Romancing the Stone - wikipedia Romancing the Stone For the song by Eddy Grant of the same name, see Going for Broke ( album ). Romancing the Stone Theatrical release poster Directed by Robert Zemeckis Produced by Michael Douglas Written by Diane Thomas Starring Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Alfonso Arau Manuel Ojeda Music by Alan Silvestri Cinematography Dean Cundey Edited by Donn Cambern Frank Morriss Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date March 30, 1984 ( 1984 - 03 - 30 ) Running time 106 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $10 million Box office $86.5 million Romancing the Stone is a 1984 American action - adventure romantic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Diane Thomas. The film stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito, and was followed by a 1985 sequel titled The Jewel of the Nile. Romancing the Stone earned over $86 million worldwide in box office receipts. It also helped launch Turner to stardom, reintroduced Douglas to the public as a capable leading man, started Zemeckis ' frequent collaboration with Alan Silvestri, and gave Zemeckis his first box - office success. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Casting 3.2 Filming 4 Release 5 Reception 5.1 Critical reaction 5.2 Awards 6 In other media 6.1 Books 7 Sequels 8 References 8.1 Notes 8.2 Citations 8.3 Bibliography 9 External links Plot Joan Wilder is a successful but lonely romance novelist in New York City whose editor believes she is waiting to meet a romantic hero like the ones she writes about. Joan gets a call from her sister Elaine, who has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers, cousins Ira and Ralph. As Joan leaves her apartment to meet her editor, Gloria, she is handed a letter containing a map, sent to her by her late brother - in - law, Eduardo. Returning to her apartment, she finds it ransacked and the apartment supervisor dead. Joan then receives a frantic phone call from Elaine ( held at knife - point by Ira ), who instructs Joan to go to Colombia with the map she received ; it is Elaine 's ransom. Flying to Colombia, Joan is detoured from the rendezvous point by Colonel Zolo, the man who killed Elaine 's husband, Eduardo. He tricks her into boarding the wrong bus, heading deep into the interior of the country instead of to the coastal city of Cartagena, where Elaine is being held. When Joan distracts the bus driver by asking where they are going, the bus crashes into a Jeep, wrecking both vehicles. As the rest of the passengers walk away, Joan is menaced by Zolo but is saved by the Jeep 's owner, American exotic bird smuggler Jack T. Colton. For getting her out of the jungle and to a telephone, Joan promises to pay Jack $375 in traveler 's cheques. Jack and Joan travel the jungle while eluding the military police and Zolo, who wants the treasure map. After spending a night hiding in a marijuana smuggler 's crashed C - 47 aircraft, they encounter a drug lord named Juan, who is a big fan of Joan 's novels and helps them escape from Zolo. After a night of dancing and passion in a nearby town, Jack suggests to Joan that they find the treasure themselves before handing over the map. They follow the clues and locate an enormous emerald called El Corazón ( `` The Heart '' ). Unbeknownst to Jack and Joan, they used Ralph 's car for the last leg of their journey while Ralph was sleeping in the back. Ralph takes the emerald from them at gunpoint. When Zolo appears, Jack steals the jewel back, but Jack and Joan are chased into a river and go over a waterfall. They end up on opposite sides of the raging river ; Joan has the map, but Jack has the emerald. Jack directs Joan to Cartagena, promising that he will meet her there. In Cartagena, Joan meets with Ira and Ralph, who are still holding Elaine, but the exchange is interrupted by Zolo and his men, who have also captured Jack. Jack surrenders the emerald to Zolo, but a crocodile bites off Zolo 's hand and swallows it along with the emerald. As a gun battle takes place between Zolo 's soldiers and Ira 's gang, Joan and Elaine dash for safety, pursued by Zolo. Jack tries to stop the crocodile from escaping but lets it go when he sees that Joan is in danger. Zolo charges at Joan, who eventually dodges his wild knife slashes, knocking Zolo into the crocodile pit. Ira and his men escape, but Ralph is left behind as the authorities arrive. After a kiss, Jack dives into the water after the crocodile, leaving Joan behind with her sister. Some time later, Joan is back in New York City, delivering a new manuscript based on her adventure to Gloria, who is moved to tears by the story and tells Joan she has another best - seller on her hands. Returning home, she finds Jack waiting for her in a sailboat named the Angelina, after the heroine of Joan 's novels, and wearing boots made from the crocodile 's skin. He explains the crocodile died from ingesting the emerald and he had sold it, using the money to buy the boat of his dreams. They go off together, planning to sail around the world. Cast Michael Douglas as Jack Colton Kathleen Turner as Joan Wilder Danny DeVito as Ralph Zack Norman as Ira Alfonso Arau as Juan Manuel Ojeda as Colonel Zolo Holland Taylor as Gloria Mary Ellen Trainor as Elaine Wilder Eve Smith as Mrs. Irwin Joe Nesnow as Super José Chávez as Santos Evita Muñoz `` Chachita '' as Hefty Woman Camillo García as Bus Driver Rodrigo Puebla as Bad Hombre Paco Morayta as Hotel Clerk Kymberly Herrin as Angelina Bill Burton as Jesse Gerrard Ted White as Grogan Production Casting Sylvester Stallone was originally considered for the role of Jack T. Colton. Filming Filming locations for Romancing the Stone included Veracruz, Mexico ( Fort of San Juan de Ulúa ) ; and Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico. Parts of the film were also shot in Snow Canyon, Utah. The scene where Turner and Douglas get separated on opposite banks on a whitewater river, about two - thirds into the movie, was filmed on the Rio Antigua near the town of Jalcomulco, Veracruz. Turner later said of the film 's production, `` I remember terrible arguments ( with Robert Zemeckis ) doing Romancing. He 's a film - school grad, fascinated by cameras and effects. I never felt that he knew what I was having to do to adjust my acting to some of his damn cameras -- sometimes he puts you in ridiculous postures. I 'd say, ' This is not helping me ! This is not the way I like to work, thank you ! ' '' Despite their difficulties on the film, Zemeckis would go on to work with Turner again, casting her as the voice of Jessica Rabbit in 1988 's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Release Upon the release of Romancing the Stone, comparisons to Raiders of the Lost Ark were inevitable ; Time magazine called the film `` a distaff Raiders rip - off ''. The screenplay for Romancing had actually been written five years earlier by a Malibu waitress named Diane Thomas in what would end up being her only screenplay. She died in a car crash shortly after the film 's release. Studio insiders expected Romancing the Stone to flop ( to the point that, after viewing a rough cut of the film, the producers of the then under development Cocoon fired Zemeckis as director of that film ), but the film became a surprise hit. It became 20th Century Fox 's `` only big hit '' of 1984. Zemeckis later stated that the success of Romancing the Stone allowed him to make Back to the Future, which was an even larger success. Reception Critical reaction Romancing the Stone was well received by critics and is considered by some as among the best films of 1984. It holds an 88 % approval rating with a 7.3 / 10 average on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews. Awards Award wins : Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Musical or Comedy -- Kathleen Turner Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress -- Kathleen Turner Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing -- ADR Stuntman Award for Most Spectacular Stunt -- Vince Deadrick Jr., Terry Leonard Award nominations : Academy Award for Best Film Editing -- Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film -- Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay -- Diane Thomas In other media Books The novelization of Romancing the Stone was credited to Joan Wilder though it ( and a novelization of the sequel movie, The Jewel of the Nile ) was actually written by Catherine Lanigan. Sequels The success of Romancing the Stone also led to a sequel that was equally successful commercially, 1985 's The Jewel of the Nile, without Zemeckis at the helm but with Douglas, Turner and DeVito all returning. Another sequel, called The Crimson Eagle, never made it past the development stage. This planned yet un-produced sequel would have seen Jack Colton and his partner Joan Wilder take their two teenage children to Thailand where they would find themselves blackmailed into stealing a priceless statue. DeVito reunited Douglas, Turner, and himself in his 1989 film The War of the Roses. In 2005 and again in 2008, Michael Douglas was working on a second sequel to Romancing the Stone entitled Racing the Monsoon, although there have been no further developments in recent years. Since 2007, 20th Century Fox considered a remake of Romancing the Stone with the possibility of a `` reboot '' of a series. The roles of Jack Colton and Joan Wilder would be filled by Taylor Kitsch ( or Gerard Butler ) and Katherine Heigl. By 2011, the remake was re-worked as a television series. References Notes Jump up ^ A virtual Who 's Who of Hollywood were considered for the leads in Romancing the Stone, the list included Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman and Christopher Reeve for the part of Jack Colton and Debra Winger as Joan Wilder. Citations Jump up ^ Romancing the Stone ( 1984 ) - Box office / business at the Internet Movie Database Jump up ^ Solomon 1989, p. 260. Jump up ^ Pollock, Dale. `` Zemeckis puts his heart and soul in ' Romancing The Stone ' ''. Los Angeles Times ( Los Angeles ), March 29, 1984. p. m1. Jump up ^ `` Receipts : ' Romancing the Stone '. '' Box Office Mojo. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Plumb, Ali. `` 14 things we learned from the ' Evening with Sylvester Stallone ' Q&A. '' Empire Online, October 9, 2015. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Susman, Gary. `` ' Romancing the Stone ' : 25 things you did n't know about the Kathleen Turner classic. '' movieforne.com, March 24, 2014. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Leigh 2014, p. 171. Jump up ^ D'Arc, James V. ( 2010 ). When Hollywood came to town : a history of moviemaking in Utah ( 1st ed. ). Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874. Jump up ^ Bouey, Steve. `` Finally on Location. '' The World by Road, January 19, 2009. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Appelo, Tim ; Kilday, Greg ( August 2, 1991 ). `` Kathleen Turner : The last movie star ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 28, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Turner 2008, unpaginated. Jump up ^ Schickel, Richard ; Corliss, Richard ( April 23, 1984 ). `` The greening of the box office ''. Time. Retrieved March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Eliot 2013, p. 142. Jump up ^ Horowitz, Mark. `` Back with a Future, '' American Film July / Aug. 1988. pp. 32 -- 35. Jump up ^ `` Musical chairs in Hollywood. '' Time, September 24, 1984. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Supplements for the Back to the Future DVD. Jump up ^ `` The Greatest Films of 1984 ''. AMC Filmsite.org. Retrieved June 11, 2010. Jump up ^ Nashawaty, Chris. `` Was 1984 the Greatest Year in Movies Ever ? ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 11, 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Best Movies of 1984 by Rank ''. Films101.com. Retrieved May 21, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1984 ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 11, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Romancing the Stone ( 1984 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 27, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Romancing the Stone : Award Wins and Nominations ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 11, 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards ( 1985 ) ''. Golden Globe Award. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2012. Jump up ^ Wilder, Joan ( pseudonym ) and Catherine Lanigan ( ghostwriter ). Romancing the Stone novelization. '' Amazon.com. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Eliot 2013, pp. 142 -- 143. Jump up ^ `` Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta - Jones to co-star in film ' Racing The Monsoon '. '' The Telegraph, May 19, 2008. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Schaefer, Sandy `` ' Romancing the Stone ' remake is still moving forward. '' Screen Rant, August 24, 2011. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Jump up ^ Fischer, Russ. `` The ' Romancing the Stone ' remake is now a TV series. '' Slashfilm.com, September 1, 2011. Retrieved : March 28, 2016. Bibliography Eliot, Marc. Michael Douglas : A Biography. New York : Three Rivers Press, 2013. ISBN 978 - 0 - 3079 - 5237 - 0. Leigh, Mark. Epic Fail : The Ultimate Book of Blunders. London : Virgin Books, 2014. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7535 - 4126 - 5. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century - Fox : A Corporate and Financial History ( The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series ). Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 1988. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8108 - 4244 - 1. Turner, Kathleen. Send Yourself Roses : Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles. New York : Springboard Press, 2008. ISBN 978 - 0 - 4465 - 8112 - 7. 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Question: who starred in the movie romancing the stone
Answer: Michael Douglas; Michael Douglas; Michael Douglas