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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.
Come See the Paradise is a 1990 American historical drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita.
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.
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.
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 (Sab...
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COME SEE THE PARADISE The making of the film by Alan Parker For many years I have had a haunting picture by the great photographer, Dorothea Lange pinned.
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Jan 18, 1991 · “Come See the Paradise” tells a story of this period in terms of a romance between the labor organizer and a young Japanese-American woman. Her name is Lily ( Tamlyn Tomita ), and she is the daughter of a businessman who runs a little chain of Japanese-language movie theaters.
