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Le Diamant du Nil

Original title: The Jewel of the Nile
  • 1985
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
65K
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Le Diamant du Nil (1985)
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Buddy ComedyDark ComedyDesert AdventureRomantic ComedyActionAdventureComedyRomance

When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.

  • Director
    • Lewis Teague
  • Writers
    • Mark Rosenthal
    • Lawrence Konner
    • Diane Thomas
  • Stars
    • Michael Douglas
    • Kathleen Turner
    • Danny DeVito
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    65K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas
    • Stars
      • Michael Douglas
      • Kathleen Turner
      • Danny DeVito
    • 117User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Michael Douglas
    Michael Douglas
    • Jack
    Kathleen Turner
    Kathleen Turner
    • Joan
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Ralph
    Spyros Fokas
    Spyros Fokas
    • Omar
    • (as Spiros Focás)
    Avner Eisenberg
    • Jewel
    Paul David Magid
    • Tarak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Howard Jay Patterson
    • Barak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Randall Edwin Nelson
    • Karak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Samuel Ross Williams
    • Arak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Timothy Daniel Furst
    • Sarak
    • (as The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
    Hamid Fillali
    • Rachid
    Holland Taylor
    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
    • Director
      • Lewis Teague
    • Writers
      • Mark Rosenthal
      • Lawrence Konner
      • Diane Thomas
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    7inkblot11

    Now thirty years old, this film isn't exactly a "jewel" but has bling and is the kind of flick Hollywood doesn't make anymore

    Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) has achieved her romantic dreams with Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) in this film's predecessor, Romancing the Stone. Or, wait, has she? The in-love twosome have been sailing around the world on Jack's boat, having many adventures. But, there is no ring on Joan's finger yet and she, as a successful romance novelist, is a bit bored with the life at sea. In addition, she has writer's block. Likewise, Jack has been taking Joan for granted. Therefore, when the two stop at an Arab port and Joan is charmed by a Middle East ruler, Omar, who wants her to write his autobiography, the lady writer says yes. Jack is not pleased. Then, too, Colton encounters an old nemesis, Ralph (Danny DeVito) who is interested in Jack helping him find a new treasure called "Jewel of the Nile". Soon, this awkward duo is trying to rescue Joan, who has actually been kidnapped by the evil Omar. Things go from bad to worse as Omar's cohorts blow up Jack's boat, with, thankfully, no one aboard. In desert country and being chased by bad dudes, Jack and Ralph decide to use a plane as a getaway vehicle and jet off, on the ground, across the Sahara. What fun! Can they rescue Joan and grab a treasure, too? This film doesn't have the charm of the first film, Romancing the Stone, as few sequels do. Nevertheless, it is cute, clever and funny, at times. The three stars, Turner, Douglas, and DeVito are a dynamite threesome while the unknown secondary cast is just fine. Yes, the scenery is lovely and does Turner and Douglas look young and attractive in their well-chosen costumes. With few offerings from Hollywood these days, in the romantic comedy genre, one has to "go back to the future" to find treasures, indeed.
    7drdos43

    A Good Movie To Watch On A Boring Night

    I have given this movie a 7/10 because, taken on its own merits, it is just a delightful movie to watch. It's funny, although the slapstick sometimes is a little over done; but good wins out over evil, and leaves you satisfied at its conclusion. It reminds me of the "On the Road" movies made by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour during the forties, but with better, if not sometimes outlandish, special effects and chases (e.g., the F-16 chase) and just as many, if not more, one liners.

    However, the movie is more than just comedy. It pits secular evil against a spiritual goodness (the Jewel), albeit a spiritual goodness which on the surface seem naive and comic...but which, in reality, achieves its goals through that apparent naivty. That is a serious overtone which many of the previous comments on the movie seem to have overlooked. The Jewel does not perform miracles, but his presence and comic actions create an aura of the miraculous.
    6Atreyu_II

    Not abysmal but not as good as the first one

    "The Jewel of the Nile" is a follow-up to "Romancing the Stone". It lacks the greatness of the original but it keeps the same spirit. This one has lots of adventure and action (even more than the original, and is also far more violent).

    Robert Zemeckis didn't return to direct this one, but 4 of the same actors reprise their roles: Michael Douglas (who also produced it), Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito and Holland Taylor. The rest of the cast is entirely different. There are plenty of new characters and new villains.

    As the title says, this movie takes us not to Colombia again, but to the Egyptian deserts (in Africa, close to the Nile river). Exotic like the original's but a completely different scenario than the original's.

    The main villain in this is Omar Khalifa (well portrayed by Spiros Focás). He is just as treacherous and dangerous as Zolo from the original film. Like Zolo, he fools Joan Wilder so that she falls in his entrapments. He pretends to be a good person, but he's a brutal dictator. But I do like Omar's Egyptian accent. He speaks with a charming accent. Funny that he plays an Egyptian when the actor is Greek, but then, Demis Roussos is a Greek who was born in Egypt.

    Avner Eisenberg does a nice portrayal of The Jewel but the character has a mix of charm and silliness and isn't always lovable.

    This film has some really funny and great sequences, but also has a large number of faults and does not possess the charm of the original. Therefore, it doesn't match the original's greatness.

    Apparently Michael and Kathleen only made this movie because their contract forced them to. Kathleen even attempted to back it out but was threatened by 20th Century Fox to be sued with a $25 million lawsuit. Geez, that is just so wrong! They shouldn't have been forced to do something they didn't want. I sort of can see why they didn't want to do it and why Robert Zemeckis refused to make the sequel.

    I used to like this movie almost as much as the original. But now it doesn't seem that great to me anymore. Looking at it now, many things about it don't make much sense. The original is a great blockbuster and a timeless classic.
    rgshanks

    Worthy sequel to "Romancing the Stone".

    This is a worthy sequel to "Romancing the Stone", although not as polished, with the featured actors already a little stilted after the first outing. It is probably significant that the following 15 years have not yet seen a further addition to the series, despite the star quality and charisma of the two leads who do play comedy well together, both in this truncated series and in the blacker "War of the Roses". The film suffers from a disjointed plotting, which appears to serve only to link together both some admittedly fine action sequences (a ground-based escape in an F-16 fighter plane, among them) and also the interminable arguments and subsequent reconciliations between Douglas and Turner.

    Whilst certainly not reaching the heights of style of the original film, "The Jewel of the Nile" nevertheless provides a good rounded slice of action/adventure/romance entertainment, with some witty one-liners for DeVito delivered in his own inimitable style and featuring an endearing cameo from Avner Eisenberg as the mystical `Jewel' of the film's title who delivers his religious and philosophical pronouncements in a curious combination of the spiritual world and western pop culture.
    7leplatypus

    How the world was cool in the 80s ! (dad)

    Watch this movie as a precious relic of a time of freedom as you can see things that would be totally censored in today American movies! In a way, this movie is really close to early Tintin comics as it's pure fun in exotic places and for sure fun means native depicted as Clichés! So here Arabs and Africans are viewed as primitive, a bunch of tribes or peasants, Muslim rebels fighters are helpful and wise! It's hard to judge it against the Zemeckis movie because the setting is totally different: the first was jungle, green, water while now it's desert, sand, sun! I find that the trio has a real chemistry together, there is really some funny moments and if the movie drags a bit at the end, i had a pleasant watching!

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    • Trivia
      The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak, and Tarak were the members of the juggling troupe The Flying Karamazov Brothers.
    • Goofs
      Like most aircraft, the F-16 stores some of its fuel in the wings. Plus it was prepped and ready for a flight, which means its tanks would be full. So, when the wings were torn off, the resulting fuel leak would have burned the jet up immediately.
    • Quotes

      Joan Wilder: My heart just isn't in it. I mean, romance just doesn't seem real to me anymore.

      Gloria: Real? You don't write real - you write about people that sail off into the god damn sunset.

      Joan Wilder: Well, what about the next day, when the sun comes up?

      Gloria: There is no next day! That's why it's a romance. You've got to stop confusing real life with a romantic novel!

    • Connections
      Featured in Billy Ocean: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
      Performed by Billy Ocean

      Written by Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond), Mutt Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange) and Billy Ocean

      Produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond)

      Executive producer - Mutt Lange (as Robert John 'Mutt' Lange)

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    • Release date
      • April 2, 1986 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • La joya del Nilo
    • Filming locations
      • Zion National Park, Utah, USA(desert)
    • Production companies
      • SLM Production Group
      • Stone Group Pictures
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $75,973,200
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,645,455
      • Dec 15, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $96,773,200
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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