Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
The Year is 1938. Twenty-six years ago, young Indiana Jones was thwarted in an attempt to retrieve the legendary Cross of Coronado from the hands of robbers. But an older, wiser and stronger Indy has finally returned the jewel encrusted Cross of Coronado to his boss, Marcus Brody.
Almost as soon as he arrives back at his quiet, New England college, though, Indy is whisked away by representatives of multi-millionaire Walter Donovan, who has unearthed a mysterious stone. Indy recognizes it as the first of three long-buried markers that reveal the location of the Holy Grail itself.
But the man who found the stone tablet has gone missing: Dr. Henry Jones, Indy’s long-estranged father and the world’s foremost Grail expert. Journeying to Venice, Indy meets Dr. Elsa Schneider, Donovan’s colleague, who helps him track down his father.
But they being followed by the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, whose members have vowed to protect the Grail at any cost – even Indy and Elsa’s lives. One of these warriors reveals that Indy’s father is being held in the imposing Brunwald Castle in Austria. What Indy doesn’t know is that the castle is actually a Nazi stronghold – and that Elsa is a Nazi double-agent who’s also working for the duplicitous American Donovan.
Dr. Jones and Dr. Jones Jr. find themselves chased through the streets of Berlin, through the skies above Germany and through the deserts of Turkey. Along with Brody and old friend Sallah, they finally locate the Grail’s resting place – but the Nazis have beaten them there. Determined to force Indy to retrieve the Grail, Donovan shoots Indy’s father, who collapses to the floor, Hesitantly, Indy enters the temple…
Do the deadly traps that protect the Grail mean the death of Indiana Jones? Will he find the Grail in time to save his dying father? And just what is Indy’s real first name, anyway? The answers to these questions and more are waiting in… Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
