Year: 1992
Movie / TV: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Somme, Early August 1916
Directors: Simon Wincer, Carl Schultz
Others in the Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, George Hall, Jason Flemyng, Richard Ridings, Simon Hepworth, Jonathan Phillips, Stevan Rimkus, Jamie Glover, Miles Anderson, Paul Rattigan, Joe Searby, Steve Nicolson, John Lawhorn
Plot
summary: Old Indiana Jones scolds a rude young man in a donut-shop and tells him
about the hell he went through when he was about the same age. In August 1916, Jones had enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the
Great War. After all his commanding officers have been wiped out during
combat in Flanders, Corporal ' Henri Defense' (Indy's pseudonym) is
left in charge of what's left of the 9th Belgian Infantry. They are
assigned to the French 14th Company and dispatched into the Battle of
the Somme. - IMDB
Using the name ‘Henri Defense’, 17 year old Indiana Jones has enlisted
in the Belgian army to fight in the Great War. After all his commanding
officers have been wiped out during combat in Flanders, Corporal
‘Defense’ is left in charge of what’s left of the 9th Belgian Infantry.
They are assigned to the French 14th Company and dispatched into the
Battle of the Somme. When Indy is captured by the Germans, he quickly
gains a reputation as an escape artist, and is sent to the maximum
security prison at Dunsterstadt on the Danube - Awlee.com
Peth’s role: Major Bilideau
Reviews: Volume 2 starts in August 1916, as Indy and his best friend Remy (Ronny Coutteure) are fighting in the trenches. The first two films in the set shows the horror of the trenches and have special effects that are surprisingly extravagant for a television series/movie. With huge explosions and massive ground warfare, a lot of money was put into the production value of these films and everything looked great. - CHUD.com
User review on IMDB:
"The Young Indiana
Jones Chronicles" is one of his (George Lucas's) greatest works ever, and even though it
was never as popular as he had hoped for, he tried everything to keep
the series going for as long as possible. Thank you for that! Now,
don't expect something like the Indiana Jones movies when buying or
renting this, because in that case, you will be disappointed.
Archaeology is only featured in 2-3 episodes and there is a lot less
action. But, if you are interested in seeing an exceptional TV Series,
that invites you to be entertained and educated at the same time and
you want enjoy a wonderful journey through the first two decades of the
past century, this might be what you've been looking for.
Official
website: http://www.youngindy.com/
IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103586/
Related
links: http://www.theraider.net/films/young_indy/index.php
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