Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

May 24, 1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones franchise and a sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Harrison Ford returned in the title role, while his father is portrayed by Sean Connery. Other cast members featured include Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. In the film, set largely in 1938, Indiana searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been captured by the Nazis while on a journey to find the Holy Grail.

After the mixed reaction to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg chose to lower the dark tone and graphic violence in the next installment. During the five years between The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade, he and executive producer Lucas reviewed several scripts before accepting Jeffrey Boam's. Filming locations included Spain, Italy, West Germany, Jordan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The Last Crusade was released by Paramount Pictures in North America on May 24, 1989, and was a financial success, earning $475.8 million at the worldwide box office, and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing. A sequel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, followed in 2008.

Storyline

In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.

Also See

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Indiana Jones 5 (2023)

Sound Effects Used

• BEN BURTT PUNCHING SOUNDS
• Classic Rifle Shot 01 (Slowed down)
• Goofy Holler
• H-B SQUEAK, CARTOON - ROLLING WHEEL SQUEAKS
• Hollywoodedge, Alarms High PitchedS TE012603
• Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024701 (debut)
• Hollywoodedge, Thunder Crack Viole PE1008302
• SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - DOGFIGHT, WWII AIRCRAFT, GUNFIRE
• SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - STUKA SIREN SCREAM BY, SHORT
• SKYWALKER ALARM BUZZING SOUND (processed) (debut?)
• SKYWALKER, BIRD - PETRIE'S FLAPPING WINGS
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 03 (heard once in a high pitch)
• SKYWALKER, COW BELLOW
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - ARTOO'S ELECTRIC ZAP
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07 (Various pitches/processing)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION - CONCUSSIVE BLAST (debut)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING (various pitches)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - TANK FIRE (debut)
• SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND (Various pitches/processing)
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, LONG, MALE 01
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, SHORT, MALE 01
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, SHORT, MALE 04
• SKYWALKER, JET - FAST PASS BY 01
• SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND (part of a SFX cluster involved with fire, often used)
• SKYWALKER MACHINE GUN 02
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HIGH-PITCHED TWANGY RING (high-pitched)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - PROTOCOL DROID MOVING
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SMALL CLANK WITH RATTLE
• SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN MECHANICS SCRAPING
• SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND
• SKYWALKER ROLLING BOULDER SOUND
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - EVE'S LASER GUN
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - WESTAR-34 BLASTER PISTOL FIRE (debut)
• SKYWALKER, SIREN - STUKA SIREN WAIL BY, SHORT (used twice)
• SKYWALKER, WATER - SINGLE SPLASH
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - CARTOON FALL WHISTLE
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - DESCENDING WHINE WITH FLANGE (debut)
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (Heard once in a high pitch, following the line "They don't get any closer than that.")
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01 (Heard once, processed)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - REDWING PASS BY
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH
• SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
• RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 08 or Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - LONG SHELL SCREAM RICCO (Heard once in low volume)
• Sound Ideas, BADGER - GROWL & HISS, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, CHICKEN - EXCITED, FLURRY THEN SETTLES DOWN, ANIMAL, BIRD
• Sound Ideas, COUPLING - FREIGHT CARS COUPLING IMPACT, TRAIN (Used once for an explosion.)
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - ELECTRONIC MAGIC 01 (high pitched?, processed?)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 02 (H-B) (shortened)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 10 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BURST - BIG BURST
• Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 02 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 06 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, HORSE - 3 WHINNIES, 3 SNORTS, C.U, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, INSECT, CRICKET - SINGLE, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, ROCKS, EARTHQUAKE - RUMBLE, CREAKS, CRASHES, TUMBLING, AVALANCHE
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, WHOOSH - FAST WHOOSH BY, SCI FI 09 (May've been used once when the German plane passes by the camera during the plane chase.)
• Sound Ideas, WAVES, TIDAL - ENGULFED BY ROARING WAVE, WATER
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 10
• Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN (Heard once, briefly, after the tank begins to fall off a ledge, and earlier from a launched car from the tank at +12 pitch.)
• Sound Ideas, WIND - WIND MACHINE: CLEAN, ARTIFICIAL BREATHY WHISTLES
• Water Splash (debut)
• WB SHOTGUN BLAST 02 (processed)
• Wilhelm Scream (4th and 3rd screams)

Image Gallery

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

The processed variant of WB SHOTGUN BLAST 02.