On the hunt for the green diamond

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Movie
German title On the hunt for the green diamond
Original title Romancing the Stone
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 10
Rod
Director Robert Zemeckis
script Diane Thomas , Lem Dobbs , Howard Franklin , Treva Silverman
production Michael Douglas
music Alan Silvestri
camera Dean Cundey , Álex Phillips junior
cut Donn Cambern , Frank Morriss
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
On the hunt for the jewel of the Nile

Romancing the Stone (OT: Romancing the Stone) is an American film comedy from 1984. Directed led Robert Zemeckis , the writer wrote Diane Thomas , Lem Dobbs , Howard Franklin and Treva Silverman . The main roles were played by Michael Douglas , Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito .

action

In New York living successful writer Joan Wilder receives mail from her murdered brother recently from Colombia . Shortly afterwards, she receives a call from her sister, who has been kidnapped. The kidnappers Ira and Ralph demand the treasure map that Joan received in the mail in order to be released.

Wilder goes to Colombia to meet the kidnappers' request. There she meets the adventurer Jack T. Colton, who is willing to help her after negotiating a fee. They are being followed by Zolo, an officer in the country's secret service, who also wants to get the card. On the way they get help in a village where a smuggler turns out to be a fan of Joan Wilder.

Using the map, Wilder and Colton find a large emerald called El Corazón . On the run from Zolo they are separated. In a fortress in the Colombian city of Cartagena , where Ira is breeding crocodiles , Wilder hands over the card and can see her sister again. Zolo and his people join in with the captured Colton. There is a fight over the stone that Colton wore on his abdomen. When Zolo catches the emerald, his hand is bitten off by a crocodile. Colton first helps the savages threatened by Zolo, then he chases after the reptile.

The film ends with a happy ending in New York: Wilder turned the experience into a bestseller, Colton wears boots made from the skin of the crocodile, he was able to sell the stone and fulfill his dream of a sailing boat.

synchronization

The German synchronization was commissioned by Berliner Synchron , Arne Elsholtz was responsible for the dialogue direction and the German dialogue book .

role actor speaker
Jack T. Colton Michael Douglas Volker Brandt
Joan Wilder Kathleen Turner Traudel Haas
Ralph Danny DeVito Gerd Duwner
Ira Zack Norman Jürgen Thormann
Juan Alfonso Arau Arne Elsholtz
Zolo Manuel Ojeda Edgar Ott
Gloria Holland Taylor Bettina Schön
Elaine Mary Ellen Trainor Ursula Heyer
Hotel Clerk Paco Morayta Eberhard Prüter

Reviews

Roger Ebert compared the film in the Chicago Sun-Times of January 1, 1984 with the film Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark . He praised him for the fact that the portrayal of how a strong man cares for a woman in need largely avoided clichés.

"Hollywood cinema worth seeing: action, suspense, tongue-in-cheek irony."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

The film won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy in 1985 . Kathleen Turner also won a Golden Globe and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award.

The film also won the Motion Picture Sound Editors Award and was nominated for an Oscar and an American Cinema Editors Award for editing . The script received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination.

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".

Remarks

The film grossed around 86 million US dollars at box offices worldwide , making it one of the major film hits in the mid-1980s.

continuation

In 1985 the sequel On the Hunt for the Jewel of the Nile appeared with, as in the first part, Michael Douglas , Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito in the leading roles. It was not directed by Robert Zemeckis, but by Lewis Teague .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for On the hunt for the green diamond . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2008 (PDF; test number: 54 687 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ Age rating for On the hunt for the green diamond . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Synchronkartei.de
  4. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert
  5. ↑ On the hunt for the green diamond. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 24, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ↑ https://www.fbw-filmbeval.com/film/auf_der_jagd_nach_dem_gruenen_diamanten
  7. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=romancingthestone.htm

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