Works appearing on Art of the Title are the property of their respective owners. "It was that wonderful sexual tension, you know?" We got into a lawsuit and she hired Roy Cohn. ", "Romancing the Stone remake is still moving forward. Jack later runs into Ralph (Danny DeVito), the swindler from Jack and Joan's previous adventure in Colombia, who demands Jack turn over the stone Jack and Joan found. I said, Im sorry, were going to go ahead. This list of Romancing the Stone actors includes any Romancing the Stone actresses and all other actors from the film. And I mean that in the best sense in terms of Paul because he lives and breathes the picture. Basic Instincts Nick Curran is another, blacker shade of the darkness that has colored his most successful roles, from Fatal Attraction and Wall Street to Black Rain. All Rights Reserved. It is the sequel to the 1984 action-adventure romantic comedy film Romancing the Stone . The postpremiere party is in full swing at the Sony Studios commissary. Release Dates But theres more on Michael Douglas plate right now than a pile of vegetables: Theres the fact that the National Organization for Women has just issued a statement calling Basic Instinct misogynistic; that demonstrators from militant gay/lesbian groups are outside the premiere at this very moment, protesting what they feel is the films negative portrayal of homosexuals; that people like Faye Dunaway, Teri Garr, and Michael Keaton are inside that theater taking a good long look at Douglas naked, 47-year-old butt and watching him very convincingly smoke, drink, fornicate, kill, and generally commit the most protracted flirtation with sexual suicide since Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Ralph and Jack team up to find Joan and the fabled jewel. "We were going out to dinner and as a surprise, I said, 'Kathleen, why don't you pick up dad?' A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue. [26] By 2011, the remake was re-worked as a television series. Hes just as loyal as the day is long! or survive.. Thats all it is. And its so luminous, its not like what you would do today on the computer. That was only the beginning of Jewel of the Niles troubles. Michael got his way. Filming in North Africa was dogged with problems from unbearable 120-degree-Fahrenheit heat to problems with the local crew but the most troubling concern was that the director showed that he was not up to the task of helming an action film. Along the way, he has become one of the most powerful, sought-after, and well-respected actor-producers in the business. Shes charming, shes exciting, shes sexual, shes very personal, and its challenging. Films of All-Time, Greatest While Ralph is genuinely happy for Jack and Joan, he laments once again having gained nothing for his efforts, but Tarak acknowledges that he is a true Sufi friend and presents him with a jeweled dagger as Jack and Joan happily sail away down the Nile. And while his big-name friends and colleagues sit there in the theater watching the movies opening scene you know, the one in which an unsuspecting rock star is brutally stabbed with an ice pick by an unidentifiable naked blond still rocking on top of him Douglas is hunkered down in the corner booth of a favorite Italian restaurant on Pico Boulevard, polishing off his first Absolut on the rocks. Be kind to each other. The soundtrack features 1980s rap group Whodini and their single "Freaks Come Out at Night" as Michael Douglas and company make their way through the desert on camel back[17] as well as "Party (No Sheep Is Safe Tonight)" by The Willesden Dodgers during the campfire party scene. The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 American action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Lewis Teague and produced by Michael Douglas, who also starred in the lead role, and reunites with co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito all reprising their roles. Film Lines, Great Last That was a big problem with this picture Paul never solved the problem that this guy is evil. Filming & Production I dont know if his soul was worth saving. So I supervised it and then using that technique, painting with light, I made the Stone emerald green. But while Douglas complained that Verhoevens direction was sometimes intrusive during the sex scenes, much of the rest of the time he felt ignored. The next battle was finding an actress to play Catherine, a dangerously sexy crime novelist with a taste for both boys and girls. Romancing the Stone (1984). Romancing the Stone - Wikipedia When I got to the hotel in Fez, Michael and I sat down on the floor with three versions of the script. "[21], Then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan viewed this film at Camp David in January 1986. Its a process where the lights projected under the camera, all the arts black and white, and you cover up different areas, and you learn the names of all the filters, like a 47 is a deep blue, and a 16 is green. Romancing the Stone cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. A sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, was released in December 1985. I had to make my own deal on that, which was a big deal, but hes only eight years older than I am, so he was scared! The success of the film also allowed Robert Zemeckis to make Back to the Future the following year, which was an even bigger smash and again featured the work of Nina Saxon in its gripping opening sequence. After Romancing and two more hit films in the 1980s, The Jewel of the Nile and The War of the Roses, Turner and Douglas kept in touch and have remained friends for nearly 40 years. You know? To find out more about a particular actor or actress, click on their name and you'll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career. When Douglas agreed to undertake rewrites to please Turner, Thomas was asked to consult on alterations, but Turner remained disappointed with the script. The action-adventure comedy was a surprise hit for 20th Century Fox, who had such grave doubts about the film that after seeing a rough cut, Zemeckis was actually fired as director from another film, Cocoon, which was then under development. Romancing the Stone cast: Then and now - 9Celebrity - Nine.com.au He seems to be groping, trying to sketch out the dialogue he wishes he could have with the movies detractors. The poised, charming movie star has vanished. But to hear Turner tell it, sparks initially flew offscreen as well. Oliver Stone recalls seeking out Douglas for Wall Street because hed heard of the actors reputation for being financially savvy. We had Health Service come down from the capital and they tell me, I think youve got a case of Hepatitis on your crew here, Douglas said. At the peak of the argument, Verhoevens nose, frequently subject to nosebleeds, began to hemorrhage; he ended up in the hospital and the production shut down for a few days. However, the illness wasnt the biggest problem. director two weeks before the picture starts, lost a good portion of our crew.. Romancing 'The Kominsky Method': Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner And that makes sense because of the plot. "It was so much fun," says Douglas, who also executive produces the show, premiering Friday. Think of his production of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975) and his roles in The China Syndrome (1979), Fatal Attraction (1987), Wall Street (1987). Romancing the Stone Cast & Crew Cast; Crew; Michael Douglas Jack T. Colton, Producer Kathleen Turner Joan Wilder Danny DeVito Ralph Zack Norman Ira Alfonso Arau Juan Manuel Ojeda Zolo Holland Taylor Gloria Mary Ellen Trainor Elaine Robert Zemeckis Director Michael Douglas Jack T. Colton, Producer Diane Thomas . He developed the scripts for The China Syndrome and Starman, and didnt give up when the studios told him they were not viable. The 1985 film, The Jewel of the Nile, is not remembered fondly by fans of the original. Realizing that Al-Julhara is the only one who can stop Omar, Joan decides to escort him to Kadir herself. Worst of all for Douglas maybe even worse than the thought of taking his wife, Diandra, to see Basic Instinct at a local Santa Barbara theater over the weekend is the thought that after all the trouble and all the hype, his high- profile movie, which reportedly cost $43 million to make, could fail to become an absolute killer at the box office. I love him dearly, but he lives for confrontation. Verhoeven decided to push on with script revisions himself, with the help of writer Gary Goldman. A leading lady of 1980s cinema, Kathleen Turner earned comparisons to 1940s femme fatales like . But does he deserve to be stabbed to death with an ice pick? I ask. "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", performed by Billy Ocean, and "The Jewel of the Nile", performed by Precious Wilson, play during the film and in the end credits respectively. This is a detective smut novel, this thing is. Watch the full episode of People Features: Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner on PeopleTV.com or on the PeopleTV app. While The Jewel of the Nile grossed almost as much as its predecessor, the film was much less successful critically and effectively killed the franchise. Its at just this moment that a tall, thin, and cartoonishly obsequious waiter appears at the table, his arms laden with plates of unordered antipasti, and interrupts Douglas performance with one of his own: These are the shiitake mushrooms, he says with a flourish, discreetly ignoring the vibrating man, and a selection of grilled vegetables., Without skipping a beat, the savvy movie star is back, smiling, nodding, beaming, saying, This is very, very thoughtful of you, while the waiter, actually bowing, says, Oh, sir, on the contrary, its very good seeing you.. After encountering a Nubian mountain tribe, Joan and Jack's romance is rekindled. "Oh, I was yearning, babe but he was still married [to first wife Diandra Luker] although they were separated, and so I thought there was hope for me," Kathleen Turner tells PEOPLE. Im afraid were going to have to quarantine the company for six weeks. Thats going to take us into August, 125 degrees, were all done.