The Mosquito coast

Based on the novel of the same name by Paul Theroux and adapted for the screen by Paul Schrader, the film tells the story of an eccentric inventor who, sick of seeing the world deteriorate around him, takes his family from their Massachusetts farm to the dark jungles of Honduras to start a fresh new life. However all does not run smoothly in their new jungle paradise and it is not the utopia of his dreams. Stars Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Helen Mirren and Martha Plimpton.

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Credits

producer

Jerome Hellman

production company

Saul Zaentz

Jerome Hellman

director

Peter Weir

Duration

01:53:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325021

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1479291

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United States, 1986