Question: Diane Renee Thomas, was a screenwriter, she was working as a waitress while writing scripts and then had the opportunity to pitch the script for which 1984 American action-adventure romantic comedy, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, it stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito?

Context articles: Back to the Future
Warren Adler
Paul Hoffman (science writer)
The Virgin Suicides (film)
Diane Thomas
Peter Hansen (actor)
Solitary Man (film)
The Jewel of the Nile
And So It Goes (film)
Romancing the Stone

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
 It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who is sent back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents in high school and accidentally becomes his mother's romantic interest.
 Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, Marty's friend who helps him repair the damage to history by helping Marty cause his parents to fall in love.
 Marty and Doc must also find a way to return Marty to 1985.
Warren Adler (born December 16, 1927) is an American author who has written forty books, twelve of which he sold the film rights to.
 He is best known for "The War of the Roses" novel, the fictionalization of a macabre divorce.
 This dark comedy was soon turned into a "movie" starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito.
Paul Hoffman (born March 30, 1956) is the president and CEO of the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.
 He is also a prominent author, science educator, food entrepreneur, and host of the PBS television series "Great Minds of Science."
 He was president and editor in chief of "Discover", in a ten-year tenure with that magazine, and served as president and publisher of "Encyclopædia Britannica" before returning full-time to writing and consulting work.
 He lives in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York.
 Author of at least ten books, he has appeared on "CBS This Morning" and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" as a correspondent.
 Hoffman is also a puzzlemaster using the pseudonym Dr. Crypton.
 He designed the puzzle in the 1984 book "".
 He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, "Romancing the Stone", starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito.
 Paul is a chess player rated around 1900 (or class-A level) who was the last man standing when world champion Magnus Carlsen played blindfold blitz chess against three challengers.
 He is currently assisting LSC Visiting Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana in his quest to become the first American to win the world chess championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972.
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, and A. J. Cook.
 The film also features Scott Glenn and Danny DeVito in minor roles, and a voice narration by Giovanni Ribisi.
Diane Renee Thomas (January 7, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a screenwriter.
 She was working as a waitress while writing scripts and then had the opportunity to pitch the script for "Romancing the Stone" to customer Michael Douglas who then bought, produced, and starred in the film with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
Peter Franklin Hansen (December 5, 1921 – April 9, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his role as a lawyer Lee Baldwin, on the soap opera "General Hospital", playing the role from 1965 to 1976, 1977 to 1986, briefly in 1990, and again from 1992 to 2004.
 In 1989, he appeared in the movie "The War of the Roses" with Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, and Michael Douglas.
Solitary Man is a 2009 American film co-directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
 The film stars Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Danny DeVito.
The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 action-adventure romantic comedy and a sequel to the 1984 film "Romancing the Stone", directed by Lewis Teague and produced by one of its stars, Michael Douglas.
 The film reunites Douglas with Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, all reprising their roles.
 Like "Romancing the Stone", the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels.
 This time, instead of Jesse and Angelina in Joan's wild-west scenario, Joan and Jack are about to be married when pirates attack their ship.
 "The Jewel of the Nile" sends its characters off on a new adventure in a fictional African desert, in an effort to find the fabled "Jewel of the Nile."
And So It Goes is a 2014 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Mark Andrus.
 The film, which stars Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton and Sterling Jerins, was released on July 25, 2014.
Romancing the Stone is a 1984 American action-adventure romantic comedy.
 Directed by Robert Zemeckis, it stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
 The film was followed by a 1985 sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile".