Awesome 21 Behind The Scene Photos of ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the Indiana Jones franchise and a prequel to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as the title character. After arriving in North India, Indiana Jones is asked by desperate villagers to find a mystical stone and rescue their children from a Thuggee cult practicing child slavery, black magic, and ritual human sacrifice in honor of the goddess Kali.

When George Lucas first approached Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg recalled, “George said if I directed the first one then I would have to direct a trilogy. He had three stories in mind. It turned out George did not have three stories in mind and we had to make up subsequent stories.”Spielberg and Lucas attributed the film’s tone, which was darker than Raiders of the Lost Ark, to their personal moods following the breakups of their relationships (George with his wife, and Spielberg with his girlfriend).In addition, Lucas felt “it had to have been a dark film. The way Empire Strikes Back was the dark second act of the Star Wars trilogy

It’s 32 years since the release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and that is a perfect opportunity to enjoy in some awesome behind the scene photos of all four movies.

 

A dinner-jacketed Harrison Ford readies to film the Shanghai nightclub scene that begins ‘Indy II’

 

Actor Paul Freeman sits in the makeup chair, ready to have his face transformed for a heated moment as the villainous French archaeologist Belloq

 

Adding the finishing touches to the special makeup effects for the opening scene in which one of Belloq’s greedy stooges gets his comeuppance

 

Filming the scene of a fight on the Nazi plane

 

George Lucas readies a scene with Sean Connery and John Rhys-Davies on horseback in the canyon in Petra, Jordan for the third film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

 

Getting down on the dancefloor- Spielberg with Kate Capshaw

 

Harrison Ford and Sean Connery are bound together in a mechanical, revolving fireplace in the German castle sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

In cinematographer Douglas Slocombe’s chair, Spielberg enjoys a moment in between takes with 12-year-old actor Ke Huy Quan (who plays Indy’s sidekick Short Round)

 

Karen Allen gets an unexpected ride in the back of a hay cart during a chase through the streets of Cairo

 

Looking the part for a Boy’s Own adventure in the desert, Spielberg gives direction to actor John Rhys-Davies. Davies plays Indy’s friend Sallah, ‘the best digger in Cairo’

 

Huyck later recalled “at one point when we were writing it we told George “We know a lot of Indians. We’ve been there… I don’t think they’re going to think this is really so cool. Do you think you’re going to have trouble shooting there?” He said, “Are you kidding? It’s me and Steve.” Months later they called and said, “We can’t shoot in India. They’re really upset.” So they shot in Sri Lanka and London, mostly.”

The filmmakers were denied permission to film in North India and Amer Fort due to the government finding the script racist and offensive. The government demanded many script changes, rewritings and final cut privilege. As a result, location work went to Kandy, Sri Lanka, with matte paintings and scale models applied for the village, temple, and Pankot Palace. Budgetary inflation also caused Temple of Doom to cost $28.17 million, $8 million more thanRaiders of the Lost Ark. Filming began on April 18, 1983 in Kandy,and moved to Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England on May 5. Producer Frank Marshall recalled, “when filming the bug scenes, crew members would go home and find bugs in their hair, clothes and shoes.” Eight out of the nine sound stages at Elstree housed the filming of Temple of Doom. Lucas biographer Marcus Hearn observed, “Douglas Slocombe’s skillful lighting helped disguise the fact that about 80 percent of the film was shot with sound stages.”

Lucas and Spielberg on location for the third Indy adventure

 

More subterranean ghoulishness, with Spielberg lining up a shot of Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen)

 

On a camera crane, Spielberg films a deadly skirmish on the remains of the rope bridge, hanging down the cliff edge

 

Spielberg and Lucas filming together again, on location in the deserts of the American southwest for the final film in the series

 

Spielberg chats with his star, Harrison Ford, while a decomposed friend looks on

 

Spielberg frames a shot during the nightclub sequence after Indy’s friend Wu Han is shot

 

 

 

Spielberg oversees the scene in which nightclub singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) is locked into a cage by members of the Thuggee cult .

 

Spielberg with actors Kate Capshaw and Ke Huy Quan in the mining cart used for the breathless chase sequence towards the end of the film

 

The 33-year-old Steven Spielberg gets down on the floor to survey a miniature desert base during the model work on Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

 

The team were finally tempted to make a fourth film in the late 2000s, and called back actor Karen Allen for her first appearance in the franchise since Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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