The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writers:

Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner

Stars:

Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Douglas	...	Jack
Kathleen Turner	...	Joan
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

Storyline

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some middle eastern country as a guest of the sheik, but there she is abducted and finds her- self involved with the "jewel". Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"?

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Plot Keywords:

good versus evil | hero | heroine | evil man | yacht | 

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Taglines:

They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

11 December 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Auf der Jagd nach dem Juwel vom Nil

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,645,455, 15 December 1985

Gross USA:

$75,973,200

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$96,773,200

Company Credits

Production Co:

SLM Production Group, Stone Group Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ken Levine and David Isaacs did an uncredited rewrite of the script.

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Goofs

Joan's footwear after leaping onto the train.

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Quotes

Ralph: I got to get off of this camel. It's breakin' my ass!

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Connections

Featured in ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)

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Soundtracks

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Performed by Billy Ocean
Written by Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond), Robert John Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange) and Billy Ocean
Produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond)
Executive producer - Robert John Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange)

User Reviews

Worthy sequel to "Romancing the Stone".

This is a worthy sequel to "Romancing the Stone", although not as polished, with the featured actors already a little stilted after the first outing. It is probably significant that the following 15 years have not yet seen a further addition to the series, despite the star quality and charisma of the two leads who do play comedy well together, both in this truncated series and in the blacker "War of the Roses". The film suffers from a disjointed plotting, which appears to serve only to link together both some admittedly fine action sequences (a ground-based escape in an F-16 fighter plane, among them) and also the interminable arguments and subsequent reconciliations between Douglas and Turner.

Whilst certainly not reaching the heights of style of the original film, "The Jewel of the Nile" nevertheless provides a good rounded slice of action/adventure/romance entertainment, with some witty one-liners for DeVito delivered in his own inimitable style and featuring an endearing cameo from Avner Eisenberg as the mystical `Jewel' of the film's title who delivers his religious and philosophical pronouncements in a curious combination of the spiritual world and western pop culture.