Paramount Home Entertainment have announced they will be releasing new Special Edition DVDs for the Indiana Jones Trilogy on May 13th, to coincide with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’s release. Most of you, like me, probably already own the Indiana Jones box set which was released a few years back. The new set features a bunch of new extra features, none of which I’m hugely excited about. Still missing are commentary tracks from Lucas/Spielberg (can we expect that be in the fourth release on the trilogy on Blu-ray or is it just never going to happen?) or the incredibly fun Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (a seven year shot for shot remake recreated by a group of kids). Here are the details on the rerelease:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
– Raiders of the Lost Ark: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
– Indiana Jones: An Appreciation–The cast and crew of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull pay tribute to the original trilogy.
– The Melting Face–A recreation of the amazing physical effect of the villain’s melting face in Raiders of the Lost Ark, including Steven Spielberg and George Lucas commenting on the evolution of visual effects and CGI.
– Storyboard Sequence–The Well of Souls
– Galleries
– Illustrations & Props
– Production Photographs & Portraits
– Effects/ILM
– Marketing
– Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Game Demo and Trailer
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
– Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
– Creepy Crawlies–Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Frank Marshall reminisce about snakes, bugs and rats.
– Locations–Travel across the world to discover where the films take place and where they were shot.
– Storyboard Sequence–The Mine Cart Chase
– Galleries
– Illustrations & Props
– Production Photographs & Portraits
– Effects/ILM
– Marketing
– Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Game Demo and Trailer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
– Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
– The Women: The American Film Institute Tribute–The three Indiana Jones women (Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody) reunite for a discussion.
– Friends and Enemies–Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Indiana Jones writers discuss how they created the most iconic characters in film history, including a look at new faces in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
– Storyboard Sequence–The Opening Sequence
– Galleries
– Illustrations & Props — Production Photographs & Portraits — Effects/ILM — Marketing — Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Game Demo and Trailer
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
what’s that animation from pictured?
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I love the animation style pic of Indy and Shortround you posted above. Where did it come from?
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
That digital drawing was created by Patrick Schoenmaker. You an see some of his work on his official website:
http://www.creamdog.net/
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
hell yeah man, that pic is nice
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I’m pretty sure Spielberg won’t do commentary tracks. In the past he has said “the movies speak for themselves”.
That philosophy doesn’t extend to promo pieces and featurettes, obviously…
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Does anyone know if these are the same video and audio presentations ffrom the previous DVD releases? like, aside from the new features, is there any difference? i only care about the movies, anyway.
thanks in advance.
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
The full press release implies the transfers are the same as the previous release:
“Released by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Special Edition DVDs boast all-new, exclusive bonus features that dig deeper into the making of these cinematic milestones than ever before. All three were originally restored and remastered in 2003. Created with fans of all ages in mind, the bonus features provide never-before-seen explorations of the making of these classic movies and showcase the characters, action and extraordinary visual effects that have made the movies indelible cinematic treasures.”
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
without a commentary what’s the point.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Well, I don’t have them on DVD yet, so this is good news for me; and a perfect way to go into Crystal Skull.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I’m personally waiting for the re-re-release that will include the Crystal Skull DVD in the box :)
March 4th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Lucas and Spielberg love to milk, milk, milk those titties.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I’ll wait for HD. Those old transfers leave a lot to be desired.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:53 am
Lucas and Spielberg have nothing to do with it => look at the Star Wars DVDs, the Young Indiana Jones DVDs, etc… They took their time making quality DVDs. This is all Paramount. In Charlton Heston’s voice: “Damn you Paramount! Damn you all to hell!”
April 16th, 2008 at 6:39 am
cote:
«Lucas and Spielberg have nothing to do with it => look at the Star Wars DVDs, the Young Indiana Jones DVDs, etc… They took their time making quality DVDs. This is all Paramount. In Charlton Heston’s voice: “Damn you Paramount! Damn you all to hell!†»
It’s not necessairly paramount, look at the ” ONCE UPON A TIME” transfert: It’s excellent
For sure, paramount has made awful transfert in the past (godfather,…) but it’s the same thing for MGM (AMITY ville ; USUAL SUSPECT first edition) When we search, indy’s transfer is quitty good . There are somme artefact for sure but is very acceptable
In the video
I had only seen two or three scene that have to be reworked (one in raiders: when the jeep fall down ; one in the temple of the doom: when they fall in boat (I think they don’t like the fall :) )
In the audio :
The ENGLISH TRACK is very good (very difficult to complain about)
when there is a lack its in the translation track, I have french friends who find the transfert pittyfull but IT’S ALWAYS THAT WHIT FV (and I seen a lot of French track worst than THAT
Any way the original version is the best
Other: You have to know that : these are old movies and we can ask for as good as a new one. (It’s also not commic) Yes the stars wars dvd were better but for M. LUCAS Stars Wars is the only matter
and he «consider» Indy adventure like B-Movies (In my mind stars wars look more like B-moviesÂ.) He release indy’s movies first to make a «test») Damn him, I hope that a day he will wise up and inverste the priorty. STARS WARS: B-funny space battle movies
Indiana jones (raiders in particular): fantastic A movies with a wonderful casting