Indiana Jones: The kids who remade a blockbuster
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In 1982, two Mississippi boys recreated a $22m film, shot-for-shot, on their pocket money.Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala were aged 10 and 11. Their mission would take them seven years to complete, and it would push their friendship to the edge. There’d be amateur stunts, fires, visits to the emergency ward, production shut down by angry parents and many fallouts. It would swallow them whole.But decades later a lost tape would be unearthed, bringing Eric and Chris back together for their final scene and face-to-face with one of their heroes.Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Edgar Maddicott
Editor: Munazza Khan
Indiana Jones: The kids who remade a blockbuster