Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies (1994) (TV)

Director:

Michael Schultz

Writers:

Jonathan Hales (writer)
Matthew Jacobs (writer)

Release Date:

15 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

Indiana Jones struggles to help film director Erich Von Stroheim finish his latest film with limited time and budget.

Plot Keywords:

Adventurer | Composer | Indiana Jones | Film Studio | Sequel

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Young Indiana Jones
Allison Smith	...	Claire Lieberman
Bill Cusack	...	Irving Thalberg
Julia Campbell	...	Kitty
David Margulies	...	Carl Laemmle
Peter Dennis	...	Pete
Tom Beckett	...	George Gershwin
Luigi Amodeo	...	Massimo
J.D. Hinton	...	Harry Carey
Leo Gordon	...	Wyatt Earp
Stephen Caffrey	...	John Ford
Dana Gladstone	...	Erich Von Stroheim
Lew Horn	...	Chuck
Mitchell Group	...	Izzy Bernstein
George Fisher	...	Cabbie

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Company:

Lucasfilm

Trivia:

Originally scheduled to be part of a third series of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992), this became the first of four Young Indy TV movies shown on The Family Channel (though chronologically the last). Released on video in 1999 as part 22 of "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones".

Movie Connections:

References "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920 (#2.8)" (1993)

A documentary.

I have yet to see so many of these films and episodes of the TV Show. I thought I was going to be disappointed when I watched this film. I was wrong. It's not the same Indy as the Spielberg-directed films, but how could it be? Instead, this film was approached in a kind of documentary-style. Keeping in check with the other Indy films, there are, of course, recognisable elements. I particularly enjoyed the fictitious telling of the making of a John Ford film(I forget which one it was, if it was any of them). I don't think Indy is the main character in these films. He's like the missing link to tell us these stories that Mr. Lucas dreamed up. I don't think they explain certain questions that are constantly asked about older Indy, but I don't really care. That would be doing the series injustice. Each Indy adventure is approached with a James Bond-ish...approach. None of the adventures continue into the next one. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Now, if it was Star Wars, well...