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The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Andre Gregory, and River Phoenix. It is based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Paul Theroux.
Embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States, inventor Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) moves his wife and kids to the rain forest of Central America, where he plans to...
Nov 26, 1986 · The Mosquito Coast: Directed by Peter Weir. With Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele. An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Jul 8, 2014 · Harrison Ford gives one of his most powerful portrayals as an obsessive inventor whose dream of creating a jungle paradise erodes into a survival-of-the-fittest nightmare. Year: 1986...
Watchlist. The Mosquito Coast. A brilliant but unstable inventor and his family create what they hope will be their Utopia in Central America.
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- Adventure, Drama
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Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.
Based on the best-selling novel by Paul Theroux, this film tells the story of one man's attempt to create a utopian existence in the rain forest for his family, which ultimately evolves into a desperate fight for their survival.
