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Article: 'Young Indiana Jones' DVD gives viewers history lessons
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 24, 2007
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LOS ANGELES - George Lucas is emphasizing academics over
adventure as he revisits the early years of his bold hero Indiana
Jones.
"The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One" arrives on
DVD today, the first of three boxed sets gathering all of his
youthful exploits from the 1990s TV series.
Along with seven feature-length adventures, the 12-disc set packs
38 documentary segments offering historical insight into the eras,
events and illustrious figures Indy encounters, including Theodore
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, T.E. Lawrence and
Sigmund Freud.
"If Indy just touches on it, sees it or hears about a major
historical character, there's a full half-hour documentary on ...