http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=15348
It's a pretty long article, so here's a summary.
Three kids film the movie shot-for-shot when they are around 12-13 years old, on formats like Betamax and VHS, and continue to work on the movie through college. Around 7 years later, the movie is complete and they show it to their town. After that, it sort of fades off and becomes an urban legend, with a few copies here and there. A copy falls into the writer's hand and he shows it at his film festival to cover dead time, and the audience loves it. So he gathers together the kids responsible for the movie, who hadn't seen each other in years, and does a more formal showing. He also gets a copy in Spielberg's hands.
It's a pretty good read. I don't think it's OFN, did a search.
There's a trailer at the bottom.
It's a pretty long article, so here's a summary.
Three kids film the movie shot-for-shot when they are around 12-13 years old, on formats like Betamax and VHS, and continue to work on the movie through college. Around 7 years later, the movie is complete and they show it to their town. After that, it sort of fades off and becomes an urban legend, with a few copies here and there. A copy falls into the writer's hand and he shows it at his film festival to cover dead time, and the audience loves it. So he gathers together the kids responsible for the movie, who hadn't seen each other in years, and does a more formal showing. He also gets a copy in Spielberg's hands.
It's a pretty good read. I don't think it's OFN, did a search.
There's a trailer at the bottom.
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