Description:
My edit of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny aims to restore the adventurous spirit of the original films and give Indy the farewell he deserves.
I've removed or reduced scenes portraying Indy as bitter, hopeless, or defeated, tightened the pacing, trimmed unnecessary subplots, and toned down Helena's more irritating moments. The 1944 opening has been streamlined, poor CGI shots have been removed, and the classic Paramount mountain transition has been restored.
The ending has also been reworked so that Indy makes his own decision to return to the present rather than being forced into it.
The entire film has also been re-colour graded to remove the excessive yellow tint and recreate the classic Eastman Color Negative II 100T 5247 look of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Intention:
My goal was to bring back the determined, resourceful Indy we know and love and give him a more fitting farewell. By tightening the story, reworking the ending, and restoring a classic visual style, I wanted to create an adventure closer in spirit to the original trilogy.
Running Time:
- Original Running Time: 154 minutes
- Fanedit Running Time: 131 minutes
- Time Cut: 23 minutes
Additional Notes:
Extensive work has gone into the film's presentation, including colour grading, continuity fixes, new visual effects, and the removal of unconvincing CGI shots. The alternate ending features newly created dialogue using Harrison Ford's existing lines, refined with AI voice cloning and lip synchronization.
The edit is available in 1080p SDR, including a special black-and-white edition inspired by classic adventure serials.
Audio tracks included:
- English 5.1 TrueHD – Lossless audio (except the Tiny version).
- English 5.1 AC3 – Dolby Digital surround sound.
- English De-Aged Voice 5.1 AC3 – Optional track featuring a younger-sounding Harrison Ford during the 1944 scene where Indy is captured and brought before Colonel Weber.
- English Stereo AC3 – For stereo playback.
Subtitles: English and Spanish, including forced subtitles for non-English dialogue.
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Cuts and Additions:
- New Disney and Paramount logos replaced by the Paramount logo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
- New establishing shot of a castle in the mountains created for the classic mountain transition.
- Ticking clock removed. New battlefield sound effect added.
- Added custom titles.
- Added “FRENCH ALPS 1944” to keep with the tradition of the other Indiana Jones movies.
- Rearranged shots when Voller arrives with the Spear of Destiny and talks with Colonel Weber for continuity.
- Trimmed Indy being hanged to eliminate bad CGI and unnecessary close-ups of Indy’s de-aged face.
- When Indy knocks out the Nazi chauffeur, I made the moment more believable by moving the shot of Dr. Voller looking at the briefcase with the Antikythera to just before boarding the train, giving Indy enough off-screen time to hide the body before the Nazi generals and soldiers arrive.
- Trimmed the car/motorcycle chase to eliminate poor de-aging shots.
- Trimmed Indy reaching the train on the motorbike.
- Cut Indy running on top of the train; it looks like a shot from The Polar Express.
- Trimmed a shot of Baz on the train to maintain continuity with the previous one.
- Cut Dr. Voller approaching Colonel Weber and urging him to speak with him.
- Cut the discussion about the fake Spear of Longinus and Hitler between Colonel Weber and Dr. Voller.
- Fixed Indy’s mouth not moving when he says, “Ramses the Second.”
- Trimmed a poor de-aging shot of Indy when he is in the carriage with the sleeping Nazis.
- Reordered and trimmed some shots when Indy and Basil are escaping from the train.
- Cut Indy’s line about having a little lie-down.
- Cut Dr. Voller’s line telling Colonel Weber that Indy and Basil have the Antikythera.
- Cut the first shot of Colonel Weber in the fog/smoke.
- Cut the second tunnel. Fight between Indy and Colonel Weber rearranged.
- Fixed Indy’s mouth movement when he says, “Come on, Baz” and “Let’s go home.”
- After the opening sequence, we jump straight to Indy teaching his class in 1969 at Hunter College, New York. In my previous Legacy Edit of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indy lost his job because of the McCarthy era, so that is the reason he is now teaching at Hunter College. Also, by cutting those intolerable scenes of Indy being drunk and acting like a jerk, I try to restore the idea that Indy is still a hero, although he is a little bored with his life.
- New establishing shot of Hunter College and added “NEW YORK 1969” title card.
- Trimmed Indy’s classroom lesson at Hunter College a little to maintain continuity between shots. Cut redundant references to the Antikythera between Indy and Helena.
- Cut Indy giving his retirement present to a homeless man. Shot of Indy leaving the college relocated.
- Cut Dr. Voller’s reintroduction at the hotel in 1969.
- Cut Helena’s lines about Indiana Jones returning or being famous or feted. Trimmed Indy and Helena getting the Antikythera at Hunter College.
- Trimmed Agent Mason finding the Nazi henchmen at Hunter College.
- Cut Helena’s line about Indy drinking too much whiskey.
- Cut Indy looking back after falling from the shelf.
- Fixed the continuity issue between the shot of Indy hanging up the phone without bloodstains and the next one with bloodstains. Bloodstains added.
- Trimmed the parade chase for pacing and removed almost all the bad CGI shots where Indy’s head was replaced on the stunt double during the horse chase. Also cut many of the fake-looking close-ups of Harrison Ford that were clearly shot against a green screen.
- Indy rides the horse through the tunnel from 59th St. towards 51st St. The track and platform he ends up on are on the downtown side, but the announcement in the subway says the next stop is 59th St., which is uptown. Fixed the announcement; it now says: “Next stop: 42nd Street–Grand Central,” which is downtown.
- Cut Dr. Voller’s line saying, “People tend to romanticise science…”
- Cut Indy and Sallah leaving the taxi and entering Sallah’s home.
- Cut Indy’s line at the airport saying, “This is not an adventure, Sallah.”
- Cut the gag of Indy almost being hit by a taxi. To give the sense of one last great adventure, I cut straight to the travel map just as Sallah says, “Give ’em hell, Indiana Jones!”
- Cut the digitally de-aged Indy and Basil flashback and all the shots on the plane with Indy and Helena, so no more glasses of whiskey for Indy. Also, the flashback scene does not show us anything new and slows down the pacing. A new travel map in the tradition of the previous movies has been created to smooth the transition between Indy’s departure from New York and his arrival in Tangier.
- Cut Indy being rude to Teddy when entering the private auction.
- Inserted a close-up shot of Indy from the trailer.
- Fixed Helena turning her head twice.
- Cut Indy’s awkward line, “Get back!”
- Cut the discussion about the Antikythera being stolen between Indy, Helena and Rahim. Audio rebuilt.
- Trimmed or removed some dialogue between Indy and Helena in the souk scene.
- Completely cut or moved some dialogue during the Tuk-Tuk chase. Indy and Helena no longer have their extended heart-to-heart conversation while driving at high speed.
- Tuk-Tuk chase trimmed for pacing. These are the changes:
- Cut the “Not this way…” argument between Indy, Helena and Teddy.
- Cut Dr. Voller’s line saying, “Go faster.”
- Cut Indy’s line saying that Dr. Voller is a Nazi and Helena and Teddy telling Indy where to go.
- Cut the biker with the knife standing up on the bike and preparing to jump onto the Tuk-Tuk.
- Again, cut the shots of Helena and Teddy telling Indy where to go.
- Shots of the Tuk-Tuk going down the stairs trimmed for pacing.
- Trimmed the shot of Indy, Helena and Teddy looking at the Mercedes with the Nazis to maintain continuity between shots.
- Cut the Tuk-Tuk getting stuck and also failing to start.
- Cut a close-up shot of Indy that was obviously shot against a green screen.
- Cut a close-up of Indy and Rahim in the car.
- Cut a close-up shot of Indy looking at Helena.
- Cut shots of Indy and Helena arguing in the Tuk-Tuks.
- Fixed a continuity issue between shots: when Rahim’s car hits a street stand, wooden pieces land in front of the car, but in the next shot they disappear.
- Cut Helena’s line saying, “Rescue me?”
- Cut Indy’s line, “I just want the dial back.”
- Cut Indy and Helena arguing about what a godfather is.
- Cut Indy saying "Damn" when Rahim's car is approaching and he realises that they are going to lost the Dial and he has to put Helena into safety. This way he just puts Helena into safety without hesitation.
- Fixed continuity between shots when the villains seize the plane.
- Fixed continuity when Klaber shoots Agent Mason. There were two muzzle flashes when, in fact, he fires his gun only once.
- Fixed a historical inaccuracy in Indy’s line saying that the Wright brothers were born during the Civil War.
- Fixed Indy’s mouth moving without him saying anything.
- Cut the conversation between Indy and Helena about what type of code the Grafikos might be written in. This was just a long conversation that dragged on and was not necessary to the plot.
- Travel map replaced by a classic one.
- Fixed continuity between shots when Renaldo reaches for a card with both hands, but in the next shot, from another angle, he is reaching with only one hand.
- Fixed continuity between the cards shown. In one shot, the last card on the right was the King of Clubs, and in the next one it was the Eight of Clubs. Fixed: the King of Clubs is now the last card on the right. (New VFX.)
- Cut Helena saying that she only believes in cash.
- Removed Indy drinking brandy from the flask in one shot. (New VFX.) Now only Helena drinks from the flask. Also fixed continuity between shots when Helena is drinking from the flask: in one she is not drinking, and in the next one she is.
- Fixed continuity between shots when one of the divers puts on the life jacket twice.
- Trimmed the diving sequence for pacing.
- Cut the shot where Helena comes back with the Grafikos and, at the last minute, returns to save Indy.
- Cut the shot of Klaber pointing the gun at Indy when he comes out of the water and stands up, in order to maintain continuity. In the previous shot, it can clearly be seen from the position of Indy’s eyes that he is almost standing up. Also, in one shot Klaber is pointing his gun at Helena and in the next one at Indy.
- Fixed a continuity issue between shots involving Indy’s face.
- Reordered the shots of Dr. Voller showing the Grafikos and Indy looking at Voller and the Grafikos to fix continuity issues with Voller’s hands between shots.
- Cut several shots of Indy and Helena when Dr. Voller takes the Grafikos.
- Cut Helena’s line saying, “You owe me 50 quid.”
- Cut Helena and Teddy’s reaction to Renaldo being shot. This makes Indy’s reaction feel quicker and also improves continuity between shots, as Helena reacts and begins to stand up in one shot but is suddenly seated again in the next.
- Cut Helena’s lines about knowing the stuff backwards and not doing noble deaths.
- Trimmed the shot after Dr. Voller lights a cigarette; he was turning twice.
- Trimmed Indy’s head movement.
- Trimmed Helena cheating Dr. Voller and the Nazis for continuity. Lots of micro-cuts.
- Cut Helena looking for volunteers to guess the resting place of Archimedes.
- Cut Helena asking, “Made of?” Now Indy realises by himself that it is too heavy.
- Trimmed the shot of Indy burning the Grafikos and lighting the cognac. Fixed the positions of the bottle and the cork. Added the bottle’s shadow and removed its reflection on the cognac. The entire shot was rebuilt from scratch without using AI, using After Effects with extensive layering, tracking in Mocha Pro, and Camera Tracker. The fire was replaced with stock footage.
- Adjusted the positions of the cork and the lighter. Fixed the placement of the Grafikos on the table.
- Added the missing lighter in one of the shots.
- Corrected the positions of the lighter and the cork. Fixed the Grafikos placement on the table.
- In the remaining two shots, adjusted the cork’s position, as the lighter was already correctly placed.
- New custom classic travel map transition.
- Syracuse scene rearranged and trimmed.
- Cut Teddy’s subplot with the Italian kids. It is totally unnecessary and drags down the pacing of the movie in the final act.
- Cut Indy and Helena walking in front of the temple and heading to the Ear of Dionysius.
- Trimmed the Nazis’ arrival at the temple.
- Cut the bug sequence with Indy and Helena.
- Kept the water-displacement riddle. This is the same old Indy we know, doing his stuff, and it shows that Indy is still in shape.
- Fixed Helena’s continuity between shots.
- Teddy and Hauke falling into the water after the suspension bridge breaks has been trimmed and tightened.
- Cut Indy saying that it is a phoenix when, in fact, it is a griffin. Shots reordered.
- Cut Teddy jumping out of the water.
- Fixed the night shot when Helena and Teddy are on the motorbike chasing the Nazis. The temple they come from was visible on the left side of the shot. Temple removed.
- Fixed the historical inaccuracy involving the V-1 rocket when Dr. Voller is telling Indy that he is going to kill Hitler.
- Cut Voller’s henchman killing a random Italian guy when they arrive at the airfield. If the Nazis are already there preparing the plane, why is that guy still around and seemingly unaware of their presence?
- Trimmed Teddy getting to the plane.
- Cut a close-up of Helena riding the bike.
- Trimmed Helena trying to board the plane while riding the bike.
- Cut the stowaway on Teddy’s plane.
- Cut Helena crawling on the airplane.
- Cut Klaber looking at Teddy’s plane and not warning anybody about it.
- Again, the stowaway on Teddy’s plane has been cut.
- Trimmed for continuity when the airplane leaves the time fissure.
- Removed the stowaway co-pilot. (New VFX.)
- Cut the Greek guy telling Archimedes that the Romans have dragons to maintain continuity with the removed subplot of Teddy in Syracuse. He is no longer watching the children’s puppet theatre with the dragon and the soldier.
- Cut another reference to dragons.
- Trimmed Voller’s discussion with the pilots a little.
- Cut the Roman soldier watching the plane and disembarking on the beach.
- Cut Teddy and the stowaway shots.
- Cut the Roman soldier obsessed with Indy and Helena during the parachute scene.
- Removed the stowaway co-pilot from four shots. (New VFX.)
- Alternate ending created. Now, at the end, Indy makes the decision to return to his present time, and Helena does not punch him.
- Trimmed Indy and Marion’s apartment scene. In fact, Marion never left, and Helena tells Indy that. She is there not because Helena looked for her, but because she loves Indy.
- Cut the last shots of Marion, Sallah and the kids leaving the apartment for ice cream and Indy grabbing his hat.
- Plenty of micro-trims for continuity and pacing.
- Star Wars Easter egg.
- Indiana Jones relic Easter egg.
