Movie Review: 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on a story by George Lucas Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan After the successful theatrical run of 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” executive producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg began developing the second installment of the Indiana Jones film series. They considered various story ideas (a haunted castle in Scotland, a “lost world” scenario with dinosaurs), all of which were discarded in favor of an India-based quest for the sacred Sankara Stones. Lucas intended “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” to be darker in tone than “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He wanted the second installment in the Indiana Jones series to be the thematic equivalent of the “Star Wars” trilogy’s “The Empire Strikes Back.” As it turned out, “Temple of Doom” became too dark: the story feature