The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Weir

Written By:
Paul Theroux
Paul Schrader

Actors:
Harrison Ford ..... Allie Fox
Helen Mirren ..... Mother Fox
River Phoenix ..... Charlie Fox
Conrad Roberts ..... Mr. Haddy
Andre Gregory ..... Reverend Spellgood
Martha Plimpton ..... Emily Spellgood
Dick O'Neill ..... Mr. Polski
Jadrien Steele ..... Jerry Fox
Michael Rogers ..... Francis Lungley
Hilary Gordon ..... April Fox
Rebecca Gordon ..... Clover Fox
Jason Alexander ..... Hardware Clerk
Alice Heffernan-Sneed ..... Mrs. Polski
Tiger Haynes ..... Mr. Semper
William Newman ..... Captain Smalls

Synopsis:

Allie Fox has never been a man to do things by the book. An avid inventor, he is a troubled genuis given to intense moods and an incredible drive. Seemingly on a whim, he shifts his family to the jungles of Central America, telling his children that America "is gone". Determined to create a civilization better than the one he has abandoned, Fox's obsession and mania might pull his family through, or it might pull them apart.

American Allie Fox is a genius - especially when it comes to anything mechanical - and an idealist. He dropped out of Harvard to become an inventor, he now with nine patents and six pending. He loves the US, but is disillusioned by what it has become in so many different facets. As such, he unilaterally decides to uproot his family - his wife who he affectionately calls "Mother", their two sons Charlie and Jerry, and their twin daughters April and Clover - from their comfortable New England life to move to the jungles of Central America, most specifically Mosquitia. There, he hopes to start from scratch to build a society closer to his own ideals - his utopia. He believes he is doing this not just for himself, but for his family, as he wants his children to learn from real life as opposed to from books. Allie will learn that he may have his own view of what he wants to achieve, but that there are external forces, both human and non-human, that may conspire against him. Outwardly, chief amongst his human obstacles is missionary, Reverend Spellgood, whose work Allie believes is solely narcissistic propaganda. In turn, Reverend Spellgood believes Allie is a communist. But what may be lurking underneath the surface as another obstacle is Allie's own family, who may ultimately rebel against something in which they had no input, especially as Allie has a policy of anyone being free to leave if they want, but be excommunicated from the family forever. Allie, too, will have to decide how far he will go to achieve his ultimate dream.

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and with nature are only small obstacles to his obsession. Based upon a Paul Theroux novel.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 11 May, 2015.

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