A more faithful version of the movie prop was released as part of the Limited Edition Collector's Set of Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures on Blu-ray which also included select pages from The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones. Ī minimalistic replica of the diary was included as part of the package of the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure video game which served as copy protection. In reality, much of the text was taken from the real life-book The Grail: Quest for the Eternal ( ISBN 0824500350) by John Matthews. The text on the diary is mainly unreadable on-screen however detailed scans and photos of some of its pages can be seen in the visual guides. It contained several sketches, illustrations and notes, as well as some 'inserts' kept by Henry (like a dollar bill, dated 1899, the year his son was born). The Grail Diary is actually a detailed movie prop created especially for the film. Behind the scenes Įrnst Vogel: " What are you hiding? What does the diary tell you that it doesn’t tell us?" Henry Jones: " It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them." ― Vogel and Henry Jones, Sr. Indy's knowledge of his father's research in the diary helped him slip past the traps in the Grail Temple and recover the Grail to save his wounded father. After leaving Berlin, father and son studied the diary on their way to Hatay. Hitler signed the diary and handed it back, not recognizing that it was the item sought by his men. Assuming the posture of a German officer, Indy stood at attention. Hitler took the Diary in his hands and skimmed through its pages. However on his leaving and while holding the Diary, he stumbled into Hitler himself who was signing autographs at a rally. Indy disguised himself and took it from Schneider. Henry knew that the grail diary was still needed to overcome the defenses of the Grail Temple, and so went with his son to Berlin to retrieve it. Since the map was missing, the Nazis sent the diary to Berlin to show progress on their search. When Indy went to rescue his father from the Nazis, he was captured, and the diary was taken by Donovan and Vogel. Indy removed the map from the diary, gave it to Marcus Brody, and sent him to rendezvous with Sallah in Iskenderun. However, Indy brought the Grail Diary with him to Venice, where, after finding the second Grail marker, he determined where the Grail could be found - the Canyon of the Crescent Moon, outside Iskenderun. sent the diary to his son in Barnett College by mail, to keep it out of Nazi hands. Upon realizing that his expedition colleague Elsa Schneider was a Nazi, Dr. The information it contained was of such great importance that possessing it was dangerous for one's life this was due to Adolf Hitler's desire for occult and supernatural objects like the Holy Grail, and subsequently a desire of the Nazi army that he controlled.Īfter being hired by Walter Donovan, Jones added to his diary a rubbing of Donovan's Grail tablet.
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As his son Indiana grew and his professional obligations augmented, he abandoned his research around 1906 for six years.Īt around 1938 he had almost determined the secret location of the Grail from his years of study, and had drawn a map in the diary based on his findings. The diary had over 282 pages interspersed with miscellaneous sheets of notes, sculpture rubbings and train tickets that Dr.
He did many travels between America and Europe, contacted many scholars and sought several historical documents during his studies, always carrying it with him. Henry Jones started noting down his thoughts about the Holy Grail after what he took to be a vision that he beheld in 1898. Why would he send this to me?" ― Indiana Jones ĭr.
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