Romancing the stone / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Michael Douglas production, a Robert Zemeckis film ; produced by Michael Douglas ; written by Diane Thomas ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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FilmPublisher number: 2254571 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment2254572 | 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]Edition: [Blu-ray version.]Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director of photography, Dean Dundey ; music, Alan Silvestri.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Kathleen Turner plays a writer of adventure stories, Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely believable. The basic problem is that the mousy Joan has never had any real adventure in her life. All this changes when she receives a frantic phone call from her sister, whose is being held prisoner by evil art dealers in Colombia. It seems that sis has mailed Joan a map leading to a valuable treasure. Nasty but cowardly Ralph (Danny DeVito), cousin of the principal villain (Zack Norman), has been assigned to claim the map from Joan. But upon arriving in Colombia, Joan and Ralph learn that others of a more homicidal bent are also after the map. Joan is rescued by soldier of fortune Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), who isn't quite clear about his stake in the proceedings. Jack and Joan undergo several perilous adventures in the wilds of Colombia. The treasure turns out to be a valuable jewel, which changes hands (one of them severed!) many times before it is swallowed by an alligator. Joan manages to break free from her pursuers, but Jack is presumed dead. Jack returns at the end of the film in Manhattan to surprise Joan. The sequel to Romancing the Stone was 1985's The Jewel of the Nile. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby DTS-HD 5.1 Master surround, Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital mono., AVC @ 35 MBPS, 50GB, dual layer, 1080p High Definition.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
English (DTS-HD 5.1, Dolby surround), dubbed French (Dolby surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue, Cantonese, English, Korean, Mandarin or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda.
Director of photography, Dean Dundey ; music, Alan Silvestri.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
MPAA rating: PG.
Joan Wilder is a mousy romance novelist who receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, but quickly becomes lost in the jungle. She is waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. Joan meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, the two embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan's novels.
Special features: Deleted scenes; "Rekindling the Romance: a look back" featurette; "A hidden treasure: the screenwriter" featurette; "Michael Douglas remembers" featurette; "Douglas, Turner and DeVito: favorite scenes" featurette.
This disc is copy protected.