Romancing the Stone
A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.
- Director: Robert Zemeckis
- Genre:Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
- Runtime:106 minutes
Cast
Michael Douglas : Jack T. Colton
Kathleen Turner : Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito : Ralph
Zack Norman : Ira
Alfonso Arau : Juan
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Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is a romance novelist who receives a package mailed to her by her now-dead brother-in-law Eduardo, who was recently murdered. Her widowed sister, Elaine (Mary Ellen Trainor) calls Joan and begs her to come to Colombia with the mailed package because Elaine has been kidnapped and the package is the ransom.
Hastily flying down to Colombia from New York, Joan is detoured from her destination, Cartagena, by Zolo (Manuel Ojeda), the man who killed Elaine’s husband. Joan ends up in the rural jungles of Colombia and is almost killed by Zolo, but is saved by the swashbuckling handsome opportunist Jack T. Colton (Michael Douglas). In return for helping her find her way to Cartagena, Joan promises to pay Jack $375. The package is revealed to contain a map, and Jack suggests investigating where the map leads.
Jack helps Joan elude Zolo, who wants the map and chases them with Colombian police he commands as a “private army.” Unknown to Jack and Joan, they’re also being followed by Ralph (Danny DeVito), a crook who is the cousin of Ira (Zack Norman), the man that kidnapped Elaine. After harrowing situations and an encounter with a local smuggler who is a fan of Joan’s novels named Juan (Alfonso Arau) that helps them escape from Zolo, they eventually find the treasure, which turns out to be an enormous emerald called El Corazon (“The Heart”). After the discovery, they are chased again by Zolo and Ralph, but fall in a raging river and go over a waterfall. Jack and Joan end up on opposite sides of the river with no way of crossing; Joan has the map but Jack has the emerald. Jack directs Joan to Cartagena, promising that he will meet her there with the emerald. Read more
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