The Raiders Guys are back!
We hosted Chris and Eric back in 2012, just as Alan Eisenstock’s awesome tell-all book was hitting store shelves. The duo is well known as the creators of the ‘best fan film ever made’, as they took seven years (yep, seven) of their childhood to painstakingly recreate almost every shot of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Here’s more info about the film, via the trailer for the book:
Chris and Eric shot every single scene, and every single stunt from the film, minus one. Eric explains “The Flying Wing Scene. Yep, that awesome sequence where Indy fights the bald Nazi under the moving airplane. In our ten years of screenings, people have been urging us to do it. And so, the idea of adding the ultimate mythological bookend to our childhood saga has brought us back together – the team is stronger than ever. ”
Now, after 25 years, and as a set piece for Jeremy Coon’s upcoming documentary about the adaptation, Chris, Eric, and the rest of the Raiders Adaptation crew want to complete the film… but they need our help. They would love to hit their stretch goal of $125,000, but their Kickstarter goal is a meager $50,000, and with 29 days to go they’re already over 10% of the way there.
As always, there are amazing rewards up for grabs here, including digital downloads of the film (old and new editions), DVD’s, books, t-shirts, storyboards, even props or a screening in your city.
Check out the Kickstarter video for the campaign below, and let us know if you’ll be backing this incredible project. Have you had a chance to see the adaptation yet?