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Romancing The Stone | Year: 1984 Directed: - Robert Zemeckis Actors/Actresses: - Michael Douglas - Danny Devito - Kathleen Turner Fun action movie Although the movie was actually filmed in Mexico, you would never guess that it wasn't Colombia. They must have filmed during the rainy season. The action and adventure can't be beat. The plot is fairly shallow, but that's what keeps the movie fun. Sometimes a simple plot lets you just enjoy the ride, and that's what Romancing the Stone is all about. As much a comedy as an action film, Micheal Douglas is perfectly cast as a mercenary profiteer who recues damsel in distress Kathleen Turner for a price, starting the conflict between greed and romance. If you haven't seen this film, go rent it and watch it. It Deserved More Oscar Nominations ROMANCING THE STONE is a movie about a writer of romance novels who lives alone with her cat in New York City. She is summoned to Columbia to deliver a package which will save her sister from kidnappers. Soon after she arrives in South America she is rescued during a jungle shootout by a daring American expatriot.From that point on the excitement begins in earnest.Kathleen Turner plays the part of the writer and Michael Douglas has the role of her knight in shining armor. Danny Devito gives one of his best performances as a kidnapper. The cast also includes Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor and Mary Ellen Trainor. The director was Robert Zemeckis and the screenwriting was handled by Diane Thomas. Neither one repeated for the sequel, THE JEWEL OF THE NILE, which was not quite as good in my opinion. ROMANCING THE STONE received only one Oscar nomination and that was for Best Editing. I was surprised because I thought it was one of the most entertaining movies I ever saw. The big winner of Oscars in 1984 was AMADEUS. Diane Thomas received a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on ROMANCING THE STONE. Ten years later Robert Zemeckis finally won a Best Director Oscar for FORREST GUMP. Movie and DVD Review. "Romancing The Stone" is a fantastic movie that is hilarious, romantic, and action-packed. Kathleen Turner stars as Joan Wilder, a romantic novelist who travels to Colombia to find her kidnapped sister, but met and fell in love with Jack Colton, a fortune seeker played wonderfully by Michael Douglas. Danny DeVito is amusing in his supporting role as Ralph, one of the villians from the movie. The picture and sound quality from the DVD are very good, however, there are no extras except for the trailer. I hope that someone will re-release it on the Special Edition or maybe the Ultimate Edition with a lot of features including the commentary, the featurette, the documentary, the deleted scenes, and the photographs. But anyway, it's a fantastic movie. Followed by a great sequel. Romantic Comedy Adventure: Turner And Douglas This 1984 film was the first that brought together the incredible on-screen chemistry of Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. The film, a romantic and comic version of the Indiana Jones films, involves a romance novelist (Kathleen T) and how she gets wrapped up in a hunt for a rare and valuable diamond. As her love interest and her partner in the search is Michael Douglas. At first, the two don't get along very well. Their fighting and bickering as well as game-playing (they each plan to dump the other and take the diamond for themselves) is only an overture to the subsequent romance and passion that overwhelms them. At the end of the movie, they are on a boat on top of a car in New York City headed for a romantic world travel adventure. This movie also stars Danny Devito (this team- Turner, Douglas and Da Vito would later make War Of The Roses which was a darker comedy about a nightmare divorce). Danny DeVito is hilarious as he is a shlemiel. The location was shot in South America, specifically Columbia, and the lush scenes of photographic landscapes - jungles, rivers, waterfalls, rapids and villages, make this a very engaging adventure story. Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas are really great together and it is the real salvation of the movie. For Turner's character, her life becomes an adventure and a romance as any of the novels she has written. Highly enjoyable, very comedic and never aging, this movie is a welcome fill for any space in your DVD collection. On DVD, it's even better. Greater color and sound, picture quality and bonus feature such as insight on the film, the actors and commentary. Buy Romancing The Stone at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Romancing The Stone Search with the Priority Search Engine on Romancing The Stone This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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