Posted Mon Jul 18, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT by Tom Landy
The bonus materials for the documentary on the ultimate Indy film set to be released on Blu-ray in August have now been revealed.
As previously reported, Drafthouse Films says 'Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made' will hit Blu-ray on August 16.
The true, decades-spanning tale of the greatest fan film ever made. After Steven Spielberg's classic Raiders of the Lost Ark was released 35 years ago, three 11-year-old boys from Mississippi set out on what would become a 7-year-long labor of love and tribute to their favorite film: a faithful, shot-for-shot adaptation of the action adventure film. They finished every scene...except one; the film's explosive airplane set piece. Over two decades later, the trio reunited with the original cast members from their childhood in order to complete their masterpiece. Featuring interviews with John Rhys Davies, Eli Roth and more, Raiders! is the story of the project's culmination, chronicling the friends' dedication to their artistic vision--mixed in with some movie magic--to create the greatest fan film ever made.
Special features include more than four hours on bonus content, such as dual audio commentary tracks (with Skousen & Coon as well as Strompolos & Zala), deleted scenes from the documentary, outtakes from the Adaptation, Q&A footage from the Adaptation's 2003 premiere at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, a photo booklet featuring storyboard art from the Adaptation and a free HD digital copy of the film.
You can find the latest specs for 'Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under August 16.
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