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Romancing the Stone

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Original title: Romancing the Stone
Year: 1984
Running time: 105 min.
Country: United States
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Diane Thomas
Music: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Zack Norman, Eve Smith, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Mary Ellen Trainor
Producer: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Adventure. Romance | Nature. Romantic Comedy. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance
Synopsis: Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner), a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. There, she meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, they embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan's novels.

Awards: 1984: Nominated for Oscar: Best Editing

1984: Golden Globes: Best Movie and Actress (Kathleen Turner) - Comedy or Musical

1984: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

1984: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actress (Kathleen Turner)

Critics' reviews

"It may have an awkward title, but 'Romancing the Stone' is a silly, high-spirited chase picture (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"An elaborately produced, mostly charmless adventure-comedy (...) The film looks spectacularly expensive, but it has a mind the size of a tsetse fly's"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts, and the whole thing adds up to rather more concerted fun than Indiana Jones' flab-ridden escapade in the Temple of Doom"

John Preston: Time Out

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