The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Peter Weir

Writers:

Paul Theroux (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 noviembre 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Frase comercial:

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:

Teenage Boy | Rain Forest | Ice Factory | Son | Dysfunctional Family

Awards:

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

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good film- superb acting all around, but I wish it had a slightly different angle

Cast

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

También conocida como:

Costa Mosquito, La (Argentina) [es]
Costa de los Mosquitos, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:10 | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

The Saul Zaentz Company

Trivialidades:

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Charlie: My father often talked of things being revealed - that was true invention, he said. Revealing something's use, and magnifying it; discovering its imperfections, improving it, and putting it to work for you. God had left the world incomplete, he said...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Between Two Worlds: The Making of 'Witness' (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Good film- superb acting all around, but I wish it had a slightly different angle

Harrison Ford is brilliant in this film, as is the rest of the cast, and I am a big fan of this sort of film that explores the human psyche. I, however, wish the film spent just as much time showing the Missionaries evils and maniacal religious B.S. as it did painting Ford's character as a dangerous megalomaniac. I disagree with many of Ford's characters decisions over the course of the film...and in the long run he ends up becoming exactly what he set out to destroy, but his ideas on America are SPOT ON (and are just as relevant today) and it goes without saying that his errors are paled in comparison to what Christian missionaries have done through the brainwashing of the 3rd world people. My point is that Ford's character's plans were ill-conceived and nutty, but the world he left was just as insane.