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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Name: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: action film, adventure film, treasure hunt film
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.5

Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Shot by Douglas Slocombe · Cut by Michael Kahn · Music by John Williams · Ratio 2.35:1 · 116 min

How it was made

Willie Scott was named after Spielberg's Cocker Spaniel and Short Round was named after co-writer Willard Huyck's dog; more than 100 actresses auditioned for Willie, including an unknown Sharon Stone.
The dinner scene's revolting menu was built by the props department from ordinary materials: giant bugs made of rubber and filled with custard, and monkey brains made from raspberry-flavoured custard.
Casting director Mike Fenton held open calls for East Asian boys across cities including New York, Hong Kong and London to find Short Round; Ke Huy Quan was cast after producers noticed him coaching his younger brother, who had come to audition instead of him.
Amrish Puri was cast as Mola Ram after Lucas and Spielberg searched England and the United States without finding a suitable actor there; Puri was already working on 18 films simultaneously in India when he was cast.
A scripted scene of a snake coiling around Willie Scott was dropped during filming after Spielberg saw how difficult it was for Kate Capshaw, who has a genuine fear of snakes, to perform it.

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Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Spielberg, 1984) with Harrison Ford — Serious Feather · 36 min
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Behind The Scenes (1984) Harrison Ford — JoBlo Behind-the-Scenes + Bloopers · 5 min
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Spielberg | 1984 | — Rooks Productions · 38 min

Elsewhere

More by Steven Spielberg

Bullitt
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Escape to Nowhere — 1961
Firelight — 1964
Amblin' — 1968
Duel — 1971
Murder by the Book — 1971
Something Evil — 1972
Watch Dog — 1973
The Sugarland Express — 1974
Jaws — 1975
Close Encounters of the Third Kind — 1977
1941 — 1979
Raiders of the Lost Ark — 1981
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — 1982
Twilight Zone: The Movie — 1983
The Color Purple — 1985
Empire of the Sun — 1987
Always — 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — 1989
Hook — 1991
Jurassic Park — 1993
Schindler's List — 1993
Amistad — 1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park — 1997
Saving Private Ryan — 1998
The Unfinished Journey — 1999
A.I. Artificial Intelligence — 2001
Minority Report — 2002
Catch Me If You Can — 2003

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