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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Year:

1984

Duration:

118 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 19 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-05-23

Filming Locations: University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $28,000,000

Opening Weekend: $33,936,113 (USA) (28 May 1984)

Gross: $179,870,271 (USA) (16 June 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Amrish Puri

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones

Kate Capshaw

Willie Scott

Jonathan Ke Quan

Short Round

Roshan Seth

Chattar Lal

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

D.R. Nanayakkara

Shaman

Dharmadasa Kuruppu

Chieftain

Stany De Silva

Sajnu

Ruby de Mel

Village Woman (as Ruby De Mel)

Denavaka Hamine

Village Woman (as D.M. Denawake)

Iranganie Serasinghe

Village Woman (as I. Serasinghe)

Dharshana Panangala

Village Child

Raj Singh

Little Maharaja

Frank Olegario

Merchant #1

Ahmed El Shenawi

Merchant #2 (as Ahmed El-Shenawi)

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

Dickey Beer

Thuggee in Railway Chase / Thuggee Knocked Off Ledge / Thuggee on Bridge (uncredited)

Sidney Ganis

Missionary

George Lucas

Missionary

Frank Marshall

Tourist at Airport

Anthony Powell

Missionary

Steven Spielberg

Tourist at Airport

Did you know?

Trivia

For the DVD release, over 970,000 frames were cleaned up by Lowry Digital Images, the same company that cleaned up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), North by Northwest (1959) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) for DVD.

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Over 240 70mm prints of the film were made - the largest number ever for a single release.

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Steven Spielberg: [hat] grabbing fallen hat under an descending door at last minute.

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Goofs

The Tri-Motor instrument panel shows two flight navigation instruments that would not have existed at the time of the film. One was an RMI or radio-magnetic indicator the other was a VOR OBI or omni-bearing-indicator. Both use radio beacons that were not in use until the '50s.

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In the first Thuggee ceremony scene, the skull in the center is alternately lit and unlit.

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In the fight between Indiana and the two swordfighters, Indiana whips one of the fighters' swords down the mountain. In the next cut he picks up the same sword.

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Quotes

Willie: [being lowered over a sacrificial pit] I'm not going to have anything nice to say about this place when I get back!

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Lao Che: So it's true? You've found Nurhachi?

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Indiana Jones: "Palace slave"...

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Faq

What ever happened to Short Round?

He immigrates to the United States with Jones following his adventure. The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones, published in 2008, detailed that Short Round became an archaeologist and tracked down the Peacock's Eye (the diamond from Doom's opening sequence) to Niihau.

During their flight across China, we see the plane flying over the Great Wall. How is that possible when they left from Shanghai which is over 700 miles south?

The shot of the Great Wall is likely included just for dramatic effect during the "red line" travel. The Great Wall is an iconic symbol of Chinese culture and history and was used for that reason. Also, the red line clearly shows the flight path from Shanghai toward the Himalayan Mountains, and it makes no diversion to the north.

Is this a sequel or a prequel to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'?

It is a prequel. It's the second movie in the series, but the events in the movie are set in 1935, about a year before those in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was set in 1936. A title at the beginning of Temple of Doom confirms this when it reads "Shanghai, 1935."

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