This scene took on a whole nother meaning after I watched Young Indiana Jones knowing he spent his whole life and lost his best friend chasing after that damned diamond
@@-Cheif In the show the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Indy and his friend Remy go searching for a diamond known as the Eye of the Peacock, said to have been owned by Alexander the Great. Indy and Remy served in WWI together. When the search hits a dead end, Indy gives up and decides to go back to college to study archaeology, but Remy is obsessed and continues on and it ends their friendship. LucasFilm confirmed the diamond Indy trades the ashes for is that diamond, so he's completing a quest here he began almost 20 years prior.
This is such a bold opening, I love it. It really lets the audience know upfront, "This is going to be a different kind of movie than Raiders. So buckle up. We're not playing it safe."
@diamond dogs I think he just meant that Temple of Doom was the first because it takes place, chronologically, before the rest of them (excluding the opening to The Lasy Crusade)
@@busterdafydd3096 Even if chronologically this movie comes first, audiences watching this for the first time only knew Raiders as Indiana Jones. From the perspective of the experience of a movie-going audience this one comes second.
I like the fact that the darkest movie of the series starts with a happy song. Temple of Doom is very climatic, although it doesn't concentrate on archeology, but rather on fight between good and evil. I also like the fact that Indy's main enemies appear only in the second half of the movie. It makes the Thuggee cult even more creepy and mysterious. And main villain, Mola Ram, is brilliant! He's purely evil.
Spot on comment! I hated it when I first saw it! To quote Speilberg; I wanted another rock chasing him... But I now think; It couldn't be any more perfect! Kate kapshaw did a marvelous job!!!
It's not as happy as you think. The lyrics (and if you can understand her potato-in-the-mouth Mandarin) make reference to how the world has gone to hell - it's quite appropriate, thematically speaking.
CaptainBlumburrt so the main reason I’ve always enjoyed this one is when Indy Busts into the Mine and starts Kicking Ass with an awesome background theme
I watched this movie then came back to find this opening. The part where they pull the hankerchief from each other is clearly mirroring the heart ripping scenario we'll later see in the movie. Something I would not have caught on to until I did a rewatching of this scene. Just brilliant.
@@ollesundin9025 I know right? I read this comment thinking I'm back in English class over analysing everything. "The blood that comes out when he gets stabbed is red symbolising the love he had for her"
+Eric Jaffa that's one of the few surreal elements from the movie, and it's on purpose: there was this kind of sequences in many 1930's Hollywood movies where suddenly a small place would turn into a giant hollywood set with a dance act going on. That's one of the hints to remind us that the Indiana Jones character is originally a 1930's "pulp" character, with some very dated bits.
Nick Werner-Matavka, that makes a lot sense. Willie would prefer to be performing on the Hollywood stage and imagines herself being there instead of Shanghai. I wouldn't call this club a dive, but it's a step down for her.
@@austinpearce5442 I heard they're planning to make a prequel to this. Maybe bring the story, "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb," to the big screen. His adventure of obtaining the ashes of Nerhotchi and possibly meeting Short Round in Shanghai.
@@bilbobaggins9451 It's always been the least liked movie for some reason, but it's my favorite of the whole franchise. It's really the only one that I come back to and watch. Just not the biggest fan of Raiders or Crusade. I've even seen people say they prefer Crystal Skull over it and it's to the point where I'm thinking this is just hive mentality.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is so underrated. The tone of this film compared to Raiders couldn't be any more different, but I think the first two installments complement each other perfectly. Temple of Doom is pure pulp, and the opening sequence is excellent. I like the way Willie appears in front of the titles like characters do on the cover of comic books.
When I first saw this intro, I thought Indy would be wandering around China and fighting the Triads, not end up in India and encounter cannibalistic savages that enslave children and disembowel their hearts out of their bodies.
When you put it like that, it kinda makes me wanna watch it. "encounter cannibalistic savages that enslave children and disembowel their hearts out of their bodies." Nice!
Indiana Jones is not a crime fighter but an archeologist. He isn't searching for a fight but is searching to remove power from evil hands by confiscating important historical artifacts and keeping them in a museum or locking them up to be forgotten so that temptation is eliminated either from him or from people seeking to steal it.
The choreography and cinematography are both very deliberate and based on the work of Busby Berkeley, the man who invented this larger-than-life imagery as a means of escapism during the Great Depression. In the 1930s, the average American family went to the cinema four nights a week. Most of the time, this enormous, escapist concept was very much needed for its time. This number is a take off of a classic and ground breaking style that was, in fact, very 1930s.
A lot of people complain about the fact that Willie isn’t speaking accurate Chinese in the song, but I see it as deliberate as well. Since the Indiana Jones movies are love letters to b-movies, it would make sense that the translations are awkward or just complete gibberish, since it’s a movie that’s supposed to be fun to watch, not 100% accurate.
I was 5! And my mom loved it so much we sat through it twice in the theater! I was scared and the scary bits but was in awe of Kate Capshaws performance and this scene rented space in my memory for many years.
This opening is so brilliant, it set the tone for the film, ANYTHING goes. Jumping out of a plane with a life raft, pulling people's hearts out of their chests. This opening song puts the audience on notice, we've thrown in everything but the kitchen sink for this adventure. Fasten your seat belts. Awesome. Of course if you've got the IQ of a turnip and are totally literal and unimaginative, you might be disappointed. IT'S A MOVIE!
I prize creativity. When I heard "Anything Goes" sung in Chinese I almost croaked. I could watch that opening 100 times in a row and not get bored. In my nearly worthless estimation, it is the BEST opening of any movie since "Star Wars" ("Top Gun" gives it a run for its money, though).
+T0mR0b1n (MajorTom) if it helps, The Clone Wars has an episode that reveals the fate of Ziro the Hutt, and has Sy Snoodles singing a similar musical number to the Grand Hutt Council on Nal Hutta. Turns out she ends up doing Cad Bane's job for Jabba (killing Ziro the Hutt), at a cheaper price.
One of the highlights of my childhood was watching this on VCR with my sister at my grandma's place in the 80s, pure cinematic glory, this song is just the beginning of the joyous adventure of this great film
I love how versatile Spielberg is. One of the greatest directors of all time. Also the crew including John Williams on the music and George Lucas! This is a masterpiece and a great memory of my childhood, I loved the original trilogy. When I was a kid I didn't care about this intro but now I love this number and love the whole movie.
It's not my favorite. But I still like it because it's the "distant" one in the series. It's the only one out of the 4 where Indy isn't in North America, the only one that doesn't feature or mention the Ark of the Covenant or Marcus Brody, and the only one where Indy isn't at his college.
@@simonster-9094 It's also chronologically the first. Which is kind of weird in retrospective. I mean, one would assume Indy would be a lot less skeptical about the Arc of Covenant considering he experienced a whole bunch of supernatural craziness first hand just a year earlier.
What they had in mind was so dark, in fact, that Raiders of the Lost Ark screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan turned down their offer to pen the second film. "I just thought it was horrible. It's so mean," Kasdan said later. "There's nothing pleasant about it. I think Temple of Doom represents a chaotic period in both their lives (Spielberg and Lucas), and the movie is very ugly and mean-spirited.” www.mentalfloss.com/article/56881/20-fun-facts-about-indiana-jones-and-temple-doom
You mean ‘mandarin’ at one point she started pronouncing words in a french accent. As someone growing up speaking mandarin and watching this film I had NO idea it was meant to be mandarin. Years later it clicked and to this day I’m still not sure what she’s trying to say. Good show tune though!
Having grown up as one of those guys who didn't like the Temple of Doom for some reason, this intro slaps. In retrospect, absolutely my favorite Indiana Jones
This one has my favourite arrangement, Cole Porter's is a classic and LuPone's has my favourite singing And that's not to count the numerous other performances of this So I REALLY can't choose one to be the "BEST"
I think one of the best, boldest, catchiest and stylish movie opening of all time. Draws you into this era and into the movie in 2 minutes... And the moment you notice, they are allready dropping from the sky with a rubber boat. Damn good movie from the golden era of adventure movies.
How the scripting for Crystal Skull went: Lucas: Alright, so then Indy hops into a fridge so that he can escape the nuke and- Spielberg: Uh, George, are you sure that's a good idea? Lucas: Anything goes. *winks*
Shocked to hear Spielberg said Temple of Doom was his least favorite. It's definitely my favorite. Watched it in the theater as soon as it was released. Loved it all! ....Anything Goes!
The title partially behind Kate's body is striking. A great homage to Busby Berkeley's work and I agree that this the best opening of any of the Jones films. And the fact that you can hardly understand anything she says makes it even better.
Mippon It was 1920s beads and it was so expensive that they had it insurance for it and a baby elephant fucked it up so this was one of the very last parts they filmed so they told the insurance company all they wrote was "Dress was eatin by elephant" I was crying
What a spectacular piece of art. Everything is just so perfect about this intro. The music, the choreography, the visuals, the ladies, the singing. Everything. Watching this as a kid, I never really cared about it, just wanted to see Indy doing stuff. Saw it tonight, decades later, and I'm absolutely dazzled. Just now I replayed it like 50 times in a row.
Let's give props to John Williams' incredible orchestration adaptation of this classic Cole Porter song. In addition to being a composer, he did a lot of great musical adaptation including Oscar winning work for the musical "Fiddler On The Roof."
Sudoku Brony I heard that Kate was supposed to be a part of the tap dancing sequence, but the dress she was wearing was so restrictive that she wasn't able to dance in it.
This is one of the most low-key bizarre openings in film and I love it. 0:00 Okay she's doing a performance of "Anything Goes" in what is clearly not her first language but it's not like there's anything wrong with it and it's not like I'd know if she was doing it well or not. Nice set and costumes too, maybe more upbeat than I expected from the title of the film. 1:28 MEANWHILE ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET 2:20 How do they go back up so easily did they just film it in reverse I NEED ANSWERS 2:25 Giant handkerchiefs! 2:30 Poof the giant handkerchiefs into the air! 2:33 Look again! The giant handkerchiefs are now A CURTAIN so Kate Capshaw can run back outside the giant mouth with it! Was that a fever dream? Are we supposed to just assume the audience in Club Obi-Wan SAW all of that even though it makes no sense?! DOES IT MATTER?! *ANYTHING GOES!*
Wow my favorite part of the movie; a song by Cole Porter, costumes by Anthony Powell, an exotic setting and Kate Capshaw singing what more can you ask for?
You too huh, I remembered this but vaguely so I came back to it for that reason when Alex mentioned it. Buutttt it seems like Alex is saying something with this being in the third song and all that he’s basing the work around as “anything can happen” type of deal or maybe I’m just tired asf I have no clue but it kinda seems like it as the arctic monkeys albums change quite a bit
It is Spielberg's ode to Vicente Minelli as much as Busby Berkeley here. A few shots within a beautifully choreographed dance sequence. Wide, medium, close ups are produced by the actors not the camera, so that we can enjoy the full performance. And Douglas Slocombe's lighting is coruscating. Love it every time I watch it and can see Spielberg's early brilliance in it.
Listen to Patti LuPone singing Anything Goes in the 1988 Tony Awards ceremony. Then listen to Kate Capshaw singing Anything Goes in Temple of Doom. She's completely unimpressive in comparison. The choreography is amazing and very entertaining but the main singer is very lackluster in this movie.
An homage to Busby Berkeley musicals from the 1930's. Right away you can tell that Steven likes Kate by putting her image superimposed in front of the title. It's a great effect.
funniest thing about this intro is how so many ignorant american's think this is some up beat Disney style song. The lyrics match the tone of this movie and are ANYTHING but upbeat.
That build in the choir and music at 2:14 is just so epic and adventurous. As a child I thought this opening was way off, but as I grew older I have come to appreciate it way more - what an opening to the best Indy ever! Yeah, I said it!
i feel like this just exists because steven speilberg really wanted an old school tap dance number in one of his movies and to be fair it's a great scene
Has anyone ever wondered how this stage is possibly laid out for the restauranty-customer-people to see? Like,-- um.. how do they see the tap dancers? Yah know?
Krepel Kremely Yeah... I guess ya gotta just attribute that to the magic of Hollywood. There are a lot of things that don't add up in movies if you look back at them.
Krepel Kremely It's made on purpose, as an homage to old hollywood musicals which did not rely on logical or realistic settings during the musical moments.
As you can tell by all the long red scarfs pulled out of the opposite girls pockets transforming suddenly into one large red blanket sized piece of fabric, they clearly employed clown magic in the making of this musical number.
Daniel Appleton I disagree entirely. I thought crystal skulls was much better than temple of doom. I’m glad they brought back the original love interest from raiders of the lost ark. That being said, raiders of the lost ark was the best by far.
I absolutely love this. Mandarin is such a beautiful language. I used to do Lyft and picked up a group of Chinese college students and just adored listening to them chitter at each other.
I'm 42 since January. I always HATED show tunes... but I loved this opening so much I must have seen it a bazillion times. Good stuff. Plus 'Anything Goes' was an excellent choice.
For me, watching it as an adolescent, it was the best opening I’ve ever seen. Having this classic sung in Chinese is a feat of ultimate refinement. There’s such a mysterious aura behind that, it’s magic and makes you dream all of what is ahead in the movie. Being a Spielberg, we knew that those brilliant dancers are announcing something horrific.
Indy kills a guy with a flaming shish-kabob to the chest right after this. Anything goes.
Nicholas Stoner Yeah as a movie Doom I enjoy it its my Second Favorite But Raiders is The Best one even though Crusade is my Favorite
Lol.
And then a little kid drives a car.
Anything goes.
@@hypokratesthehypocrite3513 lol
Of course, when dealing with a monster composed entirely of curry - I quote Dave Lister - Red Dwarf - bombard it with lager !
Not gonna lie this intro confused me alot when I was kid. I was like "mom are we watching the right movie?"
Me too XD
+Che Alejandro same!
I think that's the point of it
well .. musical dance numbers started become very popular around that time in 1935 in live venues
yeah its very much totally random intro for an indiana jones movie.
And then some guy gets his heart torn out of his chest.
Well, anything goes in this movie.
+Tom Bombadil same
You betray Shiva.
well, anything goes.
Hate when that happens...
This scene took on a whole nother meaning after I watched Young Indiana Jones knowing he spent his whole life and lost his best friend chasing after that damned diamond
The diamonds Mah Gawd!
I never thought about that.
Wait what do you mean
@@-Cheif In the show the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Indy and his friend Remy go searching for a diamond known as the Eye of the Peacock, said to have been owned by Alexander the Great. Indy and Remy served in WWI together. When the search hits a dead end, Indy gives up and decides to go back to college to study archaeology, but Remy is obsessed and continues on and it ends their friendship. LucasFilm confirmed the diamond Indy trades the ashes for is that diamond, so he's completing a quest here he began almost 20 years prior.
I realize it is kind of randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?
This is such a bold opening, I love it. It really lets the audience know upfront, "This is going to be a different kind of movie than Raiders. So buckle up. We're not playing it safe."
BTW this is the first Indiana Jones movie, often confused. might want to edit your answer
@diamond dogs Temple of Doom is a prequel
@diamond dogs I think he just meant that Temple of Doom was the first because it takes place, chronologically, before the rest of them (excluding the opening to The Lasy Crusade)
@@busterdafydd3096 Even if chronologically this movie comes first, audiences watching this for the first time only knew Raiders as Indiana Jones. From the perspective of the experience of a movie-going audience this one comes second.
When I first saw this broadcast, this opening totally confused me. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?", I thought, convinced they'd laced up the wrong tape.
I'm a sucker for a good out of place musical number.
Same
Mike D
It’s not out of place, considering the time in which it takes place and Spielberg’s nod to 1930’s movies and serials.
Especially when the song is in Fallout 3 and 4
See also end of Slumdog Millionaire
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funnily enough this is the only film where the Indiana Jones logo appears in the opening credits.
Danilo Pochini to reassure people we were all watching Indiana Jones
Danilo Pochini wow truly anything goes
Funnily?
@@Elwayphx I think it's because the other opening sequences were all less bombastic than this one so it probably felt out of place
Yeah with Spielberg's future wife covering most of it.
I like the fact that the darkest movie of the series starts with a happy song. Temple of Doom is very climatic, although it doesn't concentrate on archeology, but rather on fight between good and evil. I also like the fact that Indy's main enemies appear only in the second half of the movie. It makes the Thuggee cult even more creepy and mysterious. And main villain, Mola Ram, is brilliant! He's purely evil.
Spot on comment! I hated it when I first saw it! To quote Speilberg; I wanted another rock chasing him... But I now think; It couldn't be any more perfect! Kate kapshaw did a marvelous job!!!
It's not as happy as you think. The lyrics (and if you can understand her potato-in-the-mouth Mandarin) make reference to how the world has gone to hell - it's quite appropriate, thematically speaking.
CaptainBlumburrt This is my favorite Indy movie.
CaptainBlumburrt so the main reason I’ve always enjoyed this one is when Indy Busts into the Mine and starts Kicking Ass with an awesome background theme
British Raj aye?
Fun fact: This scene contains the only acting performance of current Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy, she plays one of the dancers.
Ya I can't figure out which one
At 0:47 there's a real man face on the far left. Im guessing that's her.
@@betterjake54 I think it's at 1:43 when her name is on screen, she's right in the middle
Definitely a better back up dancer than CEO. Hell, that diamond would have done a better job with Star Wars
The future destroyer of Star Wars?
I watched this movie then came back to find this opening. The part where they pull the hankerchief from each other is clearly mirroring the heart ripping scenario we'll later see in the movie. Something I would not have caught on to until I did a rewatching of this scene. Just brilliant.
I didn't think about it that way! Brilliant!
People always try to find forshadowing moments where there’s nothing in reality
@@ollesundin9025 I know right? I read this comment thinking I'm back in English class over analysing everything. "The blood that comes out when he gets stabbed is red symbolising the love he had for her"
Whoa!!!!!
I never thought about it like that
There seem to be about 70 dancers being watched by about 50 customers.
Eric Jaffa It's a fantasy vision you silly sod. You know...IMAGINATION.
They probably charge $200/plate at that fancy restaurant, so they can afford they can afford the dancers. ;)
+Eric Jaffa that's one of the few surreal elements from the movie, and it's on purpose: there was this kind of sequences in many 1930's Hollywood movies where suddenly a small place would turn into a giant hollywood set with a dance act going on. That's one of the hints to remind us that the Indiana Jones character is originally a 1930's "pulp" character, with some very dated bits.
It's IN HER HEAD. She's imagining herself at a nice club, as opposed to the shitty dive she's singing at.
Nick Werner-Matavka, that makes a lot sense. Willie would prefer to be performing on the Hollywood stage and imagines herself being there instead of Shanghai. I wouldn't call this club a dive, but it's a step down for her.
Out of all the unbelievable things that happen in Indiana Jones, I can't believe that those dancers stood up from the splits in that fashion
+Beardsley McBeard you can see the shot was just played in reverse
Awgichew I was being sarcastic. It's pretty obvious
+Beardsley McBeard Your sarcasm in the original comment was also pretty obvious. :)
Anything goes! Wink
Simon Kawasaki Music to any guy's ears! *wink*
Temple of Doom is one of the most underrated sequels ever.
Simon Coles it’s a prequel
@@austinpearce5442 I heard they're planning to make a prequel to this. Maybe bring the story, "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb," to the big screen. His adventure of obtaining the ashes of Nerhotchi and possibly meeting Short Round in Shanghai.
@@alexanderpytko5394 Ir would make a good book but leave the classics alone. Nobody can replace Harrison Ford & Ke Huy Quan.
it's sick. ripping out a dudes heart and it's still beating? hell yeah man i love this movie
One of the most underrated prequels ever.
I don’t care what anyone says, Temple of Doom is just as much of a classic as Raiders and Last Crusade in my book.
I agree
@@bilbobaggins9451 Not so much anymore but it was trendy to hate it for a while there
@@bilbobaggins9451 It's always been the least liked movie for some reason, but it's my favorite of the whole franchise. It's really the only one that I come back to and watch. Just not the biggest fan of Raiders or Crusade. I've even seen people say they prefer Crystal Skull over it and it's to the point where I'm thinking this is just hive mentality.
I think its even better !
@@bilbobaggins9451 it is too dark for some people
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is so underrated. The tone of this film compared to Raiders couldn't be any more different, but I think the first two installments complement each other perfectly. Temple of Doom is pure pulp, and the opening sequence is excellent. I like the way Willie appears in front of the titles like characters do on the cover of comic books.
When I first saw this intro, I thought Indy would be wandering around China and fighting the Triads, not end up in India and encounter cannibalistic savages that enslave children and disembowel their hearts out of their bodies.
The Ugly Barnacl
Well, Anything goes..
When you put it like that, it kinda makes me wanna watch it. "encounter cannibalistic savages that enslave children and disembowel their hearts out of their bodies." Nice!
The Ugly Barnacle well maby in indy 5 he will be fighting the triads who might be the main villains
Indiana Jones is not a crime fighter but an archeologist. He isn't searching for a fight but is searching to remove power from evil hands by confiscating important historical artifacts and keeping them in a museum or locking them up to be forgotten so that temptation is eliminated either from him or from people seeking to steal it.
The choreography and cinematography are both very deliberate and based on the work of Busby Berkeley, the man who invented this larger-than-life imagery as a means of escapism during the Great Depression. In the 1930s, the average American family went to the cinema four nights a week. Most of the time, this enormous, escapist concept was very much needed for its time. This number is a take off of a classic and ground breaking style that was, in fact, very 1930s.
Thanks for sharing, I will look that up:)
This is probably one of the more intelligent responses. Thanks. What you wrote makes sense.
A lot of people complain about the fact that Willie isn’t speaking accurate Chinese in the song, but I see it as deliberate as well. Since the Indiana Jones movies are love letters to b-movies, it would make sense that the translations are awkward or just complete gibberish, since it’s a movie that’s supposed to be fun to watch, not 100% accurate.
Thank you for that bit of information, i have a bunch of movies to add to the collection now
@@chuckielover06 watch this and you can see what Spielberg borrowed from Berkeley.
th-cam.com/video/rTt1BYwu3wM/w-d-xo.html
Kate Capshaw's wearing the hell out of that dress.
Amen to that...
She's Gorgeous
“She only in movie because she sleep with director”
@@ajscrewu Well, good for her then. Either way, she lived up to expectations. Credit where it's due, I say.😜
Lol stewie@@ajscrewu
John Williams didn't have to go this hard for us... But he did. That man is a legend
That man puts his drawers, socks, and everything else into the music, even in material he didn't compose. You can hear that Williams touch.
Saw this movie in the theater when I was 7... I'll never forget how blown away I was by this opening.
Really I was age 8 or 9 when I saw the movie on dvd
Really? They would let children watch it?
I was 5! And my mom loved it so much we sat through it twice in the theater! I was scared and the scary bits but was in awe of Kate Capshaws performance and this scene rented space in my memory for many years.
This opening is so brilliant, it set the tone for the film, ANYTHING goes. Jumping out of a plane with a life raft, pulling people's hearts out of their chests. This opening song puts the audience on notice, we've thrown in everything but the kitchen sink for this adventure. Fasten your seat belts. Awesome. Of course if you've got the IQ of a turnip and are totally literal and unimaginative, you might be disappointed. IT'S A MOVIE!
Lol, your picture is Dark Helmet from Spaceballs
I prize creativity. When I heard "Anything Goes" sung in Chinese I almost croaked. I could watch that opening 100 times in a row and not get bored. In my nearly worthless estimation, it is the BEST opening of any movie since "Star Wars" ("Top Gun" gives it a run for its money, though).
"I knew it im surrounded by assholes"
JohnWesley Downey We MUST be related.
Ya? Well I bet your Schwartz is as big as mine!
I love the way Kate Capshaw performs this song, just brilliant. And Harrison Ford in a tux, well he's just gorgeous in his intro. :-)
Apparently that really is her singing, which surprised me only because I'm unaware of her being in any proper musicals.
I'd love to see a Star Wars movie (for exemple) with a such unexpected and delicious opening.
+T0mR0b1n (MajorTom) if it helps, The Clone Wars has an episode that reveals the fate of Ziro the Hutt, and has Sy Snoodles singing a similar musical number to the Grand Hutt Council on Nal Hutta. Turns out she ends up doing Cad Bane's job for Jabba (killing Ziro the Hutt), at a cheaper price.
When I was talking about Star Wars, I was talking about the good parts :p
+T0mR0b1n (MajorTom) Clone Wars as in the animated show not the dumb ass prequels
Clone Wars as in the first animated show, not the "The Clone Wars"
T0mR0b1n
NOT the Genndy Tartokovsky series, though. Sorry.
This open is honestly fantastic. They did an amazing job
The scariest and darkest Indiana Jones movie starts out with this Intro! I love it!
Gotta love the opening Busby Berkeley tribute, and the way Harrison drops into frame. Good stuff.
Club Obi-Wan, is that a
Star Wars reference George Lucas?
Possibly. XP
It IS
Hey, anything goes.
No
Nope. Sheer coincidence.
One of the highlights of my childhood was watching this on VCR with my sister at my grandma's place in the 80s, pure cinematic glory, this song is just the beginning of the joyous adventure of this great film
I still have the vhs version
I love how versatile Spielberg is. One of the greatest directors of all time. Also the crew including John Williams on the music and George Lucas! This is a masterpiece and a great memory of my childhood, I loved the original trilogy. When I was a kid I didn't care about this intro but now I love this number and love the whole movie.
"Risk is why I love The Temple of Doom so much."
- Harry S. Plinkett
Awesome film. Best in the series.
It's not my favorite. But I still like it because it's the "distant" one in the series. It's the only one out of the 4 where Indy isn't in North America, the only one that doesn't feature or mention the Ark of the Covenant or Marcus Brody, and the only one where Indy isn't at his college.
@@simonster-9094 It's also chronologically the first. Which is kind of weird in retrospective. I mean, one would assume Indy would be a lot less skeptical about the Arc of Covenant considering he experienced a whole bunch of supernatural craziness first hand just a year earlier.
Charon yeah this is my fave movie out of all of them but that’s the only slight issue
What they had in mind was so dark, in fact, that Raiders of the Lost Ark screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan turned down their offer to pen the second film. "I just thought it was horrible. It's so mean," Kasdan said later. "There's nothing pleasant about it. I think Temple of Doom represents a chaotic period in both their lives (Spielberg and Lucas), and the movie is very ugly and mean-spirited.”
www.mentalfloss.com/article/56881/20-fun-facts-about-indiana-jones-and-temple-doom
@@simonster-9094 ^^
Beautiful tribute to the 1930s films of Hollywood's Golden Era, love the Busby Berkley styling.
“She had the audacity to sing that song in Mandarin.” - Katya Zamo
UNHhhh brought me here
Amiel Jandy Angelo please send where u found that
You mean ‘mandarin’ at one point she started pronouncing words in a french accent. As someone growing up speaking mandarin and watching this film I had NO idea it was meant to be mandarin. Years later it clicked and to this day I’m still not sure what she’s trying to say. Good show tune though!
C'mon this is the most authentic gibberish! Says a Chinese - me!
Thought she was singing in Manchu?
Probably the strangest opening to Indiana Jones ever, I was like what? It's a musical now?!
Oli Pajak: I wouldn't be surprised if an indiana Jones musical was made.
It was a throwback to old 30's serials said Spielberg.
I thought it was great.
Spielberg was paying respect to movies in the 30s
Oli Pajak I remember when I first saw this as a kid and asked my mom if we were watching the right film 😂😂😂
1:22 I always laugh at the moment Willie almost looses her balance, the look at her face is just hilarious!
Still wondering if that was intention...
Didn’t that happen in Lego Indiana Jones too?
Probably because it's such a great character moment. She has a glamourous surface but, as we'll see in the movie, she's also kind of goofball.
I didn’t know Anything Goes was an actual song outside of this movie until I heard it on Diamond City Radio
That was quite a shock to say the least
Haha same lol
Poor kid
Yikes. There is a hundred years of culture (movies, music, theatre, books) for you to discover and enjoy for the first time. Enjoy.
Same
@@purpleslog , I know, Cole Porter just one of those things, got some catching up to do.
Best intro in cinema
I love how this film starts off as insane as it goes on throughout.
Steven Spielberg really made a two hour long shitpost at the height of this career, what an absolute CHAD 😂
That intro is so iconic. really makes you ready for an adventure!
By far the best opening sequence in movie history
Having grown up as one of those guys who didn't like the Temple of Doom for some reason, this intro slaps. In retrospect, absolutely my favorite Indiana Jones
Hands down the best version of this song, with a stunning performance to boot.
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Nah i like it on fallout 4
better than the Patti LuPone version?
but laura osnes
This one has my favourite arrangement, Cole Porter's is a classic and LuPone's has my favourite singing
And that's not to count the numerous other performances of this
So I REALLY can't choose one to be the "BEST"
I think one of the best, boldest, catchiest and stylish movie opening of all time. Draws you into this era and into the movie in 2 minutes... And the moment you notice, they are allready dropping from the sky with a rubber boat. Damn good movie from the golden era of adventure movies.
How the scripting for Crystal Skull went:
Lucas: Alright, so then Indy hops into a fridge so that he can escape the nuke and-
Spielberg: Uh, George, are you sure that's a good idea?
Lucas: Anything goes. *winks*
***** George thought his midichlorian levels were even higher than Yoda's. ;)
I actually think that scene was the best of the entire movie lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
BanzaiHD Same here
It wasn't much better than breaking your fall from hundreds of meters with a rubber boat tbh.
Still can't get over how great this opening is, even the little trip Kate Capshaw does up the step to the dragon's head!
When Harrison makes his entrance at the end... So badass.
Shows that Spielberg could have been a good director for James Bond. :)
I love this opening its exciting and memorable.
00:34 Goosebumps, Right There, Everytime
***** ...doesn't everybody...
Tina Privitera I'd like to think so :)
I remember watching this movie when I was little and my paternal grandparents. It brings me so much nostalgia and many memories.
Shocked to hear Spielberg said Temple of Doom was his least favorite. It's definitely my favorite. Watched it in the theater as soon as it was released. Loved it all! ....Anything Goes!
He regretted its darker moments, and he has a point. But honestly: this positively shits on Crystal Skull (and, you can bet, #5).
@@bloggaloggs I mean he did meet his wife when he made this movie
Makes sense it’s fine
1:22 - I love that trip up the stairs and her expression. It makes me smile every time.
There's also a subtle bit at 0:24 where she has to grope for the set arch above her head.
The title partially behind Kate's body is striking. A great homage to Busby Berkeley's work and I agree that this the best opening of any of the Jones films. And the fact that you can hardly understand anything she says makes it even better.
It's a callback to early comic books, whose titles often appeared partially behind a main character or action scene, for emphasis on the latter.
that dress is beautiful
Mippon It was 1920s beads and it was so expensive that they had it insurance for it and a baby elephant fucked it up so this was one of the very last parts they filmed so they told the insurance company all they wrote was "Dress was eatin by elephant" I was crying
@@jessem4842😂
The best opening of Indiana franchise. And the best Indiana movie.
What a spectacular piece of art. Everything is just so perfect about this intro. The music, the choreography, the visuals, the ladies, the singing. Everything.
Watching this as a kid, I never really cared about it, just wanted to see Indy doing stuff. Saw it tonight, decades later, and I'm absolutely dazzled. Just now I replayed it like 50 times in a row.
I cannot watch/listen to this and not smile away, knowing I am about to embark on a crazy, unforgettable, terrific and terrifying adventure!!
The best intro scene of all the movies history
Let's give props to John Williams' incredible orchestration adaptation of this classic Cole Porter song. In addition to being a composer, he did a lot of great musical adaptation including Oscar winning work for the musical "Fiddler On The Roof."
I really love the tap dancing girl sequence in this song!
Sudoku Brony I heard that Kate was supposed to be a part of the tap dancing sequence, but the dress she was wearing was so restrictive that she wasn't able to dance in it.
One of the strangest yet greatest intros to any movie ever.
This is one of the most low-key bizarre openings in film and I love it.
0:00 Okay she's doing a performance of "Anything Goes" in what is clearly not her first language but it's not like there's anything wrong with it and it's not like I'd know if she was doing it well or not. Nice set and costumes too, maybe more upbeat than I expected from the title of the film.
1:28 MEANWHILE ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET
2:20 How do they go back up so easily did they just film it in reverse I NEED ANSWERS
2:25 Giant handkerchiefs!
2:30 Poof the giant handkerchiefs into the air!
2:33 Look again! The giant handkerchiefs are now A CURTAIN so Kate Capshaw can run back outside the giant mouth with it! Was that a fever dream? Are we supposed to just assume the audience in Club Obi-Wan SAW all of that even though it makes no sense?! DOES IT MATTER?! *ANYTHING GOES!*
Like so are the people watching Kate capshaw just waiting for her to come back when all the dancers are on with the other set?
Yep! Anything goes.
This the shitpost of Indiana Jones films 😂
Just a brilliant, brilliant opening scene. Spielberg truly was magical back then. And Dougie Slocombe's lighting is coruscating
Saw in the theatre back in the day, it's as breathtaking a scene today as it was back then. Truly a masterpiece, fun and cool. Kate Capshaw...wow!
Wow my favorite part of the movie; a song by Cole Porter, costumes by Anthony Powell, an exotic setting and Kate Capshaw singing what more can you ask for?
John Hintergardt ikr
Thank you Jesse and you look good too.
This movie franchise has a great replayability unlike other trilogys.
hello peeps from the Radio X interview with Alex and Matt (:
You too huh, I remembered this but vaguely so I came back to it for that reason when Alex mentioned it. Buutttt it seems like Alex is saying something with this being in the third song and all that he’s basing the work around as “anything can happen” type of deal or maybe I’m just tired asf I have no clue but it kinda seems like it as the arctic monkeys albums change quite a bit
"Yo, that lady just ran off into that dragon's mouth in the middle of her song. I hear her but what the hell is she doing?"
This was such a great start to an unforgettable movie!
In glorious 70mm too!
It is Spielberg's ode to Vicente Minelli as much as Busby Berkeley here. A few shots within a beautifully choreographed dance sequence. Wide, medium, close ups are produced by the actors not the camera, so that we can enjoy the full performance. And Douglas Slocombe's lighting is coruscating. Love it every time I watch it and can see Spielberg's early brilliance in it.
Something about the build-up of the first 40 seconds... I love it
0:02-0:06 I liked it how the variation of paramount pictures matches the gong.
Still the best version of Anything Goes
The best version is the original sang by whoever was that man. I can't remember his name, but that's the best. The one in fallout 4
+Abra Cole Porter
CircusBaby 212 That would be Steven Spielbergs wife, Kate Capshaw.
eeehm, no offence but john barrowman will always sing the best version of it
Listen to Patti LuPone singing Anything Goes in the 1988 Tony Awards ceremony.
Then listen to Kate Capshaw singing Anything Goes in Temple of Doom. She's completely unimpressive in comparison. The choreography is amazing and very entertaining but the main singer is very lackluster in this movie.
0:30 I love the title and the frame is so colorful, I love that high notes from John Williams it is so epic.
This is such an odd opening for an Indiana Jones movie, and it actually works well.
An homage to Busby Berkeley musicals from the 1930's. Right away you can tell that Steven likes Kate by putting her image superimposed in front of the title. It's a great effect.
There’s just something about her voice that makes it so good
I think the fact she looks pretty good singing it definately helps, Steven thinks so lol.
funniest thing about this intro is how so many ignorant american's think this is some up beat Disney style song. The lyrics match the tone of this movie and are ANYTHING but upbeat.
That’s Cole Porter in a nutshell, isn’t it? Upbeat music and despairing lyrics
I think most people know the song and it's the ignorant TH-cam commenter who can't even pluralize "American's" properly.
This movie is one of my faves. As a kid it was awesome. Then as an adult it’s nostalgic and you see stuff you don’t remember.
Love this intro! Beautifully shot and choreographed.
That build in the choir and music at 2:14 is just so epic and adventurous. As a child I thought this opening was way off, but as I grew older I have come to appreciate it way more - what an opening to the best Indy ever! Yeah, I said it!
Such a bonkers choice to have Kate Capshaw superimposed over the title like that. I love it though!
I'm surprised Family Guy hasn't parodied this scene. Could have had Lois as Willie.
i feel like this just exists because steven speilberg really wanted an old school tap dance number in one of his movies
and to be fair it's a great scene
Has anyone ever wondered how this stage is possibly laid out for the
restauranty-customer-people to see? Like,-- um.. how do they see the tap dancers? Yah know?
Krepel Kremely Yeah... I guess ya gotta just attribute that to the magic of Hollywood. There are a lot of things that don't add up in movies if you look back at them.
Krepel Kremely It's made on purpose, as an homage to old hollywood musicals which did not rely on logical or realistic settings during the musical moments.
As you can tell by all the long red scarfs pulled out of the opposite girls pockets transforming suddenly into one large red blanket sized piece of fabric, they clearly employed clown magic in the making of this musical number.
I always figured that the "big stage" sequence was in Willie's mind - her fantasy of "making it big."
@@mr.flibble3190 what a nice interpretation, i like
While Temple of Doom isn't the best sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, give it this, it is different.
G-Zilla 1954 it is a prequel
It's a prequel not a sequel
It is the best sequel.
Weirdly enough, As i found out later on, it’s actually a prequel heh
Daniel Appleton I disagree entirely. I thought crystal skulls was much better than temple of doom. I’m glad they brought back the original love interest from raiders of the lost ark. That being said, raiders of the lost ark was the best by far.
best intro of the series
the movie is batshit crazy and that absolutely random opening just sets the tone, anything really goes lol
Its my favorite Indiana Jones.
The little stumble at 1:22 is brilliant.
神曲！！中毒性がマジである
Damn I thought I first heard this song in Fallout 4, but then I remembered this was also in Indiana Jones... Wow
I loved this opening scene
The best part of the film - and the fight for the diamond and antidote that follows! - wonderfully choreographed!
So apparently this takes place before Raiders of the lost ark?
Yup, it was marketed (and still is) as a sequel but it does take place before the events of Raiders.
I always place this movie before Raiders on my movie shelve. Doom, Raiders, Crusade and Skull.
I think he was talking about order of chronology.
Green Whovian The Last Crusade took place a year before the war started
Dylan Cannon yep. This is 1935
I absolutely love this. Mandarin is such a beautiful language. I used to do Lyft and picked up a group of Chinese college students and just adored listening to them chitter at each other.
I'm 42 since January. I always HATED show tunes... but I loved this opening so much I must have seen it a bazillion times. Good stuff. Plus 'Anything Goes' was an excellent choice.
I'm playing a very old computer game now called "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" which serves as the prequel to this movie! 😊😊😊
This is one of my favorite pieces of video. It is just flat out the most fun and exhuberant thing ever filmed. Work of genius by all concerned.
Temple of Doom the musical!
Spielberg the master. Tribute to another decade of hollywood - the golden years. Respect😊
Long live the memory of Cole Porter.
For me, watching it as an adolescent, it was the best opening I’ve ever seen. Having this classic sung in Chinese is a feat of ultimate refinement.
There’s such a mysterious aura behind that, it’s magic and makes you dream all of what is ahead in the movie. Being a Spielberg, we knew that those brilliant dancers are announcing something horrific.
We'll never get movies like this again. 😢