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Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Manuel Ojeda
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Romancing the Stone |
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Romance novelist Joan Wilder (Turner) is summoned from NYC to South America to bring a ransom for her kidnapped sister. The sister has enclosed a map which got her husband killed. Joan travels by bus along a remote mountain road in the jungles of Columbia. The bus breaks down and she is now on foot. She meets up with exotic bird trafficker Jack Colton (Douglas). When coerced with a large reward, he helps her by throwing away her luggage and leading her down from the mountain. They get caught in a rainstorm, fired on by bandits, washed out by a mudslide and smoke some pot from a downed drug smuggling airplane they happen upon.
The two Americans are tailed by Ralph (DeVito) and Ira, two bumbling but potentially dangerous crooks who are trying to find what is on the map. They find their way into town and clean up before making contact with Joan's sister. They realize it is the map that has been sought and it shows the location of a large gemstone. Jack and Joan face the evil Zolo (Ojeda) who is out to kill them all. After the stone is found it is lost to a crocodile in the lagoon. Zolo's hand goes with the croc. Jack goes after the stone while the sisters are reunited. After Joan has returned home, Jack shows up in NYC with a beautiful new boat and wins her love.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Romancing the Stone |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- getting to know a nice woman
- hunted by enemies
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- long, wavey (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- alligators/crocs
- heat/bugs
Misc setting
- castle
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Kind of violence:
- guns
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