INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM 'Snake Surprize!', a coiled boa constrictor snake modelled from painted g.r.p. and skewered onto a large metal salver, 20in.high, 35.in.long, (snake's belly complete and unsliced); six large beetles of moulded rubber, each with detachable base and 5in. long; and a life-sized roast pig modelled from resin-coated urethane foam 46in. long and surrounded by thirteen suckling piglets of painted rubber, the pig 46in. long, each piglet 8¼in. long on a metal salver, 50in. long; and ten winged insects of rubber and acrylics, each 6in. long - the boa constrictor and beetles seen in the memorable banquet sequence at Pankot Palace, the roast pig edited from the final cut of the film, all made for the 1984, Lucasfilm Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom; accompanied by two colour reproductions of stills, one showing Willie Scott and Short Round staring at the snake the other showing Willie Scott being offered a piglet; an official illustrated storybook of the film, Octopus Books, 1984; and a certificate of authenticity from The Twilight Zone. .(a lot)

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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM 'Snake Surprize!', a coiled boa constrictor snake modelled from painted g.r.p. and skewered onto a large metal salver, 20in.high, 35.in.long, (snake's belly complete and unsliced); six large beetles of moulded rubber, each with detachable base and 5in. long; and a life-sized roast pig modelled from resin-coated urethane foam 46in. long and surrounded by thirteen suckling piglets of painted rubber, the pig 46in. long, each piglet 8¼in. long on a metal salver, 50in. long; and ten winged insects of rubber and acrylics, each 6in. long - the boa constrictor and beetles seen in the memorable banquet sequence at Pankot Palace, the roast pig edited from the final cut of the film, all made for the 1984, Lucasfilm Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom; accompanied by two colour reproductions of stills, one showing Willie Scott and Short Round staring at the snake the other showing Willie Scott being offered a piglet; an official illustrated storybook of the film, Octopus Books, 1984; and a certificate of authenticity from The Twilight Zone. .(a lot)

Literature

FRENCH, Michael Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom, London: Octopus Books, 1984, p.30.

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According to the storybook based on the film the banquet at Pankot Palace had given Indiana Jones cause for concern ...Tonight's dinner made him suspicious...Roasted boar had been served for the main course, yet no devout Hindu ever touched meat.... The presence of the beetles at the banquet instigated one of Willie's better lines in the film, when the Indian merchant beside her relishing a large fried beetle exclaimed ..But you're not eating.. she replied ..I had bugs for lunch....

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