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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 02/03/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 16 Genres: Action, Adventure, Romantic Adventure

The action in this routine adventure film would be modeled on the enormously successful Indiana Jones but it is too much, too fast, too deja vu. It all starts when Jessie Huston (Sharon Stone, before stardom) talks adventurer Allen Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) into helping her find her father, an archaeologist. He has been kidnapped in Africa by a Turk (John Rhys-Davies) and a German colonel (Herbert Lom) who are determined to extract the secret location of King Solomon's mines from the stubborn man. As Jessie and Quatermain head off into the unknown, there are crocodiles, lions, and other human beasts to conquer before the father or the mines hove into view. A sequel was soon to follow. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Richard Chamberlain - Allan Quatermain
Sharon Stone - Jesse Huston
Herbert Lom - Col. Bockner
John Rhys-Davies - Dogati
Ken Gampu - Umbopo

Richard Chamberlain and a pre-stardom Sharon Stone star in this adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure story, which gets a respectable presentation for its DVD release. King Solomon's Mines has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The original English-language soundtrack appears in Dolby Digital Surround, while an alternate dubbed French track is in Dolby Digital Stereo; optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish are also included. As a bonus, the film's original trailer appears on this disc. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide