Directed by:
Peter WeirScreenplay:
Paul SchraderCinematography:
John SealeComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton, Dick O'Neill, Jason Alexander, Butterfly McQueen (more)VOD (3)
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A brilliant and obsessive inventor, fed up with capitalistic and consumeristic modern society, picks up and moves his family to an isolated Caribbean island, where he puts his ideas into practice. Under his guidance, his new home at first becomes a paradise, but bit by bit, both his mind and his world begin to fall apart. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Harrison Ford
USA
Best movies:
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
River Phoenix
USA
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Running on Empty (1988)
Stand by Me (1986)
Jadrien Steele
USA
Best movies:
The Secret Garden (1987) (TV movie)
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Conrad Roberts
Best movies:
The X Files: Biogenesis (1999) (video compilation)
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Andre Gregory
France
Best movies:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Demolition Man (1993)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Martha Plimpton
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Remember Me (2010)
Shy People (1987)
Dick O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Front Page (1974)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Jason Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Hachiko: A Dog's Story (2009)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Butterfly McQueen
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
William Newman
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Hero (1992)
Aurora Clavel
Mexico
Best movies:
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Abel Woolrich
Best movies:
El imperio de la fortuna (1986)
Apocalypto (2006)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Jorge Zepeda
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Machuca (2004)
The Burning Season (1994) (TV movie)
Tiger Haynes
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
All That Jazz (1979)
Jungle Fever (1991)