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A shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark started by three 12-year-olds and completed over a period of six years. full summary | add synopsis
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(Credited cast)| Chris Strompolos | ... | Indiana Jones | |
| Angela Rodriguez | ... | Marion | |
| Eric Zala | ... | Belloq | |
| Ted Ross | ... | Toht | |
| Alan Stenum | ... | Sallah | |
| William Coon | ... | Brody | |
| Kurt Zala | ... | Gobler | |
| Clay LaGrone | ... | Satipo | |
| Sam Cummings | ... | Barranca | |
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| Michael Bales | ... | Dietrich | |
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The official "world premiere" screening of Raiders Adaptation was in June of 2003 at The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas. The entire engagement was masterminded by Eli Roth, Harry Knowles and Tim League.
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Like Blueghost, I saw it at SF Indiefest and had a great time.
To take stars away from this film based on its technical merits (eighties Betamax, bad sound) would be grinchlike and silly. Sure: when you go into a remake with a $5,000 budget, made by three friends who started in 1982 at age 12 and wrapped the project seven years later, you admire the concept even as you think you just might be in for a couple hours of junk. You would be wrong about the latter. This will stand as one of the most ridiculously awesome successful experiments ever committed to film.
They set one of their parents' basements on fire, and (at least as they tell it) the parents only belatedly caught on and demanded adult supervision, which apparently didn't help much in that the "supervisor" was a total pyro. They did the famous truck chase in all its glory. They obtained snakes. Spider monkeys proved trickier, so Snickers the dog filled in. They scored an honest-to-God submarine. What can I say? Bring on the documentary, and the original on video for all to see.