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The Jewel of the Nile

  • 19851985
  • PGPG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
57K
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POPULARITY
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The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
57K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,355
325
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas(characters)
    • Stars
      • Michael Douglas
      • Kathleen Turner
      • Danny DeVito
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas(characters)
    • Stars
      • Michael Douglas
      • Kathleen Turner
      • Danny DeVito
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 103User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore

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    The Jewel of the Nile
    Trailer 0:31
    The Jewel of the Nile

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    Michael Douglas in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Danny DeVito in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Danny DeVito in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Kathleen Turner in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Hyacinthe N'Iaye in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
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    Michael Douglas
    Michael Douglas
    • Jack
    Kathleen Turner
    Kathleen Turner
    • Joan
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Ralph
    Spyros Fokas
    Spyros Fokas
    • Omar
    • (as Spiros Focás)
    Avner Eisenberg
    • Jewel
    Paul David Magid
    • Tarak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Howard Jay Patterson
    • Barak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Randall Edwin Nelson
    • Karak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Samuel Ross Williams
    • Arak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Timothy Daniel Furst
    • Sarak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Hamid Fillali
    • Rachid
    Holland Taylor
    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
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas(characters)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Romancing the Stone (1984), the predecessor of this film, 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. She was a passenger while her boyfriend was driving a Porsche that Douglas had bought for her as a thank you gift. This film is dedicated "In Memory of" Thomas.
    • Goofs
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    • Quotes

      Omar: Jack is dead.

      Joan Wilder: Don't be ridiculous! Jack would never die without telling me.

      Omar: Nevertheless, he's dead.

    • Connections
      Featured in Billy Ocean: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
      Performed by Billy Ocean

      Written by Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond), Mutt Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange) and Billy Ocean

      Produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond)

      Executive producer - Mutt Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange)

    User reviews103

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A Good Movie To Watch On A Boring Night
    I have given this movie a 7/10 because, taken on its own merits, it is just a delightful movie to watch. It's funny, although the slapstick sometimes is a little over done; but good wins out over evil, and leaves you satisfied at its conclusion. It reminds me of the "On the Road" movies made by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour during the forties, but with better, if not sometimes outlandish, special effects and chases (e.g., the F-16 chase) and just as many, if not more, one liners.

    However, the movie is more than just comedy. It pits secular evil against a spiritual goodness (the Jewel), albeit a spiritual goodness which on the surface seem naive and comic...but which, in reality, achieves its goals through that apparent naivty. That is a serious overtone which many of the previous comments on the movie seem to have overlooked. The Jewel does not perform miracles, but his presence and comic actions create an aura of the miraculous.
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    • drdos43
    • Jun 25, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Auf der Jagd nach dem Juwel vom Nil
    • Filming locations
      • Ouarzazate, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • SLM Production Group
      • Stone Group Pictures
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $75,973,200
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,645,455
      • Dec 15, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $96,773,200
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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