Dennis QuaidJack McGurnSavaraTV movie
Come See the Paradise
In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.
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.
DramaRomanceHistory
Starring
Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono
Directed by
Alan Parker
About
Come See the Paradise
DramaRomanceHistory
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.
In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.
Information
- Released
- Aug 17, 1990
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Alan Parker
Production
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Cast
People in this story
Dennis QuaidJack McGurn
Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura
Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura
Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura
Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura
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