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The Projection Booth Podcast

Special Report: Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2016

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made documents the making of the shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark by a group of high school kids from Mississippi. Filmmakers Tim Skousen & Jeremy discuss the making of the documentary about the making of the fan film about Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.5

Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.

0:07.1

We met a pair of young movie makers who are filming their own version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

0:11.6

Their summer project is the subject of tonight's page 13.

0:19.9

It's become a cult favorite.

0:22.0

They used real snakes, did their own stunts,

0:24.7

and nearly burnt down their mom's house.

0:29.2

I don't know how to explain this, but it's Raiders the Lost Ark remade, shot for shot by 11-year-old kids in 1982.

0:35.6

I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.

0:38.8

Just the idea that these two guys

0:41.2

were able to make this

0:43.2

movie over a period of seven years

0:45.2

to me is absolutely mind-boggling.

0:47.0

They were in college by the time

0:49.1

it was spinning.

0:50.6

He's got that much time and energy.

0:53.6

The fact that they didn't burn down the house is a miracle

0:58.1

seems like a good example of bad parenting you're not just watching raiders you're rooting

1:03.1

for the kids to succeed it's the best feeling ever had in my life we kind of missed out our

1:08.1

childhood but the whole time we realized we're filming our childhood.

1:13.1

Once that became part of their lives, it's almost as if they've never been able to shake it even up until now.

1:23.1

After we finished, I would have a recurring dream that somewhere we would be shooting the airplane scene.

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