The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Regisseur:

Peter Weir

Drehbuchautoren:

Paul Theroux (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

26. November 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Allie Fox followed his dream to the Mosquito Coast. He planned a paradise. He created a Hell.

Plot:

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle...

Plot Keywords:

Intimacy | Tense | Son | Dysfunctional Family | Reflection

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Anti hero falls short of redemption

Besetzung

Harrison Ford	...	Allie Fox
Helen Mirren	...	Mother Fox
River Phoenix	...	Charlie Fox
Conrad Roberts	...	Mr. Haddy
Andre Gregory	...	Reverend Spellgood
Martha Plimpton	...	Emily Spellgood
Dick O'Neill	...	Mr. Polski
Jadrien Steele	...	Jerry Fox
Michael Rogers	...	Francis Lungley
Hilary Gordon	...	April Fox
Rebecca Gordon	...	Clover Fox
Jason Alexander	...	Hardware Clerk
Alice Sneed	...	Mrs. Polski
Tiger Haynes	...	Mr. Semper
William Newman	...	Captain Smalls

Alternativ:

Mosquito Coast (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

117 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Spanisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:10 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Firma:

Jerome Hellman Productions

Dies und das:

While building the town set in Belize, the crew unearthed an ancient Mayan temple. It notified the Belize government, which declared the site an important historical find.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: While Allie Fox and his family are being lashed by violent winds and near horizontal rain during a hurricane a couple of palm trees in the background are standing perfectly still.

Dialogzitate:

Allie Fox: Ice is civilization!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Ten (2007)

Soundtrack:

Sing Alleluia

Anti hero falls short of redemption

With much of Harrison Ford's career during the eighties dominated by his participation in George Lucas and Spielberg blockbusters, it comes as a relief to discover that in between his numerous flights on the Milennium Falcon and slashing his whip he found time to star in many low key movies. Among these hidden treasures is The Mosquito Coast, a character driven story about one mans attempt to recreate an Eden in a faraway land. And his secret to survival? Ice.

This is an interesting movie, not only because it has an all star cast, that includes River Phoenix, but because we see Harrison Ford give his all to creating a character that is multi dimensional. He is an idealist and has the best intentions, yet is doomed to failure as the viewer senses an impeding violent side to his vision which will come to destroy him.

As a movie this is a good study of man's attempt to act upon his dreams, as a lighthearted pop corn flick this will annoy the average mainstream cinema goer. Simply put, many people will find it hard to imagine Harrison Ford as anything else other than the super hero incarnation of Indiana Jones, and multi faceted anti heroes that never see the errors of their ways is a genre of cinema that Hollywood hasn't quite got their head around yet.

For everybody else who would like to see a movie that has depth, great acting and a solid script, this will be excellent viewing.