Romancing the Stone (1984)
- Directed by
- Robert Zemeckis
- Genre
- romance film, action comedy film, treasure hunt film, romantic comedy film
- Country
- Mexico, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 2,064 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A romance novelist leaves her quiet New York life to go to Colombia and save her sister from kidnappers. She finds herself on a chaotic treasure hunt with a roguish adventurer.
adventurouswhimsicalromanticlightheartedfast-pacedhumorousexcitingexotic
What happens
Romancing the Stone is a 1984 romantic comedy-adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas and produced by Michael Douglas, who also stars in the film alongside Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The film follows a romance novelist who must venture beyond her New York City comfort zone to Colombia to save her widowed sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom. Thomas wrote the screenplay in 1979. Zemeckis, who at the time was developing Cocoon, liked Thomas's screenplay and offered to direct but 20th Century Fox initially declined, citing the commercial failure of his first two films I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars. Zemeckis was eventually dismissed from Cocoon after an early screening of Romancing the Stone failed to impress studio executives further. Alan Silvestri, who would collaborate with Zemeckis on his later films, composed the score. Romancing the Stone was released on March 30, 1984, to positive reviews from critics and earned over $115 million worldwide at the box office. A sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, was released the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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