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Wall Street | 1987 | UK Lobby Card
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Wall Street | 1987 | UK Lobby Card

Wall Street is a 1987 film directed by Oliver Stone. It was produced by Edward R. Pressman. The screenplay was co-written by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser. Wall Street stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook and Terence Stamp. The storyline follows Bud Fox, a young and impatient stockbroker who is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trades on illegal insider information. After becoming involved with Gordon Gekko, a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider who takes the him under his wing. When Stanley Weiser wrote the first draft, it was initially called Greed. In the first draft, the lead character was a young Jewish broker named Freddie Goldsmith, but Oliver Stone changed it to Bud Fox to avoid any stereotype that Wall Street w...
The Jewel of the Nile | 1985 | US One Sheet
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The Jewel of the Nile | 1985 | US One Sheet

The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 film directed by Lewis Teague. It was produced by Michael Douglas with the screenplay co-written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. The film is based on the characters created by Diane Thomas and stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás and Avner Eisenberg. A sequel to the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, the storyline is based on the adventures of Jack Colton and Joan Wilder. Like the first film, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan’s novels. Jack and Joan have their yacht called Angelina and are moored in the South of France, but they are gradually becoming bored with the way of life and each other. Joan suffering from writer’s block wants to return to New York but Jack prefers to sail aimlessly around the world. Joan...
Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Final | UK Quad
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Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

Romancing the Stone is a 1984 film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It was produced by Michael Douglas with Diane Thomas writing the screenplay. The film stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau and Manuel Ojeda. The film helped to propel Kathleen Turner’s film career and helped to cement Michael Douglas as a capable leading man. Romancing the Stone was Robert Zemeckis 3rd feature film and started a frequent collaboration with Alan Silvestri who produced the movie soundtrack. Principal filming took place in Veracruz and Huasca de Ocampo both in Mexico. Upon its release, it was inevitably compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark with Time magazine calling it a “Raiders rip-off”. However, the screenplay was actually written 5 years prior to the release of the film by D...