The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume One - The Early Years
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Actor: Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick FlaneryBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Greek (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 649 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume One - The Early Years
Movie Review: Easier going than Lanny Budd
Summary: 3 Stars
Whether you will think this set an astoundingly good value for money and time spent depends on no small degree to how much of a fan you are of the whole Indiana Jones concept, how much you liked the original broadcast incarnation, and how much you are into The History Channel documentary features. There are a number of aspects to consider, in purchasing this set and the subsequent two volumes - first, that no expense was spared in production, and it all shows. The series was shot on location, around the world, and if nothing else redeems ones faith in the ability of an American television series to "do" another era than the present with absolute fidelity to detail. This set presents the series events in chronological order - unlike the original series as broadcast, which hopped from adventure to adventure, from one year to a decade later with no particular logic. I rather prefer the straight chronological sequence but your mileage may vary. What will probably dismay fans of the series is that the framing device and poignant character of "Old Indy" is entirely absent, and that each episode in this set is actually a pair of episodes roughly cobbled together. Sometimes there is a bit of a theme or location in common, and sometimes not; which results in jarring shifts of place and story at about the mid-point of each, as the schoolboy-aged Indiana Jones travels with his renowned professor father around the world at the very dawn of the 20th century. Of course, he meets up with fascinating and important people, every step of the way with a frequency which defies logic - but this is a television show! It is supposed to be entertaining, imagining the circumstances under in which a bright eight-year old boy can manage to meet everyone from Sigmund Freud to Norman Rockwell and take away some interesting lesson or insight.
The extras, which take up nearly half the 12 disc set are more extensive than practically any other TV series set which I have reviewed and consist mostly short documentaries about the events and people encountered in the various episodes. If one is a History Channel addict, this is almost like getting two sets in one. A straight-up fan of the series may consider the documentaries, the interactive time line and game a little more gilding of the lily than is strictly necessary. But this series will be a godsend to parents attempting to painlessly interest children in historical events and interesting people - and anyway, Indiana Jones is a little more appealing to kids and a lot little easier going than "Lanny Budd"
Summary of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume One - The Early Years
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was based on the Indiana Jones series of films. The series follows the Indiana Jones character (as a young boy and as a young man) as he was growing up and experiencing his early adventures, where he gets into trouble, learns life lessons and encounters various historical figures along the way. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was filmed on location all over the world ~ including England, Russia, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Kenya, France, India, China, Austria, Egypt, the United States, Morocco, Ireland, Italy, Africa, Turkey, Greece and Thailand.DVD sets don't come more generous or well-intended than The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One. George Lucas' 1990s television series, inspired by his feature film collaborations with Steven Spielberg and actor Harrison Ford, used a childhood version of Jones as a catalyst for involving young viewers in the dynamics of 20th century history and thought. As much a scamp as Ford's swaggering hero-with-a-bullwhip, little Henry "Indy" Jones (Corey Carrier) gets into a great deal of mischief in his travels around the world with his disciplined father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. (Lloyd Owen, doing a credible version of Sean Connery's voice from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). Also accompanied by his mother (Ruth de Sosa) and imperious tutor, Miss Seymour (Margaret Tyzack), Indy ends up in various unanticipated adventures with some of the most noteworthy individuals of his age. A trip to Paris finds him cavorting with young Norman Rockwell and an ultra-arrogant Pablo Picasso (who is out to prove that the style of aging Impressionist Edgar Degas is easy to forge). A stay in India lands Indy in the company of the great guru, Krishnamurti. In Russia, he feuds with Tolstoy as if the two were in a buddy movie. In Italy, Puccini puts romantic moves on Mrs. Jones, while Indy listens carefully in Vienna to definitions of love by none other than Freud, Jung and Adler.
The overall effect of these handsome, feature-length stories, all shot on glorious location, is of a certain audacity--Lucas having the nerve to name-drop all over the place and situate Jones with some of the greatest achievers in world culture. But each episode is nothing less than spectacularly educational as well as entertaining. Scripts are carefully written to reflect what these famous individuals actually contributed to mankind, and to give a sense of what their personalities were like. The last three shows in Volume One find Jones at age 20 (played by Sean Patrick Flanery), now more or less on his own as he gets into various scrapes in Mexico (where he rides with Pancho Villa) and Ireland (where he meets William Butler Yeats). There is so much to glean from these stories, but even more to bask in on the set's many special features, which include multiple, exquisitely produced documentaries about the historical figures, political and artistic movements, and crucial events that play into this series. This is a great set for kids (probably beginning at the 6th grade level) and adults as well, preferably to watch together. --Tom Keogh
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