Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation creators Chris Strompolos, Jayson Lamb and Eric Zala will be presenting their film at the Spudfest Film Festival in Idaho next week. There are three screenings of Raiders: The Adaptation planned for next week.
Here follow the show times:

• Thursday, August 5th - 12:45PM at the Grand Targhee Resort
• Friday, August 6th - 10:45AM at the Grand Targhee Resort
• Saturday, August 7th - 11:15AM at Pierre's Playhouse

Visit Spudfest.org for more screening & location information and tickets.

A big thanks to Chris Strompolos for letting us know.

The AtomFilms site has a fun Star Wars fan film that is worth checking out! The film, Carbonite Confusion, is about Han Solo awakened from his carbonite slumber by a mysterious figure -- a popular character from the Indiana Jones films! And I'm not telling who! You can find out for yourself here.

The animated Star Wars fan film Carbonite Confusion is one of the finalists of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards, the official destination for spoofs and documentaries created by Star Wars fans, is operated by AtomFilms in partnership with Lucasfilm.
Click here to find out more about these awards and other finalists.

Thanks to Isaac Zisman for letting me know!

There is a new Indiana Jones fansite online! IndyQuest.nl is a website created to aid fellow Indyfans in their quest for props. The site will be giving detailed tutorials and images assisting those who would like to make there own props.
And their first tutorial is online now. Click here to find out how you can make your own Zippo lighter, Elsa Schneider's lighter from in the Last Crusade.

IndyQuest.nl is certainly worth checking out as it will be frequently updated with new information and prop tutorials!

I have received some very sad news. BBC NEWS reported that actor Pat Roach has died from cancer aged 67 yesterday morning.

The British Pat Roach was a wrestler and after his first appearance in the Stanley Kubrick's film Barry Lyndon, Pat went on to gain parts in many blockbuster movies including the three Indiana Jones films, Willow, Conan The Destroyer, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Bond film Never Say Never Again. Pat also played the popular character Bomber in the drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, which recently screened its fourth series set in Havana, Cuba.
Pat Roach was one of Spielberg's favorite actors on the Indiana Jones films in which Pat played 4 different villains. He played the Giant Sherpa & 1st Mechanic in Raiders of the Lost Ark, he was the Chief Thuggee Guard in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and had a brief appearance in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as a Gestapo agent.

Pat Roach died during the early hours on Saturday, biographer and family friend Shirley Thompson said. "This is to confirm the news that Pat Roach passed away at 1.20am today, Saturday 17 July, 2004, after a long struggle with cancer," a family statement said.
After his battle with cancer was first revealed in January Roach's declining health meant he was unable to take part in the latest installment of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, currently being filmed in Thailand. Franc Roddam, creator and executive producer of the show said the news would be a "huge blow" for everyone involved in the production. "Pat was a wonderful, wise and gentle man much loved by all the series' other actors and we're all devastated by his death."

Thanks to Carsten for letting us know. Visit BBC NEWS for more info.

Joshua Meeter, creator of the clay animation fan film The Award Showdown, has let me know that IFILM is now the permanent home for his loving dedication to the filmmakers and their fans around the world.

Jushua's The Award Showdown animation film has also been combined with its previously unreleased sequel The Filmmakers Strike Back, and now runs to a total of 15 minutes.

The Award Showdown synopsis:
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas summon their lifetime of creations in a clash of the movie making titans. This long awaited showdown will determine who will embrace the coveted award trophy for a Lifetime of
Achievements.

Click here to view The Award Showdown online at IFILM. Or you can also go to the Comic-Con Film Festival next week in San Diego, California where The Award Showdown will also be screened.

For more details you can visit www.meetervision.com.

Thanks to Joshua Meeter for letting us know!

I have received more information on more Indiana Jones films screenings for this summer. Here follows a list of new screenings:

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is playing this weekend at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio to kick off the 35th season of the CAPA Summer Movie Series.

• On Thursday, July 22nd, Hamilton's Movies Under The Stars in Hamilton, NJ - Mercer County, will be screening Raiders of the Lost Ark. The film starts at dusk and there's no cost to attend! (Rain date: 7/29/04)

• On Wednesday July 28th at 8pm, The Arclight in Hollywood, CA will be screening Raiders of the Lost Ark as part of the on going AFI 100 Years 100 Films retrospective. Tickets are on sale now.

• On August 28th the Outdoor Cinema in Olympia, Washington will be screening Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Show times are at dusk but the lot opens at 7:30 PM.

Thanks to Keith Workman, John Vollaro and 'The Filmmaven' for the info.

Chris Stompolos had let us know that NPR's Morning Edition ran a piece on his Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation film. Unfortunately I received the news too late to warn you about the radio show in time. But that's no longer a problem as you can now listen to the Morning Edition radio interview featuring Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb on NPR's website.

Click here to go to the website and then scroll down to the bottom of the page. There you look for the title Kids' Quest to Remake Raiders of the Lost Ark, and click on the title to listen to the streaming audio file.

Many thanks to Chris Stompolos for letting us know.

In 1981 we were introduced to Alfred Molina as the character Satipo, the guide who betrays Indy at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. In that sequence we saw Molina standing petrified in the cobweb-lined passageway as Indy calmly brushes spiders from his back and shoulders. This scene was his big screen debut, by the way!

And now 23 years later, Alfred Molina is back in a BIG summer movie... again having problems with a Spider(-Man)! That's right, Molina plays famous villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2.

CNN.com has an Alfred Molina's trouble with spiders article about Molina's acting career and his troubles with spiders. Worth checking out!

IndyGear.com has a new and very exciting feature added to they pages. They are honored to welcome Dr. David Reynolds onto their staff and his serialized diary detailing The Archaeology of Indiana Jones.

This series of articles written by Dr. Reynolds tell about his own journeys to the many film & archaeology locations from the Indiana Jones films. In the first article, Dr. Reynolds takes a lot at the facts behind the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He talks about the Chachapoyan warriors and the Paramount peak that opened the film.

You don't want to miss the first part of The Archaeology of Indiana Jones! Two thumbs up for the IndyGear.com crew!