When I was re-watching the Indiana Jones trilogy in preparation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I discovered something I never noticed before - Dan Aykroyd.
That’s right, the SNL star turned Ghostbuster has a very small cameo in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Unlike Raiders and Last Crusade, I had only seen the film once or twice since I was a kid, which might explain how I passed him by. The 18-second cameo is easy to miss and comes just after the conclusion of the car chase with Lao Che’s men in the film’s opening sequence. Aykroyd plays a character named “Weber”, who sports a mustache and an even worse fake British accent. He explains to Indy that he’s arranged for last minute transportation just before Jones, Short Round and Willie board the plane. Turns out that Aykroyd was friends with Spielberg, going back to working on 1941.
Even harder to spot is the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameos of George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg as a group of missionaries in the background of the same airport scene.
The newspaper clipping below shows the group in costume wearing long black cassocks and tropical helmets.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I thought most people were hip to the Aykroyd cameo. I guess I had much more free time than you guys.
The Lucas/’Berg appearance is a much more ridiculous one.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
That’s hilarious because I re-watched Temple of Doom last night, and I also had the same “Hey! It’s Dan Aykroyd!” response during that scene.
That was supposed to be a British accent? I had no idea.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I had seen it. It only confirms Temple of Dooms vast superiority over the other indy films
May 31st, 2008 at 10:33 pm
SLOW NEWS DAY HUH PETEY
May 31st, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Jack: it’s called the weekend :P
May 31st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
When I was younger, before I cared who Dan Aykroyd was, I thought Weber was played by the voice of C3PO.
May 31st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
1941, Kicked ass,
The Indy Franchise rocks!
June 1st, 2008 at 12:16 am
YO /FILM! Why aren’t you talking about THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE WEIRD?? What do you know about this film? What happened with it at CANNES … anyone of you seen this bad boy? … I’ve only experienced the trailer … as far as my tastes go … it has potential.
Sorry for posting this message twice … I do not know how to contact you /FILM elite … but I trust you have some info as you are seemingly fully informed on most treats out there.
June 1st, 2008 at 2:17 am
Dan Aykroyd gotta eat!
June 1st, 2008 at 5:03 am
I recently watched ROTLA, and realized that Alfred Molina (aka Doc Oc) was the bad guy in the first scene. It was his first movie (well, second, but the first was not credited according to IMDB).
June 1st, 2008 at 5:21 am
wow, slow news day indeed.
June 1st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
also one thing he did miss to mention maybe because its very easy to see, during the car chase in temple of doom, they past a resturant called obi wan lol if the dude that runs the site sees this comment
June 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
duh. You didn’t even have to see him, his voice was the dead give away
June 1st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I’m pretty sure I read something years ago that Dan Aykroyd’s cameo was to say thanks for Spielberg’s cameo (as according to IMDB: “Cook County Assessor’s Office Clerk”) in The Blues Brothers a few years before.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 am
dugg.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Yeah, we know. Whoop-dee-doo.