Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Starring: Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones or Dr. Jones, Kate Capshaw as Wilhelmina, Amrish Puri as Mola Ram Lal Chatta Roshan Seth, Ke Huy Quan, Philip Stone. Directed by Steven Spielberg. George Lucas: written history. Screenplay written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz. Presented by: © Paramount Pictures. Theatrical release date: May 23, 1984 (USA) subtleties: www.youtube.com Synopsis! "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is a 1984Period adventure film by Steven Spielberg. And 'the second film in the saga of Indiana Jones, and prequel to "Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to search for a mystical stone. Agrees, stumbling Kali Thuggee religious cult plotting child slavery, black magic ritual and human sacrifice. The producer and co-writer George Lucas has decided that the film is a prequel, as he did not want the Nazis, once the bad guysmore. The original idea was to film in China, with a hidden valley inhabited by dinosaurs. Other plot devices aside including the Monkey King and a haunted castle in Scotland. Lucas then wrote a film treatment that the final action of the film was similar, with Lawrence Kasdan had declined the offer to write the screenplay. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz wrote the screenplay, while the filmmakers were denied permission to film in northern India because the government found the script racistresulting ...