Indiana Jones 5 starring Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, and Pheobe-Waller Bridge hit the theatres on June 30, 2023. Ford’s comeback as the titular role for the final instalment of the franchise has certainly garnered the audiences’ attention. The film has been directed by James Mangold who is known for The Wolverine (2013), Logan (2017), and Ford v Ferrari (2019). Let’s find out the filming locations of the movie.
Indiana Jones 5 Filming Locations
The fifth and final Indiana Jones franchise was shot in four different countries with the primary film photography taking place at the Pinewood Studios in England. The four countries where the shooting took place included England, Italy, Morocco, and Scotland. Pinewood Studios was used as the movie’s sound stage. The well-known studio has served as a production location for many popular movies and TV shows. These include Jurassic World Dominion, EastEnders, No Time To Die, and Marvel’s latest Secret Invasion.
Listed below are all the filming locations for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny–
- Hatton Garden, London: Since the movie is set in New York City, a lot of NYC scenes were shot in the UK’s Hatton Garden and Hackney, London.
- Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland: While the protagonist, Indiana Jones, is fighting the Nazis the Bamburgh Castle was used as a backdrop for some of the scenes.
- Glasgow City Center, Scotland: Scotland’s Glasgow City Centre was another location that was used to represent New York City in the movie. Some locations in Glasgow were transformed to resemble NYC such as 55 Parnie Street, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow City Council, and Hope Street.
- Fez, Morocco: The final scenes of the movie including the car chase was filmed in Fez, Morocco. Originally, these scenes were supposed to be shot in India but the plan had to be dropped due to COVID-19 restrictions.
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Pickering were used for filming the German railway scenes.
- Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire: The studios were used for film photography and sound stage production.
- Sicily: As the movie progresses, we see Indiana Jones’ adventures taking him from New York to Greece. All the Greece scenes in Indiana Jones 5 were actually shot in Sicily. They were shot in different parts of Sicily which include-
- Marsala, Sicily
- Temple of Segesta, Sicily
- Cefalù, Sicily
- Trapani, Sicily
- Ear of Dionysus, Syracuse
- Grotta Dei Cordari cave
- Neapolis Archaeological Park
- Other filming locations of the movie include the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland and Leaderfoot Viaduct, Scotland.
Indiana Jones 5 Plot
Touted as one of the most expensive movies ever made with a filming budget of more than $295 million, Indiana Jones 5 is a sequel to 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull. The movie is directed by James Mangold and brings back the daredevil archaeologist, Indiana Jones who teams up with his god-daughter, Helena Shaw to fight Jurgen Voller, a former Nazi working for NASA. Jones and his colleague Basil Shaw were successful in stopping Voller from stealing the Dial of Destiny in 1944 but two decades later Voller returns to steal the dial. This time, Jones is joined by Helena Shaw who helps him fight Voller and keep him away from the dial.
Here are the first reviews of Indiana Jones 5 as per Rotten Tomatoes:
“If you really want to rove back and forth through time, you don’t need the Antikythera at all. Forget the myth. Screw Archimedes. All you need is the movies.”
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
“Mangold’s action sequences may not have the lightness Steven Spielberg gave the ones in Indy’s four previous adventures, but they’re still madcap and decently exciting.”
Bob Mondello, NPR
“Feeling the years and the miles, Harrison Ford cracks the whip for the last time, in a film that offers the requisite thrills and proves fairly emotional before it’s over.”
Brian Lowry, CNN.com
“The fifth and final chapter for our whip-cracking archaeologist suffers from the absence of Steven Spielberg and a workable script, but Harrison Ford—80 and still working deep and true—makes sure that Indy goes out in blaze of glory. One word: Respect”
Peter Travers, ABC News
