The adventurer archaeologist famous for his whip and hat, Indiana Jones, embodied by Harrison Ford, is back with his latest movie quite sometime after The Crystal Skull. This time, the movie “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” is back for another adventure in which Indiana Jones does what he knows best, going to great lengths to uncover some relics and fight some bad guys in the process.
Like most Indiana Jones movies, we’re taken all over the world from the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. But in the case of The Dial of Destiny, we’d like to know where it was filmed. Was it just the art of the studio or CGI?
Or, like in previous iterations, did the cast and crew move to some location outside of sunny liberal California to bring life to this? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to do today. Join us to find out where did they shoot this movie!
Indiana Jones Travels Around The World Again
Indiana Jones has been all over the place, from his native United States in the wild, wild west, to Berlin, Venice, Morocco, Egypt, France, Spain, and many other places. In Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny, our favorite adventurer takes it to the late 1960s to uncover some hidden Greek mysteries.
And while the movie does dabble into some CGI to get the story forward, it’s no surprise that there was some actual on-location footage worth exploring. So, let’s take a look.
England
One of the scenes takes us to a flashback to way back when Indiana Jones was held by the Germans in World War II in a prison camp on the outskirts of Berlin, more specifically, that’s Nuremberg Castle. But shooting a movie is expensive; you have to pay special permits, get some authorizations, and that would bring the price tag of the film way too high.
So the producers decided to move that filming location to England, more specifically, Bamburg Castle, located near a coastline and about 14km south of Dunstanburgh. It’s been the filming location for many films like The Devils, 1998’s Elizabeth, The Last Kingdom TV series, Macbeth, Robin of Sherwood, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
North York Moors Railway
In this location, the cast and crew took it upon themselves to shoot several of the railway scenes that we see in the movie, giving way to lots of action.
This isn’t the first time that Indian Jones has some railway scenes as the compact, close-quarter fights that Indianan has us all accustomed to fighting the bad guys.
North York Moors Railway is a long and extensive railway that makes it optimal for film crews to shoot these kinds of productions.
Cefalu, Italy
Cefalu is a picturesque and serene seaside town in Italy that served as the backdrop for Dial of Destiny’s beach scenes. It is located on the northern coast of Sicily, where many films and TV shows have been shot due to its ideal location.
Tempio di Segesta, Sicily
The Temple of Segesta, in Sicily, is where the cast and crew of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny shot the entrance to the cave site. The Tempio di Segesta is an ancient Greek temple located in the commune of Calatafimi-Segesta.
The surroundings and architecture of this temple offer a great atmosphere for any filming production. It’s also close to two other popular filming locations, Palermo and Trapani, which are both cities famous for their tourist appeal.
Those are the sites where the cast and crew for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny chose to bring to life this installment of the saga of the man with the hat and whip, none other than Indiana Jones.
A movie that, as usual, takes us to incredible places to narrate a story of mystery, adventure, and action in search of the secrets that lie behind some of humanity’s most well-kept treasures.
If, on your next vacation, you happen to be in the area, be sure to check out places like the temples or scenarios, as they’d make good places for a drone shot or some really impressive selfies. For the moment, that’s all the time we have.
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