Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Tony Black and Darren Mooney, with special guest Alex Towers, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, continuing our Indiana Summer, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Escaping a botched deal in Hong Kong, intrepid explorer Indiana Jones finds himself in India with two unlikely partners. Jones is quickly drawn into a mystery involving stolen artifacts and a village of missing children, which offers the adventurer the opportunity for “fortune and glory.” However, dark secrets are buried beneath Pankot Palace, and it may take an archeologist to unearth them.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 22nd May 2021.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Eric Diaz at Nerdist argues that editor Marcia Lucas gave Star Wars its heart, May 2019.
- Marc Bernardin at SyFy on how Marcia Lucas influenced and shaped Star Wars as a film and as a franchise, December 2012.
- Pinball Magazine celebrates Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure, February 2021.
- Tim Gray at Variety discusses more films deserving disclaimers after Gone With the Wind, June 2020.
- The Guardian reports on the addition of a disclaimer to Gone With the Wind on HBO Max, June 2020.
- Todd Spangler at Variety reports on the return of Gone With the Wind to HBO Max with a warning, June 2020.
- Empire Magazine provides an oral history of the production of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, August 2008.
- Jamie Burton at NewsWeek takes a look back at Harrison Ford’s on-set injuries, June 2021.
- Genevieve Koski at The A.V. Club quotes from Spielberg discussing Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 2008.
- Steven Spielberg talks to The Sun Sentinel about his feelings concerning Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 1989.
- Steven Spielberg talks to Collider about his creative relationship with George Lucas on the Indiana Jones movies, October 2011.
- Saffron Maeve writes at Little White Lies about the racism of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, June 2020.
- David Sterritt at The Christian Science Monitor criticises the racism and sexism of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 1984.
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- Priscilla Compton at Critical Film Theory recounts the attempts to shoot Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in India, April 2015.
- Leah Schnelbach at Tor.com looks at the portrayal of Hinduism in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, December 2015.
- Nick Topazzi at Topazzi World breaks down the dinner menu from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 2020.
- Aimee Lamoureux at Mashed looks at how the props department made the dinner scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, September 2020.
- Kalea Martin at Mashed looks at the insanity of the dinner scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, August 2021.
- Farihah Zaman at Reverse Shot on the complicated relationship between Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indian cinema, April 2012.
- Anthony Breznican at Entertainment Weekly takes a look back at the Oscar battle between Steven Spielberg’s E.T. and David Attenborough’s Gandhi, August 2014.
- Aziz Ansari writes at The New York Times about seeing Indian culture filtered through the prism of eighties American movies, November 2015.
- Fisher Stevens talks to Entertainment Weekly about wearing brownface to play an Indian in Short Circuit, May 2021.
- The BBC reports on the controversy around the character of Apu on The Simpsons, April 2018.
- Hank Azaria talks to The New York Times about his decision to stop voicing the character of Apu on The Simpsons, February 2020.
- David Smith at The Guardian reports on how John Rhys-Davies became an unlikely icon to the British Nationalist Party, February 2004.
- Kayleigh Donaldson discusses the Indiana Jones franchise as a “problematic fave”, February 2018.
- James Harkin at The Smithsonian Magazine reports on the race to save Syria’s archeological treasures in the midst of the civil war, March 2016.
- Luke Harding at The Guardian documents the Taliban’s destruction of priceless historical artifacts, March 2001.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Story Conference Transcript, January 1978.
- Vincent Canby reviews Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for The New York Times, May 1984.
- Steven Spielberg talks to The New York Times about how important Kathleen Carey has been to him, May 1982.
- Steven Spielberg tells People Magazine that he thinks he and Kathleen Carey will have children, August 1982.
- Bryan Curtis at Grantland looks at the divorce subtext that infused so much of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, August 2012.
- Nick Nadel at Decider examines Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as a movie about divorce, January 2019.
- Ian Freer at Empire Magazine takes a look back at the development and production of 1941, February 2014.
- Steven Spielberg talks to Digital Spy about how he always wanted to make a musical, December 2011.
- The Associated Press offers an overview of the aftermath of the horrific accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, May 1987.
- Carrie Rickey at The New York Times looks at how Steven Spielberg distanced himself from John Landis in the wake of the accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, September 1988.
- Marc Green and Stephen Farber at The Los Angeles Times look back on the consequences of the accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, August 1988.
- George Lucas talks to The New York Times about criticisms of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 1989.
- George Lucas claims that he sold Star Wars to “white slavers” in an interview with Time, December 2015.
- Ridley Scott talks to Variety about the casting of white actors in Exodus: Gods and Kings, November 2014.
- Padraig Cotter at ScreenRant reports on George Lucas’ understanding that fans would have hated his sequel trilogy, June 2018.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist looks at The Rise of Skywalker as a soulless movie made by committee to appease the worst fans, December 2019.
- Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times reports on the ratings controversy around Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, May 1984.
- Ben Brock at IndieWire looks back on how Gremlins ushered in an era of PG-13 blockbusters, June 2014.
- Steven Spielberg talks to Vanity Fair about his role in creating the PG-13 rating, February 2008.
- The New York Times looks back on protests condemning Red Dawn as “the most violent movie ever made”, September 1984.
- Chris Klimek at The Dissolve looks back on the on-going failure of the PG-13 rating, December 2014.
- Vic Armstrong talks to Vice about his life and career, including his work on the Indiana Jones, February 2016.
- Adam Lowes at The Hot Corn looks at Harrison Ford’s longstanding love affair with marijuana, May 2019.
- Greg Proops talks to I Was There Too about his career, including a brief stint as Harrison Ford’s driver, November 2014.
- People Magazine reviews Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, June 1984.
- Lakshmi Gandhi at NPR takes a look back at the Thuggee Cult of India, November 2013.
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