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{{Short description|1984 film by Robert Zemeckis}}
{{For|the song by Eddy Grant of the same name|Romancing the Stone (song)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Romancing the Stone
| image          = Romancing the stone.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by John Solie
| director       = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| producer       = [[Michael Douglas]]
| writer         = [[Diane Thomas]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* Michael Douglas
* [[Kathleen Turner]]
* [[Danny DeVito]]
* [[Alfonso Arau]]
* [[Manuel Ojeda]]
}}
| music          = [[Alan Silvestri]]
| cinematography = [[Dean Cundey]]
| editing        = [[Donn Cambern]]<br />[[Frank Morriss]]
| production_companies = El Corazon Producciones S.A.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57185|title=Romancing the Stone (1984)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><br>[[ImageMovers|South Side Amusement Company]]
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name="afi" />
| released       = {{Film date|1984|3|30|United States|1984|9|14|Mexico}}
| runtime        = 106 minutes
| country        = {{plainlist|
* Mexico<ref name=afi/>
* United States<ref name=afi/>
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $10 million<ref>Solomon 1989, p. 260.</ref><ref>Pollock, Dale. "Zemeckis puts his heart and soul in 'Romancing The Stone'". ''Los Angeles Times'', March 29, 1984. p. m1.</ref>
| gross          = $115.1 million<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=romancingthestone.htm "Receipts: 'Romancing the Stone{{'"}}]. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref>
}}

'''''Romancing the Stone''''' is a 1984 [[romantic comedy]]-[[adventure 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 to save her widowed sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom.

Thomas wrote the screenplay in 1979. Zemeckis, who at the time was developing ''[[Cocoon (film)|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 (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'' and ''[[Used Cars]]''. Zemeckis was eventually dismissed from ''Cocoon'' after an early screening of ''Romancing the Stone'' failed to impress studio executives further. [[Alan Silvestri]], who would collaborate with Zemeckis on his later films, composed the score.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landekic |first=Lola |title=Romancing the Stone |url=https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/romancing-the-stone/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=www.artofthetitle.com |language=en}}</ref>

''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 on December 11, 1985.

==Plot==
Joan Wilder is a successful but lonely romance novelist living in New York City with her cat, Romeo. After finishing her latest novel, Joan leaves her apartment to meet her editor and friend, Gloria Horne. On the way her neighbor, Mrs. Irwin, hands her an envelope that contains a map, sent by her recently murdered brother-in-law, Eduardo. While she is gone, a man is discovered trying to break into her apartment by the building's superintendent, whom he kills. Returning to her apartment, Joan finds it ransacked. She then receives a frantic phone call from her sister Elaine, Eduardo's widow. Elaine has been kidnapped by [[antiquities]] smugglers, cousins Ira and Ralph, and instructs Joan to bring the map to the Colombian coastal city of [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]]; it is Elaine's ransom.

Flying to Colombia, Joan is diverted from the bus to Cartagena by Colonel Zolo, the same man who ransacked her apartment. Instead of heading to Cartagena, this bus goes deep into the country's interior. Ralph realizes this and begins following Joan. When Joan distracts the bus driver by asking where they are going, the bus crashes into a [[Land Rover series|Land Rover]], wrecking both vehicles. As the rest of the passengers walk away, Joan is menaced by Zolo but is saved by the Land Rover's owner, an American exotic bird smuggler named Jack T. Colton. 

Joan promises to pay Jack $375 in [[traveler's cheque]]s for getting her out of the jungle and to a telephone. The two of them travel the jungle while eluding Zolo and his [[military police]]. Reaching a small village, they encounter a drug lord named Juan who is a big fan of Joan's novels and happily helps them escape from Zolo.

After a night of dancing and passion in a nearby town, Jack suggests to Joan that they find the treasure themselves before handing over the map. Zolo's men enter the town, so Jack and Joan steal a car to escape; but it is Ralph's car, and he is sleeping in the back. They follow the clues and retrieve the treasure, an enormous [[emerald]] called ''El Corazón'' ("The Heart"). Ralph takes the emerald from them at gunpoint, but Zolo's forces appear, distracting Ralph long enough for Jack to steal the jewel back. After being chased into a river and over a waterfall, Jack and Joan are separated on opposite sides of the raging river. Joan has the map, but Jack has the emerald. Jack directs Joan to Cartagena, promising that he will meet her there.

In Cartagena, Joan meets with Ira, who takes the map and releases Elaine. But Zolo and his men arrive, with a captured Jack and a severely beaten Ralph. As Zolo tortures Joan, Jack tries to kick the emerald into a crocodile pool behind Zolo. Zolo catches the emerald, but then a crocodile jumps up and bites his hand off, swallowing the emerald with it. A shootout ensues between Zolo's soldiers and Ira's gang. Joan and Elaine dash for safety, pursued by the maimed Zolo, as Jack tries to stop the crocodile from escaping. He begrudgingly releases it to try to save Joan.

A crazed Zolo charges at Joan; she dodges his wild knife slashes, and he falls into a crocodile pit. As the authorities arrive, Ira and his men escape, but Ralph is left behind. After a kiss, Jack dives into the water after the crocodile with the emerald, leaving Joan behind with her sister.

Some time later, Joan is back in New York City and has written a new novel based on her adventure. Gloria is moved to tears by the story and tells Joan she has another best-seller on her hands. Returning home, she finds Jack waiting for her in a sailboat named the ''Angelina'', after the heroine of Joan's novels, and wearing boots made from the crocodile's skin. He jokes that the crocodile got "a fatal case of indigestion" from the emerald, which he sold, using the money to buy the boat of his dreams. They go off together, planning to sail around the world.

==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Michael Douglas]] as Jack T. Colton – A brash, rugged American bird hunter living in Colombia who assists Joan in her adventure. He hopes to save money for a sailboat and leave Colombia to travel the world.
* [[Kathleen Turner]] as Joan Wilder – A successful but lonely romance novelist from New York City. She longs to meet and fall in love with a man resembling the heroic male characters from her writing.
* [[Danny DeVito]] as Ralph – An antiquities smuggler from Queens who takes Joan's sister hostage and pursues Colton and Wilder through the jungle, hoping to acquire the map.
* [[Zack Norman]] as Ira – Ralph's cousin and partner in crime. He has an affinity for crocodiles.
* [[Alfonso Arau]] as Juan – "The Bellmaker", a man implied to be a drug smuggler who happens to be a huge fan of Joan's work. He helps Colton and Wilder escape from Zolo's forces.
* [[Manuel Ojeda]] as Colonel Zolo – Elaine's husband's killer and heartless Deputy Commander of the secret police. After failing to obtain the map from Joan in New York, he follows her to Colombia in pursuit.
* [[Holland Taylor]] as Gloria Horne – Joan's friend and publisher.
* [[Mary Ellen Trainor]] as Elaine Wilder - Joan's widowed sister
* Eve Smith as Mrs. Irwin
* Joe Nesnow as Super
* José Chávez as Santos
* [[Evita Muñoz]] as Hefty Woman
* Camillo García as Bus Driver
* Rodrigo Puebla as Bad Hombre
* Paco Morayta as Hotel Clerk
* [[Kymberly Herrin]] as Angelina
* Bill Burton as Jesse Gerrard
* [[Ted White (stuntman)|Ted White]] as Grogan
{{div col end}}

==Production==
===Screenplay===
The screenplay was written five years earlier by [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] waitress [[Diane Thomas]] in what would end up being her only screenplay made into a movie. She died in a car crash a year and a half after the film's release.<ref>Eliot 2013, p. 142.</ref> Jack Brodsky and Michael Douglas purchased the rights to her screenplay as their studio Bigstick Productions' first project under a contract with [[Columbia Pictures]] in 1979. However, Douglas could not get the film cast before his deal with Columbia expired in 1983. [[20th Century Fox]] agreed to purchase the rights to the film from Columbia after the success of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981). Robert Zemeckis was hired as director because of his association with that film's director [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Romancing the Stone |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57185-ROMANCING-THE-STONE?cxt=filmography |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref>

===Casting===
Douglas initially intended only to produce the film, as he had recently appeared in a series of [[Box-office bomb|box-office bombs]]. Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood were considered for the role of Jack T. Colton while the film was at Columbia but declined.<ref name=":0" /> Other leads considered include [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Paul Newman]], and [[Christopher Reeve]] for the part of Jack Colton before Douglas hired himself and [[Debra Winger]] was the studio's top choice for Joan Wilder.<ref>Plumb, Ali. [http://www.empireonline.com/features/evening-with-sylvester-stallone-quotes/p1 "14 things we learned from the 'Evening with Sylvester Stallone' Q&A."] ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire Online]]'', October 9, 2015. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Susman, Gary. [http://www.moviefone.com/2014/03/24/romancing-the-stone-facts/ "'Romancing the Stone': 25 things you didn't know about the Kathleen Turner classic."]  ''moviefone.com'', March 24, 2014. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Leigh 2014, p. 171.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Susan |date=2019-03-30 |title='Romancing the Stone' at 35: How Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner Survived Gators, Rain, and Studio Expectations |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/features/romancing-the-stone-35-anniversary-michael-douglas-1203175725/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Many of the male stars offered the role of Colton had been displeased that the female character Wilder was the protagonist while Colton was a secondary. After Michael Douglas agreed to star in the film, the early producers (Bigstick Productions) transferred the project to his company, El Corazon Productions. Douglas then set up a "negative pick-up" deal with 20th Century Fox, meaning his company would finance the production independently and the studio would buy it once it was finished.<ref name=":0" />

===Filming===
Principal photography on the film began on July 11, 1983. It took place in both the United States and Mexico. Filming locations included [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] (Fort of [[San Juan de Ulúa]]), [[Huasca de Ocampo]], [[Xalapa]], [[El Arenal, Jalisco|El Arenal]], [[Tonaya]], [[Xico, Valle de Chalco|Xico]], Barraca Grande, the Valle de Silencio, [[New York City]], and [[Snow Canyon, Utah]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=D'Arc|first1=James V.|title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah|date=2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, Utah|isbn=9781423605874|edition=1st}}</ref> Interior filming was conducted in [[Mexico City]], while the opening scene was filmed in [[St. George, Utah]]. The scene where Turner and Douglas get separated on opposite banks on a [[whitewater]] river was filmed on the Rio Antigua near the town of [[Jalcomulco]], [[Veracruz]].<ref>Bouey, Steve. [http://theworldbyroad.com/expedition/2009/01/19/finally-on-location "Finally on Location."] ''The World by Road'', January 19, 2009. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref> Production went behind schedule due to the complicated stunts of the film and numerous hazardous storms, although 20th Century Fox pressured the filmmakers to complete the film as soon as possible to avoid competition with ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984).<ref name=":0" /> 

Turner later said of the film's production, "I remember terrible arguments [with Robert Zemeckis] doing ''Romancing''. He's a film-school grad, fascinated by cameras and effects. I never felt that he knew what I was having to do to adjust my acting to some of his damn cameras – sometimes he puts you in ridiculous postures. I'd say, 'This is not helping me! This is not the way I like to work, thank you!{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/02/kathleen-turner-last-movie-star/ |title=Kathleen Turner: The last movie star |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first1=Tim |last1=Appelo |first2=Greg |last2=Kilday |date=August 2, 1991 |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> After production completed, Turner sued the filmmakers to pay for plastic surgery for injuries sustained during shooting.<ref name=":0" /> Zemeckis would go on to work with Turner again, casting her as the voice of Jessica Rabbit in 1988's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.<ref name="Turner">Turner [https://books.google.com/books?id=c1JlOq_9J-IC&q=Jewel 2008, unpaginated].</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
Studio insiders expected ''Romancing the Stone'' to flop to the point that, after viewing a rough cut of the film, the producers of the then-under-development ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'' fired Zemeckis as director of that film.<ref name="horo">Horowitz, Mark. "Back with a Future," ''American Film'' July/Aug. 1988. pp. 32–35.</ref> However, it became a surprise hit and [[20th Century Fox]]'s only big hit of 1984.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923669,00.html |title=Musical Chairs in Hollywood |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 24, 1984 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725210200/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923669,00.html |archive-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref> The film eventually grossed over US$115 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1984.<ref name="BoxOfficeEarnings">{{cite web |title=Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/international/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1984 |website=TheNumbers.com |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> Zemeckis later stated that the success of ''Romancing the Stone'' allowed him to make ''[[Back to the Future]]'' (1985).<ref>Supplements for the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' DVD.</ref>

===Critical response===
The film received positive reviews upon release.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Romancing the Stone (1984) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57185 |access-date=April 29, 2025 |work=[[AFI Catalog]]}}</ref> {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|86|7.2|56|''Romancing the Stone'' reaches back to the classic Saturday morning serials of old with an action-filled adventure enlivened by the sparkling chemistry between its well-matched leads.|ref=yes|access-date=November 2, 2024}} {{Metacritic film prose|63|17|ref=yes|access-date=November 2, 2024}}

Upon the release of ''Romancing the Stone'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine called the film "a distaff ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders]]'' rip-off".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921703,00.html|title=The greening of the box office|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|first1=Richard|last1=Schickel |first2=Richard|last2=Corliss|date=April 23, 1984|access-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725174750/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921703,00.html |archive-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' remarked that "Though fitfully thrilling and amusing, [Joan Wilder's] adventures degenerate into a muddle. Neither screenwriter Diane Thomas nor director Robert Zemeckis, good-humored as they strive to be, maintains a coherent perception of how the plot should be contrived to trump the heroine's overactive fantasy life." They elaborated that the stone makes an uncompelling [[MacGuffin]], Joan's character development is incongruous and ultimately unsatisfying, and Joan and Jack lack romantic chemistry.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |title=The Stone Clone |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/04/06/the-stone-clone/160e4450-0c5a-4e69-b6e0-a99c74658e2c/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 6, 1984}}</ref> By contrast, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' commented that "The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts", and compared the film favorably to its contemporary in the same genre, ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' (1984).<ref>{{cite news |last=Preston |first=John |title=Romancing the Stone |url=https://www.timeout.com/us/film/romancing-the-stone |access-date=29 December 2019 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] called it "a silly, high-spirited chase picture", saying he greatly enjoyed the film's imaginative perils, colorful cast of villains, and believable relationship between its two lead characters. He likewise compared it favorably to other ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' clones.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Romancing the Stone Movie Review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/romancing-the-stone-1984 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=28 December 2019 |date=January 1, 1984}}</ref>

[[Colin Greenland]] reviewed ''Romancing the Stone'' for ''[[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]]'' magazine, and stated that "Good-humoured, sparky stuff in the manner of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''."<ref name="Imagine23">{{cite magazine | last = Greenland|first = Colin |author-link=Colin Greenland| title =Fantasy Media | type = review | magazine = [[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 23| pages =47 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=February 1985| issn = }}</ref>

[[Filmsite.org]] included it as one of the best films of 1984,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/1984.html |title=The Greatest Films of 1984 |website=[[Filmsite.org]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' included it on its list of films that made 1984 one of the best years for Hollywood films.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/07/25/was-1984-the-greatest-year-in-movies-ever/ |title= Was 1984 the Greatest Year in Movies Ever? |first= Chris| last= Nashawaty| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref>

Then–U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] viewed the film at [[Camp David]] in May 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/sreference/films-viewed-by-president-and-mrs-reagan|title=Films Viewed by President and MRS. Reagan}}</ref>

===Awards===
Award wins:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/awards |title= ''Romancing the Stone'': Award Wins and Nominations |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date= June 11, 2010}}</ref>

* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]<ref name=goldenglobes>{{cite web |url=http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1984 |title=The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985) |publisher=Golden Globe Award |access-date=July 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414222642/http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1984 |archive-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]] – Kathleen Turner<ref name=goldenglobes/>
* [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award]] for Best Actress – Kathleen Turner
* [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Award]] for Best Sound Editing – ADR
* Stuntman Award for Most Spectacular Stunt – Vince Deadrick Jr., [[Terry Leonard]]

Award nominations:
* [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]] – Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss
* [[American Cinema Editors]] Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss
* [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]] – Diane Thomas

==In other media==
===Books===
The [[novelization]] of ''Romancing the Stone'' was written by Catherine Lanigan under "Joan Wilder" as a pen name, along with a novelization of the sequel movie ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sinara |first=Rula |title=Interview: Catherine Lanigan, author of 'Heart's Desire' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2014/08/01/catherine-lanigan-interview-hearts-desire-romancing-the-stone/13416743/ |date=2014-08-01 |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Potempa: 'Romancing' author Lanigan has Hallmark movie |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2021/01/13/potempa-romancing-author-lanigan-has-hallmark-movie-cp-barber-dies/ |date=2021-01-13 |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

==Sequels==
The success of ''Romancing the Stone'' led to a sequel, ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]'', without Zemeckis directing but with Douglas, Turner, and DeVito all returning. The film was released in December 1985 and was commercially successful, but received weaker reviews than the first.<ref>Eliot 2013, pp. 142–143.</ref>

Since 1985, numerous attempts have been made to produce further sequels to the film. Another sequel, called ''The Crimson Eagle'', would have had Jack and Joan take their two teenage children to Thailand, where they are blackmailed into stealing a priceless statue. Filming was scheduled to begin in 1987, following Michael Douglas's shooting of ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'', but the production was delayed and ultimately never made it past the development stage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newsday from New York, New York on April 6, 1987 · 106|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/704527454/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Newspapers.com|date=6 April 1987 |language=en}}</ref> DeVito reunited Douglas, Turner, and himself in his 1989 film ''[[The War of the Roses (film)|The War of the Roses]]''.<ref name="Turner"/>

In 2005 and again in 2008, Douglas was developing a second sequel, tentatively titled ''Racing the Monsoon''.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/1988189/Michael-Douglas-and-Catherine-Zeta-Jones-to-co-star-in-film-Racing-The-Monsoon.html "Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones to co-star in film 'Racing The Monsoon'."] ''The Telegraph'', May 19, 2008. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref>

Since 2007, 20th Century Fox has considered producing a remake of ''Romancing the Stone'', with the possibility of a reboot series. The roles of Jack Colton and Joan Wilder would be filled by [[Taylor Kitsch]] (or [[Gerard Butler]]) and [[Katherine Heigl]], respectively.<ref>Schaefer, Sandy [http://screenrant.com/romancing-stone-remake-sandy-129102/ "‘Romancing the Stone’ remake is still moving forward."] ''Screen Rant'', August 24, 2011. Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref> By 2011, the remake was re-worked as a television series.<ref>Fischer, Russ. [http://www.slashfilm.com/romancing-stone-remake-tv-series/ "The 'Romancing the Stone' remake is now a TV series."] ''Slashfilm.com'', September 1, 2011.  Retrieved: March 28, 2016.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|1980s}}
* ''[[High Risk (1981 film)|High Risk]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Green Ice]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Florida Straits (film)|Florida Straits]]'' (1986)
* ''[[The Lost City (2022 film)|The Lost City]]'' (2022)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Eliot, Marc. ''Michael Douglas: A Biography''. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-3079-5237-0}}.
* Leigh, Mark. ''Epic Fail: The Ultimate Book of Blunders''. London: Virgin Books, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-7535-4126-5}}.
* Solomon, Aubrey. ''Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History'' (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-4244-1}}.
* Turner, Kathleen. ''Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles''. New York: Springboard Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-4465-8112-7}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
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* {{AFI film|57185}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|romancing_the_stone}}
* {{Mojo title|romancingthestone|Romancing the Stone}}

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