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The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

Warner Brothers (1986)
DVD
PG
085393622121
Adventure | Drama
USA | English | Color | 01:59

Harrison Ford delivers one of his most-acclaimed performances in Peter Weir 's adaptation of Paul Theroux 's novel (scripted by Paul Schrader ). Ford plays Allie Fox, an inventor embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States. As he tells his oldest son, Charlie ( River Phoenix ), "Look around you. It's a toilet." He moves his wife ( Helen Mirren ) and kids — Charlie, Jerry ( Jadrien Steele ), April ( Hilary Gordon ), and Clover ( Rebecca Gordon ) — to the rain forests of Central America, where he plans to create a new civilization starting with his own nuclear family. Allie's family compliantly goes along with his scheme to build a free society, but slowly notices that his obsession has turned him into a tyrannical fascist. Rather than create a utopia, Allie's driving egomania demands total subservience from his downtrodden brood. — Paul Brenner


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Harrison Ford Allie Fox
Helen Mirren Mother Fox
River Phoenix Charlie Fox
Jadrien Steele Jerry Fox
Hilary Gordon April Fox
Rebecca Gordon Clover Fox
Jason Alexander Clerk
Dick O'Neill Mr. Polski
Alice Heffernan-Sneed Mrs. Polski
Tiger Haynes Mr. Semper
William Newman Captain Smalls
Andre Gregory Reverend Spellgood
Melanie Boland Mrs. Spellgood
Martha Plimpton Emily Spellgood
Raymond Clare Convert 1
Emory King Man at Bar
Conrad Roberts Mr. Haddy
Michael Rogers Francis Lungley
Tony Vega Sr. Mr. Maywit
Aurora Clavel Mrs. Maywit
Butterfly McQueen Ma Kennywick
Michael Opoku Bucky
Adolpho Salguero Drainy
Rafael Cho Leon
Sofia Coc Alice

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Edition details

Packaging Snap Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Subtitles English | French
Distributor Warner Brothers Home Video
Layers Dual side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Feb 03, 2004
Regions 1