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
Spyros Fokas	...	Omar (as Spiros Focás)
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 | zion national park | 

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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:

The Jewel of the Nile

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

The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak and Tarak were the members of the juggling troupe the Flying Karamazov Brothers.

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Goofs

Joan's footwear after leaping onto the train.

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Quotes

Jack Colton: Why does everything got to be your way?
Joan Wilder: My way? It wasn't my idea to take off and sail around the world with you on your boat for the last six months!
Jewel: I like this. You talk to each other like this often?
Jack Colton: [to the Jewel] Well, let me tell you what I had to put up. Three months ago, we're moored off the Canary Islands, midnight, sound asleep. A boat of three crazed Joan Wilder fans decide that they want the anchor of the Angeline for a souvenir! We were drifting for days!
Joan Wilder: Well, do you remember the ...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in The Grand Tour: Morroccan Roll (2016)

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Soundtracks

I'm in Love
Performed by Ruby Turner
Written by Jonathan Butler and Simon May
Produced by Bryan 'Chuck' New

User Reviews

Good followup to the "Stone"

"The Jewel of the Nile" is a good follow up to 1984's "Romancing The Stone", as it continues the adventures of romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) and her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas). The last time we saw them, they were sailing into the sunset together (actually 5th Avenue in NYC, but close enough). Spending 6 months on the "Angelina", Joan wants to go back to NYC, but Jack wants to go to Greece. While at a party, Joan meets Omar Shareef (Spiros Focas), and she travels with him to South Africa, Morocco, to write a novel about him, but she stumbles on his plan to become a powerful leader and start a war. Jack, meanwhile, travels with Ralph (Danny Devito), who has escaped his Columbian jail to find the "Jewel" of the Nile. That is the main plot. The acting is good, not as good as in the first movie, but I think Danny Devito has some terrific one-liners and the different tribes and groups the trio encounter are pretty funny. The villain stinks however. Omar is a pale imitation of Zolo from the first movie. The audience doesn't really know what he wants to do. Start a war? Bring together different people? Imitate a magic man? His true purpose doesn't seem to be explained. Also, the romance between Jack and Joan doesn't seem to be developed as well as in the first movie. One minute they fight, the next they make love, the next they argue. What gives? All in all, this is a great sequel to "Romancing The Stone" with some clever characters, great locales and music to match. You don't need to watch the first one to understand this one, but it is recommended. Rent it!