Romance ·Comedy ·Action ·Adventure · United States of America · 1984 · 1h 46m

Romancing the Stone

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Director
Robert Zemeckis
Cast
Michael Douglas as Jack T. Colton Kathleen Turner as Joan Wilder Danny DeVito as Ralph Zack Norman as Ira Alfonso Arau as Juan Manuel Ojeda as Zolo
Crew
Dean Cundey — Director of Photography Donn Cambern — Editor Frank Morriss — Editor Alan Silvestri — Original Music Composer Diane Thomas — Writer Michael Douglas — Producer
Tagline

She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.

Synopsis

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

Trailer Romancing the Stone — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
airplanesmuggling (contraband)chasekidnappingcrocodileanti herotreasure hunttreasure mapbetrayalmarijuanajungleauthor
Key Collaborators
Robert Zemeckis Director Dean Cundey Director of Photography Donn Cambern Editor Frank Morriss Editor Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer Diane Thomas Writer Michael Douglas Producer Treva Silverman Producer Lawrence G. Paull Production Design Marilyn Vance Costume Design
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