| rdfs:comment | - The film earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box-office receipts. It also helped launch Turner to stardom, reintroduced Douglas to the public as a capable leading man, and gave Zemeckis his first box-office success. Decades later, it retains critical acclaim, with a 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- In Barely Legal, Mayor Adam West watches the film, and when Joan Wilder hides in Jack T. Colton's chin, he takes it so seriously that he believes she's still missing. He sends the entire able Quahog police force to Colombia, South America to rescue her. It is only at the very end of the episode that the search is called off.
- An Affectionate Parody of romantic adventures that also qualifies as an example of the genre. This film was made in 1984 and stars Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito. Kathleen Turner plays Joan Wilder, a successful author of mass-market romance novels -- she has a very long-running series centered around the heroine Angelina and her love interest Jesse. Unfortunately, success in her career doesn't translate to success in her love life. Even her publisher chides her on her unrealistic expectations, and accuses her of waiting around for a Jesse of her own. Adventure ensues.
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| abstract | - An Affectionate Parody of romantic adventures that also qualifies as an example of the genre. This film was made in 1984 and stars Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito. Kathleen Turner plays Joan Wilder, a successful author of mass-market romance novels -- she has a very long-running series centered around the heroine Angelina and her love interest Jesse. Unfortunately, success in her career doesn't translate to success in her love life. Even her publisher chides her on her unrealistic expectations, and accuses her of waiting around for a Jesse of her own. Her life changes when a mysterious package arrives in her mail. The return address lists her brother-in-law, who was recently found hacked into little pieces in Colombia. Joan then receives a phone call from her sister, who's being held hostage. Her kidnappers are looking for a very specific map, one that used to belong her husband. Opening the package, Joan finds the map's now in her possession, and the kidnappers will kill her sister unless she delivers it to them. In Colombia. Unfortunately for Joan, her knowledge of the locale is limited, to say the least. She starts her adventure by boarding the wrong bus on the advice of a not-so-friendly local. It turns out, the kidnappers aren't the only ones interested in her treasure map. Her troubles worsen when her bus crashes, thrusting her right into the path of a mysterious stranger. Little does she know he's the man of her dreams. Adventure ensues. The first commercially successful film in the Robert Zemeckis canon. Diane Thomas, the movie's screenwriter, was famously discovered by Michael Douglas working as a waitress. After Stone she seemed on the verge of a great career, before dying tragically in a car accident just a year later. Thus this became the only film she ever wrote. There's now a screenwriting award named in her honor. A sequel called Jewel Of The Nile was also released. Zemeckis was not involved, as he was busy at the time with a little film called Back to The Future, nor was Thomas, although she was still living when it went into production. Turner, Douglas, and DeVito all returned, however.
- The film earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box-office receipts. It also helped launch Turner to stardom, reintroduced Douglas to the public as a capable leading man, and gave Zemeckis his first box-office success. Decades later, it retains critical acclaim, with a 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- In Barely Legal, Mayor Adam West watches the film, and when Joan Wilder hides in Jack T. Colton's chin, he takes it so seriously that he believes she's still missing. He sends the entire able Quahog police force to Colombia, South America to rescue her. It is only at the very end of the episode that the search is called off.
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