Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Tony Black and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, a postscript for our Indiana Summer, celebrating Indy-pendence Day, James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Veteran archeologist Indiana Jones finds himself adrift in 1969, estranged from his wife and worried that his best days are behind him. However, the daughter of an old friend sweeps into his life in search of a legendary artefact, with Nazis hot on her trail. All of a sudden, the intrepid adventurer finds himself embarking on a globe-trotting chase that has a deeper connection to his past than even he realises.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 3rd July 2023.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter considers the box office performance of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, July 2023.
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- Rebecca Rubin at Variety reports on a record breaking year for the box office, January 2020.
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- George Lucas talks to Fox News about the prospect of a fifth Indiana Jones film, May 2008.
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- James Mangold talks to IndieWire about taking over Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny from Steven Spielberg, June 2023.
- Manohla Dargis at The New York Times reports on the Cannes premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, May 2023.
- Lauren Milici at Total Film reports on the “mixed” reception that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny received at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2023.
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- Riley Silverman at Nerdist argues that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the best third instalment in a trilogy, May 2020.
- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg talk to The New York Times about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as the final Indiana Jones movie, May 1989.
- Karen Allen talks to The Los Angeles Times about the original plans for Marion Ravenwood in Spielberg and Lucas’ fifth Indiana Jones movie, June 2023.
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- James Mangold talks to Variety about the creative choices made in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, June 2023.
- Nate Jones at Vulture discusses the death of Mutt as “a killer punchline for a joke of a character”, June 2023.
- Timothy McClelland at ScreenRant reports on John Williams’ comments about the reshoots to the ending of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, December 2022.
- Zack Sharf at Variety reports on James Mangold’s response to these rumours of reshoots, December 2022.
- Nicholas Brooks at Comic Book Resources considers George Lucas’ original ghost-filled pitch for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, July 2023.
- TheRaider.net compiles early statements by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas about plans for what would become Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2008.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers the complicated and contradictory nostalgia of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, June 2023.
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- Kathleen Kennedy talks to Vanity Fair about the perils of recasting Harrison Ford characters, May 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist wonders about the point of an Indiana Jones movie without Spielberg or Lucas, July 2023.
- Scott Mendelson at Forbes argues that Hollywood should “rip off, not remake”, August 2016.
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