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Marcus Brody

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CHARACTER
Marcus Brody
Image:Mbrody.jpg
Gender Male
Birth 1878[1]
Death 1952[1]
Nationality British

Profession(s)

  • Historian
  • Archaeologist
  • Museum curator
  • Dean of Students

Allegiance(s)

"You know Marcus, he got lost once in his own museum."
―Indiana Jones to Henry Walton Jones, Sr.[src]

Marcus Brody was a British-born archaeologist, historian, and lecturer. As a curator for several prominent museums on the east coast of the United States, he became a frequent patron of Indiana Jones.

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[edit] Biography

Brody was born into a wealthy British family and grew up in London. In college, he spent some time at Princeton[2] before transferring to Oxford, where he became fast friends with classmate Henry Jones. After graduation, Brody followed Jones to the United States, lecturing at various universities and participating in minor archaeological digs. By 1931, his work had led him to a position as Director of Special Acquisitions at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

By 1936, Brody had become curator of the National Museum, and it was in this role that he helped arrange Indiana Jones' expedition to recover the Ark of the Covenant for the U.S. government.

In 1938, Indy acquired the Cross of Coronado for Brody's museum. Shortly thereafter, Indy learned that his father had disappeared while researching the Holy Grail for wealthy American industrialist Walter Donovan. Upon hearing the news, Brody insisted on accompanying the younger Jones to Venice to help search for his old friend. In Venice, an encounter with the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword sent Indy off to rescue his father (held captive by the Nazis in Salzburg). Brody, meanwhile, traveled to Iskenderun to commission Sallah el-Kahir's assistance in obtaining the Grail. There, Brody found himself the victim of Nazi kidnapping. The Nazis used the Grail Diary in Brody's possession to trace the Grail to the Republic of Hatay, where Brody was rescued by Indy, Sallah, and the newly freed Henry Jones, Sr. Marcus joined the team for one final confrontation with the Nazis—and their secret ally, Donovan—at the Grail Temple; the result was Donovan's death, the finding and eventual loss of the Grail, and the destruction of the temple.

In 1939, Brody retired as curator of the National Museum in order to become Dean of Students at Marshall College, a position he held until 1944. He died in 1952 at the age of seventy-four, and his loss deeply affected his colleague Indiana Jones. As a form of tribute, Jones pushed hard for the Marshall faculty and staff to approve the erection of a bronze statue bearing Brody's likeness. The statue was already complete and installed on the Marshall campus by 1957; however a car of KGB agents, while pursuing Jones and Mutt, crashed on the statue base and its head broke and fell on the car.[1] Indiana remarked that even in death, his friend had his back.[3] In addition, a portrait of him was placed on one of the college walls.[4]

[edit] Behind the scenes

In both Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Marcus Brody was portrayed by actor Denholm Elliott. He passed away before the filming of Crystal Skull.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Sources

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
  2. ↑ The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones: "Beyond the Lucifer Chamber!"
  3. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel
  4. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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