Guide Note

Romancing the Stone is a 1984 romantic adventure film about the search for a precious emerald. The film was a box office success and spawned one sequel, with the same stars, Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, called The Jewel of the Nile.

Fast Facts

1. Director: Robert Zemeckis
2. Starring: Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito
3. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
4. Run time: 105 min
5. Released: March 30, 1984
6. Rated: PG
7. Box office earnings: $114 million
8. Screenwriter: Diane Thomas
9. Sequel: The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
10. Shot on location in Mexico, and the Philippines. They did not shoot in Colombia due to threat of kidnappings.
11. Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating: 84%
12. Sylvester Stallone and Christopher Reeve both turned down the part of Jack Colton

Romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) longs for a bit more romance in her dull New York City life, but she gets more action than she bargained for when her sister gets kidnapped and the kidnappers demand she bring them a treasure map to Cartagena, Colombia. Through a series of misadventures, she meets up with rugged soldier of fortune Jack Colton, played by Michael Douglas. Their bickering relationship blossoms into romance on their adventure to save Joan's sister, find a treasure, and save their own skins.