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Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom |
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Runtime:
115 min. |
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Aspect
ratio:
2.35:1 |
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Paramount
Pictures presents
a Lucasfilm
LTD. production.
Directed
by: Steven Spielberg
Story
by: George Lucas
Screenplay
by: Willard Huyck &
Gloria Katz
Executive
Producers: George Lucas
& Frank Marshall
Associate
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
Produced
by: Robert Watts
Starring:
Harrison Ford .... Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw .... Willie Scott
Jonathan Ke Quan .... Short
Round
Amrish Puri .... Mola Ram
Roshan Seth .... Chattar Lal
Philip Stone .... Captain Blumburtt |
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As George Lucas
and Steven Spielberg's Raiders
of the Lost Ark adventure
epic climbed toward grosses
of $242 million, it became clear
that Ford's Indiana Jones was
a screen icon for the ages.
For the second installment,
the character name would be
elevated to title billing as
Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Paramount Pictures
crowed that the character's
imprint on the public consciousness
was unique. The prequel had
achieved 80 percent public awareness
before a single marketing dollar
was spend, and that without
the Internet! Raiders
actually did the advertising
job for Temple
of Doom and the filmmakers
couldn't resist poking some
fun at all the studio's breast-beating.
Notice that when night club
singer Willie Scott makes her
entrance during the opener at
Shanghai's Club Obi Wan, she's
blocking the title. With 80
percent instant recognition,
who needs titles?
The first production
meetings for Temple
of Doom were held in
the summer of 1982. The principal
photography began in April 1983
under the working title Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Death,
a name which was eventually
softened. The film's five-month,
across-the-globe shoot took
cast and crew from Lucas' production
facility in Northern California
to Sri Lanka, Macao, and England's
Elstree Studios.
Temple
of Doom eventually opened
on May 23, 1984, and quickly
bested Star
Wars: Episode VI - Return of
the Jedi's $8.4 million
single-day box office record.
It's mood was
tougher, more intense than the
first film, yet Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom
was every bit the cinematic
entertainment that Raiders
was.
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Production
Dates: |
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Principal
photography:
Start:
18 April 1983
End: 8 September 1983 |
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Release
date:
23
May 1984 (USA) |
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Business: |
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Budget:
$28,000,000
(estimated) |
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Gross:
$179,870,271 (USA)
$153,237,000 (Foreign)
= $333,107,271 (Worldwide) |
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