Romancing the Stone - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Romancing the Stone or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Romancing the Stone

[beth]

When Jack is rummaging through his destroyed Land Rover he throws out a couple of magazines including the July 1983 issue of Playboy, with Ruth Guerri on the cover, before finding the picture of his dream yacht.

[lonnie]

Lesley Ann Warren turned down a chance to audition for the female lead.

[jessie]

According to Kathleen Turner's memoir, Michael Douglas originally offered the role of Joan to Debra Winger. They met at a Mexican restaurant to discuss it but, according to Douglas, she ended up biting him. She didn't get the part.

[tamara]

Jessica Lange turned down the part of Joan Wilder in order to tackle "more serious" work.

[wallace]

Robert Zemeckis: [citation] At the beginning of the movie, when Joan Wilder has finished the book, she prepares "dinner" for her cat. This scene resembles a well-known commercial for cat-food.

[steve]

The titles of some of the romantic fiction novels that Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) had written were "The Savage Secret"; "Love's Wicked Kiss"; "The Ravagers"; "Passion's Lovely Lie" and "Treasures of Lust".

[bernard]

The film was originally to be filmed in Colombia, where the story takes place. However, life imitated art, in that Colombia also suffered an increase in American kidnappings, so production was moved to Mexico.

[stephanie]

This was the only produced screenplay for writer Diane Thomas. She had been working as a waitress in Malibu when producer/star Michael Douglas optioned her script for $250,000, allowing her to quit her job. Sadly, Thomas died in a car accident, while working on a new movie project with Steven Spielberg the following year, about seven weeks before the opening of this film's sequel, The Jewel of the Nile (1985). She was a passenger while her boyfriend was driving a Porsche that Douglas had bought for her as a thank you gift. The Jewel of the Nile (1985) was dedicated "In Memory of" Thomas.

[sophie]

Bob Hoskins turned down the role of Ralph, which eventually went to Danny DeVito. Hoskins and Robert Zemeckis would work together four years later in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Kathleen Turner, who plays Joan, would also provide the voice of Jessica Rabbit.

[jamie]

In the opening sequence depicting the closing scene of Joan Wilder's latest romance novel, the music used is the theme from How the West Was Won (1962).

[terry]

First-billed Michael Douglas does not appear until about 24 minutes into the film.

[kyle]

The name of the boat that Joan and Jack are to sail off in at the end of the movie was called "Angelina" of the port of Colombia.

[jesus]

The scene in which Joan Wilder offers to pay Jack T. Colton in traveler's checks and he asks if they are American Express is a reference to the American Express commercials featuring Karl Malden, who previously co-starred with Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco (1972).

[kenneth]

Often compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark, many cast members have a connection to that film series. Michael Douglas's wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, appeares on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and in The Terminal for director Steven Spielberg. Kathleen Turner appeared in Body Heat, directed by Raiders screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Danny DeVito was Spielberg's first choise for the role of Sallah. Director Robert Zemeckis has also frequently worked with Spielberg.