With the arrival of the final adventure in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on Disney plus in the States (15th December in the UK), the chance to tell the story not only of Indy but the man behind him Harrison Ford was too good an opportunity to pass up. Fortunately, Lucasfilm have some form in this regard, and having worked with Laurent Bouzereau before and knowing how skillfully he can pull together a documentary, he was the only logical choice for such an important program and Lucasfilm take a look at Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford and his own journey with Indy.
Harrison Ford’s last performance as our favorite adventurer-archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) presented a special opportunity to explore the actor’s true-life story from the beginning. To make the new feature-length documentary, Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford, Lucasfilm partnered with filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau, who himself has been a part of the Indy legacy for years, having made a number of behind-the-scenes documentaries going back to the first Indy DVD box set in 2003.
An accomplished documentary filmmaker and author, Bouzereau has a long track record collaborating with Steven Spielberg (his newest book is Spielberg: The First Ten Years), among others. His passion for Indiana Jones stretches back to his childhood in France. “I was always on the lookout for any of the work done by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, or John Williams,” he recalls. “We didn’t have the same kind of access in Europe back then. It could be as complicated as looking for the lost ark! There was roughly a six-month gap in the release of films from America, but you could purchase the books and soundtracks ahead of the release.”
