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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.
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Overall, Come See the Paradise is a film clearly intended for majority audiences, and while it does talk about Japanese internment, the primary focus is much more the love story than a depiction of camp life. 5/10. A Hollywood Depiction of Life Changing Events. ntaylor-28563 24 February 2018.
Dec 23, 1990 · 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. 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 ...
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Dennis Quaid. ... Jack McGurn. Tamlyn Tomita. ... Lily Yuriko Kawamura / McGann. Sab Shimono.
Seriously underrated work from Dennis Quaid and Alan Parker. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2002. Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times. Come See the Paradise is a fable to remind us of how ...
The movie will leave you with an emotional touch and a better understanding of the importance of acknowledging and fighting oppression. Come See the Paradise is a 1990 drama with a runtime of 2 hours and 18 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.7.
Come See The Paradise. During World War II, all Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese descent were forced to live in internment camps as prisoners of war. This is the story of a union organizer (Dennis Quaid) who goes AWOL from the Army to search for his Japanese wife and child in the camps. 337 IMDb 6.7 2 h 12 min 1990.
