Digitally Restored and re-mastered versions of all three films and hours of bonus materials gathered in 1 DVD box!

Official Release date:
- November 4, 2003

More info:
- Fully Restored
- Bonus Material
- Press Release
- Young Indy on DVD

- Fully Restored -

Each of the three films in The Adventures of Indiana Jones - The Complete DVD Movie Collection was painstakingly restored by Lowry Digital Images – the film industry’s most noted preservationists – whose work has included such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard.

Disc 1 offers the completely remastered Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. On Disc 2 is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, while Disc 3 offers Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

The three Indiana Jones films, which will be available only as a collection, also feature Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround. All three films are closed-captioned and subtitled in English, French and Spanish in the U.S. (Sound and subtitling specifications vary internationally by territory.)

- Bonus Material -

Paramount and Lucasfilm have teamed up to create a spectacular bonus disc loaded with special features produced especially for this DVD collection. It includes newly produced, exclusive documentaries that explore the making of these memorable films, including brand-new interviews with the cast and crew – including Spielberg, Ford and Lucas – plus scores of other surprises from all three films.

The documentaries on the fourth bonus disc are crafted by Laurent Bouzereau, who has gone behind the scenes on Lucas projects like American Graffiti and such Spielberg projects as Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Paramount and Lucasfilm also scoured their archives to find just the right material to add to the DVD. "We knew we had to deliver the goods Indy fans wanted with a quality beyond anything they expected," said Jim Ward, Vice President of Marketing for Lucasfilm. "In addition to the films themselves, of course, this collection explores every facet of how the films were made – from stunts to visual effects to the music and sound. We take viewers around the world to explore the history behind the Indiana Jones legends. It’s been great to work with Steven and George on a project that means so much to them, and having them involved on the DVD collection really makes it special."

Jim Ward also said that there will be no director's commentary tracks on the three discs containing the films. "We felt that because of bandwidth issues and, more importantly, the amount of information provided on the fourth disc, it would be redundant to include a director's commentary track on the title discs," Ward said.

- Young Indiana Jones series on DVD -

When will 'The Young Indiana Jones' series be released on DVD?

Lucasfilm revealed that their plans with 'The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones' TV-series (a.k.a. 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles') will be a multi-year project involving leading industry producers. Full specs and any possible release date information are likely a long way off. Producer Rich McCallum mentioned in October 2002 that it will probably take three or four years to get it done. We may be looking at a 2005 or 2006 release date.

Which special features will come with the Young Indy DVDs?

The Young Indy series DVDs will contain extensive historical and other behind-the-scenes documentaries. Here's what Lucasfilm Producer Rick McCallum told Video Business Magazine back in October 2002:
"What we're going to try to do is produce historical documentaries about each of the historical characters. It's a way of giving it to a school and saying, 'Look, we know how hard it is to teach children. Try and use this as a tool. Let them see something that is fun for them and easy for them to watch.' We're hiring some really great documentary filmmakers."