Trivia for
The Jewel of the Nile (1985) More at IMDbPro »

• The Arabic words in the climactic "stage" scene are actually the Arabic names of Kirk Douglas's movies [rumour].
  
  
• On the soundtrack, stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito sing backup to Billy Ocean's "When the Going Gets Tough". Because the three stars were not members of the Musicians Union, Ocean's video was banned in the UK. Despite this handicap, the song would be Ocean's first #1 UK hit.
  
  
• The F-16 stolen by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner was actually a full-scale mock-up powered by a 350ci Chevrolet engine, if you look closely you can see the driveshafts running from the belly of the plane to the wheels on the landing gear.
  
  
• The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak and Tarak were the members of the juggling troupe the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
  
  
• In the final crowd fight scene Danny Danny DeVito compares it to Our Lady of Mount Carmel school. This was the name of the school De Vito actually attended.
  
  

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