Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Movie
German title	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Original title	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Country of production	United States
original language	English , Sinhala
Publishing year	1984
length	114 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16 JMK 12
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Director	Steven Spielberg
script	George Lucas (story) , Willard Huyck , Gloria Katz
production	Robert Watts
music	John Williams
camera	Douglas Slocombe
cut	Michael Kahn
occupation
Harrison Ford : Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Kate Capshaw : Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott Jonathan Ke Quan : Short "Shorty" Round Amrish Puri : Mola Ram Roshan Seth : Chattar Lal Pat Roach : Chief Guard Philip Stone : Captain Blumburtt Raj Singh : Maharaja Roy Chiao : Lao Che David Yip : Wu Han Ric Young : Kao Kan Chua Kah Joo : Chen Dan Aykroyd : Weber
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chronology
←  Predecessor Raiders of the Lost Ark Successor  → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (original title Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a year) in 1984 , directed by Steven Spielberg incurred adventure film and the second part of the Indiana Jones film series, in which Harrison Ford again the protagonist Indiana Jones plays. With 28 million US dollar cost of this film grossed over 330 million dollars worldwide. The film opened in German cinemas on August 3, 1984.

action

In 1935, a year before Indiana Jones' adventure with the Ark of the Covenant , Indy tried to exchange the urn of the tribal leader Nurhaci for a diamond owned by the gang boss Lao Che in the Shanghai nightclub "Obi-Wan" . However, business goes wrong: Indy drinks from a poisoned glass and his friend Wu Han, who tries to stand by him, is shot. Indy tries to get hold of the antidote , which Che also has, and wreak havoc in the nightclub. Ultimately, Indy manages to escape from the mess together with the singer Willie, who has since been able to take the antidote. With Indy's escape vehicle, which is driven by the young Chinese Shorty, they can shake off Che's henchmen after a chase.

Indy, Willie, and Shorty board a plane to Delhi , unaware that it is owned by Lao Che's airline. While taking a nap while flying over the Himalayas , Che's pilots steer the plane towards a mountain, empty the fuel tanks and jump off with the last two parachutes . Willie wakes up and wakes Indy and Shorty so that the three of them can jump off in a self-inflating dinghy just before the plane crashes on the mountain.

You survive the impact in the rubber dinghy, slide down a snow-covered slope and land in a raging river. This leads you to a remote village in the Indian jungle. The villagers ask Indiana Jones and his friends for help: All children were kidnapped, the holy Shankara - stone , which is to protect the village, was stolen and the well is no more water. A resurgent death cult in the nearby palace of Pankot is said to be responsible for this . In the evening a boy who has escaped from the palace drags himself into the village, is found by Indy and gives him a fragment of an old Hindu scroll. Indy then decides to visit the palace because he believes he is on the trail of an archaeological sensation: the stolen stone could be one of five fabulous Shankara stones, which together promise power and wealth. Led by some villagers, the three travel to the palace.

In the palace they are invited to the evening feast by Chattar Lal, Prime Minister of the young Maharajah . During the table talk, Captain Blumburtt, commander of the British colonial troops, takes up the old, cruel myths about the Pankot Palace, which the Prime Minister dismissed as absurd. After dinner, they go to their guest rooms, and Indy and Willie seem to have a fling. But Indy is surprised by an assassin and can only defeat the attacker with difficulty. He discovers a secret passage that leads into the depths and is riddled with traps, and investigates it with Willie and Shorty. An underground temple awaits you at the end of the corridor. From a hiding place they observe a religious sacrificial cult of the Thuggee , in which the priest Mola Ram takes a man's heart from a living body, sacrifices it to the deity Kali and sinks the man deep into a lava lake . Indy realizes that the bloodthirsty temple people have already obtained three of the five Shankara stones, and that the village children have been kidnapped to dig for the remaining stones in the adjacent mine .

Suddenly the three are discovered and captured. Indy has to drink a potion called "Blood of Kali," which puts everyone into a trance and turns them into a callous tool of cult. Willie is said to be sacrificed in the lava and Shorty is brought into the mine as a slave. While Willie is slowly being lowered to the lava in a cage, Shorty manages to escape from the mine. Just in time he manages to burn Indy with a torch, which brings him back to consciousness. Indy defeats Chattar Lal, saves Willie and takes the three Shankara stones. While he is fighting a gigantic overseer, Shorty releases the Maharajah, who is also influenced by the potion, from his trance. Then they free the enslaved children and jump into a cart that takes them into the depths of the mountain. The Thuggee take up the chase. After a wild ride, Indy has to stop the car with the soles of his shoes to save it from hitting the rock face. Mola Ram floods the tunnels with water, but the three find an exit from the mountain.

Chased by Thuggee warriors, they cross a suspension bridge over a crocodile- infested river and are expected on the other side by Mola Ram and other warriors. Indy whispers to Willie and Shorty to hold on and smashes the bridge's tethers with a sword, causing many enemies to fall into the river. Hanging from the remains of the bridge on the rock face, Indy fights with Mola Ram and loses two of the Shankara stones. Eventually Indy can throw the priest into the river, where the crocodiles attack him. When the rest of the Thuggee warriors bombard them with arrows, the Maharajah and Captain Blumburtt appear with British troops and rescue them.

With the children freed from the mine, the three return to the village and are gratefully received there. Finally, Indy returns the recovered Shankara Stone to the villagers.

reception

While the film received mixed reviews when it was released, the film is now generally considered a weaker contributor to the franchise. Director Steven Spielberg later even described the film as the weakest part of the saga; he was too dark, too humorless and quickly turned out.

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IMDb

“Technically perfectly staged adventure film that lines up one action highlight after the next. Parodying elements somewhat hide the exaggerated harshness and chauvinistic attitude. "

- Lexicon of international film

“The prelude to the second 'Indiana Jones' film alone offers action that would have been enough for ten films. In this manic homage to the Sunday afternoon rubbish films of his youth, Spielberg burns off a fireworks display and this time declares war on child labor and not on the Nazis. Conclusion: Indy in India: great action with exotic flair. "

- Cinema

"Because of its atmospheric and narrative density, 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' will be Indiana Jones' craziest adventure, although the merits of the other two parts should not be forgotten."

- movie starts

Awards

Oscar 1985

• Best visual effects for Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister , Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs
• Nomination for Best Score for John Williams

British Academy Film Awards 1985

• Best visual effects for Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs
• Nomination for Best Cinematography for Douglas Slocombe
• Nomination in the category Best Editing for Michael Kahn
• Nomination for Best Sound for Ben Burtt , Simon Kaye and Laurel Ladevich

Saturn Award 1985

• Nominated for Best Director for Steven Spielberg
• Nomination for Best Actor for Harrison Ford
• Nomination for Best Young Actor for Jonathan Ke Quan

Jupiter Award 1985

• Best Picture for George Lucas , Frank Marshall , Robert Watts and Kathleen Kennedy
• Best Actor for Harrison Ford

Golden canvas

• 3 million moviegoers in 18 months

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Age rating

The film sparked heated controversy when it was released in the US; for many, The Temple of Doom was too brutal for children. The film should therefore originally be released with the approval “R - Restricted” (under 17 years only when accompanied by an adult) instead of with the approval “PG - Parental Guidance Suggested” (adult accompaniment of children recommended). However, pressure from the producers caused the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to introduce a new level of age rating : "PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned", a more stringent formulation of the PG approval.

In Germany, the film has an age rating of 16 years and over. On German television, only a version shortened by 5 minutes and approved for ages 12 and up is broadcast before 10 p.m. When repeating in the afternoon, an even stronger version is shown, which is shortened by 13 minutes.

Others

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• The Temple of Doom is a so-called prequel because it takes place before Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), in 1935 (instead of 1936 or later).
• Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw met on the set and later married.
• The nightclub from which Indiana Jones and Willie Scott flees the triads at the beginning of the film is called "Obi-Wan", a reference to the fictional character Obi-Wan Kenobi from George Lucas' Star Wars films in which Harrison Ford plays the role of Han Solo .
• The people in the Indian village speak Sinhala . This can be explained by the fact that the film was not shot in India but in Sri Lanka because a filming permit had been refused.
• In the scene at the airport in Shanghai, shortly after Indy's successful escape from the Triads, he is greeted by an airport employee who happily informs him that he has organized a flight for him. The actor who cameo here is Dan Aykroyd . Steven Spielberg , George Lucas, and producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy also have a cameo in the same scene .
• Pat Roach , who was seen in the previous film, had three small roles here: once in the opening scene as a man striking the gong, then as an assassin who wants to kill Indy in his bedroom in the palace of Pankot, and once as Guard in the mine.
• Harrison Ford's stunt double Vic Armstrong , who bore a great resemblance to Ford, played numerous action scenes in The Temple of Doom when Ford was out for weeks while filming due to a back injury.
• While George Lucas's dog was allowed to act as namesake for the film hero "Indiana" Jones, in the sequel it was Steven Spielberg's dog for "Willie" Scott and the screenwriter's dog for "Short Round".
• The negative portrayal of Indians led to a temporary ban on film in India.
• A cream-colored 1934 Duesenberg Auburn convertible is depicted in the chase in Shanghai .
• The plane that Indy, Willy and Shorty board at the beginning of the film is a Ford Trimotor .

synchronization

The German-language synchronization was created by Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke . Arne Elsholtz was responsible for the dialogue book and the dialogue direction .

role	actor	Voice actor
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones	Harrison Ford	Wolfgang Pampel
Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott	Kate Capshaw	Uta Hallant
Short round	Jonathan Ke Quan	Markus Mensing
Mola Ram	Amrish Puri	Edgar Ott
Prime Minister Chattar Lal	Roshan Seth	Jürgen Thormann
Captain Blumburtt	Philip Stone	Friedrich W. Building School
Lao Che	Roy Chiao	Rolf Schult
Wu Han	David Yip	Uwe Paulsen
Kao Kan	Ric Young	Thomas Petruo
Chen	Chua Kah Joo	Torsten Sense

literature

• James Kahn : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Novel based on an idea by George Lucas and a feature film by Steven Spielberg (original title: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ). German by Toni Westermayr . 3. Edition. Goldmann, Munich 1985, 191 pages, ISBN 3-442-06750-2
• James Luceno : Indiana Jones. All films, adventures, locations. coventgarden at Dorling Kindersley , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8310-9065-5 , pp. 30-53.

Web links

Wikiquote: Indiana Jones II - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom  - Quotes

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at Metacritic (English)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the online movie database
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the German dubbing index
• Comparison of the cut versions SAT.1 from 12 - FSK 16 DVD , BBFC PG - original version , Sat.1 afternoon - FSK 16 by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Age designation for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . Youth Media Commission (  TV version).
2. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajonesandthetempleofdoom.htm
3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_dt_2
4. ↑ John Baxter: "Snake Surprise". Mythmaker: The Life and Work of George Lucas. Avon Books, 1999. pp. 332 ff.
5. ↑ "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom": Controversial sequel , accessed June 23, 2019
6. ^ "The Last Crusade at 30: how Sean Connery saved Indiana Jones from certain doom , accessed June 23, 2019.
7. ↑ "20 Fun Facts About Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". , accessed on June 23, 2019.
8. ↑ ^{a b} [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on September 20, 2014
9. ↑ ^{a b} [2] at Metacritic , accessed on September 20, 2014
10. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
11. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed April 15, 2012 .  
12. ↑ Cinema.de
13. ↑ INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM film releases , accessed March 18, 2018.
14. Jump up ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Crazy Facts Movie . Retrieved March 18, 2018.
15. ↑ "Indiana Jones": This is what Kate Capshaw looks like today from Celebrity Pool . Retrieved March 18, 2018.
16. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Moviepilot . Retrieved March 18, 2018.
17. ↑ Pallavi Gogoi, Banned Films Around the World: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , November 5, 2006
18. ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 18, 2018 .