Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
4 suggested corrections
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Sean Connery
Continuity mistake: In the library scene Indy discovers the "X" high up on the balcony. The X is green with a grey background. When he breaks the tile to find the tomb the X has become a faint outline on the floor. (00:27:40 - 00:28:45)
AllanmceneaneySuggested correction: You still can see one "leg" of the X on the floor, it's only darker than viewed from above because the camera angle and illumination set used.
Other mistake: At the book signing in Berlin, the camera pans from right to left and the guard at the very end of the line of soldiers (to the left) has his left hand raised in military salute to Hitler. All the other soldiers have their right hands extended.
Suggested correction: The person in question could have an injured right arm that he simply can't lift, or is missing a right arm completely.
lionheadSuggested correction: Maybe he is left-handed?
The Nazi Salute is specifically to be done with the right hand, not the left. Regardless of what hand someone favors.
Quantom X
Unless the right hand is injured or completely missing.
lionheadIf physical disability prevented raising the right arm, it was acceptable to raise the left. -Kershaw, Ian (2001). The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich. Oxford University Press. isbn 978-0192802064.
ctown28Factual error: When Indy and Marcus first arrive in Venice on the boat the dock they alight on to has tactile pavers (for the visually impaired) installed on the platform. These weren't invented until 1965, some 25+ years after the scene takes place.
Suggested correction: One piece of the pier looking different doesn't mean that is meant for blind people, could be just a repair, or decorative, or a coincidence, could be anything.
lionheadYou can see it is a tactile paver as it has the raised spots.
Revealing mistake: Right before Indy and his dad drive inside the tunnel, Sean Connery's been replaced by a young stand-in who doesn't resemble him.
SachaSuggested correction: I watched this scene carefully and I never noticed any stuntman. I only saw Sean Connery as Indy's father.
Revealing mistake: In the catacombs of the library, Indy and Elsa are waist deep in petroleum. Indy has a torch, and if you look carefully, you will see burning pieces of the torch fall and hit the petroleum. Wouldn't this start a fire as Kazim later on sets the cavern alight with a single match? (00:34:05)
Henry: Come on, Junior.
Indiana: Will you please stop calling me Junior?
Sallah: Please, what does this mean? Always with this Junior?
Henry: That's his name: Henry Jones, Junior.
Indiana: I like Indiana.
Henry: We named the dog Indiana.
Sallah: The dog? You are named after the dog.
Marcus: Can we go home please?
Indiana: I have a lot of fond memories of that dog.
Trivia: Indiana Jones refers to a philosophy class taught down the hall by a Dr. Tyree. In real life, Dr. Tyree was Harrison Ford's college mentor as a philosophy major at Ripon College.
Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.