The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writers:

Mark Rosenthal (written by) &
Lawrence Konner (written by) ...
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Release Date:

11 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Plot:

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Rescue | Yacht | Fisticuffs | Street Shootout

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Jack Colton
Kathleen Turner	...	Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito	...	Ralph
Spiros Focás	...	Omar
Avner Eisenberg	...	Jewel
Paul David Magid	...	Tarak
Howard Jay Patterson	...	Barak
Randall Edwin Nelson	...	Karak
Samuel Ross Williams	...	Arak
Timothy Daniel Furst	...	Sarak
Hamid Fillali	...	Rachid
Holland Taylor	...	Gloria
Guy Cuevas	...	Le Vasseur
Peter DePalma	...	Missionary (as Peter De Palma)
Mark Daly Richards	...	Pirate
Sadeke Colobanane	...	Nubian Chief
Hyacinthe N'Iaye	...	Nubian Wrestler
Daniel Peacock	...	Rock Promoter
Benyahim Ahed	...	Omar Officer
Alaoui Hassen	...	Station Master
Makoula Ahmed	...	Ticket Seller
Akasby Mohamed	...	Old Man in Suq
Zaouia Abdelmajid	...	F-16 Pilot
Ted Buffington	...	Fire Walker
Flora Alberti	...	Society Matron
Patricia Davidson	...	Society Matron (as Patricia Poullair)
Ziraoui Mustapha	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Baji Abdelmajid	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Kachela Mohammed	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Mohamed Attifi	...	Omar's Elite Guard (as Attif Mohammed)
Hilal Abdellatif	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali	...	Omar's Elite Guard

Directed by
Lewis Teague

Writing credits
Mark Rosenthal		(written by) &
Lawrence Konner		(written by)
Diane Thomas		(characters)

Produced by
Jack Brodsky	....	co-producer
Joel Douglas	....	co-producer
Michael Douglas	....	producer

Original Music by
Jack Nitzsche

Cinematography by
Jan de Bont		(director of photography) (as Jan DeBont)

Film Editing by
Peter Boita
Michael Ellis

Casting by
Caroline Mazauric
Rose Tobias Shaw

Production Design by
Richard Dawking
Terry Knight

Art Direction by
Damien Lanfranchi
Leslie Tomkins

Set Decoration by
Simon Wakefield

Costume Design by
Emma Porteus

Makeup Department
Karoly Balazs	....	makeup artist (as Charles Balazs)
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist (as Kathy Blondell)
E. Thomas Case	....	makeup artist (as Tom Case)
Thierry Zemmour	....	hair stylist (as Thierry Zemour)

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production manager
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	unit manager
Michael R. Joyce	....	unit production manager: second unit (as Michael Joyce)
Bernard Mazauric	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	second assistant director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director (as Kuki Lopez)
Bruce Moriarty	....	second assistant director
Joe Ochoa	....	first assistant director: second unit
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	second unit director (as Glenn Randall)

Art Department
Len Furey	....	construction coordinator
David J. Negron	....	production illustrator (as David Negron)
Tony Rimmington	....	technical drawings
Charles Torbett	....	property master

Sound Department
Paul Botham	....	boom operator
Terry Busby	....	sound editor
Leslie Hodgson	....	adr editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Kelly	....	sound editor
Kerry Kohler	....	assistant sound editor
Sandy MacRae	....	sound mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Parnell	....	assistant sound editor (as Bill Parnell)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Les Wiggins	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Nick Allder	....	special effects supervisor
Peter Ch. Arnold	....	special effects
Garth Inns	....	special effects
Phil Knowles	....	special effects coordinator (as Philip Knowles)
John McGoldrick	....	special effects
Alan Poole	....	special effects
Terry Schubert	....	second unit special effects coordinator
Neil Swan	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Robin Browne	....	special optical effects
Ray Caple	....	matte artist
John Fletcher	....	special optical effects
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Román Ariznavarreta	....	stunts (as Ramon Arizaverreta)
Francisco Carmona	....	stunts
Giovanni Cianfriglia	....	stunts (as Giovanni Gianfriglia)
Vince Deadrick Jr.	....	stunts
Augusto Funari	....	stunts
Robin Grathwol	....	stunts
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunts (as Ricardo Mioni)
Sergio Mioni	....	stunts
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunts (as Stephano Mioni)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt double
Hassen Pigani	....	stunts
Orlando Ragusa	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (as Glenn Randall)
Claudio Zucchet	....	stunts
Sergio Mioni	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Markus Blunder	....	assistant camera
Terry Chapman	....	key grip
Seamus Corcoran	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter De Bont	....	assistant camera (as Peter DeBont)
Jeff 'Moose' Howery	....	best boy (as Jeff Howery)
Bobby Huber	....	dolly grip
Marc Koninckx	....	camera operator (as Mark Koninckx)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer
Gary Tandrow	....	gaffer
Robert Wiesmann	....	assistant camera
Alexander Witt	....	director of photography: second unit
Nicolas Kullmann	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	crowd wardrobe supervisor
Nino Cerruti	....	special wardrobe: Kathleen Turner
Raymond Hughes	....	costume designer: Pirates
Yumi Katsura	....	wedding gowns: Miss Turner
David Murphy	....	costume supervisor
Simon Murray	....	costumer: men
Edith Poussou	....	costumer: women
Hassan Taghriti	....	costume assistant
Kirsten Wing	....	costumer: women

Editorial Department
Edward M. Abroms	....	additional editor (as Edward Abroms)
Chris Cook	....	assistant editor (as Christopher Cook)
Jason Krasucki	....	assistant editor
Dennis McTaggart	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andy D'Addario	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Hoenig	....	music score producer
Timothy R. Sexton	....	music supervisor
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Charles Enzen	....	transportation coordinator (as Chuck Enzen)

Other crew
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	location manager
Mark Birmingham	....	production assistant
Teresa Brett	....	production contact: Los Angeles (as Teresa Somogyi Brett)
Bryan Coates	....	location manager
Peter DePalma	....	assistant: Michael Douglas (as Peter De Palma)
Abdessamad Dinia	....	location manager (as Dinia Abdessamad)
Eric Dussart	....	location manager
Renee Featherstone	....	production contact: Los Angeles (as Reneé Featherstone)
Jim Franklyn	....	production accountant
Billy Goodson	....	choreographer
Rachel Griffiths	....	script supervisor
Chip Johnson	....	assistant: Lewis Teague
Laura Julian	....	production coordinator
Gordon K. Kee	....	production controller (as Gordon Kee)
Mary Jane Nolan Kelly	....	production contact: New York
Melinda Rees	....	script supervisor: second unit
Patricia Reid-Douglas	....	assistant: Joel Douglas (as Patricia Reid)
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Peter J. Silbermann	....	unit publicist
Carmen Soriano	....	production coordinator: second unit
Cynthia Wise	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Bryan Coates	....	in memory of
Richard Dawking	....	in memory of
His Majesty King Hassan of Morocco	....	special thanks
Richard Kotch	....	in memory of
Diane Thomas	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• SLM Production Group
• Stone Group Pictures
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Australia (1986) (Australia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1986) (UK) (theatrical)
• Fox (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Lucernafilm - Beta (1992) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1990) (USA) (TV)
• CBS / Fox Video (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Video (1986) (Belgium) (video)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• L.A. Effects Group (additional optical effects)

Other Companies

• Artcarved / Keepsake  wedding rings courtesy of
• Cerruti 1881  special wardrobe: Kathleen Turner
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Jive Records  soundtrack
• La Gendarmerie Nationale  special thanks
• Modern Film Effects  title opticals
• Peerless Camera Company  opticals
• Royal Air Maroc  special thanks
• Twickenham Studios  sound re-recording (as Twickenham Film Studios)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (1986) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:10 | Ireland:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

SLM Production Group

Trivia:

On the soundtrack, stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito sing backup to Billy Ocean's "When the Going Gets Tough". Because the three stars were not members of the Musicians Union, Ocean's video was banned in the UK. Despite this handicap, the song would be Ocean's first #1 UK hit.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jack releases a rocket while sitting in the (fake) F-16, it clearly falls right in front of the left wheel, which should make moving forward impossible. Without anyone removing the fallen rocket the plane could not have moved forward.

Quotes:

Ralph:Come on, Colton! Where's the jewel?
Jewel:Ralph, I am the Jewel. The Jewel of the Nile.
Ralph:Yeah, and I'm a kumquat from Queens! Pipe down, towel-head!

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The Jewel of the Nile

Lacks Everything That Made Its Predecessor So Good.

A somewhat sketchy screenplay and unsteady direction sink "The Jewel of the Nile", the sequel to "Romancing the Stone". Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas are taking it easy on their yacht, but soon become a bit bored with their now simple lives. Turner gets an invitation from a suspicious sheik in the Middle East who has a dastardly plan up his sleeves. Danny DeVito is also along for the ride once again as everyone is searching for the seemingly unobtainable jewel. Likeable performances are the main attraction, but the film is a large step behind "Romancing the Stone". 2.5 out of 5 stars.