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    PG| 1 hr. 58 min.

    Plot Summary
    The second of the Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indy needs to retrieve a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. This time he teams up with a night club singer and a 12-year old boy.

    Cast: Harrison Ford , Kate Capshaw , Ke Huy Quan , Amrish Puri , Roshan Seth , Philip Stone , Dan Aykroyd , Ric Young

    Director: Steven Spielberg

    Genres: Adventure, Action

    Distributor: Paramount Pictures

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

    Release Date: May 23rd, 1984|1 hr. 58 min.

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    • 100
      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times

      This movie is one of the most relentlessly nonstop action pictures ever made, with a virtuoso series of climactic sequences that must last an hour and never stop for a second. It's a roller-coaster ride, a visual extravaganza, a technical triumph, and a whole lot of fun. show more

    • 75
      Slant Magazine

      Temple of Doom doesn't so much pay tribute to the serial adventures of yore as it does embody them. Here, frivolity and evil blithely coexist—and women are a lot more likely to scream than win drinking contests. show more

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      Bill Cosford Miami Herald

      What Spielberg does is use the Lucas tricks to propel an old-fashioned fantasy, played broadly enough so that the laughs come as easily as the thrills. [23 May 1984, p.B1] show more

    • October 15, 2008 Wesley
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      Awesome as usual.

    • August 31, 2008 hunterisgreat10
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      best indy movie ever!!!!!!!!

    • July 11, 2008 moviedirector23
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      this was my least favorite not really entertaing , and it was bad !

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    30 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

    Posted by     Sharon Knolle on May 22nd, 2014 11:00AM

    Thirty years ago, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," the much-awaited follow-up to "Raiders of the Lost Ark," debuted. Indiana Jones was back -- although the film was set earlier than the...

    Indiana Jones Gets Whipped by Barbra Streisand in Lost Footage From 'The Temple of Doom' (VIDEO)

    Posted by     Aiden Redmond on Sep 7th, 2011 5:00PM

    Remember that scene in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' where Indy gets leashed to a rock and whipped by one of Mola Ram's goons? Well even if you don't, JoBlo just uncovered an awesome...

    The Best and Worst Prequels Ever

    Posted by     Alonso Duralde on Jun 1st, 2011 12:00PM

    Let's face it -- prequels, for the most part, suck. They tend to be even lamer than sequels, which, though often repetitive and pointless, at least get to launch from the previous film's...

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