Romancing the Stone
1984 film by Robert Zemeckis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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 in order to save her sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom.
Romancing the Stone | |
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Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
Written by | Diane Thomas |
Produced by | Michael Douglas |
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Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
Edited by | Donn Cambern Frank Morriss |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Production company | El Corazon Producciones S.A.[1] |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[2][3] |
Box office | $115.1 million[4] |
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 further impress studio executives. Alan Silvestri, who would collaborate with Zemeckis on his later films, composed the score.[5]
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 in December 1985.