Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Willard Huyck (screenplay), Gloria Katz (screenplay),

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan

Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harrison Ford	...	Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw	...	Willie Scott
Jonathan Ke Quan	...	Short Round (as Ke Huy Quan)
Amrish Puri	...	Mola Ram
Roshan Seth	...	Chattar Lal (as Rushan Seth)
Philip Stone	...	Captain Blumburtt
Roy Chiao	...	Lao Che
David Yip	...	Wu Han
Ric Young	...	Kao Kan
Chua Kah Joo	...	Chen
Rex Ngui	...	Maitre d'
Philip Tan	...	Chief Henchman (as Philip Tann)
Dan Aykroyd	...	Weber
Akio Mitamura	...	Chinese Pilot
Michael Yama	...	Chinese Co-Pilot

Storyline

Set in 1935, a professor, archaeologist, and legendary hero by the name of Indiana Jones is back in action in his newest adventure. But this time he teams up with a night club singer named Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott and a twelve-year-old boy named Short Round. They end up in an Indian small distressed village, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all their children away after a sacred precious stone was stolen! They also discovered the great mysterious terror surrounding a booby-trapped temple known as the Temple of Doom! Thuggee is beginning to attempt to rise once more, believing that with the power of all five Sankara stones they can rule the world! Now, it's all up to Indiana to put an end to the Thuggee campaign, rescue the lost children, win the girl and conquer the Temple of Doom.

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Plot Keywords:

village | children | palace | temple | indiana jones | 

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Taglines:

The man in the hat is back...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

indianajones.com [us] MySpace.com

Country:

USA

Language:

English Sinhalese

Release Date:

23 May 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Indiana Jones 2

Filming Locations:

University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$179,870,271 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mola Ram's chantings of "Maaro maaro sooar ko, chamdi nocho pee lo khoon" literally translated from Hindi is "Kill, Kill the pig, flay his skin, drink his blood".

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Goofs

When Indy and the group first reach Pankot palace and speak with the Prime Minister, Willie is barefoot. Immediately afterwards, the group enters the palace for the first time and Willie is shown wearing shoes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Wu Han: [to Indy] Be careful.

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Crazy Credits

The Paramount mountain dissolves into a mountain on a gong. Kate Capshaw's hands obscure the words 'starring in', after which her entire body obscures the "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" title.

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Connections

Referenced in Scooby-Doo (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Anything Goes"
(1934)
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Performed by Kate Capshaw (uncredited)

User Reviews

Why is this one the darkhorse?

Temple of Doom may not be as good as Raiders, but it doesn't deserve all this negative flak. The story is a little darker but that doesn't take anything away from the film. It makes the situation that much more dire. John Williams' score infuses the sacrifice sequence with a sense of building dread. The chanting, the heavy drums all building into a wild climax of heart burning and lava filled mayhem. The mine car chase is wild fun and Indy's bridge manuver is one hell of a climax. Still don't know why everyone's so down on this movie.