It turns out that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is about to finally get its first official releases in the UK in uncensored form - not just on the Blu-ray set, but also in theaters, as part of a special BFI series marking the 100th anniversary of the BBFC; the series runs throughout November, and features a number of movies, previously cut or banned outright in the UK, in their uncensored glory for the first times ever. The program features a number of noteworthy movies aside from Temple of Doom (many of which I'd love to be there for myself - not because I can't see the uncut versions here in the US, but simply to see them on the big screen at all; I'll envy any of you folks across the pond who manage to catch them).

The BBFC cuts were:

1. Cuts to a close-up of a heart being ripped from the chest and the subsequent self healing of the chest wound.

2. The deletion of the line ‘Leave him alone you bastards’ when the Chinese kid is about to be whipped

3. Deletion of the Chinese Kid burning a guard’s stomach with a flaming torch (and hence discovering an ability to heal)

4. The sequence in which a sacrifice victim is being lowered into the fiery pit has been shortened and set to different music.

5. Cut to the first 1s or 2s from the shot of his fall in order to delete the image of his head hitting the side of the cliff.

...for the first time ever on Blu-ray, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is presented in its uncut format, 28 years after it was first released in cinemas. The original release was cut in 1984 in the UK to obtain a PG rating, however fans can now witness all the gory cut extras in all their glory.