Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone is a 1984 action adventure romantic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas and produced by Michael Douglas, who also starred in the film alongside co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The film follows a romance novelist who must venture beyond her New York City comfort zone to Colombia in order to save her sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom as they search for a priceless treasure.
Plot
Joan Wilder is a successful, but lonely, romance novelist in New York City. After finishing her latest novel, Joan leaves her apartment to meet her editor, Gloria. On the way she is handed a letter by her neighbor, Mrs. Irwin, that contains a map, sent by her recently murdered brother-in-law, Eduardo. While she is gone, a man tries to break into her apartment and is discovered by her apartment building's superintendent, whom he kills. Returning to her apartment, Joan finds it ransacked. She then receives a frantic phone call from her sister Elaine, Eduardo's widow. Elaine has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers, cousins Ira and Ralph, and instructs Joan to go to the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena with the map she received; it is Elaine's ransom.
More details
author | Diane Thomas Lem Dobbs |
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contentLocation | Colombia New York City |
director | Robert Zemeckis |
editor | Donn Cambern Frank Morriss |
genre | action adventure comedy romance |
keywords | antiquity apartment building around the world break in build bus crash bus driver capture coastal city drug lord emerald kidnap military police murder phone call plan sleep small village traveler\'s cheque wait |
musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
producer | Michael Douglas |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Mexico New York City |
theme | dance romantic comedy |