Movie Description

Come See the Paradise

(1990)

Overview

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.

Cast

Facts

Original TitleCome See the Paradise

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1990-08-17

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 13m

Homepagehttp://alanparker.com/film/come-see-the-paradise/

Production Companies20th Century Fox

Genres

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History