The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life (2000)

On safari in British East Africa in September 1910, ten year old Indiana Jones befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former... See full summary »

Directors:

René Manzor, Carl Schultz

Writers:

Matthew Jacobs ('British East Africa' screenplay), Reg Gadney ('Paris' screenplay)

Stars:

Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Corey Carrier	...	Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr.
Margaret Tyzack	...	Miss Helen Seymour
Ruth de Sosa	...	Anna Jones
Lloyd Owen	...	Professor Henry Jones, Sr.
Danny Webb	...	Pablo Picasso (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Aumont	...	Edgar Degas (archive footage)
Isaac Senteu Supeyo	...	Meto (archive footage)
James Gammon	...	Teddy Roosevelt (archive footage)
Paul Freeman	...	Selous (archive footage)
Lukas Haas	...	Norman Rockwell (archive footage)
Tim Machin	...	Kermit Roosevelt (archive footage) (as Timothy Machin)
Edward Tudor-Pole	...	Medlicot (archive footage)
Paul Birchard	...	Heller (archive footage)
Toby Stark	...	Loring (archive footage)
Ivana Sprachalova	...	Gertrude Stein (archive footage)

Storyline

On safari in British East Africa in September 1910, ten year old Indiana Jones befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. From there on he and his family and tutor travel to Paris, France where Indy meets a young Norman Rockwell and gets involved in a quarrel between the painters Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. The young American boys get a fascinating insight into modern art as Picasso schemes to one up the old master Degas.

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Genres:

History

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Details

Official Sites:

Lucas Film [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Masai

Release Date:

23 October 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Television, Lucasfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Miss Helen Seymour: I should have loved to see mister Picasso hoist with his own petard. He's such an imputend rogue.

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Connections

Edited from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: British East Africa, September 1909 (1992)

User Reviews

Still no consistent plot, but a fun adventure anyways

In this instalment Indy travels to Africa and meets up with President Roosevelt on a safari trip. Keen to hunt down a rare animal Indy helps the President out by going off on his own with a local tribes-boy and getting into the usual trouble.

He's not happy with Teddy gunning down all the wildlife and urges him to limit his killing. It's a believable development since he found the hunting of the famous 'Teddy Bear' to be un-sportsmanlike (it was later killed anyway).

The film then moves on to Paris where Indy meets a young Norman Rockwell and sneaks off into the city where he meets Pablo Picasso (played by Danny Webb, who you might recognise as Morse from Alien 3). I found this scene to be a bit confusing as Picasso is Hitler's exact double in the movie, right down to the hair and moustache and everyone knows that Hitler was a failed artist before a dictator. So when we are introduced to Picasso as a man who is adamant that his art is understood I immediately got it wrong.

The lack of plot is kind of annoying, but it's a decent movie.