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. The film earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box-office receipts and an additional $36 million in video rentals. It also helped launch Turner to stardom, reintroduced Douglas to the public as a capable leading man, and gave Zemeckis his first box-office success. A remake of the film is under development and is expected to be released in 2011. Joan Wilder is a lonely New... York romance novelist who receives a treasure map mailed to her by her recently-murdered brother-in-law. Her widowed sister, Elaine , calls Joan and begs her to come to Cartagena, Colombia, because Elaine has been kidnapped by bumbling antiquities smugglers Ira and Ralph , and the map is to be the ransom. Hastily flying to Colombia, Joan is detoured from the rendezvous with Ralph by Colonel Zolo , the man who killed Elaine's husband.
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| Release date: | March 30, 1984 |
| Directed by: | Robert Zemeckis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Douglas |
| Editor: | Frank Morriss, Donn Cambern |
| Music by: | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Screenplay by: | Diane Thomas |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action, Comedy |