I don't know for sure.
Though, watching this film, it very much reminded me of Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom.
So, because the Temple of Doom was made 45 years later. I figured that it might be a bit of a rip off of Gunga Din.
There are some similarities, yes, but it's far from a rip-off...
shareI wouldn't say rip off, but Temple of Doom is certainly inspired by films like Gunga Din. Spielberg's film isn't nearly as bad as some of the reviews say it is.
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The similarities are quite apparent. The music, the cinematography, and some the action sequences, the cartoonish fighting in particular are all used in IJTTOD. It's not exactly the same, but you saw where Spielberg got his ideas from. While I was watching this film, I kept saying, "OMG, I've seen this before. ....Fcking Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. WTF!" The ealry fighting scenes, when the strangling first began, remined me of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I think Spielberg really liked this one. Maybe Indiane Jones and the Temple of Doom was his salute to Gunga Din?
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I agree completely. An homage is not a rip off, and I'm sure Lucas & Spielberg would give full credit.
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It was a lot of fun to spot the inspirations.
Yes. Both have said many many times that the Indiana Jones series is an homage to all the early adventure serials from the 30's. It is not a rip off but a conglomeration of a lot of films they grew up watching.
sharenow that u mentioned it, i daresay i see some similarities in each. both films were jolly good fun except when the chap died at the end of gunga din
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Gunga Din isn't as intense as Temple of Doom but it's a much, much better film that has some actual emotion in it and you really care about the characters.
Of course Spielberg used this film as a template for T of D. There's even the same sort of creaky bridge, same cult of villains, etc.
are you all high, just because it came out before temple of doom doesnt make it "the greater" film all around. gunga din was great for its time but their are alot of long drawn out scenes that could have been shortened, and it definately shows its age. It takes forever for gunga din to get to the point not even at the midway point.
sharejust because it came out before temple of doom doesn't make it "the greater film" all around
and it definetly shows it's age
Actually the movie that ripped off "Gunga Din", and did a very poor job of it IMO, was "Sergeants Three" starring Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. in the Gunga Din role. Joey Bishop filled Higgenbottoms role.
There is also a Peter Sellers movie - No idea of the name - where he copies the exact bugle call that Din plays to alert the battalion.
In the beginning of 'The Party' Sellers does the bugle call. And I can't help it, Gunga Din's death looks silly because of that.
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Not at all, just because both movies make mention of the Thuggee cult (a historical fact), does not mean one rips off the other.
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There are similarities, which I chalk up to homage mostly: the Thugee Cult being the major bad guys, the fight where the Thugees topple from the cut rope bridge. But there is one scene which I felt Spielberg lifted wholesale from Gunga Din. In Gunga Din, while the Guru is sitting atop the temple roof with the British soldiers and Din, he slowly turns his head and smiles at the camera in a spooky way. Mola Ram, in Temple of Doom, does the exact slow turn of his head and looks right towards the camera and smiles like the Guru. Watch both films or both scenes when you get the chance and see if you don't think so.
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned The Temple of Doom is actually an unofficial sequel to Gunga Din. The Indiana Jones movie makes direct references to the events of the film. The writers were inspired very much by Gunga Din but since they knew they were taking so much from that movie they just moved the timeline forward to Indy's 1935 and paid homage by doing it as a sequel.
sharei'm sure they saw it
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