Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
In 1935 Indy flees a Shanghai nightclub with a singer and his young sidekick, crash-lands in northern India and is sent by a starving village to a maharaja's palace hiding a cult beneath it.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Club Obi Wan≈ 00:01:00Shanghai, ChinaStated on screen
A deal with Lao Che over Nurhaci's remains goes wrong and Indy escapes the nightclub with Willie, Short Round driving the getaway car to the airfield.
- 2Mayapore village≈ 00:22:00Mayapore village (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
The villagers' sacred stone and children have been taken, and the elders beg Indy to go to Pankot Palace.
- 3Pankot Palace≈ 00:38:00Pankot Palace (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
A banquet with the boy maharaja and a night of traps lead Indy to a secret passage beneath the palace.
- 4Thuggee temple and mines≈ 01:02:00Pankot Palace (fictional)InferredFictional
- 5Rope bridge over the gorge≈ 01:45:00Rope bridge near Pankot (fictional)InferredFictional
- 6Return to the village≈ 01:53:00Mayapore village (fictional)InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,089 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 6
- Plane: 4,016 km
- On foot: 44 km
- Not shown: 29 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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