Indiana Jones coming to DVD!

E! Online ^ | 5/6/03 | Josh Grossberg

[BaghdadBarney]

The man in the hat is back - and on DVD for the first time.

Looking to tide folks over until the eventual release of the fourth Indiana Jones feature, Paramount Home Entertainment announced Tuesday that it finally plans on releasing the first three Indy films on November 4, 2003 as part of a four-disc DVD set.

Dubbed The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection, the set will not only feature all three Indy flicks -1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - but will also include a disc devoted to bonus material, including brand new interviews with director Steven Spielberg, producer-writer George Lucas and star Harrison Ford.

"When we began, we kind of went on our own Indiana Jones archaeological dig in the Lucasfilm archives to see what we had and kind of hit a treasure trove of materials," says Jim Ward, vice president of marketing for Lucasfilm (which is producing the set with Paramount) and an executive producer of the DVD. "What we're trying to do right now is figure out what will go on that final disc...we have a lot of great never-before-seen things."

In the name of fortune and glory, the filmmakers didn't hesitate to raid the vaults. Among the goodies unearthed for the bonus disc: interviews with cast and crew members, new behind-the-scenes documentaries, featurettes on visual effects and music and hithtero unreleased footage cut from the original films.

One highlight is a deleted fight between Indy and a Cairo swordsman that Spielberg spent days choreographing only to have Ford--under the weather because of a stomach virus--improvise and just shoot the baddie, which wound up in the finished Raiders and was one of the best-remembered moments. The full scene has been resurrected for the DVD.

The Indy DVD set is expected to retail for approximately $50.

[ffusco]

"Chicks dig me because I don't wear underwear, but when I do It's usually something special....."

Stripes and Spies like Us are sooooo under-rated!

[goldstategop]

Me too, me too! Let's hear it for the Looney Tunes!!!

[ewing]

Given FOX's declining standards over what consitutes a 'news alert' I am almost surprised that this didn't make it. (tounge in cheek)

[goldstategop]

The formula works when it does and when it wears out, its outlived its time.

[sharktrager]

I bet you it gets yanked from breaking.

Breaking is, in fact, just for news.

[sharktrager]

You'll be dissapointed. Julia won't do nudes. She used a body double in the movie.

[ffusco]

You mean too many notes!

[ffusco]

Just a joke.....I could care less about horse-face!

Now Denise Richards OTOH.....MEOW!

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

What I want is a compilation of the "Young Indiana Jones" installments from television. Those were fabulous. I liked 'em better than the movies, in fact.

Harrison Ford's Clinton-worshiping leftism is par for the course for Hollywood, but is still disappointing considering his reputation as a decent and hard-working guy who worked as a carpenter prior to his breakthrough in Star Wars. He really ought to know more about the real world than the typical perfumed princes and princesses of the entertainment world.

[ewing]

The best definition of 'Breaking News' from one of the moderators thread would be something that would warrant breaking into regular programming on your news station that you listen/watch to regularly..

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Paging Ilbay; we need your assistance.

[BaghdadBarney]

"I bet you it gets yanked from breaking."

I'll be hurt!

[sharktrager]

Denise is nice...but Charlize Therone...DAMN!

[smith288]

B-O-N-G

Dog floating on patch of ice.

This has beena Fox News Alert

B-O-N-G

[ewing]

We've got a traffic chase on the loose in Peoria..

DONGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[sharktrager]

BTW...ET did an interview with Julias' body double from Pretty Woman.


She said she was in the video store with her boyfriend and he was going on and on about how hot Julia's body was.

You guessed it. It's not Julia's body. She didn't even do the body shots in the promotions, and those were clothed.

[BaghdadBarney]

Big bump for the Warner Brothers cartoon classics on DVD! Looney Tunes, Merry Melodies, et al. Simply timeless..

[ewing]

Illbay is on 'administrative leave' timeout for now to play nice with the other kiddies..

[cgk]

Unless I am mistaken, Illbay is no longer a FReeper, whether it is a permanent ban or a suspension, noone knows.

[marshmallow]

So this is something which needs our urgent attention, is it? That's what Breaking News means to me.

This isn't even news, period. It's chat.

I guess you'd break out Drudge's siren for a remix of Jailhouse Rock would you?