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Summary: A Classic
Review: The best in classic adventures. It will be a pleasure to purchase on DVD. Lets hope the DVD brings out the magic as Video has
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Summary: Extras needed please.
Review: These movies need extras(interviews,TV spots,soundtrack,documentary etc.)otherwise I may as well just rent the video.
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Summary: Romantic Comedy Adventure: Turner And Douglas
Review: This 1984 film was the first that brought together the incredible on-screen chemistry of Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. The film, a romantic and comic version of the Indiana Jones films, involves a romance novelist (Kathleen T) and how she gets wrapped up in a hunt for a rare and valuable diamond. As her love interest and her partner in the search is Michael Douglas. At first, the two don't get along very well. Their fighting and bickering as well as game-playing (they each plan to dump the other and take the diamond for themselves) is only an overture to the subsequent romance and passion that overwhelms them. At the end of the movie, they are on a boat on top of a car in New York City headed for a romantic world travel adventure.This movie also stars Danny Devito (this team- Turner, Douglas and Da Vito would later make War Of The Roses which was a darker comedy about a nightmare divorce). Danny DeVito is hilarious as he is a shlemiel. The location was shot in South America, specifically Columbia, and the lush scenes of photographic landscapes - jungles, rivers, waterfalls, rapids and villages, make this a very engaging adventure story. Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas are really great together and it is the real salvation of the movie. For Turner's character, her life becomes an adventure and a romance as any of the novels she has written. Highly enjoyable, very comedic and never aging, this movie is a welcome fill for any space in your DVD collection. On DVD, it's even better. Greater color and sound, picture quality and bonus feature such as insight on the film, the actors and commentary.
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Summary: A Happy Time at the Movies
Review: This film from director Robert Zemeckis (Contact, Forrest Gump) is about as much fun as you can have at the movies. Like the underrated "High Road to China" it is old-fashioned 1930's style adventure. We don't see this kind of film getting made anymore, so luckily this one is readily available. It's fantastic. It's a comedy/adventure with something for everyone. New York novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) writes these grand adventure stories for women with heroines who always seem to meet that perfect adventure minded hero she can not. When her sister is kidnapped in Columbia she attempts to ransom her with a treasure map to a fabled green jewel. In doing so, she enlists the aid of real action adventurer Jack 'Trustworthy' Colton (Michael Douglas). But Jack isn't quite like the heroes of her books! Douglas is terrific as the crude and jaded 'hero' and con man who really wants that map! The trouble is, so does his rival Ralph. Danny DeVito is very funny as the all so slimy Ralph, who will stop at nothing to get that map. Jack may really want it, but Ralph really, really wants it! Add the very sexy Turner into the mix, sprinkle in a dash of romance, and you have a very entertaining film for everybody. Though this movie was actually filmed in Mexico you'd never know it. The jungles are lush and wondrous, a veritable cornucopia of tropical beauty. Turner is gorgeous, Douglas is rugged, and DeVito is, well, DeVito in this really fun film. There is a great "feel" to this film we don't get anymore at the movies. The only thing you need to beware of when buying this one is the bad guys and the Crocs!
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Summary: Fun story with something for everyone
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's got a little something for everyone - humor, romance, adventure, suspense. A "must have" for those nights when there's nothing on TV.
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Summary: fantastic!
Review: this is one of my favorite movies from when i was young! you might think its kind of "outdated", because it was produced in the 80's, but put that past you and its a great movie full of laughs, suspense, action, and GREAT chemistry between Douglas and Turner. no wonder they made soooo many movies together after this movie!
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Summary: Jewls For Romance
Review: This is the story of a romance writer, who needs a romance. It's a silly story but fun none the less. It's a chick flick I guess but it's fun.
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Summary: An Excellent All-Around Action Movie
Review: This movie has it all. It has action and comedy that is blended extremely well within the whole movie. You also have a great cast of actors, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglous, Danny DeVito, that were made for each other. The chemistry between the main actors is superb, better than any other movie. The plot is intense and it keeps you interested in the movie the entire time. So if you want great action, funny comedy, and excellent acting, this movie is for you.
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Summary: A classic
Review: This movie is a classic! Early Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner with a great story: comedy, suspense, action, even a little romance, but low-key, even the kiddies will love it!! I can't recommend it enough. It would make a great gift for anyone - even grandma would enjoy it!!
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Summary: Rousing Romance, Action and Comedy
Review: This movie is a modern swashbuckler that presents an unusual twist in that one of the two main characters is a big city romance novel writer who proves that she can more than hold her own in a nominally male setting. The goal of the movie is to find a treasure to save romance book author Joan Wilder's sister, who has been kidnapped by apparently ruthless villains. However, the initial goal of the movie was for Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) to return the treasure map to the kidnappers in Colombia, South America. During her trip to return the map, Joan ends up on the wrong bus, where she soon runs into Jack Colton (Michael Douglas). Jack offers to take Joan to a phone, for a substantial guide fee. During their initial brief walk in the jungle, Jack quickly become disenchanted with Joan's lack of knowledge regarding the jungle and outdoors in general. As quickly as Jack's disenchant begins, he in turn begins to admire her adaptability, occasional fearlessness, and intelligence. As one example, soon after walking into the jungle, crooked cop Zolo has Jack and Joan trapped against an impassable river canyon, with only a decaying bridge crossing it. Jack prepares to make a last stand; Joan begins walking the bridge, and accidentally survives a Tarzan-like swing to the other side of the river gorge. In scene after scene Joan proves that while she is a big city girl, she is resourceful and intelligent, and more than a little daring. Her initial reactions are often that of a stereotypical movie female, and then she perseveres and overcomes, often when Jack has either given up or is about to give up. In the end, it is Jack who is the stereotype of the bumbling male, and Joan becomes the brains and leader of her sister's rescue. As in all good swashbucklers, there is a good amount of humor. While Joan is generally the straight man, she still provides ironic humor in several places. Jack is often the fall guy, and his nearly slapstick antics provide quite a few funny moments. But the actor that steals the show for humor is Danny DeVito as bumbling kidnapper Ralph. Throughout much of the movie Ralph is nearly forgotten as a "dangerous" kidnapper because Zolo and Jack can be truly deadly in comparison to Ralph. Furthermore, Ralph seems to get himself into one slapstick situation after another. The other element this movie shares with other swashbucklers is the romance that develops between Joan and Jack. Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas have a great screen chemistry that is very natural and appealing. By the time the movie ends the romance between Joan and Jack has become the central theme of the movie, with the search for the treasure as a vehicle to develop that romance. This movie has all the features of a wonderful action/adventure/romance movie, with just the right touch of humor. The action moves in a very natural way from one predicament to the next, with just the right amount of incredible coincidence to keep the feel in the tradition of classic swashbuckler movies. This movie compares well with the Indiana Jones movie series, with more humor and romance. I highly recommend this movie.
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