Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone (1984)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

6.756/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1984-03-30

Country

Mexico, United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Nina Saxon Film Design, SLM Production Group, El Corazon Producciones S.A.

Genre

Romance, Comedy, Action, Adventure

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$86 572 238

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Director

Robert Zemeckis

Actors

Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, Mary Ellen Trainor, Eve Smith, Joe Nesnow
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Scenario

Diane Thomas

Producer

Michael Douglas, Treva Silverman

Operator

Dean Cundey

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Audition

Claudia Becker, Karen Rea

Editing

Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss
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• The film's title was borrowed from the professional jargon of jewelers, where these words denote the transformation of a precious stone into a piece of jewelry.
• Reports of increased kidnappings in Colombia prompted the filmmakers to move filming to Mexico.
• Before Michael Douglas agreed to play Jake Colton, Sylvester Stallone and Christopher Reeve turned down the role.
• The treasure map for the film was created by the renowned puzzle maker Dr. Krypton.
• Joan Wilder's water taxi is named «Orca», just as Quint named his boat in the film «Jaws» (1975).
• The American author who wrote the novel upon which the film's screenplay is based shares the same name as the film's protagonist – Joan Wilder. This woman likely served as the prototype for the main character. Wilder later wrote the novel «The Jewel of the Nile» based on the sequel film to «Romancing the Stone».
• The final episode, where a pristine white yacht glides amidst the urban landscape of New York City, was filmed on 42nd Street.
• Screenwriter Diane Thomas was working as a waitress in Malibu when Michael Douglas (who was involved in the film as a producer and actor) bought her screenplay for $250,000, allowing her to quit her job. A year later, Thomas died in a car accident while working on the sequel to this film – Lewis Teague’s action movie “Jewel of the Nile” (1985). The sequel is dedicated to the memory of Diane Thomas.
• During the dance scene, Michael Douglas had no idea he was being filmed. He was simply dancing with Kathleen Turner and extras, and director Robert Zemeckis ordered the camera to be turned on.
• Initially, Michael Douglas wasn't sure if he wanted to work on the film, although he liked the script. He finally decided to take on the project, realizing that he could demonstrate his climbing skills and abilities developed back in his youth while filming the historical drama “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Mann, 1960), where his father Kirk Douglas starred, and the filming itself mainly took place in Death Valley National Park in California.
• Joan Wilder’s water taxi is called “Orca,” just as Quint named his boat in the film “Jaws” (1975).
• Initially, Michael Douglas was unsure about taking on this film, although he liked the script. He finally decided to take on the project, realizing he could demonstrate his climbing skills and abilities honed since his youth on the set of the historical drama “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Mann, 1960), where his father Kirk Douglas played a role, and the filming mostly took place in Death Valley National Park in California.