The Mosquito Coast (1986)
- Starring:
- Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Weir
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Mosquito Coast
Harrison Ford delivers one of his most-acclaimed performances in Peter Weir's adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel (scripted by Paul Schrader). Ford plays Allie Fox, an inventor embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States. As he tells his oldest son, Charlie (River Phoenix), "Look around you. It's a toilet." He moves his wife (Helen Mirren) and kids -- Charlie, Jerry (Jadrien Steele), April (Hilary Gordon), and Clover (Rebecca Gordon) -- to the rain forests of Central America, where he plans to create a new civilization starting with his own nuclear family. Allie's family compliantly goes along with his scheme to build a free society, but slowly notices that his obsession has turned him into a tyrannical fascist. Rather than create a utopia, Allie's driving egomania demands total subservience from his downtrodden brood. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 118 mins
Complete Cast of The Mosquito Coast
- Harrison Ford - Allie Fox
- River Phoenix - Charlie
- Hilary Gordon - April
- Andre Gregory - Rev. Spellgood
- Martha Plimpton - Emily Spellgood
- Michael Rogers - Francis Lungly
- Butterfly McQueen - Ma Kennysick
- Jorge Zepeda - Mercenary
- Aurora Clavel - Mrs. Maywit
- Tony Vega Sr - Mr. Maywit
- Wilfred Peters - Dixon
- Michael Opolu - Bucky
- Emory King - Man at Bar
- Margaret Cho - Verny
- Conrad Roberts - Mr. Haddy
- Tiger Haynes - Mr. Semper
- Helen Mirren - Mother
- Jadrien Steele - Jerry
- Rebecca Gordon - Clover
- Dick O'Neill - Mr. Polski
- Melanie Boland - Mrs. Spellgood
- Jason Alexander - Clerk
- Alice Sneed - Mrs. Polski
- Rafael Cho - Leon
- Dianne Crittenden
- Aldolpho Salguero - Drainy
- Louis Palacio - Peaselee
- Juan Antonio Llanes - Mercenary
- Sofia Cho - Alice
- Abel Woolrich - Mercenary
- William Newman - Capt. Smalls
- Raymond Clare - 1st Convert
- Director(s):
- Peter Weir
- Writer(s):
- Paul Schrader
- Producer(s):
- Saul Zaentz, Jerome Hellman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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