Il gioiello del Nilo

Titolo originale: The Jewel of the Nile
Regia: Lewis Teague |
Anno: 1985
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Azione Commedia Romance
Tag: sailboat | egypt | treasure | middle east | kidnapping | dictator | africa | riddle | sailing trip | palace | treasure hunt | sequel | guru | captive | desert | double cross | novelist | adventurer | archeology | soldier of fortune | excited |
Cast: Michael Douglas | Kathleen Turner | Danny DeVito | Spiros Focás | Avner Eisenberg | Paul David Magid | Howard Jay Patterson | Randall Edwin Nelson | Samuel Ross Williams | Timothy Daniel Furst | Hamid Fillali | Holland Taylor | Guy Cuevas | Peter DePalma | Mark Daly Richards | Sadeke Colobanane | Hyacinthe N'Iaye | Daniel Peacock | Benyahim Ahed | Alaoui Hassen | Makoula Ahmed | Akasby Mohamed | Zaouia Abdelmajid | Ted Buffington | Flora Alberti | Patricia Davidson | Ziraoui Mustapha | Baji Abdelmajid | Kachela Mohammed | Mohamed Attifi | Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali | Abdullatif Hilal | Carlo Martini | Hamid Ait Timaghrit | Omero Capanna |

Joan e Jack sono in crociera permanente sulla loro barca, la Angelina, ma in un momento di crisi decidono di separarsi per un po'. Joan è una scrittrice e incontra lo sceicco Omar che le propone di scrivere la sua biografia. In realtà è un losco individuo che ha rinchiuso il capo spirituale del suo popolo per prenderne il posto con l'inganno. Scoperte le reali intenzioni di Omar, Joan viene fatta prigioniera, ma il perfido sceicco dovrà fare i conti con Jack che come sempre arriva al momento giusto per togliere Joan dai guai.

Approfondimenti

Ken Levine and David Isaacs did an uncredited rewrite of the script. D
All'inseguimento della pietra verde (1984), the predecessor of this film, was the only produced [...] D
Ralph (Danny DeVito) says Weinberger is going to be upset by the way he is being treated by the [...] D
This film was part of a cycle of films in the vein of the Indiana Jones-style, Saturday afterno [...] D
The "Nubian" man Jack wrestles is a traditional Senegalese wrestler. The talisman that he wears [...] D
Danny DeVito compares the final crowd fight scene to Our Lady of Mount Carmel school. This was [...] D
Kathleen Turner resisted making the sequel because of her money squabble over the original, and [...] D
This was the final release on RCA's CED VideoDisc format. D
Kathleen Turner tried to quit this production because she hated the script, but Michael Douglas [...] D
Advance posters showed Danny DeVito dressed in the same white clothes he wore in "Romancing the [...] D
The F-16 fighter mock-up replicated the aerodynamic contours of a real plane so well that its n [...] D
The hooded falcon seen at Omar's compound is a Prairie Falcon. It is native to the Northern and [...] D
Sean Connery drew inspiration for his portrayal of Henry Jones, Sr. in Indiana Jones and the La [...] D
The "jewel" in the title is real, but the title itself was first applied by 19th-century travel [...] D
Three members of the production team were killed in a plane crash whilst scouting locations in [...] D
Paul David Magrid is dubbed by Nadim Sawalha. D
Spyros Fokas is dubbed by a well known British voice actor. D
Plans to make an ongoing franchise, a la Indiana Jones, were considered for years after this fi [...] D
The end title song is Billy Ocean's "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going". In the mu [...] D
Many of the non-British USA cast members are dubbed by British Equity members such as George Ca [...] D
According to Closer Weekly at the time of the production, there was a dysentery outbreak on the [...] D
The F-16 stolen by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner was actually a full-scale mock-up powere [...] D
The actors playing the tribesmen Arak, Barak, Karak, Sarak and Tarak were the members of the ju [...] D