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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Comedy /
Romance
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Release:
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Director:
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Robert Zemeckis
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Actors:
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José Chávez,
Alfonso Arau,
Paco Morayta,
Joe Nesnow,
Manuel Ojeda,
Eve Smith,
Evita Muñoz 'Chachita',
Camillo García,
Rodrigo Puebla,
Michael Douglas,
Kathleen Turner,
Danny DeVito,
Zack Norman,
Holland Taylor,
Mary Ellen Trainor
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Duration:
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106 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)81.5
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Plot Summary:
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Joan Wilder is a mousey reporter of romance novels. She finds a package from her sister mailed from Colombia in her mailbox. A holler from her sister tells her that she has been kidnapped and that bringing the package to Colombia is necessary for her safety and turn loose. Being fairly clueless, she leaves for Colombia to rescue her sister. She is mislaid within hours of her arrival. She is nearly murdered by one of the men searching for the package when Jack Colton, a somewhat low life American rescues her. They begin a journey fully the jungle with bullets flying nearby. Is Joan up to all o... f this? What a way to find manifest.
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Romancing the Stone
Tongue in cheek Indiana Jones-style ripping yarn starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas
The electric screen pairing of Douglas and Turner was one of the great partnerships of the 80s, and nowhere better realized than in their first film together.
This is a refreshing antidote to the heroics of the Indiana Jones movies. Turner is meek romantic novelist Joan Wilder who, having headed to the Columbian jungle to rescue her kidnapped sister, lands in an adventure involving snivelling bad guys, big green jewels, DeVito's con artist and of course Douglas as the loner with a penchant for crocodile-wrestling.
All very tongue-in-cheek (typified by the opening sequence, lifted straight from one of Joan's pulp novels) and great fun.
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