History Trivia / IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom

* {{Bowdlerized}}: For its UK release, about one minute of violence and gore was cut in order to secure a PG rating rather than a 15 (the 12 rating wouldn't be introduced until 1989, and 12A until 2002). As noted above, there was also some drama about the rating in the US. The uncut version was finally released in 2012 via the Blu-ray. [[https://youtu.be/q0sndAkUSCA Detailed 'Cutting Edge' background and comparison video via GNC Films]]

* BannedInChina:
** Temporarily banned in India due to its offensive representation of their culture. The writers claimed any inaccuracies were supposed to be deliberate clues that Mola Ram was evil.
** Not a ban, ''per se'', but the uncut version of the film wasn't released in the UK until the 2012 Blu-ray. Previously, about one minute of violence and gore was cut in order to secure a PG rating as the 12 rating didn't exist at the time. (As noted above, there was also some drama about the rating in the US.

** The predictable reaction to the racist characterizations in this movie (more pronounced in this film than the others) stands as a hard lesson learned by Spielberg; a lesson he took to heart in 2011 when he adapted ''{{Tintin}}'', which itself has similarly come under fire for racist depictions.

* DeletedScene: Scenes cut from the film:

** Indy was originally to find the headpiece to the Staff of Ra in Shanghai, but the scene was cut before shooting. Elements of it (like Indy covering from gunfire behind a rolling gong) are in the opening of "Temple".
** The villain buying the pilots in Indy's plane, who parachute and leave him to crash, but he saves himself by using an inflatable raft to soften the impact. This was going to happen before Indy arrived in Egypt in Raiders.

* CreatorBreakdown: The film was produced while Creator/GeorgeLucas was going through a divorce, and Creator/StevenSpielberg was going through a breakup as well, hence the scene where a sacrificial victim gets his heart ripped out and set ablaze. Lucas has admitted that this may be why the film was made so much DarkerAndEdgier than its predecessor. It may also explain why Willie is an annoying collection of sexist stereotypes as opposed to the somewhat better female characters in the other films.
** It probably could be one explanation for the "Shiva is good, Kali is evil" dynamic of Mola Ram's cult. Shiva & Kali are a couple and the masculine & feminine halves of Deity. It's like Shiva & Kali got a divorce. However, this is clearly a heresy on Mola Ram's part rather than Spielberg & Lucas' beliefs or the beliefs of Hinduism.

** While travelling to Pankot Palace Willie, obstructed by the odors of the elephant which carries her, pours the integrally of a bottle of perfume on the animal. In film, one finds awhile later the animal which, dissatisfied to be soaked with the kind, stops in the middle of a river and, using his horn, sprinkles its back as well as the momentary one which it transports. This one falls finally into turbid water from the river, which causes general hilarity. In the beginning, the scene was longer. The elephant did not react only to its "freshing up", but also to Willie's vocalizes. Forgetting the hostile jungle, thanks to the perfume, and finding a little of its social context, Willie starts with deployed throat the song heard at the beginning of film. Carried by the melody, Indy and Short Round made in the same way with a song of their vintage. The perfume and the maintaining noise is definitely too much for the elephant which, with a blow of horn, also radically stops the odor and the songs. Indy and Short Round can do nothing else than explode into laughter.

** One thing was thankfully ''avoided'': Harrison Ford sustained a serious back injury while filming a fight scene, and was in such constant pain that Lucas considered shutting down production. Ford traveled to the U.S. to get experimental surgery, and luckily it worked and he's still making movies today.

* TheCameo: Creator/DanAykroyd as Indy's contact at the airfield.

** A Thuggee guard is whipping slave children when he is suddenly struck in the legs by lava exploding from a fissure. Short Round who was digging nearby witnessed the guard's awakening from his possessed state before the Thuggee was dragged away by other guards. This scene explained how Short Round knew what to do to bring Indy out of Kali's "black sleep." Although, of great significance to the plot, this scene was cut from the final film for unknown reasons.

** Spielberg originally wanted to bring Marion Ravenwood back, with Abner Ravenwood being considered as a possible character. He and Lucas had already decided that every movie should include a different woman for Indy.

* DyeingForYourArt [=/=] DyeHard: Prior to Temple of Doom, Amrish Puri had quite the full head of hair. His role as Mola Ram was so iconic, he kept his head shaved from then on.

* FakeShemp: As Creator/HarrisonFord injured his back while filming the scene where Indy is being strangled in his room, stuntman Vic Armstrong did as many scenes as possible while Ford recovered, even the simpler stunts Ford himself could have done easily.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/DavidNiven was going to play Captain Blumburtt, but he died before the start of filming.
** There was originally a chase on The Great Wall of China.

** Spielberg originally wanted to bring Marion Ravenwood back, with Abner Ravenwood being considered as a possible character.
** Creator/LawrenceKasdan was asked to write the script. but he refused the offer. "I didn't want to be associated with Temple of Doom," he reflected. "I just thought it was horrible. It's so mean. There's nothing pleasant about it. I think Temple of Doom represents a chaotic period in both their [Lucas and Spielberg] lives, and the movie is very ugly and mean-spirited."

** Not a ban, ''per se'', but the uncut version of the film wasn't released in the UK until the 2012 Blu-ray. Previously, about one minute of violence and gore was cut in order to secure a PG rating as the 12 rating didn't exist at the time. (As noted above, there was also some drama about the rating in the US.)
* CaliforniaDoubling: For obvious reasons, they weren't allowed to film in India. It was filmed in Sri Lanka.

* Much of the original sword fight that would have been between Indy and the swordsman he shot instead made it into the sword fight where Indy tries the same thing, but his gun is missing.
* The minecart chase was originally planned for Raiders (and even storyboarded) but had to be cut for pacing reasons.
* Indy was originally to find the headpiece to the Staff of Ra in Shanghai, but the scene was cut before shooting. Elements of it (like Indy covering from gunfire behind a rolling gong) are in the opening of "Temple".
* The villain buying the pilots in Indy's plane, who parachute and leave him to crash, but he saves himself by using an inflatable raft to soften the impact. This was going to happen before Indy arrived in Egypt in Raiders.

* TheCameo: Creator/DanAykyroyd as Indy's contact at the airfield.

* TheCameo: Creator/DanAkyroyd as Indy's contact at the airfield.

* FakeBrit: Creator/DanAkroyd putting on a fake British accent.

* TheCameo: Creator/DanAykyroyd as Indy's contact at the airfield.

* CreatorBreakdown: The film was produced while Lucas was going through a divorce, and Steven Spielberg's was going through a breakup as well, hence the scene where a sacrificial victim gets his heart ripped out and set ablaze. Lucas has admitted that this may be why the film was made so much DarkerAndEdgier than its predecessor. It may also explain why Willie is an annoying collection of sexist stereotypes as opposed to the somewhat better female characters in the other films.
** It probably could be one explanation for the "Shiva is good, Kali is evil" dynamic of Mola Ram's cult. Shiva & Kali are a couple and the masculine & feminine halves of Deity. It's like Shiva & Kali got a divorce. However, this is clearly a heresy on Mola Ram's part rather than Spielberg & Luca's beliefs or the beliefs of Hinduism.

* FakeBrit: Creator/DanAykroyd putting on a fake British accent.

* TheCameo: Creator/DanAkyroyd as Indy's contact at the airfield.

* FakeShemp: As Harrison Ford injured his back while filming the scene where Indy is being strangled in his room, stuntman Vic Armstrong did as many scenes as possible while Ford recovered, even the simpler stunts Ford himself could have done easily.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheShining Delbert Grady]] corrected some Thugees in this movies BigDamnHeroes moment.

* ContentWarning: One American poster featured the phrase "This film may be too intense for younger children" at the bottom corner (The poster for ''Film/Jaws'' also had that same inscription). Judging by the subsequent controversy, it's obvious that parents did not heed that warning.

* FakeShemp: As Harrison Ford injured his back while filming the scene where Indy is being strangled in his room, stuntman Vic Armstrong did as many scenes as possible while Ford recovered, even those the actor could have done easily.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheShining Delbert Grady]] corrected some Thugees in this movies BigDamnHeroes moment.