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Come See the Paradise

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.

Release DateAugust 17, 1990
StatusReleased
Original TitleCome See the Paradise
Runtime2h 13min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageEnglish, Japanese
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production Companies20th Century Fox