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(My first Radio story, 2001)
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Piece Description
All Things Considered, February 6, 2007 Steven Spielberg plans to begin filming the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series this spring with Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. The first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, came out in 1981, and it left a deep impression on independent producer Jake Warga. While on a trip to Ethiopia, Warga dons his fedora, just like Indiana Jones, and goes in search of the lost Ark of the Covenant. He discovers a few things along the way: that the ark's final resting spot isn't deep in a government warehouse, but in a church in a dusty Ethiopian city on the border with Eritrea, and that life isn't always as it is in films.
Broadcast History
NPR-All Things Considered, February 6, 2007
Timing and Cues
Music:
Musician: Teddy Afro (Tewodros Kassahun)
song: "Sidet"
album: Yasteseryal
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Bill Anderson
Posted on March 27, 2007 at 07:28 AM | Permalink
Review of Raider of the Lost Ark
I sure enjoyed this. Maybe you will be as surprised as I was by the turn it takes in the final minutes.
Jake is a strong writer and a strong narrator and I stayed involved in his journey through the excellent use of film audio and voices of people he encountered.
Touching, personal, authentic and respectful of subject and listener. And the digression of the floating monk is priceless in its comedic value.
Did he find the Lost Arc? I believe he found his version of it.