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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
483K
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POPULARITY
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Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, and Ke Huy Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
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A skirmish in Shanghai puts archaeologist Indiana Jones, his partner Short Round and singer Willie Scott crossing paths with an Indian village desperate to reclaim a rock stolen by a secret ... Read allA skirmish in Shanghai puts archaeologist Indiana Jones, his partner Short Round and singer Willie Scott crossing paths with an Indian village desperate to reclaim a rock stolen by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.A skirmish in Shanghai puts archaeologist Indiana Jones, his partner Short Round and singer Willie Scott crossing paths with an Indian village desperate to reclaim a rock stolen by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
483K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
754
168
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    • Director
      • Steven Spielberg
    • Writers
      • Willard Huyck(screenplay by)
      • Gloria Katz(screenplay by)
      • George Lucas(story by)
    • Stars
      • Harrison Ford
      • Kate Capshaw
      • Ke Huy Quan
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Steven Spielberg
    • Writers
      • Willard Huyck(screenplay by)
      • Gloria Katz(screenplay by)
      • George Lucas(story by)
    • Stars
      • Harrison Ford
      • Kate Capshaw
      • Ke Huy Quan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 773User reviews
    • 174Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 11 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Indiana Jones
    Kate Capshaw
    Kate Capshaw
    • Willie Scott
    Ke Huy Quan
    Ke Huy Quan
    • Short Round
    Amrish Puri
    Amrish Puri
    • Mola Ram
    Roshan Seth
    Roshan Seth
    • Chattar Lal
    • (as Rushan Seth)
    Philip Stone
    Philip Stone
    • Captain Blumburtt
    Roy Chiao
    Roy Chiao
    • Lao Che
    David Yip
    David Yip
    • Wu Han
    Ric Young
    Ric Young
    • Kao Kan
    Chua Kah Joo
    • Chen
    Rex Ngui
    • Maitre d'
    Philip Tan
    Philip Tan
    • Chief Henchman
    • (as Philip Tann)
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Weber
    Akio Mitamura
    • Chinese Pilot
    Michael Yama
    Michael Yama
    • Chinese Co-Pilot
    D.R. Nanayakkara
    D.R. Nanayakkara
    • Shaman
    Dharmadasa Kuruppu
    • Chieftain
    Stany De Silva
    • Sajnu
    • Director
      • Steven Spielberg
    • Writers
      • Willard Huyck(screenplay by)
      • Gloria Katz(screenplay by)
      • George Lucas(story by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      For the bug chamber sequence, Kate Capshaw was really covered with over two thousand insects. She took sedatives prior to the scene to get over her initial fear, and claimed "they definitely worked".
    • Goofs
      Although they might be consumed in some parts of Southeast Asia, snakes, insects, and monkey brains would never be served in India (and especially not in the palace of a Hindu king or "maharaja") due to very strict Hindu and Islamic dietary codes. In fact, a significant portion of Indians (mostly Hindus) are strict vegetarians due to those religious dietary restrictions.
    • Quotes

      Short Round: Wow! Holy Smoke! Crash landing!

      Indiana Jones: Short Round, step on it.

      Short Round: Okey dokey, Dr. Jones.

      [turns his cap around]

      Short Round: Hold on to your potatoes!

      Willie: For crying out loud, there's a *kid* driving the car!

    • 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.
    • Alternate versions
      To avoid a '15' certificate in the UK (with the sacrificial ceremony said to be bordering on '18', according to a letter sent by the BBFC to UIP in 1984), the BBFC cut 1 minute 6 secs from the film and later said that it was one of the strongest PG ratings they had ever issued. Among the cuts made were a heart ripped from a sacrificial victim and his lowering into the blazing pit, edits to a whipping scene and the fight between Indiana and the overseer, and the removal of a shot of a man's head hitting the side of a cliff. The line "Leave him alone, you bastards" was changed to "Leave him alone" and sounds of screams and violence were also considerably reduced. This PG rated print was the only version available in the UK for many years until October 2012, when the cuts were fully waived for the 12 rated Blu-Ray release.
    • Connections
      Edited into Muppet Babies: Raiders of the Lost Muppet (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Anything Goes
      Music by Cole Porter

      Lyrics by Cole Porter

      Performed by Kate Capshaw

    User reviews773

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    Top review
    6/10
    An entertaining experience, but unable to match the sheer brilliance of the original.
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the second of the Indy films from director Steven Spielberg, though chronologically it is actually the first. This prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark tries to out-do its predecessor for breakneck spills and gross-out moments, but the sparkle isn't quite there. It's an entertaining film for sure, but not as good as the original, partially because the plotting this time round is a little awkward and partially because Kate Capshaw as the main female character is an almighty irritation.

    The film opens in a Shanghai restaurant, where Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) causes a riot in pursuit of a diamond. Fleeing the scene with American singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and teenaged pick-pocket Short Round (Ke Huy Quan), he escapes to the airport. However, Indy and his companions unwittingly board an airplane owned by one of Indy's enemies, from which they have to make an audacious mid-air escape when the real pilots bail out mid-flight! Soon, the intrepid trio find themselves in India, where they come across a village in the grip of starvation. The village children have been kidnapped by local cultists to work in a mine, digging for the sacred Sankara Stones, and Indy is persuaded by the distraught villagers to rescue their youngsters. His quest takes him to the opulent Pankot Palace and, beneath it and beyond a maze of tunnels, the Temple of Doom.

    Ford is great as Jones, bringing genuine charisma to a role that he was born to play (can you imagine how things would have turned out if Tom Selleck had got the part, as originally planned?) There are some great moments along the way too, including the intentionally subversive opening sequence in Shanghai, a particularly funny and exciting runaway mine-train sequence, and an unforgettable banquet at Pankot Palace in which the food served up is enough to churn any stomach. But Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom still can't live up to the standard set by Raiders of the Lost Ark. As mentioned, Capshaw is a real pain on the senses as the always-squealing heroine, and the plot seems to over-stretch in an effort to link to the next development or set piece. The hunt-for-the-missing-children plot device allows Spielberg to dip into the kind of cloying sentimentality that occasionally mars his films too. This is certainly an entertaining and professionally assembled film, but in no way a rival or an equal to the excellence of its predecessor.
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    • Sep 9, 2004

    FAQ27

    • Aside from the scene on the rope bridge, does anyone ever use Mola Ram's name in the film?
    • After Indy retrieves the vial of antidote from Willie, he really has no more use for her, and she obviously doesn't care for him. Why, then, does she follow him into the plane and stay with him throughout the movie? Why didn't Indy leave her in Shanghai?
    • Who were all of those people in the Temple on the other side of the lava pit?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Sinhala
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Indiana Jones 2
    • Filming locations
      • Sri Lanka
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Lucasfilm
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $28,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $179,870,271
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $25,337,110
      • May 27, 1984
    • Gross worldwide
      • $333,107,271
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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