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Come See the Paradise

1990 • 2h13m Drama, Romance, History

Rating

6.2/10

Popularity

1

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.

Details

Director

Alan Parker

Screenplay

Alan Parker

Cast

Dennis Quaid

Tamlyn Tomita

Sab Shimono

Release date

8/17/1990

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

58