Indiana Jones-Adventure Collection DVD

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Format: DVD

Manufacturer: Paramount

Buy.com Sku: 207468269

UPC: 097361370743

UPC 14: 00097361370743

Buy.com Sales Rank: 11532

Category Keywords: 1940s Action Adventure Archaeology Classic Heroes Jungle Nazis Swashbuckler Theatrical Release World War II

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Prepare yourself for thrills, chills, and gigantic rolling boulders with Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection! Harrison Ford stars as one of the greatest movie heroes of all time in this spectacular collection, which includes INDIANA JONES AND RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE!

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark.

THE TEMPLE OF DOOM: The second of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. After a brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand: retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. His companions this time around include a dimbulbed, easily frightened nightclub chanteuse (Kate Capshaw), and a feisty 12-year-old kid named Short Round (Quan Ke Huy). Throughout, the plot takes second place to the thrills, which include a harrowing rollercoaster ride in an abandoned mineshaft and Indy's rescue of the heroine from a ritual sacrifice. There are also a couple of cute references to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, notably a funny variation of Indy's shooting of the Sherpa warrior.

THE LAST CRUSADE: Chapter 25 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones has it all: the fedora, the bullwhip, the ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)! INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE reveals how they became part of Indy lore. And, with one cliffhanger after another, it proves again that if adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones! This time, Indy (Harrison Ford) is on a perilous hunt for the Holy Grail. He's not alone, either. Joining Junior--uh, Indy--is none other than his cantankerous dad (Sean Connery). Father and son have rarely seen eye to eye. But if the adventure they share can't bridge the generation gap, nothing can. It can. It does. Gather your own generations around and enjoy!

"[Temple] A nonstop ride of chills and thrills.  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
"[Temple] An unforgettable picture. Don't miss it!  Kevin N. Laforest, Montreal Film Journal
"[Raiders] ...Ford gave one of his most memorable performances as Indiana Jones, a dashing Saturday matinee idol for the modern age.  Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"[Last] ...a beautiful machine, thought out and revved up to the last detail, with no other purpose but to delight - and it delights.  Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"[Last] ...thundering thrills, spiritual inspiration and perfectly timed humor.  Rob Blackwelder, SplicedWire
"[Raiders] ...[Ford] succeeds in fully embodying a comic-book style hero without ever descending into camp.  TV Guide
"[Raiders] One of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made.  Vincent Canby, The New York Times

Editor's Note

This multi-pack collects Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's Indiana Jones Trilogy, in which Harrison Ford portrays the titular globe-trotting archaeologist. Titles include RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. For more detailed descriptions, see individual titles.

Features

DVD, No Longer Produced

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Paramount
	Release Date: 5/13/2008
	Running Time: 359 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1981
	Catalog ID: 137074
	UPC: 00097361370743
	Number of Discs: 3
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Widescreen 2.20:1

Cast & Crew

	Alison Doody
	Dan Aykroyd
	Denholm Elliott
	Harrison Ford
	John Rhys-Davies
	Karen Allen
	Kate Capshaw
	Quan Ke Huy
	Sean Connery
	Steven Spielberg - [All] Director

Awards

Winner (1990)
	Oscar, Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns, [Last] Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Winner (1985)
	British Academy Awards, Dennis Muren, et. al., [Temple] Best Special Visual Effects
	Oscar, Dennis Muren, et. al., [Temple] Best Effects, Visual Effects
Winner (1982)
	British Academy Awards, Norman Reynolds, [Raiders] Best Production Design/Art Direction
	Grammy, John Williams, [Raiders] Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Oscar, Norman Reynolds, et. al., [Raiders] Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
	Oscar, Richard Edlund, et. al., [Raiders] Best Effects, Visual Effects
	Oscar, Michael Kahn, [Raiders] Best Film Editing
	Oscar, Bill Varney, et. al., [Raiders] Best Sound
	Oscar, Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson, [Raiders] Special Achievement Award For Sound Effects Editing
	People's Choice, Raiders of the Lost Ark, [Raiders] Favorite Motion Picture

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
"...ADVENTURES, as a package, shows both at their best -- it's Lucas sleek yet Spielberg-accessible..." 10/24/2003 p.89

Total Film
"...How do the fedora-sporting archaeologist's adventures hold up?....Better than ever..." 11/01/2003 p.120

USA Today
"...Splendid-looking and sounding..." 10/24/2003 p.8E

Rolling Stone
"...All three are here, spruced up and looking in their prime..." 11/27/2003 p.86

Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Who doesn't pine for the days when archaeologists were cliff-leaping adventurers..." 12/01/2003 p.116

Sight and Sound
"Spielberg's trilogy has hardly aged: RAIDERS still thrills and amuses by turns?" 12/31/2003 p.66

The Washington Post 8 of 10
[Last] You want Adventure? Thrills? How about Rats?...In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," director Steven Spielberg capitalizes on these and other basic human needs. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" this ain't, but "Crusade" towers like a knight over "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"...If you go to "Crusade," though, you're not looking for surprises. You can safely expect Jones' trademark twisted grin, hat, wisecracks and whip cracks, the pantomime villains, the ingeniously rigged catastrophes (including a plane that loses its wings in a tunnel but lands and keeps speeding down the road) and the tributes by cine-kid Spielberg to everything from "The Birds" to "She." Story coauthors George Lucas and Menno Meyjes and scriptwriter Jeffrey Boam make this one eternal chase-crusade -- by circus train (featuring River Phoenix as young Indiana), motorboat, motorbike, zeppelin, warplane, horse, camel and tank. They also slip in a naughty close encounter with ice queen Alison Doody, who, it turns out, has a thing for fathers and fatherlands...But rest assured: In Spielberg-Lucas lore, every good boy deserves favor and every bad girl gets her comeuppance. In the end, the father-son team undertakes a triumphant final test, including a Peter Pannish leap of faith and a Christlike ascension -- you know, Spielberg Heaven. - Desson Howe

ReelViews 10 of 10
[Raiders] Although there are plenty of special effects in the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark was made in an era when stunt work was more critical than anything added in post production. Ford did many of his own stunts, and ended up with the cuts and bruises to show for them (not to mention a torn ACL)...For composer John Williams, who has long been favored by both Spielberg and Lucas, the chance to work on Raiders of the Lost Ark offered him an opportunity to collaborate with them both, and to add another memorable theme song to his list of credits. In the five-year period from 1977 to 1982, Williams created five of movie-dom's most popular title tracks: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T....The deserved popularity of Raiders of the Lost Ark resulted in a huge box office bonanza for Paramount Pictures. This is the kind of movie that, even today, audiences immediately fall in love with. It has all the right ingredients: a smart script, a likable hero, a dash of romance, more than a touch of comedy, and a lot of fast-paced action. In 2003, it's a formula, but Spielberg and Lucas were the ones who established the recipe by using ingredients both old and new...Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie to be savored by viewers of all ages and all persuasions. - James Berardinelli

Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
[Temple] Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is one of the greatest Bruised Forearm Movies ever made. You know what a Bruised Forearm Movie is. That's the kind of movie where your date is always grabbing your forearm in a viselike grip, as unbearable excitement unfolds on the screen. After the movie is over, you've had a great time but your arm is black-and-blue for a week...This movie is one of the most relentlessly nonstop action pictures ever made, with a virtuoso series of climactic sequences that must last an hour and never stop for a second. It's a roller-coaster ride, a visual extravaganza, a technical triumph, and a whole lot of fun. And it's not simply a retread of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the first Indiana Jones movie. It works in a different way, and borrows from different traditions...The set design, art direction, special effects, and sound effects inside this underground Hades are among the most impressive achievements in the whole history of Raiders and Bond-style thrillers...No apologies are necessary. This is the most cheerfully exciting, bizarre, goofy, romantic adventure movie since "Raiders", and it is high praise to say that it's not so much a sequel as an equal. It's quite an experience. You stagger out with a silly grin -- and a bruised forearm, of course. - Roger Ebert

Indiana Jones-Adventure Collection (1981)

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