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138-446: The series explores the childhood, adolescence and early adulthood of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with George Hall playing an elderly version of Jones for the bookends of most episodes, though Harrison Ford bookended one episode. The show was created and executive produced by George Lucas , who also created, co-wrote, and executive produced

276-415: A duality . Harrison Ford said the fun of playing the character was that Indiana is both a romantic and a cynic , while scholars have analyzed Indiana as having traits of a lone wolf; a man on a quest ; a noble treasure hunter ; a hardboiled detective; a human superhero ; and an American patriot. Like many characters in his films, Jones has some autobiographical elements of Spielberg. Indiana lacks

414-428: A "non- superhero superhero" image he has concocted for himself. Producer Frank Marshall said, "Indy [is] a fallible character. He makes mistakes and gets hurt. ... That's the other thing people like: He's a real character, not a character with superpowers." Spielberg said there "was the willingness to allow our leading man to get hurt and to express his pain and to get his mad out and to take pratfalls and sometimes be

552-412: A $ 10 million offer. A variety of filmmakers wrote or directed episodes of the series, including Frank Darabont , Nicolas Roeg , Mike Newell , Deepa Mehta , Joe Johnston , Jonathan Hensleigh , Terry Jones , Simon Wincer , Carrie Fisher , Dick Maas and Vic Armstrong . Lucas was given a "Story By" credit in many episodes as he was the creative overhead on the series pitching most of the storylines

690-780: A 2006 Sotheby's auction. A 12-city U.S. tour of Rockwell's works took place in 2008. In 2008, Rockwell was named the official state artist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The 2013 sale of Saying Grace for $ 46 million (including buyer's premium) established a new record price for Rockwell. Rockwell's work was exhibited at the Reading Public Museum and the Church History Museum in 2013–2014. Rockwell provided illustrations for several film posters. He designed an album cover for The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969). He

828-459: A Theatre Balcony (October 14), and Man Playing Santa (December 9). Rockwell was published eight times on the Post cover within the first year. Ultimately, Rockwell published 323 original covers for The Saturday Evening Post over 47 years. His Sharp Harmony appeared on the cover of the issue dated September 26, 1936; it depicts a barber and three clients, enjoying an a cappella song. The image

966-650: A crashed Millennium Falcon in the Pacific Northwest, along with Han Solo 's skeleton and the realization that a rumored nearby Sasquatch is Chewbacca. With the franchise's revival in 2008, Dark Horse published an adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Dark Horse followed this with Indiana Jones Adventures , a short-lived series of digest-sized comics aimed at children. An additional limited series, titled Indiana Jones and

1104-433: A daily comic strip together, with Caplin and his brother writing and Rockwell drawing. King Features Syndicate is reported to have promised a $ 1,000 per week deal, knowing that a Capp–Rockwell collaboration would gain strong public interest. The project was ultimately aborted, however, as it turned out that Rockwell, known for his perfectionism as an artist, could not deliver material so quickly as would be required of him for

1242-452: A daily comic strip. During the late 1940s, Norman Rockwell spent the winter months as artist-in-residence at Otis College of Art and Design . Occasionally, students were models for his Saturday Evening Post covers. In 1949, Rockwell donated an original Post cover, April Fool , to be raffled off in a library fund raiser. In 1959, after his wife Mary died suddenly from a heart attack, Rockwell took time off from his work to grieve. It

1380-562: A documentary of Raiders pointed out, the hat served a practical purpose. Following the lead of the old "B"-movies that inspired the Indiana Jones series, the fedora hid the actor's face sufficiently to allow doubles to perform the more dangerous stunts seamlessly. Examples in Raiders include the wider-angle shot of Indy and Marion crashing a statue through a wall, and Indy sliding under a fast-moving vehicle from front to back. Thus it

1518-560: A heart attack. Rockwell married his third wife, retired Milton Academy English teacher, Mary Leete "Mollie" Punderson (1896–1985), on October 25, 1961. His Stockbridge studio was located on the second floor of a row of buildings. Directly underneath Rockwell's studio was, for a time in 1966, the Back Room Rest, better known as the famous " Alice's Restaurant ". During his time in Stockbridge, chief of police William Obanhein

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1656-583: A historical figure—a humble carpenter—rather than an exalted figure when he recognizes the simple nature and tarnished appearance of the real Grail amongst a large assortment of much more ornately decorated ones. Henry Senior rescues his son from falling to his death when reaching for the fallen Grail, telling him to "let it go," overcoming his mercenary nature. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles explains how Indiana becomes solitary and less idealistic following his service in World War I . In Indiana Jones and

1794-426: A one-off relation for Donald Duck in the latter's self-titled comic book. Barks realized that the character had more potential, so a separate Uncle Scrooge comic book series full of exciting and strange adventures in the company of his duck nephews was developed. This Uncle Scrooge comic series strongly influenced George Lucas. This appreciation of Scrooge as an adventurer influenced the development of Jones, with

1932-462: A pair of them typically took a day and most were shot at Carolco Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina and on location in Wilmington. The show also featured footage from other films spliced into several episodes. The series was shot in three stages. The first production occurred from 1991 to 1992, and consisted of sixteen episodes; five with younger Indy, ten with older Indy, and one with both—for

2070-515: A playable character to unlock for a limited time. An original Indiana Jones game, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle , is currently in development by MachineGames and set to be published by Bethesda Softworks for Windows and Xbox Series X/S , with Troy Baker voicing the character. It will feature a standalone narrative expected to take place in Italy during 1937, placing it between

2208-733: A playable character. He also makes a brief appearance in a minigame in Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars during the level "Hostage Crisis", and also made a cameo alongside Henry Jones Sr. in the level "Legacy of Terror". Social gaming company Zynga introduced Indiana Jones to their Adventure World game in late 2011. Indiana Jones appears in Fortnite Battle Royale as part of the Chapter 3 Season 3 Battle pass . The world building game Disney Magic Kingdoms includes Indiana Jones as

2346-589: A proper father figure because of his strained relationship with his father, Henry Jones Sr. His own contained anger is misdirected towards Professor Abner Ravenwood, his mentor at the University of Chicago , leading to a strained relationship with Marion Ravenwood . The teenage Indiana bases his own look on a figure from the prologue of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , after being given his hat. Marcus Brody acts as Indiana's positive role model at

2484-673: A runaway mine wagon similar to that found in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril is a looping roller coaster engineered by Intamin , designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, and opened in 1993. The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! is a live show that has been presented in the Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park of the Walt Disney World Resort with few changes since

2622-465: A scene from Professor Jones' classroom (he now teaches at Barnett College ), the globe-trotting element of multiple locations, and the return of the infamous Nazi mystics , this time trying to find the Holy Grail . The film's introduction, set in 1912, provided some backstory to the character, specifically the origin of his fear of snakes , his use of a bullwhip , the scar on his chin, and his hat;

2760-564: A story from his youth by way of an anecdote: the main part of the episode then featured an adventure with either a young adult Indy (16 to 21 years of age) played by Sean Patrick Flanery or a child Indy (8 to 10 years) played by Corey Carrier . One episode, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues", is bookended by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, rather than Hall. Later episodes and telemovies did not have this bookend format. The bulk of

2898-492: A student, Rockwell had some small jobs, including one as a supernumerary at the Metropolitan Opera . His first major artistic job came at age 18, illustrating Carl H. Claudy 's book Tell Me Why: Stories about Mother Nature . After that, Rockwell was hired as a staff artist for Boys' Life . In this role, he received 50 dollars' compensation each month for one completed cover and a set of story illustrations. It

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3036-530: A teenager and young adult (16 to 21, played by Sean Patrick Flanery ). The younger Indy would travel to different parts of the world with his parents and tutor. The older, teenage Indy rebels against his father by joining the Belgian army. Using a fake name, he fights both at Verdun and in Africa . He later becomes a spy. In one episode, a 50-year-old Indy (played by Harrison Ford ) is seen reminiscing. Initially,

3174-521: A third season, Young Indy would have been introduced to younger versions of characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark : Abner Ravenwood ("Jerusalem, June 1909") and René Belloq ("Honduras, December 1920"). Other episodes would have filled in the blanks between existing ones ("Le Havre, June 1916", "Berlin, Late August, 1916"), and there would even have been some adventures starring a five-year-old Indy (including "Princeton, May 1905"). During production of

3312-586: A total of fifteen episodes from the first two seasons were released in Japan. On October 26, 1999, half of the series was released on VHS in the United States for $ 14.99 each, along with a box set of the feature films. The series was labeled as Chapters 1–22, while the feature films were labeled as Chapters 23–25. In an effort to promote the series, the episode "Treasure of the Peacock's Eye" was included with

3450-417: A total of seventeen television hours. The second production occurred from 1992 to 1993 and consisted of twelve episodes; one with younger Indy and eleven with older Indy, for a total of fifteen television hours. The third and final production occurred from 1994 to 1995, and consisted of four made-for-television movies, for a total of eight television hours. In 1996, additional filming was done in order to re-edit

3588-657: A tribute on the 75th anniversary of Rockwell's birth, officials of Brown & Bigelow and the Boy Scouts of America asked Rockwell to pose in Beyond the Easel as the illustration for the 1969 Boy Scout calendar. In 1969 the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioned Rockwell to paint the Glen Canyon Dam . His last commission for the Boy Scouts of America was a calendar illustration titled The Spirit of 1976 , which

3726-527: A wall defaced by racist graffiti. This 1964 painting was displayed in the White House when Bridges met with President Barack Obama in 2011. Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894, in New York City , to Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary "Nancy" (née Hill) Rockwell His father was a Presbyterian and his mother was an Episcopalian ; two years after their engagement, he converted to

3864-416: A young Ho Chi Minh , Carl Jung , Sigmund Freud , and Carl Laemmle ; at one point, he competes against a young Ernest Hemingway for the affections of a girl but they end up becoming friends, is nursed back to health by Albert Schweitzer , has a passionate tryst with Mata Hari , discusses philosophy with Nikos Kazantzakis , and goes on a safari with Theodore Roosevelt . The show provided back story for

4002-548: A young adult Indy, with George Hall portraying a 90-year-old Indy in the bookend segments of most episodes. A number of actors connected to the Indiana Jones films and/or George Lucas's Star Wars franchise made guest appearances. Harrison Ford appeared as a middle-aged Indy (age 50) in the episode "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues", which aired in March 1993. Paul Freeman , who played Rene Belloq in Raiders of

4140-521: Is a notable template for Jones. The two friends first discussed the project in Hawaii around the time of the release of the first Star Wars film. Spielberg told Lucas how he wanted his next project to be something fun, like a James Bond film (this would later be referenced when they cast Sean Connery as Henry Jones, Sr. ). According to sources, Lucas responded to the effect that he had something "even better", or that he'd "got that beat." One of

4278-500: Is aided in his adventure by his former lover, Marion Ravenwood ( Karen Allen ), and her son—a young greaser named Henry "Mutt" Williams ( Shia LaBeouf ), later revealed to be Jones' unknown child. There were rumors that Harrison Ford would not return for any future installments and LaBeouf would take over the franchise. This film also reveals that Jones was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services during World War II , attaining

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4416-527: Is called an "illustrator" instead of an artist by some critics, a designation he did not mind, as that was what he called himself. In his later years, Rockwell began receiving more attention as a painter when he chose more serious subjects such as the series on racism for Look magazine . One example of this more serious work is The Problem We All Live With , which dealt with the issue of school racial integration . The painting depicts Ruby Bridges , flanked by white federal marshals , walking to school past

4554-501: Is killed for having the audacity to try to communicate directly with God. In the prologue of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Jones is seen as a teenager, establishing his look when given a fedora hat. Indiana's intentions are revealed as prosocial , as he believes artifacts "belong in a museum." In the film's climax, Indiana undergoes "literal" tests of faith to retrieve the Grail and save his father's life. He also remembers Jesus as

4692-484: Is said to have been his first paying job as an artist. At 19, Rockwell became the art editor for Boys' Life , published by the Boy Scouts of America. He held the job for three years, during which Rockwell painted several covers, beginning with his first published magazine cover, Scout at Ship's Wheel , which appeared on the Boys' Life September 1913 edition. Rockwell's family moved to New Rochelle , New York, when Norman

4830-440: Is the title character and protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise . George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials . The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark , to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996, Indiana Jones and

4968-643: The Four Freedoms series, Saying Grace , and The Problem We All Live With . He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life (now Scout Life ), calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster , A Scout Is Reverent , and A Guiding Hand . Rockwell

5106-516: The Four Freedoms series, which was completed in seven months and resulted in him losing fifteen pounds. The series was inspired by a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt , wherein Roosevelt described and articulated Four Freedoms for universal rights. Rockwell then painted Freedom from Want , Freedom of Speech , Freedom of Worship and Freedom from Fear . The paintings were published in 1943 by The Saturday Evening Post . Rockwell used

5244-530: The Ark of the Covenant (see also Biblical archaeology ). He is aided by Marion Ravenwood and Sallah . The Nazis are led by Jones' archrival, a Nazi-sympathizing French archaeologist named René Belloq, and Arnold Toht, a sinister Gestapo agent. In the 1984 prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , set in 1935, Jones travels to India and attempts to free enslaved children and the three Sankara stones from

5382-656: The Norman Rockwell Museum still is open today year-round. The museum's collection includes more than 700 original Rockwell paintings, drawings, and studies. The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum is a national research institute dedicated to American illustration art. Rockwell's work was exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2001. Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties sold for $ 15.4 million at

5520-489: The Presidential Medal of Freedom , the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1977 by President Gerald Ford . Rockwell's son, Jarvis, accepted the award. Rockwell died on November 8, 1978, of emphysema at the age of 84 in his Stockbridge, Massachusetts, home. First Lady Rosalynn Carter attended Rockwell's funeral. Rockwell married his first wife, Irene O'Connor, on July 1, 1916. Irene

5658-465: The Progressive Era of the 1900s , the 1910s , and the 1920s . Most episodes feature a standard formula of an elderly (93-year-old) Indiana Jones (played by George Hall ) in present-day (1993) New York City encountering people who spur him to reminisce and tell stories about his past adventures. These stories would either involve him as a young boy (8 to 10, played by Corey Carrier ) or as

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5796-671: The 1970s and on which he based the Star Wars character Chewbacca . Spielberg disliked the name Smith, and Lucas casually suggested Jones as an alternative. The Last Crusade script references the name's origin, with Jones' father revealing his son's birth name to be Henry and explaining that "we named the dog Indiana", to his son's chagrin. Some have also posited that C.L. Moore 's science fiction character Northwest Smith may have also influenced Lucas and Spielberg in their naming choice. Lucas has said on various occasions that Sean Connery's portrayal of British secret agent James Bond

5934-1569: The 2008 film Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Indy describes his adventures with Pancho Villa (chronicled in the first episode) to Mutt Williams (at the time, his sidekick; later on revealed to be his son). He also mentions his mother Anna to Mutt. Most episodes of the series depicted famous and not-so-famous historical figures, including but not limited to Theodore Roosevelt , T. E. Lawrence , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , Norman Rockwell , Charles de Gaulle , Leo Tolstoy , Winston Churchill , Ernest Hemingway , Manfred von Richthofen , Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , George Patton , Al Capone , Pablo Picasso , Giacomo Puccini , Frederick Selous , Franz Ferdinand , Princess Sophie of Hohenberg , Edith Wharton , and Mata Hari . Notable guest stars (playing either fictional or historical characters) include: Catherine Zeta-Jones , Daniel Craig , Christopher Lee , Clark Gregg , Tom Courtenay , Peter Firth , Vanessa Redgrave , Beata Pozniak , Jennifer Ehle , Elizabeth Hurley , Timothy Spall , Anne Heche , Paul Freeman , Jean-Pierre Castaldi , Jeffrey Wright , Jeroen Krabbé , Jason Flemyng , Michael Kitchen , Kevin McNally , Francisco Quinn , Ian McDiarmid , Max von Sydow , Douglas Henshall , Jon Pertwee , Sean Pertwee , Vincenzo Nicoli , Terry Jones , Keith David , Lukas Haas , Frank Vincent , Jay Underwood , Michael Gough , Maria Charles , Elsa Zylberstein , Isaach de Bankolé , Emil Abossolo-Mbo , Haluk Bilginer and Saginaw Grant . During

6072-487: The Bonnie Crest neighborhood of New Rochelle , New York. Rockwell and his wife were not regular church attendees, although they were members of St. John's Wilmot Church , an Episcopal church near their home, where their sons were baptized. Rockwell moved to Arlington , Vermont, in 1939 where his work began to reflect small-town life. He would later be joined by his good friend John Carlton Atherton . In 1953,

6210-631: The Chase Art School (later Parsons School of Design ) at the age of 14. He then went on to the National Academy of Design and finally to the Art Students League of New York . There, Rockwell was taught by Thomas Fogarty, George Bridgman , and Frank Vincent DuMond ; his early works were produced for St. Nicholas Magazine , the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) magazine Boys' Life , and other youth publications. As

6348-583: The DVD historical documentaries. The airing of the documentaries was meant to bring in ratings for the History Channel and serve as marketing for the DVD release and the theatrical release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . The History Channel and History International began airing the series every Saturday morning at 7AM/6C on The History Channel, and every Sunday morning at 8AM ET/PT on History International. A new division of History.com

6486-593: The Egyptologist and archaeologist Abner Ravenwood at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago . In the first adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark , set in 1936, Indiana Jones is pitted against Nazis commissioned by Hitler to recover artifacts of great power from the Old Testament (see Nazi archaeology ). In consequence, Jones travels the world to prevent them from recovering

6624-520: The Emperor's Tomb and Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings . Emperor's Tomb sets up Jones' companion Wu Han and the search for Nurhaci 's ashes seen at the beginning of Temple of Doom . The first two games were developed by Hal Barwood and starred Doug Lee as the voice of Indiana Jones; Emperor's Tomb had David Esch fill the role and Staff of Kings starred John Armstrong. Indiana Jones and

6762-645: The Episcopal faith. Rockwell's earliest American ancestor was John Rockwell (1588–1662), from Somerset , England, who immigrated to colonial North America , probably in 1635, aboard the ship Hopewell and became one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut . Rockwell had one brother, Jarvis Jr., older by a year and a half. Jarvis Sr. was the manager of the New York office of a Philadelphia textile firm, George Wood, Sons & Company, where he spent his entire career. Rockwell transferred from high school to

6900-507: The Forbidden Eye" and "Temple of the Crystal Skull," respectively) place Indy at the forefront of two similar archaeological discoveries. These two temples each contain a wrathful deity who threatens the guests who ride through World War II troop transports. The attractions, some of the most expensive of their kind at the time, opened in 1995 and 2001, respectively, with sole design credit attributed to Walt Disney Imagineering . Ford

7038-725: The Hawkmen Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 5) Adventures in the Secret Service Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 6) Espionage Escapades Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 7) Daredevils of the Desert Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 8) From Volume Three, The Years of Change Tales of Innocence (Vol. 3 Disc 1) Masks of Evil (Vol. 3 Disc 2) Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (Vol. 3 Disc 3) Indiana Jones (character) Dr. Henry Walton " Indiana " Jones Jr.

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7176-589: The Hills", which was completed in 1936 for the Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey ) rounded out Rockwell's oeuvre as an illustrator. Rockwell's work was dismissed by serious art critics in his lifetime. Many of his works appear overly sweet in the opinion of modern critics, especially The Saturday Evening Post covers, which tend toward idealistic or sentimentalized portrayals of American life. This has led to

7314-493: The Indiana Jones character—although none of the following have been confirmed as inspirations by Lucas or Spielberg. There are some suggestions listed here in alphabetical order by last name: Upon requests by Spielberg and Lucas, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman gave the character a distinctive silhouette through the styling of the hat; after examining many hats, Nadoolman chose a tall-crowned, wide-brimmed fedora . As

7452-529: The Indiana Jones feature films. Due to its large budget and low viewership ratings, the series was canceled in 1993. However, following the series' cancellation, four made-for-television films were produced from 1994 to 1996 in an attempt to continue the series. In 1999, the series was re-edited into 22 television films under the title The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones . The series was designed as an educational program for children and teenagers, spotlighting historical figures and important events set during

7590-642: The Indy Spirit Awards in 2008. That same year Ford himself was elected to the board of directors for the Archaeological Institute of America. Commenting that "understanding the past can only help us in dealing with the present and the future," Ford was praised by the association's president for his character's "significant role in stimulating the public's interest in archaeological exploration." Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

7728-640: The Infernal Machine was the first Indy-based game presented in three dimensions, as opposed to 8-bit graphics and side-scrolling games before. There is also a small game from Lucas Arts Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures . A video game was made for young Indy called Young Indiana Jones and the Instruments of Chaos , as well as a video game version of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . Two Lego Indiana Jones games have also been released. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

7866-613: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in 2023. The character is also featured in novels, comics, video games, and other media. Jones is also the inspiration for several Disney theme park attractions, including Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril , the Indiana Jones Adventure , and Epic Stunt Spectacular! attractions. Jones is most famously portrayed by Harrison Ford and has also been portrayed by River Phoenix (as

8004-746: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Jones is older and wiser, whereas his sidekicks Mutt and Mac are youthfully arrogant, and greedy, respectively. Indiana Jones is modeled after the strong-jawed heroes of the matinée serials and pulp magazines that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg enjoyed in their childhoods (such as the Republic Pictures serials, and the Doc Savage series). Sir H. Rider Haggard's safari guide and big game hunter Allan Quatermain , who appeared in King Solomon's Mines (1885) and its seventeen sequels and prequels,

8142-1255: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , which was released on May 22, 2008. Ninety-four historical documentaries were created over a nearly five-year period by Lucasfilm's documentary crew for the DVD release of the series. Each documentary covers a historical topic connected to the chapter to which it is associated. The television broadcast rights for these documentaries was secured by the History Channel . They were executive produced by Lucas and McCallum. From Volume One, The Early Years My First Adventure Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 1) Passion for Life Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 3) The Perils of Cupid Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 5) Travels with Father Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 6) Journey of Radiance Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 7) Spring Break Adventure Special Features (Vol. 1 Disc 9) Love's Sweet Song Special Features (Vol 1. Disc 11) From Volume Two, The War Years Trenches of Hell Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 1) Demons of Deception Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 2) Phantom Train of Doom Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 3) Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life Special Features (Vol 2. Disc 4) Attack of

8280-561: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was novelized by James Rollins based on the script by David Koepp based on the story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson and published in May 2008 by Ballantine Books. In addition, in 2008 to accompany the release of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Scholastic Books published juvenile novelizations of the four scripts written, successively in the order above, by Ryder Windham, Suzanne Weyn, Ryder Windham, and James Luceno. All these books have been reprinted, with Raiders of

8418-541: The Last Crusade (one with purely action mechanics, one with an adventure- and puzzle-based structure) and Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures , which included the storylines from all three of the original films. Following this, the games branched off into original storylines with Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis , Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine , Indiana Jones and

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8556-462: The Last Crusade , was further fleshed out with stories about his travels with his father as a young boy. Jones damages or loses his right eye sometime between the events in 1969 and the early 1990s, when the "Old Indy" segments take place, as the elderly Indiana Jones wears an eyepatch. In 1999, Lucas removed the episode introductions and epilogues by George Hall for the VHS and DVD releases and re-edited

8694-401: The Last Crusade . This created the urban legend that Ford stapled the hat to his head. Anytime Indy's hat accidentally came off as part of the storyline (blown off by the wind, knocked off, etc.) and seemed almost irretrievable, filmmakers would make sure Indy and his hat were always reunited, regardless of the implausibility of its return. Although other hats were also used throughout the films,

8832-457: The Lost Ark , portrayed Frederick Selous in a couple of episodes, while Roshan Seth , who played Chattar Lal in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , played a North African sheikh in "Morocco, 1917" (later re-edited into "Tales of Innocence"). The late William Hootkins (Major Eaton from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Porkins from Star Wars ) played Russian ballet producer Sergei Diaghilev and Wolf Kahler (Colonel Dietrich in Raiders of

8970-470: The Lost Ark being retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark . While these are the principal titles and authors, there are numerous other volumes derived from the four film properties. From February 1991 through February 1999, 12 original Indiana Jones-themed adult novels were licensed by Lucasfilm, Ltd. and written by three genre authors of the period. Ten years afterward, a 13th original novel

9108-530: The Lost Ark ) played a German diplomat in "Barcelona, May 1917". In the episode Attack of the Hawkmen, Star Wars veteran Anthony Daniels played François, a French Intelligence scientist (in the mode of James Bond's "Q") who gives Indy a special suitcase filled with gadgets for a special mission in Germany. Clint Eastwood was approached to play the elder brother of Indiana Jones, but he turned it down despite

9246-656: The Lost Ark , Indiana Jones has become one of cinema's most famous characters. In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked him the second-greatest film hero of all time . He was also named the greatest movie character by Empire magazine. Entertainment Weekly ranked Jones 2nd on their list of The All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture. Premiere magazine also placed Jones at number 7 on their list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. A native of Princeton, New Jersey , Indiana Jones

9384-645: The Nazis in 1944 during the Allied liberation of Europe in World War II , a Nazi-turned-NASA scientist Jürgen Voller ( Mads Mikkelsen ) starts pursuing Jones, wanting to exploit the Dial's unusual properties to change the outcome of World War II. As the film concludes, Indiana and Marion are reconciled. Indiana Jones is featured at several Walt Disney theme park attractions . The Indiana Jones Adventure attractions at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea ("Temple of

9522-402: The October 2005 press conference for the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith DVD, McCallum explained that he expected the release to consist of 22 DVDs, which would include around 100 documentaries which would explore the real-life historical aspects that are fictionalized in the show. For the DVDs, Lucasfilm upgraded the picture quality of the original 16 mm prints and remastered

9660-408: The Pennell shipbuilding family from Brunswick, Maine as models for two of the paintings, Freedom from Want and A Thankful Mother , and would combine models from photographs and his own vision to create his idealistic paintings. The United States Department of the Treasury later promoted war bonds by exhibiting the originals in sixteen cities. Rockwell considered Freedom of Speech to be the best of

9798-462: The Rockwell family moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts , so that his wife could be treated at the Austen Riggs Center , a psychiatric hospital at 25 Main Street, close to where Rockwell set up his studio. Rockwell also received psychiatric treatment, seeing the analyst Erik Erikson , who was on staff at Riggs. Erikson told biographer Laura Claridge that Rockwell painted his happiness, but did not live it. On August 25, 1959, Mary died unexpectedly of

9936-413: The Staff of Kings . Troy Baker provides the voice and motion capture for the character in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024). Jones is characterized by his iconic accoutrements ( bullwhip , fedora , satchel , and leather jacket ), wry, witty and sarcastic sense of humor, deep knowledge of ancient civilizations and languages, and fear of snakes . Since his first appearance in Raiders of

10074-445: The Temple of Doom was novelized by James Kahn and based on the script by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz that was based on the story by George Lucas and published May 1984 by Ballantine Books; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was novelized by Rob MacGregor based on the script by Jeffrey Boam that was based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes and published June 1989 by Ballantine Books. Nearly 20 years later Indiana Jones and

10212-567: The Tomb of the Gods , was also published from 2008 to 2009. The first four Indiana Jones film scripts were novelized and published in the time frame of the films' initial releases. Raiders of the Lost Ark was novelized by Campbell Black based on the script by Lawrence Kasdan that was based on the story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman and published in April 1981 by Ballantine Books; Indiana Jones and

10350-444: The bloodthirsty Thuggee cult. He is aided by Wan "Short Round" Li , a boy played by Ke Huy Quan , and is accompanied by singer Willie Scott ( Kate Capshaw ). The prequel is not as centered on archaeology as Raiders of the Lost Ark and is considerably darker. The third film, 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , set in 1938, returned to the formula of the original, reintroducing characters such as Sallah and Marcus Brody ,

10488-427: The butt of his own jokes. I mean, Indiana Jones is not a perfect hero, and his imperfections, I think, make the audience feel that, with a little more exercise and a little more courage, they could be just like him." According to Spielberg biographer Douglas Brode, Indiana created his heroic figure so as to escape the dullness of teaching at a school. Both of Indiana's personas reject one another in philosophy, creating

10626-685: The character ended, Dark Horse Comics acquired publishing rights and adapted the Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis video game. From 1992 to 1996, following the Fate of Atlantis adaptation, Dark Horse published seven limited series , as well comics based on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series. In 2004, Indiana Jones appeared in the non-canon story, "Into the Great Unknown", first published in Star Wars Tales #19. The story sees Indiana Jones and Short Round discover

10764-482: The character, as Harrison Ford believed that Phoenix most resembled Ford as a young man. Phoenix had appeared as the son of Ford's character in The Mosquito Coast . This decision to reveal an adventure of a young Indiana led Lucas and crew to the idea of creating the series. The total budget for the series was $ 27 million while each episode costed $ 1.7 million. Lucas wrote an extensive timeline detailing

10902-408: The college. Indiana's own insecurities are made worse by the absence of his mother. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , he becomes the father figure to Short Round , to survive; he is rescued from Kali 's evil by Short Round's dedication. In Raiders of the Lost Ark , he is wise enough to close his eyes in the presence of God in the Ark of the Covenant . By contrast, his rival Rene Belloq

11040-584: The course of 2000, including the UK, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Mexico, France and Japan. The UK, German, French, Hungarian and Netherlands tapes were in PAL format, while the tapes released in the rest of the countries were in NTSC format. In 2002, series producer Rick McCallum confirmed in an interview with Variety that DVDs of the series were in development, but would not be released for "about three or four years". At

11178-631: The entire series into twenty-two feature films. Additionally the series had an audio format of Dolby Stereo . The series' main theme was composed by Laurence Rosenthal , who wrote much of the music for the series. Joel McNeely also wrote music for many episodes; he received an Emmy in 1993 for the Episode "Scandal of 1920". French composer Frédéric Talgorn composed some music for the episode set in World War I France ("The Somme, July 1916/Germany, August 1916"). Music for "Transylvania, September 1918"

11316-525: The episodes into chronologically ordered feature-length stories. The series title was also changed to The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones . The 2008 film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , is the fourth film in the series. Set in 1957, nineteen years after the third film, it pits an older, wiser Indiana Jones against Soviet KGB agents bent on harnessing the power of an extraterrestrial device discovered in South America. Jones

11454-413: The events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. "Indiana" Jones's full name is Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr., and his nickname is often shortened to "Indy". In his role as a college professor of archaeology Jones is scholarly, wears a tweed suit, and lectures on ancient civilizations. At the opportunity to recover important artifacts, Dr. Jones transforms into "Indiana,"

11592-482: The fact that fellow director Martin Scorsese regularly casts Robert De Niro in his films). During an intensive casting process, Lucas and Spielberg auditioned many actors, and finally cast actor Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones. Shortly afterward pre-production began in earnest on Raiders of the Lost Ark . CBS refused to release Selleck from his contractual commitment to Magnum, P.I. , forcing him to turn down

11730-417: The film's epilogue also reveals that "Indiana" is not Jones' first name, but a nickname he took from the family dog. The film was a buddy movie of sorts, teaming Indiana with his father, Henry Jones, Sr. , often to comical effect. Although Lucas intended to make five Indiana Jones films, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the last for over 18 years, as he could not think of a good plot element to drive

11868-408: The films Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Following the Raiders of the Lost Ark adaptation, Marvel published The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones from 1983 to 1986. This ongoing monthly series ran for thirty-four issues and featured the character's first original adventures in comic book form. After Marvel's licensing of

12006-424: The films, as well as new information regarding the character. Indiana Jones was born July 1, 1899, and his middle name is Walton (Lucas's middle name). It is also mentioned that he had a sister called Suzie who died as an infant of fever, and that he eventually has a daughter and grandchildren who appear in some episode introductions and epilogues. His relationship with his father, first introduced in Indiana Jones and

12144-538: The films. His relationship with his father, first introduced in Last Crusade , was depicted in episodes showing his travels with his father as a young boy and brief times as a young adult. His original hunt for the "Eye of the Peacock", a large diamond seen in Temple of Doom , was a recurring element in several stories. The show also chronicled his activities during World War I and his first solo adventures. Later, in

12282-411: The four. That same year, a fire in his studio destroyed numerous original paintings, costumes, and props. Because the period costumes and props were irreplaceable, the fire split his career into two phases, the second phase depicting modern characters and situations. Rockwell was contacted by writer Elliott Caplin , brother of cartoonist Al Capp , with the suggestion that the three of them should make

12420-534: The general style and profile remained the same. Elements of the outfit include: The fedora and leather jacket from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are on display at the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The collecting of props and clothing from the films has become a thriving hobby for some aficionados of the franchise. Jones' whip was

12558-404: The life of Indiana Jones, assembling the elements for about 70 episodes, starting in 1905 and leading all the way up to the feature films. Each outline included the place, date and the historical persons Indy would meet in that episode, and would then be turned over to one of the series writers. When the series came to an end about 31 of the 70 stories had been filmed. Had the series been renewed for

12696-691: The monthly magazine of the American Red Cross . He resumed work with the Boy Scouts of America in 1926 with production of his first of fifty-one original illustrations for the official Boy Scouts of America annual calendar, which still may be seen in the Norman Rockwell Art Gallery at the National Scouting Museum in Cimarron, New Mexico . During World War I, he tried to enlist into the U.S. Navy but

12834-519: The next 10 years painting for Look magazine , where his work depicted his interests in civil rights, poverty, and space exploration . In 1966, Rockwell was invited to Hollywood to paint portraits of the stars of the film Stagecoach , and also found himself appearing as an extra in the film, playing a "mangy old gambler". In 1968, Rockwell was commissioned to do an album cover portrait of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper for their record, The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper . As

12972-433: The next installment. From 1992 to 1996, Lucas wrote and executive-produced The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , a television series aimed mainly at teenagers and children, which showed many of the important events and historical figures of the early 20th century through the prism of Jones' life. The show initially featured the formula of an elderly (93 to 94 years of age) Indiana Jones played by George Hall introducing

13110-406: The often deprecatory adjective "Rockwellesque". Consequently, Rockwell is not considered a "serious painter" by some contemporary artists, who regard his work as bourgeois and kitsch . Writer Vladimir Nabokov stated that Rockwell's brilliant technique was put to "banal" use, and wrote in his novel Pnin : "That Dalí is really Norman Rockwell's twin brother kidnaped by gypsies in babyhood." He

13248-673: The original series were removed, as well as Sean Patrick Flanery's bookend for "Travels with Father"; however, the Harrison Ford bookend, set in 1950, from "Mystery of the Blues" was not cut. The series received its first home video release on April 21, 1993, when a Laserdisc box set was released in Japan containing fifteen of the earlier episodes and a short documentary on the making of the series. The discs were formatted in NTSC and presented with English audio in Dolby surround with Japanese subtitles. In 1994, eight NTSC format VHS tapes with

13386-430: The park's 1989 opening, as Disney-MGM Studios. The 25-minute show presents various stunts framed in the context of a feature film production and recruits members of the audience to participate in the show. Stunt artists in the show re-create and ultimately reveal some of the secrets of the stunts of the Raiders of the Lost Ark films, including the well-known "running-from-the-boulder" scene. Stunt performer Anislav Varbanov

13524-474: The plan was for the series to alternate between the adventures of Indy as a child ( Corey Carrier ) and as a teenager/young adult ( Sean Patrick Flanery ), but eventually the episodes featuring Flanery's version of the character dominated the series. The series' bookends revealed that the elderly Jones has a daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. The 2008 film Kingdom of the Crystal Skull introduces Mutt Williams as his son with Marion Ravenwood , but

13662-494: The possible bases for Indiana Jones is Professor Challenger , created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912 for his novel, The Lost World . Challenger was based on Doyle's physiology professor, William Rutherford , an adventuring academic, albeit a zoologist/anthropologist. Another important influence on the development of the character Indiana Jones is the Disney character Scrooge McDuck . Carl Barks created Scrooge in 1947 as

13800-405: The production of the Indiana Jones feature films, the cast and crew frequently questioned creator George Lucas about the Indiana Jones character's life growing up. During the concept stages of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Lucas and director Steven Spielberg decided to reveal some of this backstory in the film's opening scenes. For these scenes, Lucas chose River Phoenix to portray

13938-512: The prologue of Raiders of the Lost Ark containing homage to Barks' Scrooge adventure "The Seven Cities of Cibola", published in Uncle Scrooge #7 from September 1954. This homage in the film takes the form of playfully mimicking the removal-of- the-statuette-from-its-pedestal and the falling-stone sequences of the comic book. The character was originally named Indiana Smith, after an Alaskan Malamute called Indiana that Lucas owned in

14076-539: The purchase of the movie trilogy box set in the US. The episode was chosen for the fact that its plot continues into the opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , which was labeled as the first film chronologically in the film trilogy. In other countries different chapters were included, for example in the UK The Phantom Train of Doom was included. The twelve VHS releases were released worldwide over

14214-589: The rank of colonel in the United States Army , and that in 1947 he was forced to investigate the Roswell UFO incident , and the investigation saw that he was involved in affairs related to Hangar 51 . He is tasked with conducting covert operations with MI6 agent George McHale against the Soviet Union. The 2023 film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , is the fifth and final film in

14352-545: The role. Shooting for the film could have overlapped with the pilot for Magnum, P.I. but it later turned out that filming of the pilot episode was delayed and Selleck could have done both. Subsequently, Peter Coyote and Tim Matheson both auditioned for the role. After Spielberg suggested Ford again, Lucas relented, and Ford was cast in the role less than three weeks before filming began. The industry magazine Archaeology named eight past and present archaeologists who they felt "embodied [Jones's] spirit" as recipients of

14490-419: The second season, it was placed as the lead-in to Monday Night Football , just as fellow Paramount series MacGyver had done for the previous six years. Only 16 of the remaining 20 episodes were aired in 1993 when ABC canceled the show. The Family Channel later produced four two-hour TV movies that were broadcast from 1994 to 1996. Though Lucas intended to produce episodes leading up to a 24-year-old Jones,

14628-481: The series centers around the young adult Indiana Jones and his activities during World War I as a 16- to 17-year-old soldier in the Belgian Army and then as an intelligence officer and spy seconded to French intelligence. The child Indiana episodes follow the boy's travels around the globe as he accompanies his parents on his father's worldwide lecture tour from 1908 to 1910. The show provided some backstory for

14766-404: The series is a good way to aid in teaching history. Lucas explained that the series' DVD release will be shopped as "films for a modern day high school history class." He believes the series is a good way to teach high school students 20th-century history. The plan was always to tie the DVD release of the series to the theatrical release of the fourth Indiana Jones feature film, Indiana Jones and

14904-538: The series makes no mention of a son; this is explained by the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), which establishes Mutt Williams to have been killed in the Vietnam War . Many of the episodes involve Indiana meeting and working with famous historical figures. Historical figures featured on the show include Leo Tolstoy , Howard Carter , Charles de Gaulle , and John Ford , in such diverse locations as Egypt , Austria-Hungary , India , China , and

15042-515: The series was cancelled with the character at age 21. The revised and updated edition of the book George Lucas: The Creative Impulse , by Charles Champlin, explains how The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles series would be re-edited into the new structure of twenty-two Chapter TV films, for the 1999 VHS release. New footage was shot in 1996 to be incorporated with the newly re-edited and re-titled "chapters" to better help it chronologically and provide smooth transitions. The newly shot Tangiers, 1908

15180-449: The series, Lucas became interested in the crystal skulls . He originally called for an episode which would have been part of the third season involving Jones and his then friend Belloq searching for one of the skulls. The episode was never produced, and the idea ultimately evolved into the 2008 feature film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Phoenix and Ford were respectively approached by Lucas to reprise their roles as

15318-486: The series. Set in 1969—twelve years after the fourth film and during the height of the Space Race —Jones has moved to New York City, teaching at Hunter College with plans to retire, after his marriage with Marion collapsed following Mutt's death in the Vietnam War . Once his estranged goddaughter Helena Shaw ( Phoebe Waller-Bridge ) arrives asking for Archimedes' Dial , a relic Jones and her father Basil retrieved from

15456-487: The series—YoungIndy.com. Paramount released a press kit for the media promoting the DVDs, which consists of a .pdf file and several videos with interviews with Lucas and McCallum, and footage from the DVDs. A trailer for the DVDs was also published on YoungIndy.com, with a shorter version being shown on The History Channel and History International. Lucas and McCallum hope that the DVDs will be helpful to schools, as they believe

15594-481: The soundtracks. This, along with efforts to get best quality masters and bonus materials on the sets, delayed the release. It was ultimately decided that the release would tie into the release of the fourth Indiana Jones feature film. Two variations of Volume 1 were released by CBS DVD , one simply as "Volume One", and the other as "Volume One — The Early Years" in order to match the subtitle of Volume 2. The History Channel acquired television rights to all 94 of

15732-468: The third most popular film weapon, as shown by a 2008 poll held by 20th Century Fox , which surveyed approximately two thousand film fans. Originally, Spielberg suggested Harrison Ford; Lucas resisted the idea, since he had already cast the actor in American Graffiti , Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back , and did not want Ford to become known as his "Bobby De Niro" (in reference to

15870-713: The whole of Europe . For example, Curse of the Jackal prominently involves Indy in the adventures of T. E. Lawrence and Pancho Villa . Indy also encounters (in no particular order and not limited to) Edgar Degas , Giacomo Puccini , George Patton , Pablo Picasso (same episode as Degas ), Eliot Ness , Charles Nungesser , Al Capone , Manfred von Richthofen , Anthony Fokker , Annie Besant , Charles Webster Leadbeater , Jiddu Krishnamurti , Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , Norman Rockwell (same episode as Degas and Picasso ), Louis Armstrong , George Gershwin , Seán O'Casey , Siegfried Sassoon , Patrick Pearse , Winston Churchill ,

16008-599: The writers would then flesh out under his supervision. The series was unusual for its time in that it was shot on location around the world. Partly to offset the cost of this, the series was shot on 16mm film , rather than 35mm . This created a 1:33:1 aspect ratio. The series was designed so that each pair of episodes could either be broadcast separately, or as a 2-hour film-length episode. The filming with Young Indy usually took around 3 weeks. The first production filming alternated between "Sean" and "Corey" episodes. The segments with old Indy were referred to as "bookends." Filming

16146-520: The young Jones in The Last Crusade ), and by Corey Carrier , Sean Patrick Flanery , and George Hall in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . Doug Lee has supplied the voice of Jones for two LucasArts video games, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine , David Esch supplied his voice for Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb , and John Armstrong for Indiana Jones and

16284-401: The younger and elder Indiana Jones respectively, but both turned the offer down as they had no desire to do television, the former not wishing to return to it after struggling hard to move on from sitcoms to film and the latter feeling back then that it didn't have anything to offer to his career. Ultimately, Corey Carrier was cast as a 10-year-old Indy while Sean Patrick Flanery was cast as

16422-489: Was 21 years old. They shared a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe, who worked for The Saturday Evening Post . With Forsythe's help, Rockwell submitted his first successful cover painting to the Post in 1916, Mother's Day Off (published on May 20). He followed that success with Circus Barker and Strongman (published on June 3), Gramps at the Plate (August 5), Redhead Loves Hatty Perkins (September 16), People in

16560-761: Was Rockwell's model in Mother Tucking Children into Bed , published on the cover of The Literary Digest on January 19, 1921. The couple divorced on January 13, 1930. Depressed, Rockwell moved briefly to Alhambra, California as a guest of his old friend Clyde Forsythe. There, Rockwell painted some of his best-known paintings including The Doctor and the Doll . While there, he met and married schoolteacher Mary Barstow on April 17, 1930. The couple returned to New York shortly after their marriage. They had three sons: Jarvis Waring, Thomas Rhodes , and Peter Barstow . The family lived at 24 Lord Kitchener Road in

16698-615: Was a frequent model for Rockwell's paintings. From 1961 until his death, Rockwell was a member of the Monday Evening Club, a men's literary group based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts . At his funeral, five members of the club served as pallbearers , along with Jarvis Rockwell. A custodianship of his original paintings and drawings was established with Rockwell's help near his home in Stockbridge , Massachusetts, and

16836-506: Was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime. Most of his surviving works are in public collections. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and to paint portraits of Presidents Eisenhower , Kennedy , Johnson , and Nixon , as well as those of foreign figures, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru . His portrait subjects also included Judy Garland . One of his last portraits

16974-445: Was added, also written by a popular genre author. The first 12 were published by Bantam Books; the last by Ballantine Books in 2009. (See Indiana Jones (franchise) for broad descriptions of these original adult novels.) The novels are: The character has appeared in several officially licensed games, beginning with adaptations of Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , two adaptations of Indiana Jones and

17112-603: Was adopted by SPEBSQSA in its promotion of the art. Rockwell's success on the cover of the Post led to covers for other magazines of the day, most notably the Literary Digest , the Country Gentleman , Leslie's Weekly , Judge , Peoples Popular Monthly and Life magazine. When Rockwell's tenure began with The Saturday Evening Post in 1916, he left his salaried position at Boys' Life , but continued to include scouts in Post cover images and

17250-516: Was an American painter and illustrator . His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture . Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter ,

17388-512: Was approached to reprise his role as Indiana Jones, but ultimately negotiations to secure Ford's participation broke down in December 1994, for unknown reasons. Instead, Dave Temple provided the voice of Jones. Ford's physical likeness , however, has nonetheless been used in subsequent Audio-animatronic figures for the attractions. Disneyland Paris also features an Indiana Jones-titled ride where people speed off through ancient ruins in

17526-459: Was completed when Rockwell was 82, concluding a partnership which generated 471 images for periodicals, guidebooks, calendars, and promotional materials. His connection to the BSA spanned 64 years, marking the longest professional association of his career. His legacy and style for the BSA has been carried on by Joseph Csatari . For "vivid and affectionate portraits of our country", Rockwell was awarded

17664-454: Was composed by Curt Sobel . The pilot episode was aired by ABC in the United States in March 1992. The pilot, the feature-length Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal , was later re-edited as two separate episodes, "Egypt, May 1908" and "Mexico, March 1916." Eleven further hour-long episodes were aired in 1992 (seven in the first season, four were part of the second season) – during

17802-462: Was created devoted to the show. As Paramount and Lucasfilm had already reserved IndianaJones.com solely for news and updates related to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , StarWars.com temporarily served as the official site for the DVDs—providing regular updates, insider looks and promotions related to them. However, Lucasfilm and Paramount soon set up an official website proper for

17940-443: Was during that break that he and his son Thomas produced Rockwell's autobiography, My Adventures as an Illustrator , which was published in 1960. The Post printed excerpts from this book in eight consecutive issues, the first containing Rockwell's famous Triple Self-Portrait . Rockwell's last painting for the Post was published in 1963, marking the end of a publishing relationship that had included 321 cover paintings. He spent

18078-475: Was fatally injured in August 2009, while rehearsing the show. Also formerly at Disney's Hollywood Studios, an audio-animatronic Indiana Jones appeared in another attraction; during The Great Movie Ride 's Raiders of the Lost Ark segment. Indiana Jones has appeared in numerous comic books , from two different publishers. Marvel Comics initially held the comic book licensing rights, leading to adaptations of

18216-438: Was introduced as a tenured professor of archaeology in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark , set in 1936. The Joneses are a family of paternal Scottish descent. The character is an adventurer reminiscent of the 1930s film serial treasure hunters and pulp action heroes. His research is funded by Marshall College (a fictional school named after producer Frank Marshall), where he is a professor of archaeology. He studied under

18354-597: Was joined with Egypt, 1908 from the Curse of the Jackal to form My First Adventure , and Morocco, 1917 was joined with Northern Italy, 1918 (now re-dated as 1917 ) to form Tales of Innocence . Also included in the home video release were four unaired episodes made for the ABC network: Florence, May 1908 ; Prague, 1917 ; Transylvania, 1918 ; and Palestine, 1917 . The series itself was also re-titled as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones . The 93-year-old Indy bookends for

18492-401: Was necessary for the hat to stay in place much of the time. The hat became so iconic that the filmmakers could only come up with very good reasons or jokes to remove it. If it ever fell off during a take, filming would have to stop to put it back on. In jest, Ford put a stapler against his head to stop his hat from falling off when a documentary crew visited during shooting of Indiana Jones and

18630-633: Was of Colonel Sanders in 1973. His annual contributions for the Boy Scouts calendars between 1925 and 1976 were only slightly overshadowed by his most popular of calendar works: the "Four Seasons" illustrations for Brown & Bigelow that were published for 17 years beginning in 1947 and reproduced in various styles and sizes since 1964. He created artwork for advertisements for Coca-Cola, Jell-O, General Motors, Scott Tissue, and other companies. Illustrations for booklets, catalogs, posters (particularly movie promotions), sheet music, stamps, playing cards, and murals (including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "God Bless

18768-466: Was one of the primary inspirations for Jones, a reason Connery was chosen for the role of Indiana's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Spielberg earned the rank of Eagle Scout and Ford the Life Scout badge in their youth, which gave them the inspiration to portray Indiana Jones as a Life Scout at age 13 in The Last Crusade . Many people are said to be the real-life inspiration of

18906-409: Was refused entry because, at 140 pounds (64 kg), he was eight pounds underweight for someone 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day. He was given the role of a military artist, however, and did not see any action during his tour of duty. In 1943, during World War II , Rockwell painted

19044-512: Was released in 2008 and follows the plots of the first three films. It was followed by Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues in late 2009. The sequel includes an abbreviated reprise of the first three films, but focuses on the plot of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . However, before he got his own Lego games, he appeared as a secret character in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga as

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