Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Co-presented with Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Filmmaker Chris Strompolos in Attendance
Friday, February 28, 7:30pm
Location: Brown Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Aurora and MFAH members $7, non-members $9 
Tickets available at http://www.mfah.org/films/

A shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark produced and directed by three boys from the Mississippi Gulf Coast – over 20 years ago. The trio of twelve year olds began shooting in the summer of 1982 and wrapped seven years later.  This remake has everything -- the rolling boulder, the live snakes, the heart-thudding truck sequence, and everywhere flames, flames, flames. With a few inventive substitutions -- a puppy dog stands in for a monkey, a boat for a plane – they didn’t skimp on production value by including a submarine, a truck on fire, a melting face, the same copy of a 1936 Life magazine used in the original. Chris will also be the juror for the first Extremely Young Film Festival which takes place on March 1st.

Chris Strompolos was born in Arlington Heights Illinois, raised in Biloxi, Mississippi and has lived and traveled all over the world.  On the Mississippi Gulf Coast from 1982 - 1989 while remaking "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in the summers, Chris developed a passion for acting and producing.  Chris lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Monica. They have one daughter.  Chris is currently producing a slate of films, adapting a book, touring with a new biography called Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made and working on a third album.