe... it's how hard you believe it.

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Question: Is it ever explained how Voller managed to survive his encounter with being hit square in the face and falling off the speeding train without a scratch? My thoughts were that he touched the spear of destiny earlier (focused on in a scene) and became immortal, but Indy said it was fake. Plus, Voller dies at the end in 217BC. He also seems to have aged little compared to Indy. Is that a plot point they dropped or forgot about or something?

lionhead

Answer: It was never explained and seems impossible that anyone could survive such an impact. My own thought was the scene was deliberately exaggerated to appear as if Voller was killed in order to fool and then surprise the audience when he later turns up alive. I also thought it looked as if he hadn't aged. Voller may have been much younger than Indy, possibly as much as 25-30 years. When Voller reappears in the 1960s, he looks more like actor Mads Mikkelsen's actual age. The film should have made him look younger at the beginning. There's a lot of "suspension of disbelief" here.

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