Come See the Paradise

1990 · directed by Alan Parker

Rating
64/100
Hit
no

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.

Come See the Paradise (1990), directed by Alan Parker, rates 64/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Dennis Quaid
  • Tamlyn Tomita
  • Sab Shimono
  • Brady Tsurutani
  • Shizuko Hoshi
  • Stan Egi
  • Ronald Yamamoto
  • Akemi Nishino
  • Naomi Nakano
  • Elizabeth Gilliam

Crew

More from Alan Parker

  1. The Commitments (1991) — 77/100
  2. Mississippi Burning (1988) — 75/100
  3. Midnight Express (1978) — 75/100
  4. Birdy (1984) — 74/100
  5. Angel Heart (1987) — 72/100
  6. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) — 72/100

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