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Michael Giltz: DVDs: Can Shia LaBeouf Play Indy? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/dvds-can-shia-labeouf-pla_b_104915.html [4/5/2009 2:18:25 PM] APRIL 5, 2009 HOME POLITICS MEDIA BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT LIVING STYLE GREEN WORLD CHICAGO COMEDY 23/6 VIDEO BLOGGER INDEX ARCHIVE Make HuffPost Your HomePage Get Email Alerts Twitter: Follow Us BIG NEWS : Angelina Jolie | Madonna | Chris Brown & Rihanna | Paul McCartney | More... LOG IN | SIGN UP Michael Giltz BIO Become a Fan Get Email Alerts Bloggers' Index DVDs: Can Shia LaBeouf Play Indy? Posted June 3, 2008 | 01:38 PM (EST) Read More: Clint Eastwood , Control, Dvds, Elizabeth Gaskell , Indiana Jones , John Wayne , Movies, Muppets, TV Shows , Westerns , Entertainment News OK, I've been away for a few weeks so let's play catch up on some of the top DVD releases of thepast four weeks. Indiana Jones -- The new Indiana Jones movie clearly sets up Shia LaBeouf as the heir apparent. But he's got a big fedora to fill -- and I don'tmean Harrison Ford. Three other actors have allplayed variations on Indy and they've all donegreat jobs. River Phoenix played young Indy in the terrific opening segment of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which is finally available individually or as a new three-pack Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection ($59.98;Paramount). That same film features Sean Connery as older Indy via the role of Indy's dad. I stillsay Temple of Doom is underappreciated (It's a spoof, people!) but it is pretty notable that the third flick has such good actors to help you ignore the weak second half (just like the new film).And then of course there's Sean Patrick Flanery who tackled Indy for TV. The final set of that seriesis out -- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volume 3 ($129.99; Paramount) -- and now that thelittle tyke Indy is a distant memory, it does a great job of making him the Zelig of action heroes.The set is too expensive but the bonus documentaries really are substantial and fun. Phoenix playsa younger version of Ford, down to the stutter step running style. Flanery does something morecomplicated: He plays the young earnest, wide-eyed but adventurous kid who would become theslightly cynical person Jones turned into by the time of "Raiders." So LaBeouf has to follow Fordand Connery and Phoenix and Flanery. I'd rather face a giant rolling boulder about to crush me intopieces. Can LaBeouf do it? All You Need Is Love ($99.95; Isolde) -- I'd never heard of this British documentary covering the history of popular music but it's absolutely terrific -- a must-have for serious fans of music and documentaries. 17 episodes on five discs cover everything from swing and tin pan alley to theBeatles and beyond. Director Tony Palmer went everywhere and spoke to seemingly everyone, at Be the First to Submit This Story to Digg Like this story? Get Alerts of big news events. Enter your email address Popular Stories on HuffPost Fashion Face-Off! Michelle Obama And Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Finally Meet In France (VIDEO, PHOTOS, POLL) *Video, poll and slideshow Levi Johnston TalksSafe Sex With Tyra Banks (VIDEO) ***UPDATE*** 8:30pm: People.com is reporting that Sarah Palin has issued... Oscar de la Renta Slams Michelle Obama's Buckingham Outfit As Major Designers FeelIgnored While Michelle Obamahas made lesser... Verena von Pfetten 7 Lessons To BeLearned From Carla Bruni So here's the thing.There's no shortage of articles dedicated to thatcertain je ne... Huff TV Arianna Discusses MichelleObama's "Fantastic" Style On CBS' Michael Giltz: DVDs: Can Shia LaBeouf Play Indy? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/dvds-can-shia-labeouf-pla_b_104915.html [4/5/2009 2:18:25 PM]least when he wasn't unearthing rare footage. If he stumbles a bit on the last episode when trying to spot the trends of tomorrow, well, who wouldn't? It originally aired in the late '70s through 1980 but seeing it all at once is a treat. SNL Vs The Muppet Show -- Two great variety series are getting the deluxe treatment on DVD. Saturday Night Live The Complete Third Season ($69.98; Universal) is simply scorching with talent and inventiveness. No, not everything works but even the things that don't are bold and reckless and absorbing. What's wrong with admitting that SNL began at a peak of brilliance that few other shows -- let alone SNL itself -- have ever matched? The proof is here. And The Muppet Show Third Season ($39.99; Disney) is almost as anarchic and fun itself, thanks to guests like Pearl Bailey, Roy Rogers and Sylvester Stallone and regulars like Fozzie Bear. Criterion -- The DVD releases I always gobble up immediately come from Criterion, which have always set the standard for DVD remastering and great extras that everyone else imitates. Two Louis Malle films -- The Lovers and The Fire Within ($29.95 each) fill in the blanks on one of my favorite directors. But The Thief Of Bagdad with Sabu ($39.95) is the real eye-popper with special effects that still delight today. Handmade really does beat digital. And Sabu was a stand-in for kids everywhere, not to mention a rare-dark-skinned hero who was allowed his dignity in old Hollywood. Loads of extras, of course. Boxed Movie Sets -- Rambo: The Complete Collector's Set ($54.95; Lionsgate) is out just in time to include Stallone's latest reboot. He was better on The Muppet Show but I'm surprised at how entertaining Rambo II remains. Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition ($74.95; Warner Bros.) appears just as Clint Eastwood slammed the door on his starring as the vigilante cop ever again, saying at Cannes it would be ridiculous since obviously any cop his age would be retired. (Mindyou, Angelina Jolie's joking suggestion that she would take up the series should be taken seriouslyby the studio as soon as possible.) You get all five movies, a hardcover book and even a replica ofHarry Callahan's wallet. Surely hardcore fans would have preferred a replica of his gun. EvenCallahan might think twice before crossing John Wayne, but I guess they'd both be beating up badguys anyway, wouldn't they? You get some fine Wayne westerns with John Wayne: The FoxWesterns Collection ($29.98; Fox), and The Big Trail from 1930 is very good, even though Wayne didn't really come into his own until Stagecoach . The others are from far later and have been on DVD before with more extras, which makes this set economical but annoying. It's far outshone byJimmy Stewart: The Westerns Collection ($39.98; Universal), which contains six movies, four of which are undeniable classics, including three great noir Westerns with Anthony Mann, includingmy favorite Winchester 73. Boxed TV Shows -- You're late to the game if you think Square Pegs: The Complete Series ($29.95; Sony) is underappreciated. This delightful sitcom about high school starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Jami Gertz was very well-reviewed when it came out, lamented when it was cancelled after just one season and a direct influence on Freaks & Geeks, et al. Mission: Impossible Fourth Season ($49.99; Paramount) was less fun without Martin Landau and Barbara Bain and the complex scams were becoming a bit rote, but it was still fun. Penn & Teller: Bullshit -- TheComplete Fifth Season ($29.98; Showtime) remained as biluous as ever, thanks to a never-ending supply of what they consider the bullshit of others. Absolutely Fabulous -- Absolutely Everything($129.98; BBC Video/Warner Bros.) on the other hand shows a modest decline over the years (youcan only make drunken tirades funny so many times before repeating yourself), but it's still akeeper of a series and demands a luxurious boxed set if only to maintain the over-the-top attitudeof the show itself. And while I'm pleased that The Incredible Hulk Third and Fourth Seasons ($39.98 each; Universal) are out and I remain adamant that Bill Bixby did a great job (now where is his show as a magician?), I do have to admit it got a bit silly. So many shows like Hulk and Lost and Twin Peaks would have been better off as a miniseries or season-long telenovela that came to a definite end. And one of the great miniseries of them all -- Holocaust ($39.99; Paramount) -- is finally out on DVD, though without the extras one would have expected for a landmark series. I assume this 1978 Emmy winner would have been unthinkable if it weren't for the phenomenal success of Roots one year earlier. (On the other hand, since it came out just one year later, it's possible Holocaust was greenlighted before Roots was shown.) An amazing cast inluding Michael Moriarty, James Woods and Joseph Bottoms and I don't even feel guilty anymore for feelingbewitched by Meryl Streep amidst all this horror. Blu-Ray -- Pick a movie, any movie, and you can bet that most major new releases are coming out on Blu-Ray, including the disappointing sequel National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets ($34.99; "Washington Unplugged" Arianna was on CBS' "Washington... 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However, the Blu-Ray version is $69.98 for the two disc set. Do the studios really think people are going to be eager to pay TWICE as much if not more for the pleasures of Blu-Ray? They're crazy and should realize that the higher quality picture should be a nice extra feature at no extra cost to keep people in the habit of buying DVDs. But if you do want a Blu-Ray title, make it Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World ($39.98; Fox), a sensational film that brilliantly captured the charm of a classic series of novel andcries out for a sequel. We've no right to ask Russell Crowe to take a pay cut, but if he wanted asequel to be made (preferably with the same director and cast, including Paul Bettany), then surelyit would get made. Take a cut of the gross, Mr. Crowe and reap the benefits. It would be a shame tosee no more adventures of Aubrey and Maturin. Eclipse Series -- Almost as giddy-inducing for film buffs as a new Criterion release are their adventurous outpourings of rarities on the no-frills Eclipse series. I'll take the social critiques of William Klein who has three surreal stabs at hypocrisy in a boxed set ($44.95; Eclipse/Criterion) over the more mannered, high-falutin' Godard any day, even if Pierrot Le Fou ($39.95; Criterion) has more extras. Elizabeth Gaskell -- She doesn't have the drawing power of Charles Dickens or Anthony Trollope, but Gaskell has been inspiring excellent adaptations from her novels, the latest of which is Cranford . Catch up with all three miniseries in The Eizabeth Gaskell Collection ($79.98; BBC Video), which includes the just-out Cranford, North and South and the little-discussed but very entertaining Wives and Daughters. Frank Sinatra -- Very few if any artists can claim the record Sinatra has in both music and film (only Bing Crosby, really). And the anniversary of his death has prompted the release of threeboxed sets. My favorite is The Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection ($24.98; Warner Bros.) which has three outstanding musicals, including the landmark classic (and perhaps my favorite movie musical of them all) On The Town. Frank Sinatra: The Early Years ($39.98; Warner Bros.) has five so-so movies and shows Frankie learning on the job. Frank Sinatra: The Golden Years($39.98; Warner Bros.) is better, with five stronger films including the dated but still powerful The Man With The Golden Arm . MGM released The Manchurian Candidate in a boxed set last year, Columbia has From Here To Eternity and Warner's earlier release The Rat Pack Collection ($39.95; Warner Bros.) is for suckers -- they had fun makin' em, but you won't have fun watchin'em. Control -- Finally, one of the best films of 2007 comes out on DVD ($28.95; Weinstein) and looks better than ever, thanks to spot-on imagery from director Anton Corbijn and a great central performance from Sam Riley as doomed Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. If his life weren't such aremarkably lock-step journey down the cliched path of rock star destruction, the movie might beappreciated even more. So tell me, do you think Shia LaBeouf can take over the Indy franchise? At the very least, he should demand they change his nickname -- "Mutt" is just pathetic. More in Entertainment... HuffPost Stories Surging Right Now Fox News Cars Women's Rights Michelle Obama Europe Newspapers Bank Of America War Wire Video MORE BIG NEWS PAGES » Books by this author A cabin of one's own: New England's MacDowellColony celebrates 100years of artistic utopia.And the gay and lesbianartists who prosperedthere celebrate ... 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