A documentary of the story behind the greatest fan film ever made.
Raiders! is a documentary directed by Jeremy Coon & Tim
Skousen chronicling the epic thirty year journey that began in 1982 when
two twelve-year-old kids in Mississipi set out to film a
mind-bogglingly ambitious shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
It took Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos seven summers to make the movie
saving up their allowances, hijacking younger siblings, and setting
Eric's basement on fire, the boys used astonishing ingenuity to make a
film that is surprisingly entertaining and even stunning at times. But
it's still not finished, and after becoming a surprise cult sensation,
Zala and Strompolos are finally returning to complete their masterpiece.
The documentary premieres at SXSW next month.
Directors:
Tim Skousen, Jeremy CoonStars:
Rob Fuller, Eli Roth, Harry Jay Knowles |Storyline
A documentary of the story behind the greatest fan film ever made. We've talked about the awesome shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark
that was attempted by a group of 12-year old kids back in 1982 before.
The film became a cult sensation when it was screened in Austin, Texas,
and now the story of how the film came to be is coming to the big screen
with a documentary called Raiders! premiering at SXSW next month. In addition to looking back at the making of the film with childhood friends Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos, it also chronicles their attempt to shoot the final scene they could never pull off:
the infamous Flying Wing scene where the shirtless Nazi strongman is
cut up by the circling plane's propeller while fighting Indy. This looks
like one hell of a cool story.
Make that two crazy people—Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos, the Mississippi teenagers who spent every summer from 1982 to 1989 staging a shot-for-shot remake of their favorite movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The resulting film, known as Raiders: The Adaptation, has become an underground classic, in no small part because Zala and Strompolos really did recreate the entire film—yes, even the boulder scene—using nothing but their allowance money, some kids from the neighborhood, and a callous disregard for their own personal safety.
There is one sequence from Raiders that Zala and Strompolos weren’t able to pull off, however—the so-called “Flying Wing” scene where a Nazi strongman is chopped to pieces by a plane propellor. It’s apparently bothered them ever since, but now they have the opportunity to finish the film in the new documentary Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. Raiders! documents not only Zala and Strompolos’ attempts to finally stage that last scene, but also tells the story of how Raiders: The Adaptation was made and how anyone outside of Ocean Springs, Mississippi came to see it, a story that unsurprisingly involves Aint It Cool News’ Harry Knowles. The world premiere of Raiders! will take place at SXSW in Austin, Texas next month.
“RAIDERS!” THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE TO HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL
Raiders!, a documentary of the story behind the greatest fan film ever made, is set to have its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX on March 14, 2015. Raiders! chronicles the epic thirty year journey that began in 1982 when two twelve-year-old kids in Mississipi set out to film a mind-bogglingly ambitious shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
It took Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos seven summers to make Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation.
The trailer for Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made celebrates cinematic obsession
Before the Internet came along to give people not only a place to post their fan films, but also an appreciative audience of fellow weirdos to watch them, only the most obsessed fan would go to the trouble of recreating their favorite movie. And if that movie included Nazis, dramatic explosions, and feats of derring-do best left to professional stuntmen? Only a crazy person would attempt that.Make that two crazy people—Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos, the Mississippi teenagers who spent every summer from 1982 to 1989 staging a shot-for-shot remake of their favorite movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The resulting film, known as Raiders: The Adaptation, has become an underground classic, in no small part because Zala and Strompolos really did recreate the entire film—yes, even the boulder scene—using nothing but their allowance money, some kids from the neighborhood, and a callous disregard for their own personal safety.
There is one sequence from Raiders that Zala and Strompolos weren’t able to pull off, however—the so-called “Flying Wing” scene where a Nazi strongman is chopped to pieces by a plane propellor. It’s apparently bothered them ever since, but now they have the opportunity to finish the film in the new documentary Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. Raiders! documents not only Zala and Strompolos’ attempts to finally stage that last scene, but also tells the story of how Raiders: The Adaptation was made and how anyone outside of Ocean Springs, Mississippi came to see it, a story that unsurprisingly involves Aint It Cool News’ Harry Knowles. The world premiere of Raiders! will take place at SXSW in Austin, Texas next month.
“RAIDERS!” THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE TO HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL
Raiders!, a documentary of the story behind the greatest fan film ever made, is set to have its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX on March 14, 2015. Raiders! chronicles the epic thirty year journey that began in 1982 when two twelve-year-old kids in Mississipi set out to film a mind-bogglingly ambitious shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
It took Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos seven summers to make Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation.
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