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Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

Drama Romance History

1990, Movie, 2h 13min

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. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.

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Critic Katherine Handyside

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...an impressive-looking film, with no shortage of stunning-set pieces...

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Come See the Paradise was released in theaters on December 23, 1990.