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Original title: Romancing the Stone

19841984
1212
1h 46min

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

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Action Adventure Comedy

A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.

Director
- Robert Zemeckis
Writers
- Diane Thomas
- Lem Dobbs(uncredited)
- Howard Franklin(uncredited)
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 4 nominations total

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Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone

Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Alfonso Arau in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone (1984)

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Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Joan Wilder, a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. There, she meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, they embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan's novels. —Denny Gibbons

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Taglines
- 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.
Genres
Certificate
- 12
Parents guide

Trivia
This was the only produced screenplay for writer Diane Thomas. She had been working as a waitress in Malibu when producer/star Michael Douglas optioned her script for $250,000, allowing her to quit her job. Sadly, Thomas died in a car accident, while working on a new movie project with Steven Spielberg the following year, about seven weeks before the opening of this film's sequel, The Jewel of the Nile (1985). She was a passenger while her boyfriend was driving a Porsche that Douglas had bought for her as a thank you gift. The Jewel of the Nile (1985) was dedicated "In Memory of" Thomas.

Goofs
When Jack swings across the river on a vine, the "rock" face he swings into deforms slightly, betraying its padded construction.

Quotes
Jack Colton: What did you do, wake up this morning and say, "Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life"?

Alternate versions
To get a 'PG' rating in the UK, a scene near the end where the villain gets his hand bitten off by a crocodile was removed. The film was later passed '12' uncut in the UK in 2001.

Connections
Featured in Saturday Night Live: Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams (1984)

Soundtracks
Romancing the Stone
Written, Produced and Performed by Eddy Grant
Courtesy of Portrait/Ice Records
Heard in the patio scene after Joan and Jack are invited into the "bell maker's" house

Top review

8/10

It's a fun movie

I don't know why but I kind of lost touch with "Romancing the Stone" over the years. I used to watch it all the time but it fell out of my rotation for some reason. Tonight I watched my mother's old VHS tape and I really enjoyed. "Romancing the Stone" has a lot of laughs and some great '80s action. Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas are both very good. I need to watch this one more often.

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Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $76,572,238
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,105,741
- Apr 1, 1984
Gross worldwide
- $86,572,238

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 46min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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