Okay, so maybe this was common knowledge to hardcore fans, but I never knew that a gag scene was made on the 1983 set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) featuring Barbra Streisand as a dominatrix whipping Indy/Harrison Ford ... and Carrie Fisher rushing in to save him.
The footage is grainy, but has existed in the public eye forever, including an apparent screening at a 1984 convention.
This version's been on YouTube for five years, and — as is now how things are done — someone posting it on Twitter has reignited interest in a long-lost item that was never lost at all.
A quality version seems to be much more elusive, however!
Here is a transcript, and yes, Barbra Streisand in 1983 felt comfy describing her gay leather daddy gear as making her look "like a faggot." Thanks, Babs.
Barbra Streisand: "This is for Guns of Navarone!"
Barbra Streisand: "Guns of Navarone? No..."
Harrison Ford: "For Force Ten..."
Barbra Streisand: "For Force Ten!"
Barbra Streisand: "This is for Hanover Street!"
Barbra Streisand: "This is for all the money you’re going to make on Return of the Jedi!"
Harrison Ford: "Who's that?"
Carrie Fisher: "Someone who needs you!"
Irvin Kershner: "What the hell's the matter with you? Steve! Come on! I don't believe one word you're saying. Now come on, do it again."
Barbra Streisand: "Give me a reason!"
Harrison Ford: "It's the dialogue!"
Carrie Fisher: "Can I change lines?"
Irvin Kershner: "Listen."
Carrie Fisher: "Yeah?"
Irvin Kershner: "I want you to believe what you are doing!"
Carrie Fisher: "Okay."
Irvin Kershner: "You call that shouting? You call that pain?"
Harrison Ford: "Steven…"
Irvin Kershner: "Steve, how can you let him do this? Come on!"
Harrison Ford: "Okay, ready ... ready."
Carrie Fisher: "I'll be good, I promise."
Irvin Kershner: "Do it again!"
Harrison Ford: "Really hit me! Really hit me this time!"
Barbra Streisand: "Okay."
Harrison Ford: "Don't do it with such ... really hit me!"
Barbra Streisand: "I feel like a faggot..."
A very strange joke that would be interesting to see fully restored, in spite of Streisand's offensive ad-lib.
As a bonus, here is another unfortunate Streisand clip. However, in this clip, her use of what today is "the R-word" was completely accepted language in the '60s. It's just ... awkward to watch now:
