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Le Diamant du Nil

Original title: The Jewel of the Nile
  • 1985
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  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
65K
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Le Diamant du Nil (1985)
Home Video Trailer from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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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.
    4Leofwine_draca

    Cheesy '80s cash grab sequel

    This is a lesser follow-up to the blockbuster hit ROMANCING THE STONE that aims to repeat the same formula for maximum box office business. Unfortunately, it's a little off. While I enjoyed the first film, I didn't think it was any masterpiece and this film follows the law of diminishing returns in that everything we see is less, not more.

    There's a greater focus on silly comedy here, as in the nonsensical dream sequence that re-introduces Douglas's character, and the characters seem more shrill and annoying than we saw previously. The story this time around takes place in the Mediterranean and North Africa, but the plot is even more lightweight and superfluous than before and there's precisely nothing to remember it by. It's pretty well paced, for sure, but in all other respects it's a forgettable film: a cheesy '80s grab for cash and nothing else.
    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!
    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.
    5axlrhodes

    An over familiar retread of the original that lacks sparkle.

    As much i have enjoyed the chemistry of this cast in Romancing and War Of The Roses i felt that even that strong bond could not save Jewel Of The Nile from being a dud of a film.The first film had a much stronger Indiana Jones type feel to it,Douglas and Turner hit it off superbly and although that continues to some extent here,its mainly a tired retread that isn't quite as much fun,partly due to the barren desert setting as opposed to the lively mud slides and tropical setting of the first film.The finale of the film is also not a satisfying as the first film and one is left to ponder what was the point of it all.Its a below average action adventure film that relies too heavily on the chemistry of its actors to salvage some credit.

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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
      • 1h 46m(106 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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