Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

George Lucas (story)
Willard Huyck (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 May 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Village | Children | Palace | Thuggee | Gangster

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw	...	Wilhelmina 'Willie' Scott
Jonathan Ke Quan	...	Short Round (as Ke Huy Quan)
Amrish Puri	...	Mola Ram
Roshan Seth	...	Chattar Lal
Philip Stone	...	Captain Phillip 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	...	Earl Weber
Dr. Akio Mitamura	...	Chinese Pilot (as Akio Mitamura)
Michael Yama	...	Chinese Co-Pilot
D.R. Nanayakkara	...	Shaman
Dharmadasa Kuruppu	...	Chieftain
Stany De Silva	...	Sajnu
Ruby de Mel	...	Village Woman
Denavaka Hamine	...	Village Woman (as D.M. Denawake)
Iranganie Serasinghe	...	Village Woman (as I. Serasinghe)
Dharshana Panangala	...	Village Child
Raj Singh	...	Pankot Maharaja Zalim Singh
Frank Olegario	...	Merchant #1
Ahmed El Shenawi	...	Merchant #2
Arthur F. Repola	...	Eel Eater (as Art Repola)
Nizwar Karanj	...	Sacrifice Victim
Pat Roach	...	Chief Guard
Moti Makan	...	Guard
Mellan Mitchell	...	Temple Guard
Bhasker Patel	...	Temple Guard
Arjun Pandher	...	1st Boy in Cell
Zia Gelani	...	2nd Boy in Cell
Debbie Astell	...	Dancer
Maureen Bacchus	...	Dancer
Corinne Barton	...	Dancer
Carol Beddington	...	Dancer (as Carol Bebbington)
Sharon Boone	...	Dancer
Elizabeth Burville	...	Dancer
Marisa Campbell	...	Dancer
Christine Cartwright	...	Dancer
Andrea Chance	...	Dancer
Jan Colton	...	Dancer
Louise Dalgleish	...	Dancer
Lorraine Doyle	...	Dancer
Vanessa Fieldwright	...	Dancer
Brenda Glassman	...	Dancer
Elaine Gough	...	Dancer
Sue Hadleigh	...	Dancer
Sarah-Jane Hassell	...	Dancer
Samantha Hughes	...	Dancer
Julie Kirk	...	Dancer
Deirdre Laird	...	Dancer
Vicki McDonald	...	Dancer
Nina McMahon	...	Dancer
Julia Marstand	...	Dancer
Gaynor Martine	...	Dancer
Lisa Mulidore	...	Dancer
Dawn Reddall	...	Dancer
Rebekkah Sekyi	...	Dancer
Clare Smalley	...	Dancer
Lee Sprintall	...	Dancer
Jenny Turnock	...	Dancer
Ruth Welby	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sidney Ganis	...	Missionary (uncredited)
George Lucas	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Frank Marshall	...	Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
Anthony Powell	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg	...	Tourist at Airport (uncredited)

Directed by
Steven Spielberg

Writing credits
George Lucas		(story)
Willard Huyck		(screenplay) &
Gloria Katz		(screenplay)

Produced by
Kathleen Kennedy	....	associate producer
George Lucas	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Robert Watts	....	producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe

Film Editing by
Michael Kahn
George Lucas		(uncredited)

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Marci Liroff
Mary Selway		(as Mary Selway Buckley)

Production Design by
Elliot Scott

Art Direction by
Roger Cain
Alan Cassie		(chief art director)

Set Decoration by
Peter Howitt

Costume Design by
Anthony Powell

Makeup Department
Yvonne Curry	....	makeup artist: second unit
Linda DeVetta	....	makeup artist (as Linda De Vetta)
Lynda Gurasich	....	hair stylist: second unit
Hilary Haines	....	hair stylist: second unit
Colin Jamison	....	chief hair stylist
Janet Jamison	....	hair stylist
Dickie Mills	....	makeup artist
Connie Reeve	....	chief makeup artist: second unit
Peter Robb-King	....	key makeup artist
Tom Smith	....	makeup supervisor
John Webber	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Latham Brown	....	production manager: USA
Patricia Carr	....	production manager: UK
John Davis	....	production supervisor
Willie de Silva	....	production manager: Sri Lanka
Warren Franklin	....	production supervisor
Asoka Perera	....	unit manager: Sri Lanka
Chandran Rutnam	....	production supervisor: Sri Lanka
Pay Ling Wang	....	production manager: Macau
Vincent Winter	....	production supervisor: Macau

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Bracknell	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ian Bryce	....	second assistant director: Asian unit
Roy Button	....	second assistant director: UK
Kevin Donnelly	....	second unit director: aerial unit
Louis G. Friedman	....	second assistant director
Carlos Gil	....	assistant director: Asian unit
Steve Harding	....	second assistant director: UK
Michael Hook	....	first assistant director: second unit
Frank Marshall	....	second unit director
Michael D. Moore	....	second unit director (as Michael Moore)
Patty Chan Morrison	....	assistant director: Macau (as Patty Chan)
Ranjit H. Peiris	....	assistant director: Sri Lanka
Louis Race	....	first assistant director
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	second unit director: California (as Glenn Randall)
David Tomblin	....	assistant director
Julian Wall	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Tommy Bacon	....	property storeman
Ken Barley	....	supervising chargehand plasterer (as Kenneth Barley)
Bill Beecham	....	master painter
Robert Betts	....	stand-by painter (as Bob Betts)
Antonio Caccavale	....	stand-by painter: second unit
Kenneth Clarke	....	master plasterer
Danny Colangelo	....	property master: second unit
Richard Davis	....	model maker
Roger Dawson	....	stand-by carpenter: second unit
Joe Dipple	....	chargehand stand-by props
Micky Driscoll	....	supervising stagehand
Stan Fleming	....	storyboard artist
George Gibbons	....	stand-by stagehand
Stephen Hargreaves	....	stand-by carpenter
Bernie Hearn	....	chargehand stand-by props
Richard Holland	....	draughtsman
Charles Ixer	....	chargehand dressing props
Joe Johnston	....	art director: second unit
Errol Kelly	....	art director: Sri Lanka
George King	....	stand-by stagehand: second unit
Martin Kingsley	....	stand-by prop
John Lanzer	....	production buyer
Bert Long	....	assistant construction manager
Ted Michell	....	scenic artist
Dave Middleton	....	construction storeman
Phillip Norwood	....	storyboard artist
Andrew Probert	....	production illustrator (as Andrew G. Probert)
Michael Quinn	....	stand-by plasterer: second unit
Pete Ronzani	....	model maker
Peter Russell	....	assistant art director
Stephen Scott	....	assistant art director
Steve Short	....	stand-by prop: second unit
Ray Staples	....	stand-by plasterer
Ed Verreaux	....	production illustrator (as Edward Verreaux)
Peter Wallis	....	chargehand dressing props
Bill Welch	....	construction manager
Barry Wilkinson	....	property master
Simon Wilkinson	....	stand-by propman: second unit
Barry Wilson	....	drapes
Tony Youd	....	master carpenter (as Anthony Youd)
Tom Brown	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
John Benson	....	sound effects editor
Gloria S. Borders	....	dialogue editor
Ben Burtt	....	sound designer
Ben Burtt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Colin Charles	....	sound mixer: Sri Lanka
T.M. Christopher	....	assistant sound editor (as Tom Christopher)
Colin Dandridge	....	sound maintenance: Sri Lanka
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Sue Fox	....	sound effects editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Taffy Haines	....	sound maintenance
Howie Hammerman	....	sound engineer (as Howard W. Hammerman)
Karen Harding	....	sound assistant
Tomlinson Holman	....	sound engineer
Richard Hymns	....	dialogue editor
Tom Johnson	....	sound technician
Simon Kaye	....	sound mixer
Brian Kelly	....	sound engineer
Steve Klocksiem	....	sound assistant
Kathleen Korth	....	assistant sound editor
Laurel Ladevich	....	supervising dialogue editor
Mary Helen Leasman	....	assistant sound editor
David MacMillan	....	sound mixer: second unit
Tom Martin	....	sound technician
Michael Moore	....	assistant sound effects editor
Steve Powell	....	boom operator: second unit (as Stephen Powell)
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound technician
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Sutton	....	boom operator
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Dawn Warneking	....	sound technician
John Watson	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Weir	....	assistant sound editor
Gary Weir	....	boom operator: Sri Lanka
Kris Handwerk Wiskes	....	sound technician
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Richard Conway	....	chief special effects technician
Peter Davey	....	special effects assistant
Michael Dawson	....	special effects assistant
George Gibbs	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Ned Gorman	....	special effects: administrative staff
Steve Hamilton	....	special effects assistant (as Stephen Hamilton)
David Harris	....	floor effects supervisor: second unit
Bob Hollow	....	special effects technician
John McLeod	....	special effects technician
Brian Morrison	....	special effects technician
Trevor Neighbour	....	senior special effects technician
Kevin Pike	....	special effects supervisor: second unit, US
Rodger Shaw	....	special effects technician
David H. Watkins	....	floor effects supervisor
David H. Watkins	....	special effects coordinator: pyrotechnician
David Watson	....	senior special effects technician
Bob Wiesinger	....	chief special effects wireman
Joss Williams	....	special effects assistant
Dave Chagouri	....	special effects (uncredited)
Terence J. Cox	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Andrew Miller	....	special effects (uncredited)
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: second unit US (uncredited)
Eddie Yang	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Barbara Affonso	....	model maker
Charles Bailey	....	chief model maker (as Charlie Bailey)
Craig Barron	....	matte cameraman
Greg Beaumonte	....	engineering
David Berry	....	optical camera operator
Lance Brackett	....	stage technician
Barbara Brennan	....	effects animator
Valerie Charlton	....	modeler
Dave Childers	....	stage technician
Donald Clark	....	optical camera operator
Mike Cochrane	....	model maker
Harold Cole	....	stage technician
Dick Dova	....	stage technician
John Ellis	....	optical camera operator
Christopher Evans	....	matte artist
David Fincher	....	matte photography
Bob Finley III	....	stage technician
Robert Finley Jr.	....	miniature pyrotechnician (as Bob Finley Jr.)
Pat Fitzsimmons	....	supervising stage technician (as Patrick Fitzsimmons)
Michael Fulmer	....	chief model maker
Barbara Gallucci	....	chief model maker
Tim Geideman	....	lab technician
Bill George	....	model maker
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor
Caroleen Green	....	matte artist
Rebecca Heskes	....	effects animator (as Rebecca Petrulli)
Edward Hirsh	....	stage coordinator
Derek Howarth	....	chief modeller
Peg Hunter	....	optical line-up
Paul Huston	....	chief model maker
Ed Jones	....	optical line-up
Ira Keeler	....	model maker
Ellen E. Lichtwardt	....	effects animator
Jeff Mann	....	model maker
Scott Marshall	....	model maker
Michael J. McAlister	....	chief visual effects cameraman (as Mike McAlister)
John McLeod	....	stage technician
Ted Moehnke	....	miniature pyrotechnics
Jack Mongovan	....	effects animator
Deborah Morgan	....	matte photography
Charlie Mullen	....	animation supervisor (as Charles Mullen)
Dennis Muren	....	visual effects supervisor
Bruce Nicholson	....	optical photography supervisor
Merlin Ohm	....	stage technician
Frank Ordaz	....	matte artist
Michael Owens	....	visual effects cameraman (as Mike Owens)
Ease Owyeung	....	chief model maker
Udo Pampel	....	machine shop
Michael Pangrazio	....	matte painting supervisor
Lorne Peterson	....	modelshop supervisor
Jacques Protay	....	additional optical line-up
Thomas Rosseter	....	optical line-up
Wesley Seeds	....	model maker
Thomas G. Smith	....	general manager digital effects: ILM (as Tom Smith)
Mike Speakman	....	stage technician
Tom St. Amand	....	stop motion animation
Howard Stein	....	supervising visual effects editor
Suki Stern	....	effects animator
Peter Stolz	....	miniature pyrotechnics
Larry Tan	....	model maker
Marc Thorpe	....	model maker
Sean Turner	....	effects animator
Bruce Walters	....	head effects animator
Chuck Wiley	....	model maker

Stunts
Roy Alon	....	stunts
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt arranger: studio
Vic Armstrong	....	stunts
Dickey Beer	....	stunts (as Dickie Beer)
Peter Brace	....	stunts
Andy Bradford	....	stunts (as Andrew Bradford)
Terry Cade	....	stunts
Graeme Crowther	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunt coordinator: California unit
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunts
Terry Forestal	....	stunts (as Terry Forestall)
Marietta Gillman	....	stunts
Ted Grossman	....	stunts
Reg Harding	....	stunts
Frank Henson	....	stunts
Nick Hobbs	....	stunts
Billy Horrigan	....	stunts
Donna Keegan	....	stunts
Wendy Leech	....	stunts
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts (as Bronco McLaughlin)
Wayne Michaels	....	stunts
Gareth Milne	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunt arranger: location (as Glenn Randall)
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (as Glenn Randall)
Bill Reed	....	stunts
Doug Robinson	....	stunts
Denise Ryan	....	stunts
Felix Silla	....	stunts
Colin Skeaping	....	stunts
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts
Tip Tipping	....	stunts
Fred Washburn	....	stunts
Chuck Waters	....	stunts
Malcolm Weaver	....	stunts
Chris Webb	....	stunts
Jason White	....	stunts
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt double: Mr. Ford/Indiana Jones double #1 (uncredited)
Martin Grace	....	stunt double: Indiana Jones #2 (uncredited)
Kiran Shah	....	stunts (uncredited)
Felix Silla	....	stunt double: Short Round (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Beeson	....	additional photographer
Keith Blake	....	assistant camera: second unit
Garrett Brown	....	Steadicam photography: Sri Lanka
Tom Brown	....	rigging gaffer (as Tommy Brown)
Tony Brown	....	second assistant camera
Wally Byatt	....	camera operator: second unit
Terry Chostner	....	still photographer
John J. Connor	....	camera operator: second unit (as John Connor)
Jack Cooperman	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Allen Daviau	....	director of photography: second unit
Eamonn Dunne	....	gaffer: second unit
Eric Engler	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Martin Evans	....	gaffer
Rick Fichter	....	additional photographer
John Flemming	....	dolly grip
Joe Fulmer	....	assistant camera
Nobby Godden	....	camera maintenance
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Randy Jonsson	....	assistant camera (as Randy Johnson)
Jim Kane	....	dolly grip: second unit
Martin Kenzie	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Pat Kirkwood	....	gaffer: second unit
Colin Manning	....	dolly grip
Jeff Marks	....	still photographer: Macau
Kim Marks	....	assistant camera
Roberto McGrath	....	still photographer
Ray Meehan	....	best boy
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer: second unit (as Ralph Nelson Jr.)
Kerry Nordquist	....	still photographer
Tom Parker	....	stand-by rigger: second unit
Ken Phelps	....	key grip: second unit
Danny Shelmerdine	....	second assistant camera
John M. Stephens	....	camera operator: second unit (as John Stevens)
Pat Sweeney	....	assistant camera
Chris Tanner	....	assistant camera
Robin Vidgeon	....	assistant camera
Art Vitarelli	....	raft camera mounts: second unit
Chic Waterson	....	camera operator
David Worley	....	camera operator
Jimmy Worley	....	electrician
Wayne Baker	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit (uncredited)
Paul Borg	....	electrician (uncredited)
Paul Kenward	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
Billy Merrell	....	electrician (uncredited)
Simon Mills	....	camera loader: second unit (uncredited)
Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Nigel Seal	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ron Beck	....	wardrobe supervisor
Joanna Johnston	....	assistant costume designer
Barbara Kassel	....	wardrobe mistress: second unit
Janet Tebrooke	....	wardrobe mistress
Patrick Wheatley	....	wardrobe master
Barbara Matera	....	costumes executor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Bruce Green	....	assistant film editor
Jack Hooper	....	negative cutter
Tom Hooper	....	negative cutter
Steven Kemper	....	assistant film editor (as Steve Kemper)
Jim Schurmann	....	color timer
Colin Wilson	....	assistant film editor
Andrew Glen	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music recording consultant
Lyle J. Burbridge	....	music recording mixer (as Lyle Burbridge)
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (as Herb Spencer)
Kenneth Wannberg	....	supervising music editor
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
David Marder	....	transportation coordinator: second unit (as Dave Marder)
Vic Minay	....	transportation manager

Other crew
Karen Ayers	....	administrative staff
Kate Barker	....	assistant: Ms. Kennedy
Jane Bay	....	assistant: Mr. Lucas
Peter Bennett	....	location manager: Sri Lanka
Annie Berardini	....	secretary to producer: second unit
Patricia Blau	....	location manager (as Patty Blau)
Kris Brown	....	engineer
Arthur Carroll	....	production controller
Sean M. Casey	....	stop motion technician (as Sean Casey)
Wade Childress	....	engineer
Catherine Coombs	....	sprocket systems administration
Patrick Crane	....	assistant to producer: second unit
Michael Culling	....	animal handler (as Mike Culling)
Danny Daniels	....	choreographer
Diane Dankwardt	....	production accountant: second unit
Susan d'Arcy	....	unit publicist
Jack Dearlove	....	stand-in: Mr. Ford
Patsy de Lord	....	secretary to Mr. Spielberg (as Patsy De Lord)
Rita De Silva	....	production secretary: Sri Lanka
Geoffrey de Valois	....	administrative staff
Jeff Doran	....	laboratory technician
Karen Dube	....	administrative staff
Cheryl Durham	....	administrative staff
Chrissie England	....	administrative staff
Ceri Evans	....	script supervisor: Asian unit
Deborah Fine	....	researcher
Susan Fritz-Monahan	....	administrative staff (as Susan Monahan)
Sidney Ganis	....	marketing and promotion
Ned Gorman	....	administrative staff
Caroline Hamilton	....	assistant choreographer
Barbara Harley	....	assistant to production controller
K.C. Hodenfield	....	sprocket systems administration
Peter Howard	....	dance sequence playback arranger
Jerry Jeffress	....	engineer
Paula Karsh	....	administrative staff
James Kessler	....	sprocket systems administration
Adria Later	....	studio teacher
Red Lawrence	....	supervising rigger
Susan A. Leahy	....	administrator: sprocket systems (as Susan Leahy)
May Leung	....	location manager: Macau
Mike MacKenzie	....	engineer (as Michael MacKenzie)
Clifford Mann	....	ski unit coordinator: California
Pamela Mann	....	script supervisor (as Pamela Mann Francis)
George Marshall	....	production accountant
Tony Miller	....	assistant production accountant
Randy Ottenberg	....	stop motion technician
Larry Lee Perkins	....	aerial unit jump master
Stefano Priori	....	location accountant
Linda Rabin	....	production secretary
Bonne Radford	....	production accountant: second unit
Mary T. Radford	....	assistant: Mr. Marshall
Chris Rand	....	machine shop (as Christopher Rand)
Cristi Janaki Rathod	....	indian advisor
Arthur F. Repola	....	production coordinator (as Arthur Repola)
Ross Reynolds	....	aerial unit pilot
Louis Rivera	....	laboratory technician
Lata Ryan	....	production coordinator: second unit
Art Scholl	....	aerial unit pilot
Kathy Shine	....	administrative staff
David Sosalla	....	stop motion technician
Kathleen Switzer	....	assistant: Mr. Spielberg (as Kathleen A. Switzer)
Phil Tippett	....	effects creative consultant
Phyllis Townshend	....	script supervisor
Susan Trembly	....	marketing coordinator
Richard Vane	....	location manager: second unit
Lennard von Clemm	....	aerial unit pilot
Rebecca West	....	secretary to Mr. Watts
Janet Willis	....	studio teacher
Aaron Denney	....	stand-in: Short Round (uncredited)
Adam Samuelson	....	louma crane technician (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• Lucasfilm

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1984) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1984) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1984) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1984) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1984) (Spain) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1989) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Video (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Phillips (1992) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD) (Trilogy Box Set)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Prem'er Video Fil'm (Russia) (VHS)
• TV Asahi (2008) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Other Companies

• Air Lanka  air transportation
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Ballantine Books  novelization
• Body by Jake Inc.  physical conditioning for Mr. Ford
• Concord Records  soundtrack (2008)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• GMC Trucks and Bus  production vehicles
• Governement of Sri Lanka  thanks
• Government of Macao  thanks
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Location Caterers  catering
• Lowry Digital Images  digital restoration (2003 re-release)
• Maravia Corporation  rafts
• Mayflower Recording  adr
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  music recording
• Modern Film Effects  additional opticals
• Modern Film Effects  titles
• Monaco Laboratories  effects processing
• Norank Engineering Ltd.  metalwork
• Pan Am  air transportation
• Polydor  soundtrack (as Polydor Records and Tapes) (1984)
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Rank Film Laboratories  color
• Salon Films  facilities in Macau supplier
• Speciality Cars  Auburn Duesenberg constructor
• Sprocket Systems  post-production services
• Sri Lanka Location Services Ltd.  facilities in Sri Lanka supplier
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars
• Warner Hollywood Studios  adr

Also Known As:

Raiders 2 (USA) (working title)
The Temple of Doom (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Sinhala | Shanghainese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Portugal:M/6 (cut) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (re-rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Ireland:PG (cut) | Israel:PG | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

American River, Placerville, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Willie is caged and flipped over to face the pit of lava, you can hear the sound of a lightsaber activating when the doors open.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Indy flees from the gang of Thugees after the swordfight, he is dragging his whip behind him. Yet in the next shot when he reaches the bridge, it is rolled up neatly even though he doesn't have a free hand or time to roll it up.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Anything Goes

Temple Of Doom Does Not Need My Recommendation But Receives It Anyways, Highly.

At the beginning of 2005, I have never seen any of the Indiana Jones trilogy. Yes, I have been living under a rock, however, I decided I was going to watch them all, and soon. I watched Raiders a few weeks ago, and now, I have finished viewing Temple Of Doom as well. I have to say that I enjoyed Temple Of Doom a tad more than Raiders Of The Lost Ark. I can not compare Last Crusade yet, but will shortly.

There are many reasons I like this movie better than the first. This seemed like more of a cohesive story to me. By that, I mean Indiana does not have to cross into all kinds of different countries for all kinds of different adventures, seemingly to just fit as much in the movie as possible. Other than the opening, which is meant to introduce Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and Shorty (Jonathan Ke Quan) and bring them together with Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). Once they are in India, they stay in India. There was plenty of trouble in the one country for them to get into.

The main plot is that once Indiana and friends are stranded after a plane wreck in India, they need to get some special stones for the village. Once they find the Temple Of Doom, that is where the story really takes off and gets fun. They discover that the children of the village are slaves to the Indian Chiefs and warriors and make it a point to save them as well. Mola Ram (Amrish Puri) was a great intimidating character. This was by far his most prominent role in the U.S.

For the most part, the special effects in this movie were great, with a few minor discrepancies (not bad at all for 1984). In fact, the only reason I can really see for making the 4th installment of Indiana Jones, is to use todays technology on this great series. It is bound to have some awesome looking displays. The only thing that truly annoyed me in this film was the constant screaming by Kate Capshaw's character Willie. Man, did that ever get tiresome. Overall, a great movie which does not need my recommendation but receives it highly. 9.5/10