The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Carl Schultz

Writer:

Jule Selbo (writer)

Release Date:

16 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Chapter 18 in the Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones

Plot:

Indy is on the trail of a 140-carat diamond that once belonged to Alexander the Great, using a map given to him by a dying soldier.

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Anthropologist | Map | Pirate | Egypt

Cast

Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Young Indiana Jones
Ronny Coutteure	...	Remy
Adrian Edmondson	...	Zyke
Jayne Ashbourne	...	Lily
Tom Courtenay	...	Bronislaw Malinowski
Pip Torrens	...	Howard Carter
William Osborne	...	E.M. Forster
Gareth Marks	...	Jongrann
Frank Metha Allam	...	Jambi
Anthony Chinn	...	Ku Wong
Alice Lau	...	Jin Ming
Karl Seth	...	Hotel Clerk
Matthew Solon	...	Captain Hales
Colleen Passard	...	Suzette
Frederick Treves	...	Sir Peregrine Prentiss (as Frederic Treves)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

Amblin Television

Trivia:

Indy mentions taking part in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem about ten years earlier. This refers to an unmade episode of the third series of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992) that would have been called "Jerusalem, June 1909" and was supposed to see Indy's first meeting with his future mentor Abner Ravenwood (who is mentioned in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981))

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The singer/pirate captain is obviously dubbed also her lips don't match the words.

Quotes:

Bronislaw Malinowski: Does your friend Remy hold this diamond sacred?
Indy: Yeah, I guess, in some ways he does.
Bronislaw Malinowski: Do you?
Indy: Well, I... well, I'd like to be rich, wouldn't you?
Bronislaw Malinowski: I am rich. Here. I don't need diamonds.

Movie Connections:

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A Fun Adventure

Young Indiana Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery), accompanied by his fat, vexatious, French friend Remy (Ronny Coutteure) sets off in search of a rare gem known as the Peacock's Eye. Though it is only a TV movie type of thing, it is a very fun and entertaining adventure, which I could easily enjoy watching again and again.

Only one thing really bothered me about this, and that was Young Indy's fat friend Remy. I'm sure he was intended to be funny. But I found his presence mostly unbearable. But I wouldn't mark anything against the show on his account. He's not the only person I've wished death upon today. These things happen.

I will say, though, for any females (or homos, I guess) watching this, watch out for that stud Sean Patrick Flanery. About half way through, he rather spontaneously decides that he doesn't need to button up his shirt anymore. If the show isn't doing anything for you, his abs certainly will.

All in all, a great piece of film. Very enjoyable. Certainly one of my favorites in the Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones.