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love this film. I never tire of watching it and revelling in the sheer clichéd romance, adventure and slapstick comedy of it all.
It's obviously a derivative of, and heavily influenced by the "Indiana Jones" series, but also has its own special flavor.
The story begins in New York when the peaceful existence of romance novelist Joan Wilder is abruptly turned upside down when she receives a map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law and a frantic phonecall from her sister, who has been kidnapped by a couple of villains, one of whom is fantastically played by Danny DeVito, who are after the map that Joan now has.
Joan, who secretly longs to be carried off into the sunset like one of the heroine's in her books decides to take action and embarks on a Colombian adventure, which will change her life forever.
Upon arrival in Colombia, the secret police, who are also after the map, trick Joan into getting on the wrong bus, which they hijack in the middle of nowhere and this is where the story really begins.
Joan suddenly finds herself in the middle of a dangerous jewel-hunt in the wilds of Colombia where she meets up with a younger and slightly less 'lizard-like' Michael Douglas who plays Jack, a swashbuckling, debonair and actually rather sexy adventurer who very unwillingly gets roped in to being a good guy.
Jack and Joan bond over a mudslide down a mountainside, with Jack landing face first in Joan’s lap –a tad forward for a first date, but Douglas was infinitely better looking at this stage of his life, so ultimately not too objectionable to the repressed Joan.
Joan then persuades Jack in to helping her find her sister, which he reluctantly does with the lure of the treasure foremost in his mind.
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The pace is fast, furious and lots of fun, with lots of witty one-liners from all the cast keeping the laughs continuous if not belly-like. The performances of the leading players are great and even the villains who are evil sods really, are comical and strangely lovable.
All in all a fabulously romantic adventure story with lots of laughs and a good old fashioned happy ending!
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The excellent comic chemistry between Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner & Danny DeVito was such that the trio formed to make the sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile" and then the black comedy "The War of the Roses". 
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Mexican actors Evita Muñoz "Chachita", Zamorita, Pedro Armendáriz and Manuel Ojeda made cameos in some restaurant scenes on Cartagena, Veracruz
The title is an informal phrase referring to the preparation of a gemstone in the making of jewellery.
This was the commercial success that Spielberg protégé Robert Zemeckis had been looking for. His next movie was the seminal "Back to the Future".
Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito once roomed together and are still great friends now.
Actor Zack Norman who plays Ira in ‘Romancing’ also starred in a double episode of the 80's cult TV show "The A-Team".
As a Ford Bronco owner it would be nice if we could get some info on the black Bronco in the film and possibly a few pictuers of Little Mule. The movie was my main reason for buying a Bronco. -Thanks to Doug Gaudry
I would like information on the boat at the end, can anyone help? -Thanks to Chris
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Both Sylvester Stallone and Christopher Reeve turned down the lead role before Michael Douglas accepted the part. -Thanks to Kenneth Sutton
Filming was done in Mexico because of reports of kidnappings in Colombia. -Thanks to Jonathan Lim
As stated in her book, Kathleen Turner confessed to having a relationship with Michael Douglas at the time of filming. Michael was seperated from his then wife Diandra (who he eventually divorced before marrying Catherine Zeta Jones) and the two became involved. Michael and Diandra got back together, ending Michael and Kathleen's romance. Kathleen stated that she feels the situation helped her performance.
The waterfalls scene (as they swim to the secret location) was shot at "Diamond Falls", Soufriere, St. Lucia.
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 Featured Movie Location: Cartagena City
Wanna see the real life filming location used for Cartagena City in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Veracruz City, located at Veracruz, VERACRUZ, Mexico.
As well as New York City and a number of other locations, the movie was filmed near Veracruz, Mexico (which stood in for Cartagena) and its surroundings stood in for the jungle. [Thanks to Manuel Olivo]
Zion National Park Located in Springdale, UT was also used.
Can you help? Do you know any of the VERACRUZ, Mexico (or any other) filming locations used for Romancing The Stone? [Please send them in]
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The prolific Alan Silvestri scored the movie. He also scored, amongst others, such 80's classics such as "Fandango" (1985), "Back To The Future" (1985) and "Predator" (1987) There was a tune called "Romancing the Stone" written by Eddie Grant that was used in the film and sold as a single, but not included on a soundtrack...
News:Alan Silvestri's ROMANCING THE STONE score is finally available on CD! It's on the Varese Sarabande CD Club label, and is a limited pressing of 3,000 copies. The CD features over 60 minutes of Silvestri's knockout score! [Thanks to Chris Shaneyfelt for the head's-up]
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(The song that everyone remembers from the ‘Romancing’ series is Billy Ocean’s classic ‘When the Going gets Tough’, from the sequel "Jewel of the Nile" which was a huge hit in the summer of 1985.)
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