Sony Channel takes a novel approach to movies this month with a line-up of three fliks based on best-selling books. Each will air at 20h00 on Wednesdays during July.
The first is The Kite Runner based on the acclaimed novel by Afghan-born writer Khaled Hosseini. He was a practising doctor when he wrote it and gave up medicine after the book was released because of the success he achieved with it.
The second film is Michael Crighton's sci-fi thriller Congo which achieved box office success despite being panned by critics.
The third is Tom Clancy's classic Patriot Games.
Here's a close-up on each of them:
The Kite Runner
On: Wednesday 8 July 2015 at 20h00
The Kite Runner presents a vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks and before the Taliban. The story starts during the final days of Afghanistan’s monarchy and spans to the atrocities of the Taliban reign.
It's a story of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal and an unlikely relationship that develops between Amir (Khalid Abdalla/Zekeria Ebrahimi), the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman, and Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada), a servant to Amir and his father.
During a kite-flying tournament, an unspeakable event changes the nature of their friendship forever.
As an adult, haunted by the childhood betrayal, Amir seeks redemption by returning to his war-torn native land to make peace with himself.
Congo
On: Wednesday 15 July 2015 at 20h00
Scientist Karen Ross (Laura Linney) is sent by her father-in-law, mogul R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), to the Congo to determine the whereabouts of his son’s missing diamond-hunting team.
Led by expert guide Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Ross and a mismatched search party - including primatologist Dr Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), treasure hunter Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) and a gorilla - discover a danger far more sinister than anything they expected to find, even in the heart of the jungle.
Patriot Games
On: Wednesday 29 July at 20h00
When former CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) hampers an IRA terrorist attack in London, he kills one of the terrorists. The dead man’s brother, another member of the group Sean Miller (Sean Bean), is arrested but quickly escapes.
Vowing revenge against Ryan, Miller travels to the United States, where he forces Ryan’s wife (Anne Archer) and daughter (Thora Birch) into a car accident that badly injures them. This convinces Ryan to re-join the CIA in order to track down those responsible.