Romancing the Stone
1984 · Movie · PG · 106 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-03-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 106 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,043 votes)
- Box office
- $86,572,238
- Budget
- $10,000,000
Themes
- airplane
- smuggling (contraband)
- chase
- kidnapping
- crocodile
- anti hero
- treasure hunt
- treasure map
- betrayal
- marijuana
- jungle
- author
- +14 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1985 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Holland Taylor
as Gloria
Mary Ellen Trainor
as Elaine
Eve Smith
as Mrs. Irwin
Joe Nesnow
as Super
Directed by Robert Zemeckis