Raiders of the Lost Ark: THE ADAPTATION

One Night Only!! Thursday, July 5 @ 7:15PM

Filmmaker Eric Zala in Person!

$12 Members & Students / $15 Public / Followed by Q&A and Reception Advanced Tix Recomended / No Refunds / Call the Cinema @ 631-423-7611 for Reservations and Further Info

It’s 1981. Raiders of the Lost Ark hits the big screen, wowing audiences the world over—especially three twelve-year old boys who conceive the impossible: create a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders. IT WOULD TAKE THEM SEVEN YEARS. Boy Scout uniforms become Nazi costumes, the Mississippi backwoods double for the Amazon rainforest, and Mom’s basement transforms into a Tibetan tavern (which nearly burns down). The boys’ passion and enthusiasm are contagious, but part of the fun is watching them hit puberty. Voices change, actors appear short in one scene, tall in the next. The guy playing Indy even shared his first-ever kiss on-screen with Marion!

For obvious reasons, Raiders: The Adaptation has screened publicly in only a handful of venues, always wowing the audience—especially Steven Spielberg. The filmmakers (who are now in their mid-30s) recently sold their life story to Paramount Pictures and producer Scott Rudin (The Truman Show, School of Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums). Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Daniel Clowes just completed the script as a potential project for director Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World, Bad Santa.)

Produced and Curated for the Cinema Arts Centre by Alan Hofmanis

 

Stay and See the Original! Raiders of the Lost Ark @ 10:00PM (separate admission)