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Romancing the Stone (1984)
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Release Date:
30 March 1984 (USA)
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She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.
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A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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2 nominations
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Adventure and love in the Columbian jungle
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Douglas | ... | Jack T. Colton |
 | Kathleen Turner | ... | Joan Wilder |
 | Danny DeVito | ... | Ralph |
 | Zack Norman | ... | Ira |
 | Alfonso Arau | ... | Juan |
| Manuel Ojeda | ... | Zolo |
 | Holland Taylor | ... | Gloria |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | ... | Elaine |
| Eve Smith | ... | Mrs. Irwin |
| Joe Nesnow | ... | Super |
| José Chávez | ... | Santos |
 | Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' | ... | Hefty Woman (as Chachita) |
| Camillo García | ... | Bus Driver |
| Rodrigo Puebla | ... | Bad Hombre |
| Paco Morayta | ... | Hotel Clerk |
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Also Known As:
2 bribones tras la esmeralda perdida (Mexico)
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Runtime:
106 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/6 |
Ireland:15 (uncut) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:Livre |
South Korea:15 (2001) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:12 (re-rating) (2001) (uncut) |
UK:PG (original rating) (cut) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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When Jack is rummaging through his destroyed Jeep he throws out a couple of magazines including the July 1983 issue of Playboy before finding the picture of his dream yacht.
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Continuity: In order for Jack and Joan to enter the cave where the gem is buried, they have to wade through the bottom of a waterfall to get to it and thus become soaking wet. However, when Ralph arrives to steal the gem from them, he's completely dry.
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Quotes:
Jack Colton:
One hell of a morning has turned into a bitch of a day!
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Soundtrack:
ROMANCING THE STONE
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This is an adventure flick that's one hair away from being a chick flick--but a better genre-straddler you may never find. It's lifted out of pure romantic comedy rut by a young and feisty Michael Douglas playing a hard-bitten, coarse adventurer by name of Jack Colton and young, sultry Kathleen Turner playing naive New York romance novelist Joan Wilder. When Joan is stranded in the middle of the Columbian rainforest with a greedy and ruthless military leader, Colton chases him off, accidently playing the role of Joan's romance hero, Jessie. Chased across the country by thieves and corrupt government officials, Joan comes into her own, often getting out of sticky situations with her own talent for words when reluctant hero Jack would have shot his way out of things. Great movie... far better than any romance I've ever had the misfortune to read. Danny DeVito lends the film some of its funniest moments. One of my favorite films!