I was mainly drawn to it by Douglas Slocombe's cinematography - it was his last film - he was 76 (lived till 103!) He is still capable of giving it a lovely tone.
The special effects for the time were award-worthy but they look quite dated now. The set inside the cavern when the floor starts breaking up looks really fake.
It was filmed all over the place, must have cost an absolute fortune - even just Venice establishing shot must have been so difficult to organise in every way (period background, permission from authorities, etc.)
Great to see so much not-CGI stunt work, e.g. opening fight on speeding train with River Phoenix playing the young Indie. Horse work, stunt driving, explosions, tanks, an airship.. amazing.
Harrison Ford is joined by Sean Connery enjoying playing his dad. With Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies. Alex Hyde-White as 'young Henry' whoever he is is Wilfred's son. Q noticed a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Alexei Sayle.
The screenplay is by Jeffrey Boam from a story by George Lucas and Menno Mayjes. It has quite a jokey tone with little nods to previous films in the series, as well as a frequent disregard for logic and credibility. Michael Kahn edited, John Williams composed, Elliot Scott is the production designer.
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