(Harrison Ford)
Every month, Studio Universal glitzes up Wednesdays at 20h00
with a linked selection of big films starring the biggest names in showbiz.
Raiders of the Lost
Ark was the debut for one of cinema’s great action heroes. With his
trademark hat and whip, and his hatred of snakes, Harrison Ford’s adventurer
brought the daredevil spirit of the pulp classics bang up to date, and this
month Studio Universal is showing all four of his big-screen outings.
First up, on October 7, it’s the peerless race against the
Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical artefact said to possess
occult powers which Hitler believes will make him unstoppable. Taking in exotic
locations in Peru, Nepal and Cairo, Indy will stop at nothing to make sure he foils
this diabolical scheme.
The adventure continues on October 14 with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a
prequel in which an escape from a Shanghai crime lord sees Doctor Jones make an
unorthodox landing in northern India, where he discovers the survival of an
ancient Thuggee cult. The sect’s murderous ways would be bad enough, but then
Indy and friends learn that they hold three of the five mysterious Sankara
stones, and if they find the last two their power may increase immeasurably.
Can our hero make sure that doesn’t happen? Of course he can, but it’s still a
wild ride!
Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade (October 21) sees Indy up against the Third Reich again, and
even travelling into the heart of darkness as he makes an unwilling appearance
at a rally in Berlin! Will he be able to rescue his father (Sean Connery) and
work together to stop the fascists getting their hands on the Holy Grail? It’s
another breakneck romp, this time taking in Zeppelins, castles and bottomless
pits!
Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ends the series airing on October 28. This
time the Soviets are the adversary and the weird artefacts at the centre of
their conflict are strangely-wrought crystal skulls. Are they evidence of extraterrestrial
life? Cate Blanchett plays the ruthless Irina Spalko, and Shia LaBeouf plays
the young Mutt Williams, lending Indy a hand with the high-stakes action.
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