Product Details

• Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg
• Directors: Lewis Teague
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: Arabic, English
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300248097
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,813 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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• This is item 2 in The Romancing the Stone Series.

Editorial Reviews

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This sequel to 1984's rip-snorting romantic-adventure, Romancing the Stone, is a moderately entertaining tale that pales by comparison to its predecessor. Romance novelist Kathleen Turner and retired soldier-of-fortune Michael Douglas return as a now-complacent couple. Bored with life on a yacht, they find excitement thrust upon them when she accepts a speaking engagement in the Middle East. Once there, she is abducted and finds herself involved with the "jewel" everyone is chasing. Douglas teams up once more with Danny DeVito to rescue his love. Less charming and more predictable than the original, this suffers for one simple reason: the characters have nowhere to go. In the original story we watched Turner blossom from timid storyteller to lusty adventuress. In this flick she is too much like all the other action adventure babes we've seen before. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere In Africa....., January 16, 2005

By	L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (fountain valley, ca United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Jewel of the Nile (DVD)

This review refers to "Jewel of the Nile" DVD edition(20th Cent Fox)....

If you loved "Romancing The Stone", and can hardly pass the TV without stopping to watch when it's on, then go ahead and follow the adventures of Jack, Joan and Ralph in Africa in "Jewel Of The Nile". It may not stand up to the repeated viewings like RTS, but it is a fun and action packed sequel, and it is the characters that we have come to love, that make us want to watch them in action in a new and different story.

Joan(Kathleen Turner) and Jack(Michael Douglas) have been living together on his boat for six months already. Jack wants to take off and see the world, Joan has a bit of a writer's block and wants more from life. Opportunity knocks on her door when a powerful Sheik wants her to write his story. She's wisked off to Africa, leaving a brooding Jack behind, and immediatley finds herself in the midst of a mysterious, intriguing and very dangerous situtation involving an all powerful "Jewel". But have no fear, Jack is warned of the danger his beloved is in and is off to save her. Ralph( Danny DeVito),who has been lurking about and hears the word "Jewel" is not going to be left out this time, and tags along as well. An added bonus to this one are the fabulous Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling troupe, who jazz up this film a little with their entertaining skills.

I probably would go a little higher then 3 stars if I was just rating the film, but I was a bit disappointed in the DVD transfer(especially compared to RTS). It didn't seem like much care went into it. The film is presented in widescreen, which is really nice, and takes in all the action and scenery nicely, and even the colors were nice and bright, but the print was below average for a film of this age(1985). It seemed grainey at times, and I often noticed scratches and even dirt. Good sound in Dolby Surround, but with all the action and adventure in this film, DD5.1 would have been great.
The film may also be viewed in French and has subtitles in English and Spanish.

Fans of the first film, will certainly enjoy spending more time with the gang, but may want to consider renting it first, if you haven't seen it yet.

Get the Popcorn ready, and maybe some lemonade..it's a hot trek through the desert!...enjoy...Laurie

newer edition together with romancing the stone:Romancing the Stone / Jewel of the Nile

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Velveeta at its finest!, April 2, 2005

By	Guilty Pleasure (Langley, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jewel of the Nile (DVD)

I blinked and missed the eighties, too busy working and raising kids. So I picked this up, along with "Romancing the Stone," in the nineties, and caught up!

A cheezy, but classy, brace of time capsules.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jewel of the Nile - Blu-ray Info, October 17, 2008

By	LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jewel of the Nile [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Version: U.S.A / Region A
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:45:55
Movie size: 34,20 GB
Disc size: 40,38 GB
Average video bit rate: 35.28 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 4256 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 4256kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 4.0 / 48kHz / 448kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / Chinese / French / Korean / Spanish
Number of chapters: 25

#Commentary by Director Lewis Teague
#6 Deleted scenes - (HD)
# Romancing the Nile: A winning sequel - (SD - 21 minutes)
# Adventures of a romance novelist - (SD - 8 minutes)
# Theatrical trailer