Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal is the pilot episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series. It debuted on ABC on March 4, 1992. The story introduce viewers to the two young actors who would be playing the title character in the series. Corey Carrier plays a nine-year-old Indiana Jones in the first half, and in the second half Sean Patrick Flanery continues the story as a sixteen-year-old Indy. George Hall appears at the beginning, middle and end of the movie (in the so-called "bookend" segments) as a 93-year-old Indy.
Plot
New York City, 1992. A class of students is touring a museum. Two boys break off from the group. While running through the museum, a cane trips the two and they fall. An elderly man—Indiana Jones—asks them why they aren't in class. They tell him that the museum is boring and full of junk. Jones is insulted by their remarks, stating that some of the greatest adventures of his life are setting in the museum. One of the boys acknowledges this, but says he thinks it stinks. Jones shakes his cane and threatens to "clobber" him, to which the other boy tells him to "Be cool, man! Be cool!" Jones asks them if they are from the city, and they nod yes. He reveals to the two that he was born "just across the river". This doesn't impress the boys. Regardless, Jones asks them to listen to him. He momentarily forgets what he is going to say, but suddenly remembers. He reveals that he was born across the river in New Jersey, on July 1, 1899. Though he tells the boys it must seem like a long time ago for them, it is only like the twinkling of an eye to him. He proceeds to tell them about his childhood and family. He introduces his mother, father, and dog. He then explains that one day, his father asked he and his mother to accompany him on a lecture tour around the world. They agree, and travel first to London, where Jones meets his tutor for the trip, Miss Helen Seymour.
Egypt, May 1908
Mexico, March 1916
Jones reveals that he almost missed meeting up with Remy, and that two weeks later, they boarded a boat in Vera Cruz with the intent of joining the war in Europe. The boys ask Jones what happened to the Jackal. He points his cane to a glass case behind them. They look at each other in astonishment. Jones walks out of the museum and, after making sure no one is looking, slides down the railing of a staircase.
Cast
- Sean Patrick Flanery ... Indiana Jones
- Corey Carrier ... Henry 'Indiana' Jones Jr.
- George Hall ... "Old Indy"
- Ronny Coutteure ... Remy
- Lloyd Owen ... Professor Henry Jones, Sr.
- Ruth de Sosa ... Anna Jones
- Margaret Tyzack ... Miss Seymour
- Mike Moroff ... Pancho Villa
- Joseph Bennett ... T.E Lawrence
- Oliver Ford Davies ... Ship's Captain
- Pip Torrens ... Howard Carter
- Tariq Alibai ... Rasheed Sallam
- Vic Tablian ... Demetrios / Claw
- Tony Alleff ... Bassam Ghally
- Tony Robinson ... Pierre Duclos
- Keith Marsh ... Bishop
- Diana Taylor ... Teacher
- Alan Agor ... First Kid
- Shane Fernando ... Second Kid
- Antonio Valero ... Julio Cárdenas
- Peter Marinker ... Gen. John J. Pershing
- Stuart Milligan ... George Patton
- Stephen Graf ... Frank
- Carlos Douglas ... Mexican Banker
- Ed Bishop ... Sentry
- Gregorio ... Old man in Pueblo
- Chuck Wentworth ... Pilot
- Francesco Quinn ... Francois
Production
- Director of Photography: David Tattersall
- Editor: Edgar Burcksen
- Production designer: Gavin Bocquet
- Costume designer: Charlotte Holdich
- Music by: Laurence Rosenthal
- Executive Producer: George Lucas
- Produced by: Rick McCallum
- Written by: Jonathan Hales
- Based on a story by: George Lucas
- Egypt segment directed by: Jim O'Brien
- Directed by: Carl Schultz
Release
Television
Home video
Though Curse of the Jackal was released in its original form on home video in the UK, it was split in two and re-edited with other material for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones VHS series in the United States. The "Egypt, May 1908" segment with Corey Carrier was combined with a new segment ("Tangiers, 1908") to become My First Adventure, which aired on the Family Channel in 2000, but was never released to video. The "Mexico, March 1916" segment with Sean Patrick Flanery was combined with the "Princeton, 1916" episode and released as Spring Break Adventure.
Adaptations
This episode was adapted into the first and second issues of The Young Indiana Jones Chonicles comic book series.
Reception
See also
- Archaeology - Unearthing Our Past
- Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
- Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia
- Wanted: Dead or Alive - Pancho Villa and the American Invasion of Mexico
- General John J. Pershing and His American Army
- George S. Patton - American Achilles
External links
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| Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal ("Egypt, May 1908" segment) | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure ("Tangiers, 1908" segment) | |
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| February 1916 | March 1916 | April 1916 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Princeton, February 1916" | Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal ("Mexico, March 1916" segment) | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Ireland, April 1916" |
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| 1957 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (bookends) | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "London, May 1916" (bookends) |