The Jewel of the Nile

"They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone."

1985 1h 46m EN

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★6.2TMDB · 1,334

AdventureActionComedyRomance

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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

“They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.”

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Cast

Michael Douglas
Jack T. Colton
Kathleen Turner
Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito
Ralph
Spiros Focás
Omar
Avner Eisenberg
Jewel
Paul David Magid
Tarak
Howard Jay Patterson
Barak
Randall Edwin Nelson
Karak

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lewis Teague
Writers: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Languages: Arabic, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Romancing the Stone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lewis Teague, shot by Jan de Bont. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Boita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lewis Teague directs. Jan de Bont behind the camera. Jack Nitzsche scores. Peter Boita cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English.

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1Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.
4Part of the "Romancing the Stone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Lewis Teague, shot by Jan de Bont. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Peter Boita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.".
10IMDB entry: tt0089370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "sailboat", "egypt", "treasure", "middle east".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jan de Bont
Original score: Jack Nitzsche
Editing: Peter Boita
Production design: Richard Dawking
Costume design: Emma Porteous
Makeup / hair: E. Thomas Case
Stunt coordinator: Glenn Randall Jr.
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $96,800,000
Return: 387% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Part of

Romancing the Stone Collection

An action-adventure romantic comedy film series about the adventures of fictional romance novelist Joan Wilder and bird exporter Jack T. Colton.

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kevin20192024-02-23
★ 7/10
"The Jewel of the Nile" is at something of a disadvantage. Jack T. Coltan and Joan Wilder were total strangers the first time we encountered the characters and this provided a lot of scope for development, but that isn't the case here so what screenwriters Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner have produced instead is purely an action film which works perfectly well on all levels. The action scenes are moderately exciting and there is a highly entertaining opening where we are once again invited into one of Joan Wilder's stories, but this time around the film is only as watchable as it proves to be because of the enthusiastic participation of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. They are the winning combination that keeps you watching and they are the ones to provide all the action and the romance and the laughs simply because Diane Thomas is no longer with us any more to do it.

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