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Film
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Directed bySteven Spielberg
Written byGeorge Lucas, Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Produced byGeorge Lucas, Frank Marshall, Robert Watts, Kathleen Kennedy
StarringHarrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan
Music byJohn Williams
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Running time118 min.
Budget$28,000,000

For the 1985 arcade game based on the film, please see Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (arcade game).

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, first released in the United States on May 23, 1984, was a prequel to the hugely successful action movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. A village in India enlists Indiana Jones's help in retrieving a sacred stone, the Sankara stone or the Siva linga, and the community's children from the forces of an evil palace nearby.

Like the first, it starred Harrison Ford as the heroic archeologist Indiana Jones, was written by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. Also its music was once again composed by John Williams.

It is much darker in tone than its predecessor (a fact which Lucas attributes to the messy divorce he was going through during the film's production), and has been criticised for being overly violent and scary. Some critics claimed the film was racist in its depiction of the people in India, they were seen either as helpless slaves or sadistic cannibals. When making the sequel, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Spielberg was even reported to have apologized for the poor quality of Temple of Doom.

Other actors included Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, and a cameo by Dan Aykroyd. Indiana Jones artist Drew Struzan created the film's distinctive artwork. Most of the filming was done on location in Sri Lanka.

Temple of Doom and Gremlins are generally credited with the later introduction of the MPAA's PG-13 rating.

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