The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writers:

Mark Rosenthal (written by) &
Lawrence Konner (written by) ...
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Release Date:

11 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Plot:

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Rescue | Yacht | Reception | Holy Man

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Jack 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
Samuel Ross Williams	...	Arak
Timothy Daniel Furst	...	Sarak
Hamid Fillali	...	Rachid
Holland Taylor	...	Gloria
Guy Cuevas	...	Le Vasseur
Peter DePalma	...	Missionary (as Peter De Palma)
Mark Daly Richards	...	Pirate
Sadeke Colobanane	...	Nubian Chief
Hyacinthe N'Iaye	...	Nubian Wrestler
Daniel Peacock	...	Rock Promoter
Benyahim Ahed	...	Omar Officer
Alaoui Hassen	...	Station Master
Makoula Ahmed	...	Ticket Seller
Akasby Mohamed	...	Old Man in Suq
Zaouia Abdelmajid	...	F-16 Pilot
Ted Buffington	...	Fire Walker
Flora Alberti	...	Society Matron
Patricia Davidson	...	Society Matron (as Patricia Poullair)
Ziraoui Mustapha	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Baji Abdelmajid	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Kachela Mohammed	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Mohamed Attifi	...	Omar's Elite Guard (as Attif Mohammed)
Hilal Abdellatif	...	Omar's Elite Guard
Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali	...	Omar's Elite Guard

Directed by
Lewis Teague

Writing credits
Mark Rosenthal		(written by) &
Lawrence Konner		(written by)
Diane Thomas		(characters)

Produced by
Jack Brodsky	....	co-producer
Joel Douglas	....	co-producer
Michael Douglas	....	producer

Original Music by
Jack Nitzsche

Cinematography by
Jan de Bont		(director of photography) (as Jan DeBont)

Film Editing by
Peter Boita
Michael Ellis

Casting by
Caroline Mazauric
Rose Tobias Shaw

Production Design by
Richard Dawking
Terry Knight

Art Direction by
Damien Lanfranchi
Leslie Tomkins

Set Decoration by
Simon Wakefield

Costume Design by
Emma Porteus

Makeup Department
Karoly Balazs	....	makeup artist (as Charles Balazs)
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist (as Kathy Blondell)
E. Thomas Case	....	makeup artist (as Tom Case)
Thierry Zemmour	....	hair stylist (as Thierry Zemour)

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production manager
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	unit manager
Michael R. Joyce	....	unit production manager: second unit (as Michael Joyce)
Bernard Mazauric	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	second assistant director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director (as Kuki Lopez)
Bruce Moriarty	....	second assistant director
Joe Ochoa	....	first assistant director: second unit
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	second unit director (as Glenn Randall)

Art Department
Len Furey	....	construction coordinator
David J. Negron	....	production illustrator (as David Negron)
Charles Torbett	....	property master

Sound Department
Paul Botham	....	boom operator
Terry Busby	....	sound editor
Leslie Hodgson	....	adr editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Kelly	....	sound editor
Kerry Kohler	....	assistant sound editor
Sandy MacRae	....	sound mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Parnell	....	assistant sound editor (as Bill Parnell)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Les Wiggins	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Nick Allder	....	special effects supervisor
Peter Ch. Arnold	....	special effects
Garth Inns	....	special effects
Phil Knowles	....	special effects coordinator (as Philip Knowles)
John McGoldrick	....	special effects
Alan Poole	....	special effects
Terry Schubert	....	second unit special effects coordinator
Neil Swan	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Robin Browne	....	special optical effects
Ray Caple	....	matte artist
John Fletcher	....	special optical effects
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Román Ariznavarreta	....	stunts (as Ramon Arizaverreta)
Francisco Carmona	....	stunts
Giovanni Cianfriglia	....	stunts (as Giovanni Gianfriglia)
Vince Deadrick Jr.	....	stunts
Augusto Funari	....	stunts
Robin Grathwol	....	stunts
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunts (as Ricardo Mioni)
Sergio Mioni	....	stunts
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunts (as Stephano Mioni)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt double
Hassen Pigani	....	stunts
Orlando Ragusa	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (as Glenn Randall)
Claudio Zucchet	....	stunts
Sergio Mioni	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Markus Blunder	....	assistant camera
Terry Chapman	....	key grip
Seamus Corcoran	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter De Bont	....	assistant camera (as Peter DeBont)
Jeff 'Moose' Howery	....	best boy (as Jeff Howery)
Bobby Huber	....	dolly grip
Marc Koninckx	....	camera operator (as Mark Koninckx)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer
Gary Tandrow	....	gaffer
Robert Wiesmann	....	assistant camera
Alexander Witt	....	director of photography: second unit
Nicolas Kullmann	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	crowd wardrobe supervisor
Nino Cerruti	....	special wardrobe: Kathleen Turner
Raymond Hughes	....	costume designer: Pirates
Yumi Katsura	....	wedding gowns: Miss Turner
David Murphy	....	costume supervisor
Simon Murray	....	costumer: men
Edith Poussou	....	costumer: women
Kirsten Wing	....	costumer: women

Editorial Department
Edward M. Abroms	....	additional editor (as Edward Abroms)
Chris Cook	....	assistant editor (as Christopher Cook)
Jason Krasucki	....	assistant editor
Dennis McTaggart	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andy D'Addario	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Hoenig	....	music score producer
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Charles Enzen	....	transportation coordinator (as Chuck Enzen)

Other crew
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	location manager
Mark Birmingham	....	production assistant
Teresa Brett	....	production contact: Los Angeles (as Teresa Somogyi Brett)
Bryan Coates	....	location manager
Peter DePalma	....	assistant: Michael Douglas (as Peter De Palma)
Abdessamad Dinia	....	location manager (as Dinia Abdessamad)
Eric Dussart	....	location manager
Renee Featherstone	....	production contact: Los Angeles (as Reneé Featherstone)
Jim Franklyn	....	production accountant
Billy Goodson	....	choreographer
Rachel Griffiths	....	script supervisor
Chip Johnson	....	assistant: Lewis Teague
Laura Julian	....	production coordinator
Gordon K. Kee	....	production controller (as Gordon Kee)
Mary Jane Nolan Kelly	....	production contact: New York
Melinda Rees	....	script supervisor: second unit
Patricia Reid-Douglas	....	assistant: Joel Douglas (as Patricia Reid)
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Carmen Soriano	....	production coordinator: second unit
Cynthia Wise	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Bryan Coates	....	in memory of
Richard Dawking	....	in memory of
His Majesty King Hassan of Morocco	....	special thanks
Richard Kotch	....	in memory of
Diane Thomas	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• SLM Production Group
• Stone Group Pictures
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1986) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lucernafilm - Beta (1992) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1990) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• CBS/Fox Video (1986) (Belgium) (video)

Special Effects

• L.A. Effects Group (additional optical effects)

Other Companies

• Artcarved / Keepsake  wedding rings courtesy of
• Cerruti 1881  special wardrobe: Kathleen Turner
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Jive Records  soundtrack
• La Gendarmerie Nationale  special thanks
• Modern Film Effects  title opticals
• Peerless Camera Company  opticals
• Royal Air Maroc  special thanks
• Twickenham Film Studios  sound re-recording

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:10 | Ireland:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (1986) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

SLM Production Group

Trivia:

The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak and Tarak were the members of the juggling troupe the Flying Karamazov Brothers.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ralph realizes that he is standing on coals, he turns to his left and starts to walk. A closeup of his feet shows him turning to the right.

Quotes:

Jack Colton: Why does everything got to be your way?
Joan Wilder: My way? It wasn't my idea to take off and sail around the world with you on your boat for the last six months!
Jewel: I like this. You talk to each other like this often?
Jack Colton: [to the Jewel] Well, let me tell you what I had to put up. Three months ago, we're moored off the Canary Islands, midnight, sound asleep. A boat of three crazed Joan Wilder fans decide that they want the anchor of the Angeline for a souvenir! We were drifting for days!
Joan Wilder: Well, do you remember the incident at Gibraltar, Jack?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'M IN LOVE

Good followup to the "Stone"

"The Jewel of the Nile" is a good follow up to 1984's "Romancing The Stone", as it continues the adventures of romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) and her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas). The last time we saw them, they were sailing into the sunset together (actually 5th Avenue in NYC, but close enough). Spending 6 months on the "Angelina", Joan wants to go back to NYC, but Jack wants to go to Greece. While at a party, Joan meets Omar Shareef (Spiros Focas), and she travels with him to South Africa, Morocco, to write a novel about him, but she stumbles on his plan to become a powerful leader and start a war. Jack, meanwhile, travels with Ralph (Danny Devito), who has escaped his Columbian jail to find the "Jewel" of the Nile. That is the main plot. The acting is good, not as good as in the first movie, but I think Danny Devito has some terrific one-liners and the different tribes and groups the trio encounter are pretty funny. The villain stinks however. Omar is a pale imitation of Zolo from the first movie. The audience doesn't really know what he wants to do. Start a war? Bring together different people? Imitate a magic man? His true purpose doesn't seem to be explained. Also, the romance between Jack and Joan doesn't seem to be developed as well as in the first movie. One minute they fight, the next they make love, the next they argue. What gives? All in all, this is a great sequel to "Romancing The Stone" with some clever characters, great locales and music to match. You don't need to watch the first one to understand this one, but it is recommended. Rent it!