In 1982, three 11 year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It took seven | dG1fbGVOX3BWZmRjZVE
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00:00When I went to go see Raiders of the Lost Ark, it really just kind of split my brain
00:16in half, and I wanted nothing more than to play Indiana Jones.
00:22Chris told me, Mom, I want to make a movie, and there's this kid at school that is a filmmaker,
00:28and that was Eric.
00:30It's recording, right?
00:34We committed having no idea what we were getting into.
00:37Action!
00:38That's probably the widest Indian you've ever seen in your life.
00:48We lit that whole wall on fire.
00:50Action!
00:51Movie magic, folks.
00:55The first big break in our friendship was over a girl.
00:59How could he?
01:00They didn't want to do it anymore.
01:01They both went their separate ways.
01:02I'll never work with that guy again.
01:03Done.
01:04Eli Roth somehow got a copy and gave it to Harry Knowles.
01:15He was like, Harry, I brought you something for the festival.
01:17It's Raiders of the Lost Ark remade shot for shot by 11-year-old kids in 1982.
01:23That sounds awesome.
01:24Oh, these kids are acting out the first scene of Raiders.
01:27Let's watch.
01:28You can see it's the idol and the ball starts to roll.
01:30I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
01:32You're not just watching Raiders, but you're rooting for the kids to succeed.
01:36The tape brings the house down.
01:38Afterwards, everyone was just talking about this tape.
01:40What happened to these kids?
01:42We just did this film for ourselves.
01:44Life had other plans.
01:45Eric and I are reuniting to shoot the airplane scene at long last.
01:50They're obsessed.
01:51Nature propels us to complete things.
01:53You can see, this ain't done with love.
01:58Every frame, you can see that.
02:01It's mesmerizing.
02:02We kind of missed out on our childhood, but the whole time we realized we were filming
02:06our childhood.
02:07And action.
02:08Francisco, stop.
02:09We are currently dealing with the plane.
02:10Ready for air.
02:11Let's set the camera.
02:12Will you watch the rehearsal?
02:13You work so hard for this.
02:14I'm going to kill you.
02:15I just can't see them ever stopping.
02:17Is he okay?
02:18I mean, did anybody get hurt in the making of this film?