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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Plot

The second of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984). After a brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand: retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. His companions this time around include a dimbulbed, easily frightened nightclub chanteuse (Kate Capshaw), and a feisty 12-year-old kid named Short Round (Quan Ke Huy). Throughout, the plot takes second place to the thrills, which include a harrowing rollercoaster ride in an abandoned mineshaft and Indy's rescue of the heroine from a ritual sacrifice. There are also a couple of cute references to Raiders of the Lost Ark, notably a funny variation of Indy's shooting of the Sherpa warrior. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Review

Bigger, busier, louder, and far less satisfying than Raiders of the Lost Ark, this first sequel (or, chronologically speaking, prequel) starts with a bang but then indulges in some serious miscalculations. After saddling Harrison Ford with a whiny love interest (Kate Capshaw) and a cloying young sidekick, the film then plunges them all into a grim, subterranean adventure with few of the globe-trotting thrills of the original. The movie, somewhat understandably, stirred controversy at the time of its release for its violence, gross-out gags, and general darkness. While the furor was exaggerated, all those grim deaths and enslaved children do kind of put a damper on the fun. Even so, a Spielberg-directed adventure can only plunge so far, and the director delivers the goods in numerous set pieces, though the series itself did not recover until 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. ~ Keith Phipps, Rovi

Cast

Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw - Willie Scott
Amrish Puri - Mola Ram
Roshan Seth - Chattar Lal

Philip Stone - Capt. Blumburtt; Roy Chiao - Lao Che; David Yip - Wu Han; Ric Young - Kao Kan; Chua Kah Joo - Chen; Rex Ngui - Maitre d'; Philip Tann - Chief Henchman; Dan Aykroyd - Weber; Pat Roach - Chief guard; Stany de Silva - Sanju; Lorraine Doyle - Dancer; D.R. Nanayakkara - Shaman; Frank Olegario - Merchant; Jonathan Ke Quan - Short Round; Michael Yama - Chinese Copilot; Moti Makan - Guard; Akio Mitamura - Chinese Pilot; Mellan Mitchell - Temple Guard; Bhasker Patel - Temple Guard

Credit

Roger Cain - Art Director, Joe Johnston - Art Director, Errol Kelly - Art Director, Kathleen Kennedy - Associate Producer, Mary Selway - Casting, Marci Liroff - Casting, Mike Fenton - Casting, Jane Feinberg - Casting, Danny D. Daniels - Choreography, Phil Tippett - Consultant/advisor, Arthur Repola - Coordinator, Joanna Johnston - Costume Designer, Anthony Powell - Costume Designer, David Tomblin - First Assistant Director, David Bracknell - First Assistant Director, Carlos Gil - First Assistant Director, Steven Spielberg - Director, Frank Marshall - Second Unit Director, Glenn Randall - Second Unit Director, Kevin Donnelly - Second Unit Director, Michael Moore - Second Unit Director, Michael Kahn - Editor, George Lucas - Executive Producer, Frank Marshall - Executive Producer, John Williams - Composer (Music Score), Peter Howard - Musical Arrangement, Tom Smith - Makeup, Wally Byatt - Camera Operator, Alan Cassie - Production Designer, Elliot Scott - Production Designer, Paul Beeson - Cinematographer, Allen Daviau - Cinematographer, Douglas Slocombe - Cinematographer, Vincent Winter - Production Manager, Patricia Carr - Production Manager, Asoka Perera - Production Manager, Robert Watts - Producer, Peter Howitt - Set Designer, Dennis Muren - Special Effects, Simon Kaye - Sound Mixer, Colin Charles - Sound Mixer, Ben Burtt - Sound/Sound Designer, Andrew Bradford - Stunts, Ted Grossman - Stunts, Doug Robinson - Stunts, Felix Silla - Stunts, Rocky Taylor - Stunts, Roy Alon - Stunts, Peter Brace - Stunts, Dean Raphael Ferrandini - Stunts, Wendy Leech - Stunts, Gareth Milne - Stunts, Greg Powell - Stunts, Bill Reed - Stunts, Denise Ryan - Stunts, Colin Skeaping - Stunts, Tip Tipping - Stunts, Chuck Waters - Stunts, Jason White - Stunts, Graeme Crowther - Stunts, Frank Henson - Stunts, Billy Horrigan - Stunts, Chris Webb - Stunts, Wayne Michaels - Stunts, Nick Hobbs - Stunts, Malcolm Weaver - Stunts, Vic Armstrong - Stunts Coordinator, Dean Raphael Ferrandini - Stunts Coordinator, Glenn Randall - Stunts Coordinator, Dennis Muren - Special Effects Supervisor, George Lucas - Screen Story, Willard Huyck - Screenwriter, Gloria Katz - Screenwriter, Ke Huy Quan - Presented by, Lata Ryan - Production Coordinator, Lorne Peterson - Visual Effects, Cole Porter - Featured Music

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