A group of boys in Mississippi created a shot-for-shot amateur-video remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. It took them 7 years and 1/2,000th of Paramount's original $20 million budget, even creating elaborate special effects in their parents' garage. They started in 1981 when they were 12 years old and finished when they were in college.
The movie became a cult classic and was good enough to draw the attention of Steven Spielberg, who invited them to his office at Skywalker Ranch for a screening.
Here's the full article in the Village Voice. There are also some clips of the movie on YouTube, but I'd like to see the whole thing.
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