However, for fans of Temple of Doom – which was released on May 23, 1984 – the movie, despite its major flaws, still provides a rip-roaring fun adventure with nonstop action.

It’s an almost unbelievable Hollywood story. On the Feb. 3 episode of WTF With Marc Maron, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan looked back at his first movie, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

After Quan's first role in the Temple of Doom, he then appeared the next year in The Goonies as Data. The actor then spent decades away from acting in Hollywood – including a stint as assistant ...

That film was 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a sequel (well, technically a prequel, since it’s set in 1935) that deftly manages to be both scarier and sillier than its predecessor.

The fedora — which had a pre-auction estimate of $250,000 to $500,000 — came from the collection of the late stunt performer Dean Ferrandini, who doubled for Harrison Ford on Temple of Doom.

Ke Huy Quan was a preteen when he was cast in Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom Having fled Vietnam with his family as a child, he didn’t know who Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg were when he ...