The Mosquito Coast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-11-26

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (20621 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Weir

Genres:

Adventure Drama Thriller

Cast:

Harrison Ford Helen Mirren River Phoenix Conrad Roberts

Writer:

Paul Theroux (novel)

Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build a utopia in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and with nature are only small obstacles to his obsession. Based upon a Paul Theroux novel.

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