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Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Willard Huyck (screenplay) &
Gloria Katz (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 May 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure more

Tagline:

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

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. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 17 nominations more

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(30 articles)

PG-13 at 25: Will the Movies Ever Grow Up (Again)?
 (From Huffington Post. 11 November 2009, 1:30 PM, PST)

Birthday Suit: Dolph 'the biggest one' Lundgren
 (From FilmExperience. 3 November 2009, 7:06 PM, PST)

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Prequel to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" more (414 total)


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 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 ... Weber
Dr. Akio Mitamura ... Chinese Pilot (as Akio Mitamura)
Michael Yama ... Chinese Co-Pilot
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

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

118 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1 more

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 (PCA #27401) | West Germany:16


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Shots of mining-car roller-coaster ride were done with models and a 35mm camera modified to hold extra film. more

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Continuity: At the beginning of Willie's sacrifice scene, take note of the many necklaces she is wearing when she is first brought to the altar. However, in the very next shot the necklaces have all disappeared. more

Quotes:

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

Referenced in "Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Lasagna (#4.16)" (2009) more

Soundtrack:

Anything Goes more


FAQ

Has the out-take with Carrie Fisher and Barbara Streisand ever been released?
Why has the movie been cut in the UK?
What scene(s) did Dan Aykroyd play? I never found him.
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76 out of 102 people found the following comment useful.
Prequel to "Raiders of the Lost Ark", 24 March 2002
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Author: jhaggardjr from Chicago, Illinois

It's funny to call "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" a followup to "Raiders of the Lost Ark". This film is a prequel to the 1981 smash hit, a movie where the events that take place actually took place before the events in "Raiders". Notice at the beginning of "Raiders" that the year is 1936. In "Temple of Doom", the year is 1935. See what I mean? "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is another rollercoaster ride of a movie brought to life by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Harrison Ford is back as archaeologist Indiana Jones who this time searches for a sacred stone that was stolen from an Indian village. Along for the ride is American singer/entertainer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw, aka Mrs. Steven Spielberg) and little Chinese sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan). On their way to finding the stone they stumble across a palace that leads to the gateway of the Temple of Doom run by an evil Thugee cult. The action and special effects are first-rate as you would expect, though the story is a tad weaker than it was in "Raiders". Plus, Capshaw's performance leaves something to be desired. She goes so far over-the-top in some scenes that you'd wish Karen Allen would show up as Marion. Nevertheless, Capshaw isn't all that bad. She does make an impression during the times when she's not screaming. But Ke Huy Quan (now known as Jonathan Ke Quan) comes off better as Indy's young sidekick. The following year he starred in the Spielberg produced Richard Donner directed "The Goonies", but then didn't appear in much after that. "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is great fun only if you can get by Kate Capshaw's simpering wimpering character or the over-the-top violence. I found it to be exciting from beginning to end.

***1/2 (out of four)

POINT OF INTEREST: this was the film that lead to the creation of the PG-13 rating in 1984 (along with Spielberg's other 1984 movie "Gremlins"). Both "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Gremlins" feature violence that most people felt was too strong for a PG rating, though the MPAA felt that it wasn't strong enough to merit an R rating (other Spielberg movies that got PG ratings that were quite intense were "Jaws", "Poltergeist", and the original "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). So after "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Gremlins" opened in theaters at the beginning of the summer movie season of 1984 and became two of that year's biggest hits, the MPAA realized a new rating had to be created. The PG-13 rating was born. In August 1984, the first movies were released with the new PG-13 rating ("Red Dawn" and "The Woman in Red"). It's not a new rating anymore. The PG-13 rating has held up very well these last 18 years and it'll still go strong in the years to come. But I'll always remember "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" as the leading factor to the creation of the PG-13 rating.

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