Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

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From ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (2023-06-20):

Double feature

  1. pick Raiders of the Lost Ark: The obvious pairing is the first Indiana Jones movie, no need to overthink it.
    “I just think you pair it with Raiders, and you're going to go, right? For sure. Yeah. Don't overthink it.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:36:02

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The opening with young Indy (River Phoenix) and the Cross of Coronado on the circus train
    “Coronado crucifix. It's just a really good. It's about as good as you're going to open an action.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:09
  2. floated The rat and snake cave into the wooden boat chase
    “Next one I have is the rat and the snake cave into the wooden boat chase.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:38
  3. floated Elsa's betrayal in the castle
    “We immediately set that up, but more importantly, we get the Elson betrayal.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:42:18
  4. floated Rotating fireplaces, the secret stairwell and the motorcycle chase
    “We got rotating fireplaces and secret stairwells in a motorcycle chase.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:28
  5. floated The tank fight and the cars heading toward the cliff
    “Indy's dad gets kidnapped in the tank. We get a tank fight.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:45:51
  6. floated Henry gets shot and the Grail's healing power
    “Henry getting shot, and we get the healing power, the grail is the only thing that could save him now.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:46:30
  7. floated Indy's leap of faith across the chasm
    “Indie goes to get the grail, does the kneel before the god? Only in the footsteps of God will we proceed, and then the leap of faith.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:46:57
  8. floated The blimp: the guy thrown over onto the luggage, and Professor Jones shooting off the tailwing
    “The throwing the guy over. From the blimp and him landing on the luggage is an incredible psychic.”
    unknown · 0:49:00
  9. pick Finding the brothers' tomb in Venice: breaking through the floor, X marks the spot, the window
    “I'm probably going to go with, um, finding the brothers tomb.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:49:40
  10. floated The River Phoenix young-Indy sequence
    “I have for most rewatch, but I really, I really like the River Phoenix part.”
    unknown · 0:50:57

Ebert review · Reading Roger Ebert's review of the film and its star rating.

  1. pick Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Ebert gave it 3.5 stars, calling it the same elements applied with craft and fun; Siskel's thumbs down is also discussed.
    “Ebert. 3.5 stars. He said when Raiders appeared, it defined a new energy level for adventure movies.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:32:38

Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop · The best use of music in the movie.

  1. winner The final shot as the Indy theme kicks in over the sunset: Announced as also winning the most cinematic shot award.
    “The Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop also wins the Great Shot Gordo Award for most cinematic shot. The final shot when the indie music kicks in and we get the sunset.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:24

Great Shot Gordo Award · The most cinematic shot in the movie.

  1. winner The final sunset and horizon shot: Same pick as the best needle drop.
    “The final shot when the indie music kicks in and we get the sunset.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:30

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food and drink in the movie.

  1. winner The Grail (the Cup of Christ): Nobody eats in the movie, so the cup wins; hosts call it the first-time winner.
    “I have the grail as the best use of food and drink because it's water.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:19

Den of Thieves Benihana Award · Scene-stealing location.

  1. pick The restaurant on the blimp: Sets off a long riff on bringing blimps back.
    “Blimp restaurant. We got to bring blimps back.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:59:37

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. winner Alison Doody as Elsa: Too young opposite Connery and Ford.
    “I'm going to have to go with Allison Duty here.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:05:26
  2. winner Alison Doody as Elsa: A second host agrees she is not memorable and wants Karen Allen's Marion back in every film.
    “It's like Alison Doody is just not memorable.”
    unknown · 1:06:23

Casting what ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Gregory Peck as Henry Jones Sr.: Backup choice if Connery had said no, along with John Pertwee.
    “So apparently if Connery said no, Gregory Peck and John Pertwee were the backup choices.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:30
  2. pick Amanda Redman as Elsa: Was asked to play Elsa but turned it down over a fear of rats.
    “And then Amanda Redmond was asked to play the female lead of Elsa, but turned it down because she had a real-life fear of rats.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:44
  3. pick Laurence Olivier as the Grail Knight: Considered for the Grail Knight but died.
    “Oh, the only other classic what if, by the way, Olivier was considered for the grill night, but he passed away.”
    unknown · 1:17:57
  4. pick Greta Scacchi as Elsa: Would swap her for Doody, since she was underused in Presumed Innocent.
    “I wish we could have just switched her with Alison Duty and presumed innocent.”
    unknown · 1:07:01
  5. pick Sharon Stone as Elsa: Hot in 1989 and available; maybe make her American.
    “Sharon Stone is throwing 120 miles an hour in 1989 and was available and was in a whole bunch of movies right there.”
    unknown · 1:07:21
  6. pick Michelle Pfeiffer as Elsa: The ballsy choice, in the year of The Fabulous Baker Boys.
    “Our queen, Michelle Pfeiffer. If you really want to get ballsy.”
    unknown · 1:07:41

Ruffalo Hannah Rubinik Partridge overacting award · Best overacting performance.

  1. winner Michael Byrne as Ernst Vogel: The SS officer, working extremely hard.
    “Michael Byrne as Ernst Vogel, the SS officer, really working extremely hard in this movie.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:17:17
  2. nominee The Nazi lady in the castle: Four seconds of screen time, screaming the whole time.
    “She has like 4 seconds of screen time. She screams the entire time.”
    unknown · 1:17:37
  3. nominee John Rhys-Davies as Sallah: Never delivers a line at less than the top of his register.
    “I also think any, all movies that John Reese Davies are in are overacting awards because he was like, indie.”
    unknown · 1:17:42

Best that guy · Best that-guy performance.

  1. winner Alison Doody as Elsa: Known afterward as the Last Crusade lady; her other credit mentioned is Major League 2.
    “I think Alison Duty probably wins it, right?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:13

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. winner Robert Eddison as the Grail Knight: A stage actor off screen since 1948 whose one sequence, choose wisely, lives on as a meme.
    “I got the grill night.”
    unknown · 1:18:48

Apex Mountain · Where a person, thing or type of scene sits on the mountain.

  1. pick The Cross of Coronado: Apex for crosses from Coronado.
    “No, well, I mean, like for the cross of Coronado, probably Apex Mountain for crosses from Coronado, you know”
    unknown · 0:41:25
  2. pick Harrison Ford: Not at the first apex here, but a second-apex guy.
    “I do I think that he's a 2nd apex guy, though.”
    unknown · 1:22:56
  3. pick The Holy Grail: Second apex for the Grail itself; the first is catching the blood of Christ.
    “This is the 2nd apex mountain for the holy grail itself.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:23:18
  4. pick Anaconda: Apex for rats and snakes in a movie; First Blood's rat stuff also comes up.
    “Uh, well, I would say Anaconda.”
    unknown · 1:23:39
  5. pick Indy meeting Walter Donovan at a black-tie party in the middle of the day: Second-best midday black-tie party, behind Pulp Fiction's Winston Wolf.
    “And is this the 2nd best black tie party in the middle of the day next to Pulp Fiction?”
    unknown · 1:25:44

What aged the best · What has aged best in the movie.

  1. pick Indy and his father both sleeping with Elsa, which the movie went for in 1989: Praised as ballsy for 1989.
    “Well, just that they went for it.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:03
  2. pick Nazis as the villains: You do not get a better movie villain.
    “We've said this and when we did Raiders, the Nazis is villains. You just don't get any better for a movie villain.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:38
  3. pick The Hitler autograph in the diary: Short scene, very smart when you don't yet know what happens.
    “It's a short scene, but Hitler autograph in the diary when you don't know what's going to happen is really, really, really smart.”
    unknown · 0:56:52
  4. pick Julian Glover as Walter Donovan: Aged well, and his turn is perfect.
    “I thought Julian Glover aged really well here.”
    unknown · 0:58:00

What aged the worst · What has aged worst in the movie.

  1. pick The plane and blimp effects: Looks like two guys on a sound stage in an old plane.
    “The effects just weren't there yet in 1989.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:22
  2. pick Indy trying the Irish accent: Probably meant as a joke on Connery's inability to do Scottish.
    “Indie tries the Irish accent.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:08:33
  3. pick The travel map sequence and the flight with three layovers
    “Um, the flight that they take to get to Venice. Three layovers.”
    unknown · 1:09:28
  4. pick The long fist fight: Hard to go back to after John Wick 4.
    “Also, I would just say, um, after watching John Wick four. It's kind of hard to go back to like a long fist fight.”
    unknown · 1:10:11
  5. pick The Order of the Cruciform Sword: A secret cabal guarding a Grail they have never seen.
    “Um, what's up with the order of the cruciform sword? I feel like that hasn't aged well.”
    unknown · 1:10:21

Best quote · Best line in the movie.

  1. winner You lost today, kid, but that doesn't mean you have to like it
    “Best quote, you lost today, kid, but that doesn't mean you have to like it.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:12:38
  2. pick Charlemagne: may my armies be the birds in the trees: Offered as a favorite after the fact.
    “Wait, can I just say I remembered my Charlemagne is my favorite quote.”
    unknown · 1:12:47

Hottest take · The host's hottest take about the movie.

  1. pick The River Phoenix prequel should have been made in 1989 and this movie in 1991: Would trade Temple of Doom for a River Phoenix Indiana Jones prequel.
    “I just think the River Phoenix Prequel, I just wish that it happened in 1989, and then we did this movie like in 1991.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:14:52
  2. pick Bringing back blimp travel: One of his three possible takes; he researched blimps.
    “So I had this as one of my 3 possible hottest takes.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:00:09

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick The mythology of the Holy Grail: Rejects the Grail story outside the film, while liking it in the film.
    “The whole story is just absolute horseshit.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:52:40
  2. pick Indy: Should have been more suspicious of another blonde after being burned before.
    “Little more dubious of Elsa, maybe, in retrospect, we're going to pick some nits on Indie.”
    unknown · 1:27:47
  3. pick The Grail's fine print: it will not work past the seal: Too many conditions; if it fails when you leave, why guard it.
    “Um, I think that there's just personally, like there's a lot of small print, a lot of fine print on the Holy Grail, you know, where it's like, you can't take it beyond the seal.”
    unknown · 1:28:26

Sequel, prequel, prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or prestige TV show they would make.

  1. pick This movie checking four of the five boxes: Then a chronological watch order discussion.
    “This movie checked 4 of the 5 boxes somehow.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:30:02

Is this movie better with… · Would the movie be better with a given that-guy actor.

  1. pick Wayne Jenkins as the Grail Knight: Picked from a list of that-guy actors.
    “I do think that if Wayne Jenkins was the Grail Knight?”
    unknown · 1:30:54

Oscar pick · Who should have won or been nominated.

  1. pick Sean Connery as Henry Jones Sr.: Best supporting actor, though he had just won for The Untouchables.
    “Connery, sporting actor.”
    unknown · 1:31:31
  2. pick Spike Lee as director of Do the Right Thing: Should have been nominated for best director.
    “He should have been nominated for best director is where we really went somewhere.”
    unknown · 1:32:58
  3. pick Jeff Bridges as The Fabulous Baker Boys: Should have been nominated.
    “And we also have Jeff Bridges, who Asho should have been nominated for that movie.”
    unknown · 1:32:41

Unanswered questions · Open questions the movie leaves.

  1. pick Is the Holy Grail like HGH: Compared to athletes suddenly getting more home run power.
    “We talked totally Grail, but I wrote down the Holy Grail, is it like HGH?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:44
  2. pick Has anyone punched more guys in a movie than Harrison Ford: Ford has only the right cross.
    “Has anyone ever punched more guys in a movie than Harrison Ford?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:34:07

Indy Red Zuan Award for what happened the next day · What the character does the day after the movie ends.

  1. pick The Grail Knight: Thinks his next day is the same as every other day.
    “I honestly think it's exactly the same as every other day.”
    unknown · 1:36:38
  2. pick The Grail Knight: A joke answer: a celebrity interview show.
    “Oh, he got a show on Hulu.”
    unknown · 1:36:55

Secret Handshake · A prop they would own.

  1. pick The Grail cup: Would give the fake one to Fantasy to see what happens.
    “It's got to be the Grill Cup, right? That'd be the fucking coolest thing you can own.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:37:25

Coach Finn Stack award for best life lesson · Best life lesson from the movie.

  1. winner Chase what you believe in as Elsa never believed in the Grail, she saw it as a prize
    “I mean, Elsa never really believed in the Grail. saw it as a prize.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:38:09
  2. winner When there are 60 cups, take a beat before choosing: Donovan trusting Elsa's pick of the cup.
    “When you spend your entire life searching for the Holy Grail, an eternal life and you finally get there and there's 60 cups, maybe take a beat, think about which one it is.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:40:03
  3. winner Directors should stay on for an entire trilogy: His Raiders-loving aside.
    “I just yearned for the days when directors would stay on for an entire trilogy.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:40:58

Who won the movie · Who won the movie.

  1. winner Harrison Ford: Star Wars was not necessarily a Ford vehicle; Raiders and then this cemented him.
    “So I actually think Harrison Ford in the movie.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:39:12
  2. winner Steven Spielberg: Needed this for the resume after Temple of Doom and a run of non-successes.
    “I think Steven Spielberg.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:39:14
  3. winner Harrison Ford
    “I think Harrison Ford as well.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:39:17

Best racehorse name · The best racehorse name taken from the movie.

  1. nominee Cup of Christ
    “I think Cup of Christ is a really good horse name.”
    unknown · 1:27:20
  2. winner Zeppelin Rising: The hosts settled on it.
    “How about Zeppelin rising?”
    unknown · 1:27:30
  3. nominee X Marks the Spot
    “X marks the spot is the name of the horse.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:27:39

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Connected to

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Last Crusade shows that silent comedy, especially Buster Keaton, is part of the DNA of these movies.
    “that's the huge part of the DNA of these movies is silent comedy and not just the adventure serials.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:14:01 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

1941: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (comedy attempts): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → 1941. Last Crusade is his one fully successful comedy; his clean comedies like 1941 and The Terminal are among his worst.
    “basically, all of his worst movies are his cleanest attempts at comedies, like, 1941, the terminal, arguably all these.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:21:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → A Bronx Tale. Last Crusade is offered as a father-son film among filmmakers who rarely make them.
    “Well, I guess last Crusade's a Father-son movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:47 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)

Buster Keaton: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → Buster Keaton. Last Crusade reads as a Buster Keaton movie.
    “It's a very Griffey movie and I feel like is a very Buster Keatney movie in particular.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:13:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain America: The First Avenger → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The big musical number in an action movie feels like Last Crusade, then is corrected to Temple of Doom.
    “It's part of this movie feeling very last crusade to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:59:19 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Last Crusade was the right ending; another sequel after Crystal Skull is disappointing.
    “Was there a better way to end one of the great franchises than Last Crusade?”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:32:44 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

This Is the End: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): This Is the End → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Hitler-in-comedy debate: they just did Hitler in Last Crusade.
    “We just did Hitler in Last Crusade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:07 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

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craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Last Crusade shows that silent comedy, especially Buster Keaton, is part of the DNA of these movies.
    “that's the huge part of the DNA of these movies is silent comedy and not just the adventure serials.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:14:01 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Last Crusade avoids a third love interest by giving Indy a sparring partner in his dad.
    “Indiana Jones needs a sparring partner, they just make it his dad instead of a love interest”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:04:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → Buster Keaton. Last Crusade reads as a Buster Keaton movie.
    “It's a very Griffey movie and I feel like is a very Buster Keatney movie in particular.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:13:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Captain America: The First Avenger → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The big musical number in an action movie feels like Last Crusade, then is corrected to Temple of Doom.
    “It's part of this movie feeling very last crusade to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:59:19 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): This Is the End → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Hitler-in-comedy debate: they just did Hitler in Last Crusade.
    “We just did Hitler in Last Crusade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:07 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → A Bronx Tale. Last Crusade is offered as a father-son film among filmmakers who rarely make them.
    “Well, I guess last Crusade's a Father-son movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:47 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (comedy attempts): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → 1941. Last Crusade is his one fully successful comedy; his clean comedies like 1941 and The Terminal are among his worst.
    “basically, all of his worst movies are his cleanest attempts at comedies, like, 1941, the terminal, arguably all these.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:21:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Last Crusade was the right ending; another sequel after Crystal Skull is disappointing.
    “Was there a better way to end one of the great franchises than Last Crusade?”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:32:44 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

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