Funk Babblings

This one's for chronarchy....

This morning on the radio I heard about a film that will be shown tonight and tomorrow night at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque:
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

After seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, three 12 year old friends, Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb, began filming their own shot-by-shot adaptation in the backyards of their Mississippi homes.

Seven years later their film was in the can.

Fourteen years later, in 2003, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin Texas was proud to announce the theatrical world premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation.

Apparently copyright and trademark restrictions require that all showings are for non-profits, so you won't find this at your local commercial theater or on DVD. Catch it when and where you can.

See also information at TheIndyExperience.com.

(And why did the WKSU reporter keep skipping the word "Institute" in the venue name this morning?)