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There was a deleted scene that explained it:
A plot element involving the Ark of the Covenant was cut from the film and is only hinted at during the finale when the Ark is opened.
Basically, there were 2 rules about the Ark not mentioned in the final cut of the film:
If you touch the Ark, you die
If you look at the Ark when it is opened, ...
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Indy doesn't always play nice, as can be seen in the video Indiana Jones Body Count:
He shoots people,
throws people into lava,
throws a skewer of pigeon flambé
cuts a bike ride short,
(these are just a few examples, watch the video for more)
The "shooting" of the Arab Swordsman wasn't actually in the script:
Harrison Ford:
"I ...
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Irina Spalko was a KGB operative communist working for the Soviet Union. She was attempting to obtain the Crystal Skull in order to give the USSR an advantage over the Americans.
From the screen play:
The barrel of Mac’s gun, pointing directly at Indy’s head.
INDY (cont’d) Why Mac? Why? *
MAC What can I say, Jonsy, I’m a capitalist. And they paid. *
...
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The script reveals that Indy attaches himself to the periscope:
Indy climbs the ladder to the top of the turret and braces him-
self between the two uprights there--the 7 foot radio mast
and the 20 foot periscope.
Still the ocean comes up to
meet him. Soon the top of the turret is under water and
the radio mast ...
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The three challenges were:
The Breath of God - "Only the penitent man will pass"
The Word of God - "Only in the footsteps of God will he proceed"
The Path of God - "Only in the leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth"
Indy used his father's Grail Diary to guide him through the traps:
The Grail Diary was a possession of ...
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The clues came from the the Chronicles of St. Anselm. Professor Jones found them there and wrote them into his Diary
Professor Henry Jones: Well, he who finds the Grail must face the final challenge.
Indiana Jones: What final challenge?
Professor Henry Jones: Three devices of such lethal cunning.
Indiana Jones: Booby traps?
...
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Elsa is essentially a female Belloq (the main antagonist from Raiders of the Lost Ark):
Both have some genuine feeling for someone from the other sex, but neither lets it get in their way of working for the Nazis.
Both have genuine interest in archeology
Finally, both get done in by their ultimate grab for power, trying to possess a relic which could grant ...
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Ok, so I'm moving my research out of my question and placing it in an answer, but I think it's now pretty clear what's going on (even if it isn't totally explicit in the movie).
Yes it's true that some of Indy's female students are obsessed with him, but the joke here is that, while he's an accomplished "adventurer", he's not so good at being a professor.
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Marion sees the tree a few moments earlier.
From the script (page 102A):
Marion ducks as the Russian GUNFIRE SCREECHES off the metal sides of the duck.
But it allows Mutt and Mac to jump in from the other side,
keeping low.
Marion hits the gas and they take off toward the river. But they
soon reach a short cliff.
Marion stomps on ...
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Does the film actually show the submarine submerged for its journey?
Raiders of the Lost Ark is set in 1936, the pre-World-War-II era. Unlike nuclear submarines today, U-boats of that time weren't capable of long journeys while submerged.
U-boats usually traveled on the surface, propelled by diesel engines. They would dive to periscope depth to follow ...
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