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The Jewel of the Nile

  • 1985
  • PG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
64K
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Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
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Buddy ComedyDark ComedyDesert AdventureRomantic ComedyActionAdventureComedyRomance

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.

  • Director
    • Lewis Teague
  • Writers
    • Mark Rosenthal
    • Lawrence Konner
    • Diane Thomas
  • Stars
    • Michael Douglas
    • Kathleen Turner
    • Danny DeVito
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    64K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas
    • Stars
      • Michael Douglas
      • Kathleen Turner
      • Danny DeVito
    • 116User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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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
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak, and Tarak were the members of the juggling troupe The Flying Karamazov Brothers.
    • Goofs
      Like most aircraft, the F-16 stores some of its fuel in the wings. Plus it was prepped and ready for a flight, which means its tanks would be full. So, when the wings were torn off, the resulting fuel leak would have burned the jet up immediately.
    • Quotes

      Joan Wilder: My heart just isn't in it. I mean, romance just doesn't seem real to me anymore.

      Gloria: Real? You don't write real - you write about people that sail off into the god damn sunset.

      Joan Wilder: Well, what about the next day, when the sun comes up?

      Gloria: There is no next day! That's why it's a romance. You've got to stop confusing real life with a romantic novel!

    • 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 reviews116

    Featured review
    7/10

    How the world was cool in the 80s ! (dad)

    Watch this movie as a precious relic of a time of freedom as you can see things that would be totally censored in today American movies! In a way, this movie is really close to early Tintin comics as it's pure fun in exotic places and for sure fun means native depicted as Clichés! So here Arabs and Africans are viewed as primitive, a bunch of tribes or peasants, Muslim rebels fighters are helpful and wise! It's hard to judge it against the Zemeckis movie because the setting is totally different: the first was jungle, green, water while now it's desert, sand, sun! I find that the trio has a real chemistry together, there is really some funny moments and if the movie drags a bit at the end, i had a pleasant watching!
    • leplatypus
    • Jan 20, 2017
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    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(desert)
    • 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
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    Tech 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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