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Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Volume 2, Disc 2
November 19, 2007

[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Volume Two arrives on DVD on December 18 in a nine-disc boxed set (see the original announcement here.) Here's a look at what's on the second disc.

Demons of Deception (1:32:56). It's September, 1916. Indiana Jones -- posing as Belgian Henri Defense -- has joined with the French to serve as a motorcycle courier to the trenches at Verdun. There is perhaps no greater contrast than the carnage at the frontlines compared to the comfort of the chateau where Generals Robert Nivelle, Henri Philippe Pétain and Joseph Joffre plot out their next moves. On a dangerous spy assignment, Indy returns with news of deadly German artillery being brought to Verdun, yet such reports are ignored in the face of political pressures guiding a seemingly futile war.

In October, Indy gets a break from his courier duties and heads to Paris on leave with his good friend Remy. The two plan to look for girls but Indy is sidetracked when he must pay a visit to a family friend and spend time at a stuffy dinner party. There, though, he meets the beautiful temptress Mata Hari. The attraction is instantaneous, and Indy begins a torrid love affair with her. But in all this, Indy gets an eye-opening lesson in honesty and self-deception, and learns that she is seeing several other men as well, most notably the French Minister of War. In addition to being unfaithful, Mata Hari is suspected of being a spy.

Demons of Deception stars Sean Patrick Flanery as Indy and Ronny Coutteure as Remy. Guest stars include Domiziana Giordano (Interview with the Vampire) as Mata Hari, Kenneth Haigh (Man at the Top) as the War Minister, Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine in the Star Wars saga) as Professor Levi, Jacqueline Pearce ("Blake's 7") as Annabelle Levi, Shiela Burrell (Jane Eyre) as Lady #1, Maria Charles (Hot Fuzz) as Lady #2, Bernard Fresson as Joffre, Jean Rougerie as Petain, Igor de Savitch as Nivelle, and Cris Campion as Lieutenant Gaston.

Production Credits: Director of Photography: David Tattersall; Editors: Ben Burtt and Louise Rubacky; Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet; Costume Designer: Charlotte Holdich; Music by Joel McNeely; Executive Producer: George Lucas; Produced by Rick McCallum; Verdun Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, Story by George Lucas; Paris Screenplay by Carrie Fisher, Story by George Lucas; Verdun Segment Directed by Rene Manzor; Paris Segment Directed by Nicolas Roeg.


[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
[ Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Vol 2, Disc 2 ]
Into the Furnace: The Battle of Verdun (0:28:45) They called Verdun the Meat Grinder. The Furnace. Hell. When the fighting died down, almost a year after it began, French and German armies were back where they started -- minus close to one million men. The Battle of Verdun came to symbolize the senseless slaughter of the First World War, but for the French, who won the war at enormous cost, it left a deeper and more personal mark. The soul of France was ripped out in the muddy trenches of Verdun. Produced and Written by Sharon Wood.

Marshal Pétain's Fall from Grace (0:30:41) In 1916, 60-year old General Henri Philippe Pétain, who'd been passed by for promotion most of his life, took charge of a horrific World War I battle that would mark France for generations. The Battle of Verdun, called the Meatgrinder, was the first in modern history where one army's goal was just to kill maximum numbers of the enemy. Amidst this death and destruction, Pétain came to life. Thirty years later, Pétain would go on trail, accused of treason at age 89. He had saved France once, on a First World War battlefield. But when his countrymen turned to him to save them again, as head of government during World War II, he failed spectacularly. Produced and Written by Sharon Wood.

Flirting with Danger: The Fantasy of Mata Hari (0:29:53) A palpable tension held its grip on Paris in 1917. It was the third disastrous year of World War I. France was losing badly -- and looking for someone to blame. In mid-February, word spread through the city that one of the most famous women in Europe had been arrested and accused of spying for Germany -- France's enemy in the war. Her name was Mata Hari. Produced and Written by Jennifer Petrucelli.

Reading the Enemy's Mind: Espionage in World War I (0:24:21) Over the course of the 20th century, the secretive government agencies and the spies who ran them would complete the transformation of espionage from an amateur activity to a full-time profession. Nations have come to rely on spies for protection from terrorists, other spies, and attacks by enemies. Secrecy keeps their activities out of sight until a rogue agent is caught using espionage for treasonous or greedy ends, or when their efforts to protect us fail. But as spy-tools grow more and more sophisticated, one thing is certain: espionage is here to stay. Produced and Written by Mark Page.

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