 This is a shot-for-shot remake of the original _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv), made by three teen-age boys in Mississippi over the course of seven years. Their production wrapped in 1989, and was shelved and forgotten until 2003 when a copy fell into the hands of  Eli Roth  (qv) (writer/director of _Cabin Fever (2002)_ (qv) who passed on a copy to  Steven Spielberg  . Spielberg congratulated the boys on their hard work, and said he looks forward to seeing their names on the big screen.  Scott Rudin  (qv) and Paramount have purchased the trio s life rights and will be producing a film based on their adventures making their remake, known as _Untitled Daniel Clowes Project (2006)_ (qv).