Happy Birthday toIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Put on your best snowy tux , smuggle a diamond , and drop on “ Anything Goes . ” May 23 is the natal day ofSteven Spielberg’sIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — the franchise ’s eldritch accounting entry , for a whole lot of understanding . And since it was released in 1984 , that makes today its fortieth anniversary . well-chosen birthday Indy !

Last year , before the waiver of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , we did a inscrutable dive into why Temple of Doomis still so fantastic but also so polarizing . It ’s just a drastic tonic chemise from the previous motion picture , Raiders of the Lost Ark , but still has a long ton of heart and hullabaloo . So please , if you want to read more about the movie itself , head over to that link .

Here though , we just thought we ’d share the astonishing drone for the cinema and let fans tattle about it to lionise its fortieth . Forty years of Sankara Stones . Forty year of Short Round . Forty years of rope bridge action at law . Forty class of Snake Surprise and Chilled Monkey Brains . Oh , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , you ’re a wild one .

Forty years of fortune and glory.

Forty years of fortune and glory.Screenshot: Lucasfilm

What are your preferred moments in the film ? Also , where do you range it among the other Indiana Jones adventures ? sure enough it ’s at least in the top three , right ? Are you a loose canon that think Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( which celebrate its 16th birthday on May 22 ) is better ?

Let us know below and well-chosen birthday to one of the quintessential films in the careers of Spielberg , Harrison Ford , George Lucas , and the rest of the gang .

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