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DELETED SCENCE
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On the way to Pankot Palace
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traveling 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.
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The snake statue
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after the first sacrifice Indy makes his way to the center of
the Temple to grab the Sankara Stones. Having put the Stones
in his pouch he spots a big stone snake on the top of the altar.
Originally, Indy was shown touching the stoned snake in awe,
but considering his established snake phobia, the filmmakers
came up with the idea of Indy adjusting his hat in a hello manner.
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Willie's escape
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As Indy walks past the Temple's altar, to explore where the
mysterious cries he hears are coming from, we see Willie and
Short Round's encounter with a group of Thuggee guards. As
Shorty is being captured Willie manages to flee back to the
catacombs. What has been left out is the part that shows Willie's
return to her room. Following the same trail that lead them
to the underground Temple, Willie finds her way back to her
room, there she finds Chattar Lal waiting for her only to
be captured again. This little scene, besides the fact that
it explains how Willie was captured, reveals for the first
time Chattar Lal's allegiance to the Thuggees. When the time
came to cut the film Spielberg and Kahn figured that the scene
slowed the film's pace while the deletion of it didn't affect
anything! Once again Marvel Comics can give a hint of what
this scene was all about. Another scene of Indy feeding lies
to Captain Blumburt and menacing Willie has not been verified
yet.
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Burning Thuggee
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the original cut of the film there was a scene showing a Thuggee
guard 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
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Crossing the lava pit
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fans have been expressing thoughts regarding Indiana Jones and
friends' choice to go back into the mines instead of leaving
through Pankot Palace with the rest of the escaped captives.
An explanatory scene to this question was shot showing Indy
and Willie helping the freed children to cross the lava pit
through a makeshift bridge. When the time came for Short Round
to cross the pit the bridge had caught fire under the intense
heat and Indy and Willie managed to save him in the nick of
time from falling in the lava pit. With the bridge crumbled
the trio had to find another way out and that was through the
mines. As with the above scenes, the most logical explanation
for this cut seems to be the pace and not the film's running
time, since it ended up at 113 minutes. Even the addition of
all of the scenes mentioned on this writing would never push
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Shorty Learns of Wu Han's Demise
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In
the ‘Temple of Doom’ novel, before Indy enters Club
Obi-One, Short Round makes the arrangements for the trek to
Siam, by purchasing 3 tickets, for Indy, Wu Han and himself.
“I hardly think I could make room for someone of your stature"
the officious Briton began. Short Round then handed him most
of Indiana's money and then said: "Not for me. For Dr,
Jones, the famous professor. This very important government
case. I his assistant” When Indy and Willie land in the
car, Indy asks if Short Round called the airport, and then replied:
“Sure, Indy. Mr. Weber get seats for you ,me and Wu Han.”
Indy then replies with a sad tone, “Wu Han's not coming,
Shorty” obviously due to his death in the club earlier.
This was in the original novel and was in the script, but if
it were filmed or not, we don’t know.
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SOURCES
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- Lucasfilm Magazine / July/August 2001 - Number
30
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom A Marvel Movie Special
- Numbers 1 & 3
- And many of the same sources from the 'Making of Temple
of Doom' article.
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