Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition)
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Actor: Chua Kah Joo, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Lorraine Doyle, Roy ChiaoDirector: Stany de Silva
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Cinematographer: Paul Beeson
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition)
Movie Review: The darkest and scarriest in the series, but still fun, nonetheless
Summary: 4 Stars
Here comes Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is where Indy (Harrison Ford), his sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan, credited as Ke Huy Quan) and nightclub singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) arrive at an Indian village attacked by Thugge troops that stole their Shainkara Stone and the children.
The trio finds their hideout in Pankot Palace. There they encounter the leader and main antagonist Mola Ram (Amrish Puri), which is where things heat up. This entry was dark and gritty unlike the rest. It was George Lucas' idea. He knew that in the Star Wars series, The Empire Strikes Back was the darkest of the original trilogy (and also the best in the franchise), and wanted the Indiana Jones classic trilogy to have the same feel. The really scary parts are the child slavery depiction, ripping out the heart, volcanic sacrifices, and the blood of Kali potion forced into Indy's mouth. The most disgusting part was the Pancot cuisine, consisting of snake surprise (with eels inside the skin), bettles, eyeball soup, and chilled monkey brain. Gross! On the other hand, the cast and crew were great. It has all the action. The underground sequense looks so real. This, along with Gremlins, helped spawn the PG-13 rating used in the more lighthearted and successful sequels. This can be handeled by kids when a parent is supervising them. This may be the darkhorse of the franchise, but still a worthy entry to the series.
Summary of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition)
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.It's hard to imagine that a film with worldwide box office receipts topping $300 million worldwide could be labeled a disappointment, but some moviegoers considered Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second installment in Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' 1980s adventure trilogy, to be just that. That doesn't mean it's a bad effort; any collaboration between these two cinema giants (Spielberg directed, while Lucas provided the story and was executive producer) is bound to have more than its share of terrific moments, and Temple of Doom is no exception. But in exchanging the very real threat of Nazi Germany for the cartoonish Thuggee cult, it loses some of the heft of its predecessor (Raiders of the Lost Ark); on the other hand, it's also the darkest and most disturbing of the three films, what with multiple scenes of children enslaved, a heart pulled out of a man's chest, and the immolation of a sacrificial victim, which makes it less fun than either Raiders or The Last Crusade, notwithstanding a couple of riotous chase scenes and impressively grand sets. Many fans were also less than thrilled with the new love interest, a spoiled, querulous nightclub singer portrayed by Kate Capshaw, but a cute kid sidekick ("Short Round," played by Ke Huy Quan) and, of course, the ever-reliable Harrison Ford as the cynical-but-swashbuckling hero more than make up for that character's shortcomings.
A six-minute introduction by Lucas and Spielberg is the prime special feature, with both men candidly addressing the film's good and bad points (Lucas points out that the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, was also the darkest of the original three; as for Spielberg, the fact that the leading lady would soon become his wife was the best part of the whole trip). Also good are "The Creepy Crawlies," a mini-doc about the thousands of snakes, bugs, rats and other scary critters that populate the trilogy, and "Travels with Indy," a look at some of the films' cool locations. Storyboards and a photo gallery are included as well. --Sam Graham
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