Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

MAHARAJAH
You will not suffer. I recently became of age and tasted the blood of Kali.

Now the young initiate comes forward and Indiana looks startled – it's Nainsukh. He is wearing robes and his eyes are glowing strangely. Nainsukh hands Mola Ram a hollow human skull full of blood!

The guards hold Indiana's head back and force his mouth open. Mola Ram tips the skull and blood spills out of its death-grinning jaws and flows into Indiana's mouth. Indy gags –

Suddenly he spits the blood, spraying Mola Ram and the little Maharajah. Looking at his blood-splattered clothes, the Maharajah is furious.

MOLA RAM
Hold him!

The little prince's eyes glow angrily and he hisses at Indy –
 

MAHARAJAH

You will learn to obey because you are powerless!

The little Maharajah pulls a small kryta from his robes – Indy sees that the doll has been crudely fashioned to resemble him.

MAHARAJAH (CONT'D)

I control you now!

The Maharajah turns and sticks the doll into a flaming urn. Indiana suddenly cries out and twists in pain as he is burned! The little prince smiles evilly and puts the doll back into his robes.

Then he goes over to where Indy's whip and bag have been laid. He grabs the bullwhip.

MAHARAJAH (CONT'D)

You told me that a whip could be an enemy to its owner. We shall see! Turn him over!

As the guards turn Indy face down, they rip off his jacket and chain his hands to the rock. The Maharajah uncurls the whip – he notices Short Round smiling snidely –

Suddenly the Maharajah cracks the whip – it lashes out and cuts into Short Round's shoulder. Blood appears and Short Round looks stunned by the lash and by the fact the Maharajah knows who to use the whip.

MAHARAJAH (CONT'D)

As Dr. Jones suggested, I have been practicing.

The little Maharajah whirls and lashes the whip again. Indiana jerks as the bullwhip rips through his shirt and tears open his flesh. The Maharajah lashes again and again – blood spurts across Indy's tattered shirt.

As the whipping continues- Short Round jumps as if he is also being beaten. His eyes fill with tears as he watches Indy suffer.

Finally, the little Maharajah lets the whip fall limp. As the Maharajah approaches Indy, Short Round lunges as him angrily but the guards restrain him.

Indiana groans as he's turned over. Blood trickles from his mouth and he stares up hatefully at Mola Ram.

MOLA RAM
The British in India will be slaughtered. Then we will over-run the Moslems and force their "Allah" to bow to Kali.

Mola Ram is once again given the human skull by a priest and he lifts it toward Indy's face –
 

MOLA RAM (CONT'D)

And then the Hebrew God will fall and finally the Christian God will be cast down and forgotten.

Indy's head is held back and Mola Ram spills the blood – it flows out of the mouth of the skull into Indy's mouth.

MOLA RAM (CONT'D)

Soon Kali Ma will rule the world!

Indy's eyes look horrified as the blood flows from the skull down his choking throat – some of the blood spills and falls to the floor –

We see the very earth trembling as the evil spreads – a fissure appears beneath Indy's feet and a small line of crimson lava oozes out and smiles evilly across the floor...

CUT TO:

INT. WILLIE'S SUITE – NIGHT

Diaphanous curtains billow silently into the moonlighted room. Two exotic birds sit on a golden perch, their eyes clicking watchfully. Suddenly the birds shriek and flap away –

Willie stumbles through the secret door and falls into the room. Insects cover her and she shimpers as she knocks them off. She manages to stagger to her feet and she heads for the door.

INT. THE PALACE – NIGHT
 

Willie rushes out of her room and runs through the deserted palace looking for help. She flies down the moonlit corridors, past the huge wall paintings.

She stops by a courtyard and calls out desperately, but there is no one around. She backs away down a hallway and then jumps – seeing something in a mirror: a face looms behind her and she screams!

Willie whirls and sees Chattar Lal, the Prime Minister, approaching her.

WILLIE
Oh my God, you scared me! Listen, you've got to help. We found this tunnel –

Captain Blumburtt comes around a corner and interrupts –
 

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

(to Chattar Lal)

Jones isn't in his room. Miss Scott – my troops are leaving at dawn if you want us to escort you to Delhi –

WILLIE

No – you can't go! Something awful's happened. They've got Short Round and I think Indy's been –

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

What?

WILLIE

We found a tunnel that leads to a temple below the palace! Please, come with me, I'll show you!

The two men exchange dubious looks. Willie grabs Blumburtt by the arm and they start down the hall.

CHATTAR LAL

Miss Scott, you're not making any sense.

WILLIE

I'm afraid they'll kill them! We saw horrible things down there – they had a human sacrifice and they ripped a man's heart out!

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

Who?

WILLIE

It's some kind of cult! And they've got the sacred stones that Indy was searching for.

CHATTAR LAL

I sense the fumes of opium in all this. Perhaps Miss Scott picked up the habit in Shanghai.

WILLIE

What're you talking about – I'm not a dope fiend! I saw it! I'll show you!

INT. WILLIE'S SUITE

She leads them into her suite. Willie points to the dark opening in the wall. Blumburtt picks up an oil lamp and holds it toward the opening – suddenly he jumps back as Indiana emerges!

INDIANA

(smiling faintly)

What're we playing, hid and seek?

They're all startled. Willie looks relieved and rushes over to Indy and puts her arms around him.

WILLIE

Oh, Indy, you got away! Tell them what happened, they won't believe me –

He puts his arms around her and feels her trembling from fear and anger. He walks her to the bed and helps her sit down –

INDIANA

It's okay. You're all right now.

WILLIE

They think I'm insane. Tell them I'm not, Indy. Please – help me ...

The awful events have taken their toll and Willie covers her face and cries like a scared kid. Indy gets her to lie down on the bed. He sits beside her and smiles and touches her hair –

INDIANA

Hey, I thought you were supposed to be a real trooper. Willie?

He wipes the tears from her face and she holds his hand –
 

WILLIE

(quietly)

What?

INDIANA

You've got to go to sleep now.

WILLIE

(softly)

I want to go home...

INDIANA

I don't blame you... this hasn't been what you'd call a fun vacation...

She smiles a little despite herself and he touches her cheek. He eyes are already closing and he stands up.

A servant is entering the suite to take care of Willie. She covers her with a blanket and start dropping the mosquito netting as Indy walks off toward the verandah with Blumburtt and Chattar Lal.

EXT. THE VERANDAH – DAWN
 

The first light is breaking over the mountain peaks. Coming out onto the verandah, Indy and the other two men see the cavalry troops breaking camp below and readying their horses and trucks.

INDIANA

I've spent by life crawling around in caves and tunnels – I shouldn't have let somebody like Willie go in there with me.

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

Miss Scott panicked?

INDIANA

When she saw the insects she passed out cold. I carried her back to her room. She was sleeping when I re-entered the tunnel to look around.

CHATTAR LAL

As she slept, she undoubtedly had nightmares.

Indiana looks at him and nods.

INDIANA

Then she must have run out of the room and you found her.

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

Did you discover anything in that tunnel, Dr. Jones?

Indiana stares into the rising sun.

INDIANA

Nothing. Just a dead end. That tunnel's been deserted for years.

A sergeant-major shouts up to Blumburtt that the troops are ready.

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

Well, Mr. Prime Minister, my report will duly note that we found nothing unusual here in Pankot.

CHATTAR LAL

I'm sure that will please the Maharajah, Captain.

CAPT. BLUMBURTT

(to Indiana)

As I said before, we'd be happy to escort you to Delhi.

INDIANA

Thanks, but I don't think Willie is ready to travel yet.

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EXT. THE PALACE ROAD – MORNING

Dust swirls as the British cavalry moves off with their Highland Pipers at the head playing a military bagpipe tune. Capt. Blumburtt comes out of the palace and gets into an open car.

Blumburtt's car moves off behind the cavalry and then the supply trucks follow.

 
INT. WILLIE'S SUITE
 

The whine of the bagpipes is eerily muted in the dark room. Through the gently swaying mosquito netting, we see Willie asleep on the bed.

Then through her side of the gauzy netting, we see the door opening across the room. Indiana enters quietly and moves toward the bed, his eyes fixed on Willie's sleeping body.

Indy sits down on the bed slowly. Willie turns in her sleep and opens her eyes. Through the mosquito netting she sees Indy sitting with his back to her.

WILLIE
Indy? Did you walk to them?

INDIANA

Yes.

WILLIE

So now they believe me.

INDIANA

Yes, they believe you.

Indiana speaks in a strange monotone.

WILLIE

Then they'll send the soldiers down into the temple...

Willie looks at Indiana's back and continues quietly.

WILLIE (CONT'D)

I was scared to death last night when I thought they were going to kill you.

INDIANA

No... they won't kill me.

WILLIE

(smiling faintly)

You know you've been nothing but trouble since I hooked up with you – but I have to admit I'd miss you if I lost you...

Now Indiana starts to turn slowly.

INDIANA

You won't lose me, Willie...

She sees him turn and his face slowly comes toward the mosquito netting – his face pushes into the netting and Willie looks stunned as Indy's mouth opens –

He starts hissing grotesquely, smoke billows out of his mouth and the mosquito netting BURNS OPEN to expose his terrifying face moving toward Willie –

She is frozen with fear and unable to utter a sound as Indy's malevolent face looms at her – and then she notices his eyes – his eyes glowing a hellish luminescent yellow!

Willie SCREAMS!!

She suddenly bolts from the bed and tries to run – Indiana goes into a rage, ripping the mosquito netting from the bed as he follows her.

INDIANA
No! I've found it – you can't – Kali knows!

Willie tries the door but it's locked. She sees Indiana moving toward her ranting incoherently as he smashes a vase out of his way –

INDIANA

– been too many lies – there's no god's heaven – just – the horror! I've seen it – life preying on life!

Willie cowers in a corner, horrified by the transformation she sees in Indiana. Shouting and pacing Indy holds his head against the pain of his terrible thoughts –

INDIANA

– rivers – destroying mountains – a comet in space – exploding!

(holding his head)

Aaahh! – the screams – pitiful people – their pain – the hate – and greed – always greed!

The light throws his shadow over Willie – a giant shadow floating back and forth over her as she cries in the corner, unable to fight the evil devouring Indiana.

INDIANA

– but I've found – Kali's touch! Death – no more lies – the death I've been searching for!

(shouting)

Quit crying! She can hear you – Kali knows fear – don't you understand – Kali is freedom!

Indiana stops pacing and Willie freezes in terror. Now a bizarre yellow light wipes across the room. Indiana turns and watches silently as two Thuggee guards emerge from a secret doorway that's opened –

The shadows of the Thuggee guards loom over Willie and she SCREAMS again!

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INT. THE TEMPLE OF DEATH – DAY

A sea of frightening faces once again intones the horrible sacrificial chant. Among the worshippers, the little Maharajah sits on a raised platform. Like the other believers, he stares across the crevasse at the altar of Kali Ma.

The wailing wind howls out of the high tunnel and the terrifying chanting reaches a fever pitch.

INT. THE TMEPLE ALTAR
 

And once again the three sacred Sankara Stones glow magically. Mola Ram materializes evilly amidst the swirling smoke and he begins chanting in Sanskrit.

Beside the altar, half-clad female acolytes pass in front of the robed priests – with their fingers the women paint two white lines across the priests' foreheads.

An acolyte moves in front of Chattar Lal – the Prime Minister is now dressed in robes. As the devotional markings are painted on his forehead, Chattar Lal translates the High Priest's speech to Indiana who stands next to him.