Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone is a 1984 American actionadventure romantic comedy. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, it stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The film was followed by a 1985 sequel, The Jewel of the Nile.

Joan Wilder Kathleen Turner is a lonely romance novelist in New York City, whom her editor believes is waiting for a romantic hero like in one of her books. One day Joan gets a call from her sister, Elaine, who has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers Ira Zack Norman and Ralph Danny DeVito. Joan is to go to Colombia with a map shes just received in the mail from Elaines late husband the map is Elaines ransom.Flying to Colombia, Joan is detoured from the rendezvous point by Colonel Zolo Manuel Ojeda, the man who killed Elaines husband. He tricks her into boarding the wrong bus, heading deep into the interior of the country instead of the coastal city of Cartagena, where Elaine is being held. When Joan asks the bus driver where they are going, she causes the bus to crash. As the rest of the passengers walk away, Joan is menaced by Zolo but is saved by American exotic bird smuggler Jack T. Colton Michael Douglas. Joan hires Jack to help her get back to civilization. ........

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