MOVIE · 1984
Romancing the Stone
ActionAdventureComedyRomance106 min
Romance novelist Joan Wilder has spent years inventing adventure on the page, until a mysterious package becomes the ransom for her kidnapped sister. Kathleen Turner is Joan, who flies to Colombia to make the exchange, boards the wrong bus, and ends up stranded in the jungle with criminals after the parcel. Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito co-star as Joan's rescue mission turns into a chase through rough terrain and trouble she usually keeps on the page.
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