
Romancing the Stone

She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.
Overview
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1985)
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Box office
Grossed $86.6M worldwide, about 8.7 times its $10M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New York City and Mexico
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Setting
Set in New York City and Colombia
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Sequels
Followed by The Jewel of the Nile
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Collection
Part of Romancing the Stone Collection
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Music
Music by Alan Silvestri
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Diane ThomasWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 30, 1984
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $86.6M
- Countries
- United States of America, Mexico
- Collection
- Romancing the Stone Collection
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