Product Details

• Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Patrick Toomey, Marc Warren, Craig Kelly
• Directors: Ben Burtt
• Writers: Ben Burtt, George Lucas, Matthew Jacobs, Rosemary Anne Sisson
• Producers: George Lucas, Michael Morgan, Rick McCallum
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792158369
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,410 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

Indiana Jones flies high with the Lafayette Escadrille before being shot down by the infamous Red Baron of Germany in this action-packed film. Working with the French Secret Service, Indy joins the legendary Lafayette Escadrille flying unit and embarks on dangerous airborne reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines. A run-in with German Ace Manfred von Richthofen leads Indy grounded and hot-in-pursuit of German aircraft designer Anthony Fokker. Undercover in hostile enemy territory, Indy discovers that the Germans possess a remarkable secret weapon that could change the course of the war and he resolves to bring news of it back to the Allies...if he doesn't destroy it first.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun abounds as Indy becomes James Bond, January 24, 2000

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tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For fans of the series, this is an indispensible episode. It explains Indy's transition from the Belgian Army to the French Secret Service. His inculcation into that Service is worth the purchase price alone. Indy's scene with the French "Q" Branch--a la Ian Fleming--more than makes up for the fact that later on in the episode we're supposed to believe that what is obviously Prague is actually Germany. (There were a thousand places in the Czech Republic that could've looked like turn-of-the-century Germany, but they chose to land Indy on the Charles Bridge. Why not just have him land in front of the Eiffel Tower and say he was in Venice?)

Location not withdstanding, Indy's humorous turn as James Bond, complete with not-so-field-tested gadgets, is some of the best stuff in the entire series.

Unlike "Adventures in the Secret Service," Indy's vulnerabilities as an inexperienced spy hearken to the necessarily ingenious Indy we see portrayed by Harrison Ford. He's somewhat prepared for the adventures before him, but he's still "makin this stuff up as he goes along." There is, thus, a sense of fun in this episode that his later spying activities lack.

More than that, the historical figures he meets--Fokker and the Red Baron--are plausibly injected into the plotline, and we leave feeling that the balance between history and adventure are pretty much right in this one. For _Doctor Who_ fans, there's even a largish role played by the late Jon Pertwee.

Other episodes may have more heart ("Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life") or more pure adventure ("Treasure of the Peacock's Eye"), or more military maneuvering ("Daredevils of the Desert"), but this one is probably the most fun.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, Great Plot, Great Characters, June 15, 2001

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Stuart Humpert (Napa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is definitely one of the best installments in the Young Indiana Jones Trilogy. It mixes spying, action, suspense, and drama very well, along with good character development.

From the moment the massive zeppelin pierces through the clouds above Paris in the beginning of the movie, you can tell that this movie will be great. As George Lucas says, it focuses on the airwar aspect of World War 1, and that leads to an exciting experience for Indy with the Lafayette Escadrille Flying Squadron. The action takes off from there, along with good character development of Baron Manfred Richtoffen (Red Baron). His character is seemingly good for an "enemy", so to speak, of Indy.

Once the airplane half of the movie is over, Indy immediately goes into a cat and mouse chase with airplane designer Anthony Fokker, which eventually leads to a climatic battle at the German naval base at Ahlhorn. Fokker's character is well developed, but there is a certain scene on a train that was too intended. Indy has secretly given a letter to Fokker, and while departing from the train, must kiss some woman to hide from Fokker. It was a rather lame way, I thought, of trying to get romance into this particular Indy episode. I also noticed that the German theme music contained the first half of the theme that was used for the Germans in THE LAST CRUSADE. I thought that was a good way to tie in the Young Indy series with the originals.

Other than that, this movie is really good, and I would suggest you see it. Whether you're an Indy fan or not, it is sure to please.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, November 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the only Young Indiana Jones film I've seen but it certainly does the series justice. A good adventure and strong characters. The only part it fell down on was the inconclusive ending. Anyway, it's worth seeing if just to drool over the likes of Sean Patrick Flanery and Marc Warren!