It’s time to head back to Twin Peaks, salute some major names (Gus Van Sant, James Cameron, Hal Ashby, Guillermo del Toro, Orson Welles), icons (James Dean), and (former) power players (Mike Ovitz). Plus, Harry Potter, Seinfeld, and McDonald’s! Let’s start with a loving look back at 50 years of the starship Enterprise.
Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years (Titan Books)
There have been a number of interesting books released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, but there’s no question that 50 Artists 50 Years is the handsomest. As the title makes clear, the premise is simple: 50 respected artists, all with wildly unique styles, were tasked with creating a work of art highlighting some element of the Trek universe. There’s plenty of original series — Glen Brogan’s jaunty representation of the bridge of the Enterprise is my personal favorite — and lots of Spock. Plus, Leonard Nimoy himself...
Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years (Titan Books)
There have been a number of interesting books released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, but there’s no question that 50 Artists 50 Years is the handsomest. As the title makes clear, the premise is simple: 50 respected artists, all with wildly unique styles, were tasked with creating a work of art highlighting some element of the Trek universe. There’s plenty of original series — Glen Brogan’s jaunty representation of the bridge of the Enterprise is my personal favorite — and lots of Spock. Plus, Leonard Nimoy himself...
- 11/10/2016
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The story of the Raiders Of The Lost Ark fan film is brought brilliantly to life in this new documentary...
I love fan films. I remember the very first fan film I ever saw: Hardware Wars (a Star Wars spoof). I’ve been hooked ever since. They’ve come a long way since then, some of them nowadays boasting a production value that almost rivals Hollywood productions. When I watch, for example, the Piano Guys’ Cello Wars (which in essence, is still a fan film), I’m amazed how much fan films have evolved, but my favorites remain the older ones, like Closet Cases Of The Nerd Kind (who can forget those singing mailboxes?).
But while some fan films of that era were happy to simply parody blockbuster movies, in 1982, two kids from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos (11 years old) and Eric Zala (12 years old) set our to produce a...
I love fan films. I remember the very first fan film I ever saw: Hardware Wars (a Star Wars spoof). I’ve been hooked ever since. They’ve come a long way since then, some of them nowadays boasting a production value that almost rivals Hollywood productions. When I watch, for example, the Piano Guys’ Cello Wars (which in essence, is still a fan film), I’m amazed how much fan films have evolved, but my favorites remain the older ones, like Closet Cases Of The Nerd Kind (who can forget those singing mailboxes?).
But while some fan films of that era were happy to simply parody blockbuster movies, in 1982, two kids from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos (11 years old) and Eric Zala (12 years old) set our to produce a...
- 7/31/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Last fall, we highlighted a new book called Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, an account of the making of the greatest fan film ever made - Chris Strompolos & Eric Zala's Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, a shot-for-shot remake shot in 1989 of Steven Spielberg's original Indiana Jones movie. Now the story has caught the eyes of Napoleon Dynamite producer Jeremy Coon as the book by Alan Eisenstock has been optioned for a feature film deal. The process of shooting the much buzzed about fan film lasted seven years, with the kids beginning at age 11 and finishing at 18 years old. The kids even shot part of the film on Betamax at first, but then were forced to moved to VHS when the former became obsolete. Strompolos and Zala, who are now in their 40s, will produce the adaptation, but first they will...
- 10/15/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Producer Jeremy Coon ("Napoleon Dynamite") has optioned Alan Eisenstock's book "Raiders!" which follows two Mississippi kids who set out to do a shot-for-shot remake of "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".
The duo, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, started filming when they were 11 and finished when they turned 18 - sequences were shot each summer. In the process they re-staged every scene and stunt in their backyards and basements.
The final film, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation," has since screened at film festivals where Coon saw it.
Strompolos and Zala are now in their early 40s and will produce two projects with Coon. The first is a documentary which Coon will direct, the second is a full-on feature about the making of this fan film.
Source: Deadline...
The duo, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, started filming when they were 11 and finished when they turned 18 - sequences were shot each summer. In the process they re-staged every scene and stunt in their backyards and basements.
The final film, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation," has since screened at film festivals where Coon saw it.
Strompolos and Zala are now in their early 40s and will produce two projects with Coon. The first is a documentary which Coon will direct, the second is a full-on feature about the making of this fan film.
Source: Deadline...
- 10/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Napoleon Dynamite's Jeremy Coon is planning to make Raiders!, a film about two Mississippi boys who remade Raiders of the Lost Ark in their backyards.
Coon has optioned the rights to Alan Eisenstock's book Raiders!, detailing how Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala met at elementary school and re-staged Harrison Ford's first Indiana Jones adventure - shot-for-shot - on Betamax and VHS.
The duo will produce both a Raiders! documentary and narrative feature film with Coon, reports Deadline.
Stompolos and Zala's Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation was completed in 1989 after seven years' work and has screened at various film festivals since 2003.
"I thought the movie was an urban myth but when I saw it, from a filmmaker perspective it was more inspiring than any movie I'd ever seen," Coon said, adding that he admired the lack of cynicism in the endeavour.
Raiders! may need the blessing...
Coon has optioned the rights to Alan Eisenstock's book Raiders!, detailing how Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala met at elementary school and re-staged Harrison Ford's first Indiana Jones adventure - shot-for-shot - on Betamax and VHS.
The duo will produce both a Raiders! documentary and narrative feature film with Coon, reports Deadline.
Stompolos and Zala's Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation was completed in 1989 after seven years' work and has screened at various film festivals since 2003.
"I thought the movie was an urban myth but when I saw it, from a filmmaker perspective it was more inspiring than any movie I'd ever seen," Coon said, adding that he admired the lack of cynicism in the endeavour.
Raiders! may need the blessing...
- 10/15/2013
- Digital Spy
Why is it that people generally tend to look down their noses when movie studios remake films, yet it.s perfectly accepted whenever film fans do the same thing? The internet is filled with homemade homages and amateurs aping the films they love most, free of corporate cynicism and greed (Oh, maybe that.s why we like those more...) But not even the internet can stand up to Mississippi natives Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, who spent 7 years of their 1980s adolescent lives filming a shot-for-shot remake of Steven Spielberg.s classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. The full story behind this massive (and massively impressive) undertaking is detailed in Alan Eisenstock.s book Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, which producer Jeremy Coon (Napoleon Dynamite) has optioned for not just one but two upcoming projects. Before we go any further, you can watch the...
- 10/15/2013
- cinemablend.com
News Simon Brew 15 Oct 2013 - 06:12
The story of two youngsters remaking Raiders Of The Lost Ark is to become a new film from the producer of Napoleon Dynamite...
It was back in 1982 that two 11-year olds, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, embarked on what would become one of the most famous, and earliest, fan films of all time. They started work on a shot for shot remake of Steven Spielberg's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, a project that would take them through until they were 18. And when Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation was finally complete, even the likes of Steven Spielberg was impressed with the end results.
Their venture was charted in a book called Raiders!, by Alan Eisenstock, and that book has now been optioned for the big screen by Jeremy Coon, the producer of Napoleon Dynamite. Coon intends to make two films, the first being a documentary,...
The story of two youngsters remaking Raiders Of The Lost Ark is to become a new film from the producer of Napoleon Dynamite...
It was back in 1982 that two 11-year olds, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, embarked on what would become one of the most famous, and earliest, fan films of all time. They started work on a shot for shot remake of Steven Spielberg's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, a project that would take them through until they were 18. And when Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation was finally complete, even the likes of Steven Spielberg was impressed with the end results.
Their venture was charted in a book called Raiders!, by Alan Eisenstock, and that book has now been optioned for the big screen by Jeremy Coon, the producer of Napoleon Dynamite. Coon intends to make two films, the first being a documentary,...
- 10/15/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Napoleon Dynamite producer Jeremy Coon has optioned Raiders!, the Alan Eisenstock book that tells how two Mississippi kids set out to remake Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The pals started at 11 and finished when they turned 18, and in that time managed to re-stage every scene, shot and stunt in their backyards and basements. They first shot on Betamax and then on VHS when the former became obsolete. The kid filmmakers, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, met in elementary school and are now in their early 40s. They will produce with Coon two projects and their life rights are part of the package. First, Coon intends to direct a documentary as he works to set up a narrative feature, which is essentially a movie about the making of a movie that is a remake of another movie. When Coon first saw Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation at a film festival,...
- 10/14/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Back in 1982, two 11-year-old boys, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, set off to make their own shot-for-shot remake of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark , spending a full seven years to complete what is now known as Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation . Their fan film achieved quite a bit of notice some years back, including commendations from Spielberg himself. While a narrative version of the boys' coming-of-age story has been rumored for awhile, Deadline today reports that the project is moving forward with Napoleon Dynamite 's Jeremy Coon coming aboard to produce. "Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made," a 2012 book by Alan Eisenstock about the production, is set to serve as the film's source material. At one point, Ghost World...
- 10/14/2013
- Comingsoon.net
If you're into movies and especially the Indiana Jones movies by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, then there.s a good chance you were already aware of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation , the shot-for-shot homemade version of the Steven Spielberg action classic that teenagers Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos and Jayson Lamb spent seven summers during the .80s filming, a project that lay dormant for over 12 years before it was discovered on video tape and brought to the public.s attention by Eli Roth and Harry Knowles. This past November saw the release of Alan Eisenstock's book "Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made," written with the participation of Zala and Strompolos which brings new attention to their fascinating story, one that offers lots of...
- 1/3/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Reel Ink is a new, hopefully bi-monthly column in which I’ll review a wide selection of recent books about film, covering everything from more scholarly tomes to biographies, film histories and lighter, fan appreciation type publications and whatever else of interest catches my eye.
The first column will be divided into two parts, as I’ve had such a great response from book publicists I contacted about the column that it is going to take me a little longer than anticipated to get through all the books I’ve acquired (and thanks to all who contributed review copies).
Part 1 includes a look at one of the greatest British films of the ‘60s, meditations on contemporary cinema from one of America’s most incisive film writers, an examination of some of the most troubled productions in film history, a loving photographic homage to Britain’s greatest cinema icon, the biography...
The first column will be divided into two parts, as I’ve had such a great response from book publicists I contacted about the column that it is going to take me a little longer than anticipated to get through all the books I’ve acquired (and thanks to all who contributed review copies).
Part 1 includes a look at one of the greatest British films of the ‘60s, meditations on contemporary cinema from one of America’s most incisive film writers, an examination of some of the most troubled productions in film history, a loving photographic homage to Britain’s greatest cinema icon, the biography...
- 11/28/2012
- by Ian Gilchrist
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 1982 a group of friends set out on a journey to remake Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark, shot for shot. It took them seven years to do it, but it was done. In recent years it's become a huge hit among fanboys and fangirls, who say that this is the greatest fan film ever made.
The fan film is called Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation and was made by Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala. Author Alan Eisenstock found the story behind the making of this film so interesting that he wrote a book detailing the fan film called Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. A great trailer has been released for the book, which is set to be released on November 13th.
Here's the description of the book:
In 1982, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos, eleven, asked Eric Zala, twelve, a...
The fan film is called Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation and was made by Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala. Author Alan Eisenstock found the story behind the making of this film so interesting that he wrote a book detailing the fan film called Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. A great trailer has been released for the book, which is set to be released on November 13th.
Here's the description of the book:
In 1982, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos, eleven, asked Eric Zala, twelve, a...
- 10/24/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Every scene. Every shot. Every stunt. We're taking a short tangent here to feature an outstanding trailer for a book that many movie fans should be interested in. It's called Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, and it's a complete account of the making of the greatest fan film ever made - Chris Strompolos & Eric Zala's Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, completed in 1989, a shot-for-shot remake of Spielberg's original Indiana Jones movie. You've probably heard a bit about the story, or even seen the epic fan film itself at a screening, but now you can read the full story behind it. The trailer for it comes in at a whopping 4 minutes and features some interview segments and a lot of background. Check it! Tailer for Alan Eisenstock's Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made via YouTube: Here's...
- 10/23/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Lots of kids are inspired to make their own version of a movie when they're on a high walking out of a blockbuster on a hot summer day – but Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala and took their obsession much, much further after seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. The pair set out to remake the entire Steven Spielberg classic shot-for-shot, and while making the bargain-basement film almost destroyed their friendship, the incredibly impressive final cut has reached cult status and even caught the attention of Spielberg himself.
Watch the first 10 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation Here.
"It's really something to meet your boyhood hero and find that you've chosen your heroes well, " Eric tells Et exclusively about their meeting with the Hollywood legend, describing Spielberg as "warm and paternal" and detailing how they spent 45 minutes talking about "life and movies" before he treated them to some never-before-seen Raiders outtakes. "It was a real...
Watch the first 10 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation Here.
"It's really something to meet your boyhood hero and find that you've chosen your heroes well, " Eric tells Et exclusively about their meeting with the Hollywood legend, describing Spielberg as "warm and paternal" and detailing how they spent 45 minutes talking about "life and movies" before he treated them to some never-before-seen Raiders outtakes. "It was a real...
- 9/17/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
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