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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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 qui...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Thomas, Diane, 1946-
Zemeckis, Robert, 1952-
Turner, Kathleen, 1954-
DeVito, Danny
Arau, Alfonso
Ojeda, Manuel
Silvestri, Alan
Language:English
French
Spanish
Chinese
Korean
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
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.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Edition:[Blu-ray version.].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Novelists, American > United States > Drama.
Criminal behavior > Colombia > Drama.
Police corruption > Colombia > Drama.
Soldiers of fortune > Colombia > Drama.
Colombia > Maps > Drama.
Novelistas, americanas > Colombia > Teatro.
Delitos > Colombia > Teatro.
Action and adventure films.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Maps
Action and adventure films.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
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.
Note:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
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.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CS4 D0100667 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG.
Credits:Director of photography, Dean Dundey ; music, Alan Silvestri.
System Details: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.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda.