The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change (1992)

This is the set for MUSIC LOVERS! Special Features are the key!

I fell in love with the first volume of this DVD release - if only for the special features. (See my review under that title.) The re-edited stories on Volume one were confusing but the 10-½ hours (!) of NEW documentaries blew me away! George Lucas and Rick McCallum put their money where there mouth was (and Paramount went out on a limb by putting 10 DVDS in one set) and it shows. The documentaries are well researched and use the experts in the field.

I'm not a big War Years fan so Volume 2 was just okay for me but - again - high quality documentaries were attached.

Then came this volume. First, I headed to the documentaries - Jazz - Louis Armstrong - Ben Hecht - The Algonquin Round table. Each was better than the next with super footage in crisp quality prints and all the experts. Then I decided to watch the series episodes on the Blues and Hollywood. I'm as big music fan so I gave them a shot. WOW! Was I impressed! The Mystery of The Blues episode is loaded with great music - yes, full musical numbers. And each of the three women that Indy falls for is more gorgeous than the next. And how many films feature clarinetist Sidney Bechet as it's lead character for 90 minutes? (You even get a bit of Harrison Ford at beginning and end!). The last episode on early Hollywood was great too with lots of cool stunt work and an over-the-top performance by the actor playing eccentric Director Eric von Stroheim.

I was really sorry to hear that the series ended with this episode. I'm hooked!

All the volumes belong in every school and public library as a learning tool. Each of the 25-35 minute docs is a new learning tool for adults as well as older children. I certainly give this volume FIVE STARS! And a BIG thanks to Lucas, McCallum and Paramount!

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"






June 21, 2008

Need More Young Indiana Jones Episodes

George Lucas should definitely produce more Young Indiana Jones episodes. The episodes of volume three are all terrific and represent a wide range of events, genre, and most important, allow further character development of Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones gets to teach some history while endearing himself to us as a good man with a keen mind and open heart facing his own life lessons. New episodes might finally explain how this trusting young man he created grew to be a cynical adult of the feature films. It's this satisfied viewer's hope that Sean Patrick Flanery finally gets the credit he deserves for his many exquisite performances throughout this series. The episode in Italy with the young Ernie Hemingway is as good a "buddy movie" as Hope and Crosby, Newman and Redford, or any other Hollywood team has ever created. June 19, 2008

Youn Indiana Volume Three

Rubbish. I got caught up in the hype for Indy 4, so I brought these dvds when they were on special. I watched about 30 mins for disc 1 before I turned it off. I had not seen the series before and it was not what I thought it would be. June 15, 2008

great movie

ALL THE INDIANA JONES MOVIES ARE VERY INTERESING AND NICE. MY FAMILY ENJOYED AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. June 15, 2008

Young Indy Set 3 One of My Fav's

Most people rank this one the worst of the sets, but for me, it contains some of my all time favorite episodes that I remember watching on TV as a kid. I guess first would have to be Mystery of the Blues, since it features Harrison Ford as Indy age 50, and also shows us some of Indy's college life at the University of Chicago. My second fav would be Scandal of 1920, which I found very entertaining, and my third would have to be Treasure of the Peacock's Eye, in which INdy first searches for the diamond seen at the beginning of Temple of Doom. Hollywood Follies is a good one to, slow at the start, but gets interesting as Indy heads into the desert to shoot a John Ford movie. If Lucas had been able to continue the series, he was planning to make an episode where Indy meets Rene Belloq, and another where he begins his romance with Marion Ravenwood. I really wish he could have fulfilled his vision, but then again, if he didn't pull it off well it seriously would have altered all our visions about Raiders of the Lost Ark. June 9, 2008

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