Raiders of the Golden Eyeball

[Bad Penny]

Hello all;

I hope to have "Raiders of the Golden Eyeball" online soon. Its an Indy fan film I made in high school in 1982. You can check out the story behind the film here:

http://www.mrpoesmorgue.com/

And you can view the trailer here:

http://www.mrpoesmorgue.com/getrailer.mov

[Chattar Lal]

Can't wait to see it.

Did it hurt being dragged behind a car?

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Chattar Lal
Can't wait to see it.

Did it hurt being dragged behind a car?

Frank wasn't really hurt. He destroyed a good pair of shoes, and a pair of pants, but that's it!

He was actually laying on a skateboard, with smoke pots taped underneath it!

[Chattar Lal]

Who's the guy with the nunchukkas, he's funny?

[VP]

Bad Penny! Welcome to the Raven.

[intergamer]

Originally posted by Chattar Lal
Who's the guy with the nunchukkas, he's funny?

No worries, my Australian mate.

[Rumpled Fedora]

1982, eh?
Sounds cool. Enjoy your stay at the Raven.

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Chattar Lal
Who's the guy with the nunchukkas, he's funny?

Well, he was fun to work with!

The martial artist in the clip is Matt Ursin. He's a Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, and Iaido instructor, who's also pretty good with a pair of nunchaku! I found him from his webpage,

www.ursin.org

and he was willing to come down and film a few shot inserts for my movie so I could replace the god-awful original "martial artist"!

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by VP
Bad Penny! Welcome to the Raven.

Thanks!

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Rumpled Fedora
1982, eh?
Sounds cool. Enjoy your stay at the Raven.

Thanks. Yeah, my junior year in high school. We started a sequel in '83 that we never finished, unfortunately.

[Rumpled Fedora]

How far was it from being completed?
Did you give it a name at that point?

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Rumpled Fedora
How far was it from being completed?
Did you give it a name at that point?

Yes, it was called "Raiders of the House of Death"! Indiana Jones is sent to a haunted house to "de-haunt" it. We filmed maybe 20% of it. This was in '83, and we were all about to graduate from high school, and step into the "real world". So unfortunately, we all got a bit side tracked. Frank went into the Navy, so his free time was non-existant.

I do have a full fight scene filmed between Indy and a martial artist thay's pretty good! In the "Golden Eyeball" trailer, at the beginning, Colonel Bob is saying "Good Day, Dr. Jones. The Government has an assignment for you." This was "House of Death" footage that I cobbled together to give "Golden Eyeball" a better ending.

[Rumpled Fedora]

Sounds like you had a lot of fun doing it.
Do you still have "House of Death" footage in the Bad Penny vaults?

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Rumpled Fedora
Sounds like you had a lot of fun doing it.
Do you still have "House of Death" footage in the Bad Penny vaults?

Yup! I can probably make a good trailer out of it, for a movie that will never be! I do have a full conversation scene with Colonel Bob and Indy about the House, a full fight scene, two small scenes of two people disappearing at the house, and the very beginning of Indy investigating it. That, and loads ofoutttakes and behind the scenes stuff.

I can't recall how expensive video tape was back then, but my media class teacher refused to let me keep all the outttake footage from "Golden Eyeball", because he wanted to use that tape again. He wanted to record over "House of Death" as well, when it was clear we weren't going to finish it. But I sort of...acquired it before it was recorded over!

Its amazing how well 22 year old videotape has held up. I've since transferred everything I have onto digital videotape, and have retired the originals.

[Rumpled Fedora]

Good stuff.
If you ever release a "Golden Eyball Special Edition" DVD, you could include a teaser of "House of Death"! :)

[Bad Penny]

The movie is now online. Enjoy!

http://www.mrpoesmorgue.com

[Bad Penny]

How do I get my Indy fan film "noticed" on the Fan Film Theatre? I emailed the address provided on the FFT page over a month ago, and got a message that the mailbox was full.

[Pale Horse]

I am not familar with the fan film theater, I am sorry to say. Do you have some more information about it for the left coast fans of Indy? There are many here with all sorts of knowledge of film, and they may be able to help you.

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
I am not familar with the fan film theater, I am sorry to say. Do you have some more information about it for the left coast fans of Indy? There are many here with all sorts of knowledge of film, and they may be able to help you.

The Fan Film theatre section of the main board:

http://www.theraider.net/community/theater/index.php

[Pale Horse]

I'm a little embarassed BP. I was thinking about stuff out here in the southland, and didn't even remember Gilles offer on the Raider.

Will you forgive me?

[Bad Penny]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
I'm a little embarassed BP. I was thinking about stuff out here in the southland, and didn't even remember Gilles offer on the Raider.

Will you forgive me?

Absolutely! So, what info do you need?

[Bad Penny]

So.... about that fan film theatre......?

[the Fiddler]

Lemme know if you find out, it's not looking like TF.N fanfilms is going to accept mine, so I'll want to submit it here.

[Bad Penny]

Lemme know if you find out, it's not looking like TF.N fanfilms is going to accept mine, so I'll want to submit it here.

Er, I'll let you know. I've been waiting for word from here and The Indy Experience.

[Bad Penny]

Hey Gents... Regarding getting "Golden Eyeball" announcement onto "The Raider.net" fanfilm section...

Any word on when this will happen?

[Aaron H]

Send a PM to Gilles using the Raven's messaging system.

[the Fiddler]

I got an email earlier from Giles. There should be a page available showcasing my film soon. Hope you've heard from them too, Bad Penney

[Bad Penny]

I got an email earlier from Giles. There should be a page available showcasing my film soon. Hope you've heard from them too, Bad Penney

Yes, I did. Congrats to you, Fiddler!

[the Fiddler]

Thanks, and to you 'Penny. I'm going to watch your film right now.