list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Mosquito Coast on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Mosquito_Coast/23258/default.aspx Title: The Mosquito Coast
Year: 1986
Director: Peter Weir
Plot: 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, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:03:36 GMTThe Mosquito Coast1986Peter Weir<a href="/players/P____24238/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Harrison Ford</a> delivers one of his most-acclaimed performances in <a href=/films/49636/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Peter Weir</a>'s adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel (scripted by <a href="/players/P___110362/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paul Schrader</a>). Ford plays Allie Fox, an inventor embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States. As he tells his oldest son, Charlie (<a href="/players/P____56631/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>River Phoenix</a>), "Look around you. It's a toilet." He moves his wife (<a href="/players/P____49576/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Helen Mirren</a>) 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, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)8213http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t04737ljh99.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Mosquito_Coast/23258/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/21/23089.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: Movies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote “I don???t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are???you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad.” FilmCouch #38 Subscribe in the iTunes store and a new free episode will download every Friday. Into the Wild, The Mosquito Coast, Heavy Metal in Baghdad Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:16:04 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com12/21/2007 4:16:04 PMMovies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote “I don???t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are???you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad.” FilmCouch #38 Subscribe in the iTunes store and a new free episode will download every Friday. Into the Wild, The Mosquito Coast, Heavy Metal in Baghdad Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/FilmCouch_38/302/19995/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: Movies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote "I don’t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are–you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad." FilmCouch #38 Subscribe in the iTunes store and a new free episode will download every Friday.
]]>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:09:11 GMTpaulFilmCouch9/21/2007 12:09:11 PMMovies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote &quot;I don&rsquo;t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are&ndash;you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad.&quot; FilmCouch #38 Subscribe in the iTunes store and a new free episode will download every Friday. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2007/4/18/7226.aspx Post By: JimBell
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Body: The Mosquito Coast (1986) is based on the Paul Theroux novel of a brilliant American inventor (Harrison Ford) who abandons his ailing country and attempts to live the lifestyle he wants in the jungles of Belize. Although the movie is two decades old, it is not dated in form or content. Things do not go smoothly. “I wanted everything to be right angles,” says the main character, “but life is not like that. Cut your finger on the lid of a tuna can and die.” Good movie. Jim Bell
]]>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:21:00 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog4/18/2007 3:21:00 AMThe Mosquito Coast (1986) is based on the Paul Theroux novel of a brilliant American inventor (Harrison Ford) who abandons his ailing country and attempts to live the lifestyle he wants in the jungles of Belize. Although the movie is two decades old, it is not dated in form or content. Things do not go smoothly. &ldquo;I wanted everything to be right angles,&rdquo; says the main character, &ldquo;but life is not like that. Cut your finger on the lid of a tuna can and die.&rdquo; Good movie. Jim Bell http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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