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Come See the Paradise is a 1990 American historical drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita.
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn (Dennis Quaid) flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man...
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Come See The Paradise. Drama. 133 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1991. Roger Ebert. January 18, 1991. 5 min read. Here is a movie about people who insist they are Americans, even when small and evil-minded people in power would treat them as if they were not.
Jack McGurn (Quaid) moves to Los Angeles from New Jersey in 1936 to escape from troubles that fall on him as a labor organizer. He takes a job as a projectionist in a Little Tokyo movie theater run by a Japanese-American family. He falls in love with his Japanese boss's daughter.
A historical drama film directed by Alan Parker and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on this movie.
Dec 23, 1990 · 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.
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Dec 23, 1990 · It follows the romance of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a beautiful Japanese American, Lily Dawanura (Tamlyn Tomita), at the outset of World War II. The clash of cultures, at once painful for the two lovers, becomes insurmountable after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
