Iconic Characters Part 3 - page 2

14 April 2009

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Indy is a respected archaeologist and professor at a college in New England. But Jones is pitted against the Nazis as they try to discover the location of the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to contain the Ten Commandments, in a bid to make their army invincible.

Temple of Doom was a prequel to Raider of the Lost Ark set in 1935. Jones is searching for three mystical stones that have been stolen from an Indian village. During the search he stumbles across a dangerous cult that are using children as slaves.

The Holy Grail was nest on the agenda for the professor in 1989's The Last Crusade. Jones is forced to in search of the cup of Christ after his father Dr. Henry Jones Sr, played by Sean Connery, is kidnapped whilst pursuing his life long dream of finding the Grail.

Once again Indy faces the Nazi's, who are also searching for the Grail, as he retraces his father's steps in a bid to rescue him.

But Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg reprised the role of the famous adventurer in 2008's Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, after almost a twenty year hiatus.

Over the years Indiana Jones has become a successful franchise and the character of Jones with his bullwhip, fedora, and leather jacket have become iconic.

6.  Hannibal Lector
Played by Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lector became one of cinemas classic villains in psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

Based on Thomas Harris' novel Lector is a brilliant psychiatrist and a cannibalistic serial killer currently in prison.

The character is rumoured to be based on murders that Harris covered as a crime scene reporter in the 1960s and on Albert Fish, a serial killer, cannibal and paedophile.

The character of Lector has spanned four movies. In Silence of the Lambs Lector is in prison and is visited by an FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeking his help on catching Buffalo Bill, a serial killer.
For his performance in the film Hopkins won a best Actor Oscar.

In 2001 Lector returned in Hannibal which took place ten years after Silence of the Lambs with lector out of prison and living in France.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw

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