Indy re-releases

[whipple]

My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere but are they (they better be) planning on re-releasing the Indy films prior to next May? If that's the case how soon do you think this will start happening? It's nearly June so one every four months, all of them at once, only raiders or tod or lc. What do you think? I need these movies re-released!

[Johan]

Why do you need them re-released. I'm sure when the 4th is on DVD it will just be added to the existing box-set....any new release will be in HD or Bluray. I would be angry if the re-released it because it would be all about capitalizing on the big fans...and it's a given that I would end up buying it even though in my head it's poinless. However I WOULD by a Special edition of Raiders Of the Lost ark; as long as it's not called "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"

[Stoo]

I would think it's because Whipple wants to see them on the BIG SCREEN.
You know, 70mm and Dolby Stereo? The DVDs are great but nothing beats
the Indy experience in the theatre (audience reactions included).

In 1982, "Raiders" was *re-released* and returned to the cinemas for a short,
limited engagement. Quite the treat - even only after 1 year. Have you ever
seen "Raiders" in a movie theatre? "Temple of Doom" had Dolby Surround Sound
and when Indy heard the screams & moans of the slave children, it sounded like
kids from the back of the theatre were crying! Creepy...

Regardless of the greed & "milking-the-public" aspects involved in a trilogy
re-release, as an Indy fan, I would embrace such a thing with arms wide open.

[whipple]

For me, it would not be milking though I understand the sentiment. I am only old enough to have seen 2 and 3 on the big screen. While I would like to relive those theater experiences as an adult, I'd really like to see Raiders up there. That aside... it's been almost twenty years. I feel it is very appropriate to release these on the heels of a new Indy film.

When I was younger, Indy was IT. I wonder if the new generation of kids will respond to it the same way I did? Or have they been too over stimulated with blood n' guts n' cgi to even care what an earth-tone clad mega hero can do? Will the Indy theme blasting in full dolby surround push the awesome button inside them the same way it did for me?... I will only say this among others who are as fanatical as myself about these films... Sadly, I think sometimes it won't... but I still have hope.

I want Indy 4 to be huge. My quandary, though, is this. What if Indy 4 is a blockbuster and they decide to continue the series without Ford? What I'm thinking here is Shia is passed the torch and he continues the series as the newer-better-faster Indy. Maybe I need to cut the kid some slack, maybe he DOES have the goods but I can already feel my interest diminishing. Much the same way TYIJC did. "What the hell is this?! This isn't Indiana Jones!" I remember thinking this to myself when I watched the tv series. I think Spielberg/Lucas hit that once in a lifetime double-eclipse with Ford. He was already a huge action star that an entire generation loved. He then migrated to his own vehicle and his new fan base (i.e. everyone) came with him. It just so happens that his new vehicle was incredible and those two images of Ford... the one with the hat and the one with the blaster... were left burned into my generations psyche for a lifetime.

Shia LaBouf is no Harrison Ford and Transformers is no Star Wars. I'm no Shia hater though... really. I'm warming up to him.

[Lon]

I doubt there will be a nationwide "official" re-release of the first three films. There's no reason for it since it's available on DVD. You'll have to watch for independent showings of the films at theaters in your area. Raiders is showing at two places in my area in June. One is an outdoor screening presented by an art museum (which is tomorrow night) and the other is a showing at a theater that just shows older films.

And I have to disagree that TYIJC "isn't Indiana Jones?" I've always said the reason the show wasn't a big hit was because people who watched it expected an "artifact of the week" type of show. The TV show was about character development which I loved. The movies offer very minimal background information about Indiana Jones and that's something the TV show provided. Sure, it's different, but it's supposed to be.

[oki9Sedo]

And I have to disagree that TYIJC "isn't Indiana Jones?" I've always said the reason the show wasn't a big hit was because people who watched it expected an "artifact of the week" type of show. The TV show was about character development which I loved. The movies offer very minimal background information about Indiana Jones and that's something the TV show provided. Sure, it's different, but it's supposed to be.

I didn't like the guy they cast, he was too wussy. I remember things like him pathetically kicking a police officer asking for his papers when he escapes from the prison, or wrestling like a girl with some guy in a trench. Can you imagine Harrison Ford's Indy doing either of those things? He'd just slug the guy and that'd be it

[whipple]

At the time it originally aired I was confused as to who Indy was. I remember seeing the little kid and then an older guy (SPF of course). Was there another? I do remember an episode that seemed to take place during WW1 and had a very dramatic sequence depicting it. I liked that very much. I've been reading others opinions of the show and I look forward to revisiting these DVD's when they are released. If so many like them they can't be all bad eh?

[Attila the Professor]

I didn't like the guy they cast, he was too wussy. I remember things like him pathetically kicking a police officer asking for his papers when he escapes from the prison, or wrestling like a girl with some guy in a trench. Can you imagine Harrison Ford's Indy doing either of those things? He'd just slug the guy and that'd be it

Presumably, he didn't sprout full-grown from his father's head wearing a fedora and brandishing a whip, so it takes time to reach the vision of Jones in the films that you hold.

[deckard24]

I wasn't too fond of Flannery either. I was still a kid when the show came out, but after several epsiodes I lost interest. When it became apparent that the show had none of the major appeal of the big screen Indy movies(NO HARRISON FORD), I just popped in my copies of RotLA, ToD, and LC. I agree Flannery was playing a kid or I should say a young man, and he wouldn't have the seasoned grittiness of Ford's older Indy. But, I was never convinced Flannery's young Indy would grow into the older Indy we all know, much the same as I thought about Phoenix's young Indy. Yes, it takes more than a look-a-like to play a young Indy, but if anyone has seen pics of Ford in his 18-30 range he looked absolutely nothing like Flannery or Phoenix. Labeouf is a little more on track, but still doesn't hit the mark. I never saw a hint of the Indy to come in Flannery, at least Phoenix had the mannerisms.

I will be the first in line if they re-release the Indy movies on the big screen. Why it hasn't happened yet for Indy and Jaws I have no clue. E.T. and Star Wars both had re-releases, why not Spielberg's best?

[Violet Indy]

I would like to see the fil,ms re-released in cinema because I never have seen them on the big screen and I know all would look fantastic. I was only 9 months old when LC came out so that's why I look forward to Indy IV.

[ChickenStu1]

I'd love to see "Raiders..." on the big screen. And the other two for that matter. It would be awesome. Nice new print, re-mastered sound, maybe a couple of extra scenes in the sequels?
I'd love the opportunity.

[Bullwhip]

Are there any pics online of Ford as a young man?

[ClintonHammond]

Google is your friend (http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=%22Harrison+Ford%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2)

Learn to use it and it will serve you well

[Bullwhip]

Good maybe you can Google up the word "patronizing jerk-off"

[Finn]

Now now, somebody is insulting jerk-offs again...

[Johan]

Anybody seen the re-release of the trilogy in a SMALLER boxed set. The exact same just the smaller case. I just saw it at Costco.

[Vendetta08]

DVD wise? I really hope not as I just recently purchased the 4 disc set. Wouldn't want to have to buy another set anytime soon lol.

[Aaron H]

DVD wise? I really hope not as I just recently purchased the 4 disc set. Wouldn't want to have to buy another set anytime soon lol.
Its the same set that was released already, its just smaller.

As far as a new remastered/special edition DVD set...we will see.

[Vendetta08]

As for theater re-releases, I would love love love that. George did it for the OT, I don't see why not for Indy as I've never experienced Indy on the big screen before. Although if they did that, they might make some digital changes and edits to them like with ET and the Star Wars special edition.

[Lon]

I didn't like the guy they cast, he was too wussy. I remember things like him pathetically kicking a police officer asking for his papers when he escapes from the prison, or wrestling like a girl with some guy in a trench. Can you imagine Harrison Ford's Indy doing either of those things? He'd just slug the guy and that'd be it

Harrison Ford's Indy is also 20 years older and more experienced.

[Crack that whip]

I would think it's because Whipple wants to see them on the BIG SCREEN.
You know, 70mm and Dolby Stereo? The DVDs are great but nothing beats
the Indy experience in the theatre (audience reactions included).

In 1982, "Raiders" was *re-released* and returned to the cinemas for a short,
limited engagement. Quite the treat - even only after 1 year.


There was a period in the late '70s to mid-'80s when Lucas(film) movies got rereleased like crazy, actually:

1977 brought the original release of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope, but it wasn't called that at the time)

The next year, with Star Wars a genuine, unqualified, hands-down ultra-blockbuster super phenomenon, Fox and Lucasfilm naturally rereleased it (just months after its first release ended - it had stayed in theaters for over a year); not only that, but with George Lucas suddenly a household name, Warner Bros and Universal decide to milk SW for what they can, reissuing both Lucas' original '71 debut THX 1138 and his '73 followup American Graffiti, respectively. So, to sum up:

1978:

Star Wars rereleased
THX 1138 rereleased
American Graffiti rereleased

Then, in
1979:

Star Wars (re)rereleased
More American Graffiti originally released

And of course the following year:

1980:

Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back originally released

Quite a roll Lucas is on now, More American Graffiti's lackluster business notwithstanding. How does one follow up the incredibly successful American Graffiti and the beginnings of the even more unbelievably, impossibly successful Star Wars saga, one wonders? Of course, Raveners know exactly how:

1981:

Raiders of the Lost Ark originally released
- but wait, there's more! -
Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope rereleased
Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back rereleased

Wow, arguably the three greatest Lucasfilm escapist movies ever, all on screens in one year. How to top that? Well, actually, one can't, really - but one can do it again! And they did!

1982:

Raiders of the Lost Ark rereleased
Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope rereleased
Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back rereleased

Persons keeping track will note this is the second release for Raiders, the third for Empire and the fifth for Hope. None of these movies is more than five years old, and one of them is just one year old. They did bring in some bucks...

But we're now around the time when the SW and Indy goodies started hitting home video, which undoubtedly helped bring about the end of the reissue cycle, alas. Home video availability has therefore been something of a mixed blessing, in my opinion - oh, mostly good, no question, but I do wish theatrical reissues were a little more viable.

Anyway. 1983 brought Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom... and then in 1985, the *rerelease* of Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Heh.

Those years were quite a time to be a Lucasfilm fan in general or a Star Wars or Indy fan in particular, at least as far as actually watching the movies in theaters is concerned...

[eroc]

I would like to see the fil,ms re-released in cinema because I never have seen them on the big screen and I know all would look fantastic. I was only 9 months old when LC came out so that's why I look forward to Indy IV.

Geezzzz. Now I feel really old. I was 13 when TOD was released. Saw it the day it opened. It was the very first PG-13 movie, so it was like my bar mitzvah, only I'm not Jewish. I did, however, feel special.

[Crack that whip]

Actually, Red Dawn was the first PG-13 movie. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the movie that prompted the institution of the PG-13 rating, and undoubtedly would've been rated PG-13 itself if the rating had existed a few months earlier, but as it stands it's rated PG. Perhaps it'll get re-rated to PG-13 some day.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, however, was rated PG-13.

[tupogirl]

I'm in a metro area and I know some of the independent theatres sometimes show older movies late at night. I'd love to see a midnight showing of them!

Who knows, maybe we can keep a look out for it. I didn't get into them until YIJC, so of course, I never saw any of them in the theatre.