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Come See the Paradise

In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.

6.2(60)19902h 13m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
Japanese
  • new york city
  • world war ii
  • forbidden love
  • love
  • interracial marriage
  • 1940s

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Behind the camera

Director

Alan Parker

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR23 Dec 1990
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical28 Nov 1990
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical1 May 1991
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical14 Feb 1991
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical21 Nov 1990
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical17 Sept 1990
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical125 Sept 1990
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical5 Sept 1991
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical17 Aug 1990
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical17 Jan 1991
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical10 Jan 1991
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical12 Dec 1990

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Come See the Paradise was released on 17 August 1990.

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