Romancing The Stone
Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner have the adventure of their lives in this hugely successful romantic caper co-starring Danny Devito. When her sister is kidnapped by thugs searching for a priceless jewel in the Colombian jungle, a romance novelist soon finds her own life filled with cliffhangers and danger.
All alone, she sets out to rescue her sister and meets up with a handsome fortune seeker who convinces her to beat the bandits to the treasure.
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Fun, old-school adventure. - estefan
Wonderfully entertaining, Romancing the Stone succeeds in being a fun adventure, a very funny comedy and a touching romance all in one. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner have perfect chemistry with one another and their relationship feels completely genuine and is developed with the correct pace. Screenwriter Diane Thomas also throws the audience in a loop by not going down the expected paths. I thought the film would use a certain cliché and that immediately gets thrown out the window, so extra kudos to Thomas. Add in a great '80s jazzy score by Alan Silvestri and Romancing the Stone becomes like Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers. If that's not a great combination, I don't know what is.superb - basilbenz
"Romancing the Stone" is argubly my favorite adventure movie of all-time. Yep, in my opinion it surpasses all three movies in the "Indiana Jones" trilogy (which are right behind in terms of greatness). This movie has action, adventure, comedy, drama, and romance all rolled up into one great motion picture. Kathleen Turner stars as Joan Wilder, a romance novelist who flies to the South American country of Colombia to rescue her kidnapped sister. She's ordered by the kidnappers to bring a treasure map that she received in the mail with her to the Colombian city of Cartegna. Ms. Wilder ends up getting on the wrong bus that ends up taking her deep into the jungle where she meets a fortune hunter who saves her life in more ways than one. He also seems to resemble the hero in her books. Jack Colton, the fortune hunter, is played by Michael Douglas (who also produced the film) and he talks her into using the map to find the treasure. But they're not the only ones who are dying to get their hands on the treasure. A couple of bad guys are in hot pursuit of the two adventurers. There's Zolo (Manuel Ojeda), an evil colonel who's on to Ms. Wilder (and is the real nasty bad guy of the bunch); Ira (Zack Norman), one of the crazed kidnappers who's obsessed with crocodiles (he's always saying "Look at those snappers!"); and Ralph (Danny DeVito), Ira's bumbling cousin who goes to the airport to pick up Ms. Wilder, see's at the last second that she got on the wrong bus, and is forced to go into the jungle to find her. Even Ralph and Ira know that Zolo is bad news. There are also minor supporting characters in the film. There's Gloria (Holland Taylor from TV's "The Practice"), Ms. Wilder's publisher; Elaine (Mary Ellen Trainor), Ms. Wilder's sister; and Juan (Alfonso Arau), a Colombian native who actually turns out to be a huge fan of Ms. Wilder. In one very funny scene, Ms. Wilder and Mr. Colton go to the house of this man and ask him if they can borrow his car. The Colombian tells tJust zipped this one - Mr_Humidty
I have so many great memories of watching this film back when it first came out. In many ways it's like "Raiders of the Lost Ark," but without all the George Lucas sentimentality. It's also quite funny.
I haven't seen it since, so I put it on my list. I'm looking forward to seeing if it holds up.
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Fun, old-school adventure. - estefan
Wonderfully entertaining, Romancing the Stone succeeds in being a fun adventure, a very funny comedy and a touching romance all in one. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner have perfect chemistry with one another and their relationship feels completely genuine ...superb - basilbenz
"Romancing the Stone" is argubly my favorite adventure movie of all-time. Yep, in my opinion it surpasses all three movies in the "Indiana Jones" trilogy (which are right behind in terms of greatness). This movie has action, adventure, comedy, drama, and romance ...Just zipped this one - Mr_Humidty
I have so many great memories of watching this film back when it first came out. In many ways it's like "Raiders of the Lost Ark," but without all the George Lucas sentimentality. It's also quite funny.
I haven't seen it since, so I put it on my list. ...