PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Lucasfilm Ltd / Paramount Pictures
Executive Producers: George Lucas, Frank Marshall
Producer: Robert Watts
Associate Producer: Kathleen Kennedy

SCRIPT
Script: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Story: George Lucas

DIRECTION
Director: Steven Spielberg
2nd Unit Directors: Glenn Randall, Michael Moore, Frank Marshall
2nd Unit Director (Aerial Unit): Kevin Donnelly

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Allen Daviau
Aerial Unit Director of Photography: Jack Cooperman
Additional Photographers: Paul Beeson, Rick Fichter
Steadicam Photography (Sri Lanka): Garrett Brown

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Michael Kahn, George Lucas (uncredited)

MUSIC
Music: John Williams
Song: Cole Porter (Anything Goes)

SOUND
Sound Designer: Ben Burtt
Sound Mixer: Simon Kaye
Sound Mixer (Sri Lanka): Colin Charles
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: David MacMillan

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Tom Smith
Key Make Up: Peter Robb-King
Make Up: Linda De Vetta, Dickie Mills, John Webber
2nd Unit Chief Make Up: Connie Reeve
2nd Unit Make Up: Yvonne Curry
Chief Hair: Colin Jamison
Hair: Janet Jamison
2nd Unit Hair: Hilary Haines, Lynda Gurasich
Costume Designer: Anthony Powell

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Elliot Scott
Chief Art Director: Alan Cassie
Art Director: Roger Cain
Art Director (Sri Lanka): Errol Kelly
2nd Unit Art Director: Joe Johnston

LOCATIONS
Locations: American River, Placerville, California, USA, Former Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato, California, USA, Grand Coulee Dam, Washington State, USA, Mammoth Mountain, California, USA, Tuolomna River, California, USA, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Macau, China

STUNTS
Stunt Arrangers: Vic Armstrong, Glenn Randall
2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator: Dean Raphael Ferrandini

CASTING
Casting: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Marci Liroff, Mary Selway Buckley

CAST
Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones)
Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott)
Amrish Puri (Mola Ram)
Roshan Seth (Chattar Lal)
Philip Stone (Captain Blumburtt)
Roy Chiao (Lao Che)
Ke Huy Quan (Short Round)
David Yip (Wu Han)
Ric Young (Kao Kan)
Chua Kah Joo (Chen)
Rex Ngui (maitre d')
Philip Tan (chief henchman)
Dan Aykroyd (Weber)
Akio Mitamura (Chinese pilot)
Michael Yama (Chinese co-pilot)
D.R. Nanayakkara (shaman of the village)
Dharmadasa Kuruppu (chieftain of the village)
Stany De Silva (Sajnu)
Ruby De Miel, D.M. Denawake, I. Serasinghe (village woman)
Dharshana Panangala (village child)
Raj Singh (Maharaja Zalim Singh)
Frank Olegario (merchant 1)
Ahmed El Shenawi (merchant 2)
Art Repola (eel eater)
Nizwar Karanj (sacrifice victim)
Pat Roach (chief guard)
Moti Makan (guard)
Mellan Mitchell, Bhasker Patel (temple guards)
Arjun Pandher (1st boy in cell)
Zia Gelani (2nd boy in cell)
Debbie Astell, Maureen Bacchus, Corinne Barton, Carol Beddington, Sharon Boone, Elizabeth Burville, Marisa Campbell, Christine Cartwright, Andrea Chance,
Jan Colton, Louise Dalgleish, Lorraine Doyle, Vanessa Fieldwright, Brenda Glassman, Elaine Gough, Sue Hadleigh, Sarah-Jane Hassell, Samantha Hughes, Julie Kirk, Deirdre Laird, Vicki McDonald, Nina McMahon, Julia Marstand, Gaynor Martine, Lisa Mulidore, Dawn Reddall, Rebekkah Sekyi, Clare Smalley, Lee Sprintall, Jenny Turnock, Ruth Welby (dancers)
Sidney Ganis, George Lucas, Anthony Powell (missionaries - all uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Set some years before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this film teams Indiana Jones with night club singer Willie Scott and 12 year old Short Round as they try to free a group of Indian children held as slaves. Indy comes up against a violent cult who have stolen the villagers' sacred stone.

The disappointing second part of the Indiana Jones trilogy is spoiled by silly factual mistakes, irritating supporting characters, a dull story and some out of place violence. Harrison Ford does his best but even he doesn't really look that comfortable here and Spielberg's direction is far from his most inspired. Thankfully, the series got back on its feet again with the excellent third installment, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

Germany
Laserdisc Distributor: Philips (62167)

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Cinéma International Corporation

UK
Laserdisc Release: Pioneer (PLFES 33821)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount (LV 1643), Paramount (LV 1643-2), Paramount (LV 1643-2WS)

Argentina
Rating: 13

Australia
Rating: PG

Chile
Rating: 14

Finland
Rating: K-14

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

West Germany
Rating: 16

1985
Academy Awards, USA
Best Effects, Visual Effects (George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Dennis Muren, Lorne Peterson) - winner
Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) - nominated

British Academy Awards, UK
Best Special Visual Effects (George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Dennis Muren, Lorne Peterson) - nominated
Best Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe) - nominated
Best Editing (Michael Kahn) - nominated
Best Sound (Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye, Laurel Ladevich) - nominated

British Society of Cinematographers, USA
Best Cinematography Award (Douglas Slocombe) - nominated

Golden Screen, Germany
Golden Screen - winner

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama (Jonathan Ke Quan) - winner

1983
May
Day Unknown: USA - filming begins

November
Day Unknown: USA - filming ends

1984
May
23: USA - theatrical release

July
5: Argentina - theatrical release
13: Sweden - theatrical release

August
3: West Germany - theatrical release
17: Finland, Norway - theatrical release

September
12: France - theatrical release

1992
September
Day Unknown: USA - laserdisc release (Paramount (LV 1643-2WS))

1996
November
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc release (Pioneer (PLFES 33821))

If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones.

The hero is back!

Trust him.

The man in the hat is back...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death - working title
Indiana Jones a Chrám zkázy - Czech title
Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes - German title
Indiana Jones y el templo de la perdición - Argentinian title
Indiana Jones y el templo maldito - Spanish title
Indiana Jones ja tuomion temppeli - Finnish title
Indiana Jones et le temple maudit - French title
Indiana Jones és a végzet temploma - Hungarian title
Indiana Jones e il tempio maledetto - Italian title
Indiana Jones - Polish title
Indiana Jones e o Templo Perdido - Portugese title
Indiana Jones och de fördömdas tempel - Swedish title
Indiana Jones i Swiatynia Przeznaczenia - Polish title
Indiana Jones i Swiatynia Zaglady - Polish title

PREQUEL TO
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

SEQUELS
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992 - 1996)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
The American Film Institute's Tribute to Steven Spielberg (1995)
Cinerama Adventure (2001)
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Wow! (1990)

MAGAZINES

Premiere September 1984 p.17 (France)
review (by Jean-Pierre Lavoignat)

NEWSPAPERS

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 10 October 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Joao Antunes)

prequels, voodoo, archaeologists, human sacrifices, india, lava, the occult, air crashes, hearts, children, slavery, elephants, magic, poison, brains, insects